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Difficulties of health prefessionals facing the use of medicinal plants and fitotherapy
Dificuldades de profissionais de saúde frente ao uso de plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos
Dificultades de profesionales de la salud sobre el uso de plantas medicinales y fitoterápicos
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Abstract Objective: To identify the difficulties encountered by doctors and nurses on the applicability of medicinal plants and phytotherapics in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) of Caico/RN. Methods: A qualitative and descriptive study developed with 19 health professionals. The data collection occurred bet... view more
Objective: To identify the difficulties encountered by doctors and nurses on the applicability of medicinal plants and phytotherapics in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) of Caico/RN. Methods: A qualitative and descriptive study developed with 19 health professionals. The data collection occurred between January and February 2011 through semi-structured interviews with treatment and analysis mediated by thematic content analysis. Results: The subjects show that the cultural resistance of the population, the lack of knowledge of the health professionals on integrative and complementary practices (PIC), the lack of inputs in the health services and the fragility of popular knowledge hinder the use of medicinal plants and phytotherapy. Conclusion: It is necessary some investments in this area with capacitating actions and training of human resources, besides the physical and structural support. It is suggested the realization of researches along of teaching about PIC and evaluation of the egress' ability to respond to the demands in health services.... view less
Keywords
health; family; health professionals; pharmaceutical; alternative medicine; caregiving; knowledge; training; physician; nursing staff; population; attitude
Classification
Medical Sociology
Free Keywords
Pflanzenheilkunde
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 3588-3600
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 2
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed