Ações desenvolvidas pela atenção primária ao usuário de drogas

Abstract

The use of illicit drugs have a destructive effect on the nuclear family and the community . Exerts a negative influence on both the health and welfare of the individual and the collective population . The Family Health Strategy must act to minimize the damage caused by the consequences of use. The aim of this study was to investigate the actions taken by the professionals of Primary Health approach to the drug addict . It is an integrative review , which sought , from controlled descriptors : " Family Health Program " , " drug use " and " Primary Health " select scientific productions in the databases LILACS , IBECS , Cochrane Library , MEDLINE , and BDENF SCIELO. The question guiding the study was : " What are the health actions undertaken by staff in primary care for drug users ? " . Were used as criteria for inclusion : articles published in Portuguese , English and Spanish ; articles and abstracts available which reflect the thematic and indexed in these databases in the last 10 years. This study was excluded articles that did not have a summary available in these databases , study type letters , editorials , case studies , theses and dissertations , white papers, book chapters and texts unscientific . We selected four articles being second in LILACS , 1 and 1 in BDENF SCIELO , it is noteworthy that there was no article in other databases . Given the evidence portrayed in the articles analyzed , we found that the actions taken are: counseling, guidance , preventive orientation , active search , reception , partnership with different institutions , care of dependent family , support group training ,professional development and promotion health . We conclude that even with the difficulties staff of Primary Health seeks to provide support to users , addicts and their families to ease the consequences caused by this disease .