Educational activities on AIDS prevention in a municipal basic health unit: nurse participation

Authors

  • Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Bertha Cruz Enders UFRN; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691999000200010

Keywords:

nurse, education health, AIDS prevention

Abstract

This is an exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach that had as its purpose to characterize the educational activities of the nurses that work in the prevention and control program for sexually transmittable diseases and AIDS in the municipality of Natal, RN. The study was conducted in the basic health care units with 10 (ten) nurses that implemented educational activities in AIDS prevention. A structured interview was used and content analysis techniques were applied to the data. It was identified that the majority of the nurses understood health education as the transmission of information and that the AIDS prevention program had insufficient actions, lacked structure in the service settings and institutional support by the Municipal Secretariat of Health. The program activities were characterized as traditional limited, sporadic, and lacking human and material resources.

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Published

1999-04-01

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (1999)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Educational activities on AIDS prevention in a municipal basic health unit: nurse participation. (1999). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 7(2), 71-77. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691999000200010