Health promotion and disease prevention: perspectives of nurses of basic care

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: to check the perception of nurses working in primary health care about health promotion and disease prevention actions. Method: qualitative research, was carried out with 15 nurses coordinating teams of the family health. The declarations were processed by the IRaMuTeQ® software and submitted to the content analysis technique. Results: five classes emerged: Public, range of activities developed and their periodicity; Adversities for carrying out health promotion and disease prevention actions; Users' perspective on Health Education; Permanent Health Education Practices and Behavioral change of users based on health promotion and evaluation of results. Conclusion: in the perception of nurses, the promotion and prevention actions are positive for the community, optimizing self-care. Adversities such as lack of time, deficit in the professional framework and overload were reported