OBJECTIVE: to describe the social representation of nurses on tuberculosis and identify the implications on nursing care.
METHOD: qualitative research with the participation of 52 nurses from 23 Basic Health Units of Belém, Pará. A semi-structured interview was conducted with subsequent analysis of the thematic content according to the Theory of Social Representations.
RESULTS: the social representations of tuberculosis were organized into two categories: infection, evidencing the clinical-epidemiological aspects of the disease, and stigma and prejudice, representing the social aspect. Care is affected by fear - a fact that explains the distance adopted by some nurses when handling ill people.
CONCLUSION: the social representations of nurses on tuberculosis remain grounded in fear, leading professionals to keep a certain distance from patients and generating stigma and prejudice, which may affect adherence to treatment.
BT - Revista brasileira de enfermagem C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355303?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690316i IS - 3 J2 - Rev Bras Enferm LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVE: to describe the social representation of nurses on tuberculosis and identify the implications on nursing care.
METHOD: qualitative research with the participation of 52 nurses from 23 Basic Health Units of Belém, Pará. A semi-structured interview was conducted with subsequent analysis of the thematic content according to the Theory of Social Representations.
RESULTS: the social representations of tuberculosis were organized into two categories: infection, evidencing the clinical-epidemiological aspects of the disease, and stigma and prejudice, representing the social aspect. Care is affected by fear - a fact that explains the distance adopted by some nurses when handling ill people.
CONCLUSION: the social representations of nurses on tuberculosis remain grounded in fear, leading professionals to keep a certain distance from patients and generating stigma and prejudice, which may affect adherence to treatment.
PY - 2016 SP - 532 EP - 537 T2 - Revista brasileira de enfermagem TI - Social representations of nurses on tuberculosis. TT - Representações sociais da tuberculose por enfermeiros UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/reben/v69n3/en_0034-7167-reben-69-03-0532.pdf VL - 69 SN - 0034-7167 ER -