Práticas de cuidado de enfermagem e de autocuidado para leishmaniose cutânea entre ribeirinhos, Nova Olinda do Norte, Amazonas

Abstract

Understand the self-care in health-disease process is to think of the inherent meanings to take care of themselves health promotion disease prevention is to identify the different relationships of recognition and representation of individualized care. In this look at the study aimed to understand To analyze nursing care and self - care practices for cutaneous leishmaniasis among of Nova Olinda do Norte - AM, according to the principles of Orem 's Self - Care Theory.. This is a qualitative descriptive study based on the theory of Dorothea Orem Self Care. The study site was the North Nova Olinda Municipality - AM situated 126 square kilometers of Manaus capital. The participants were eleven (11) bordering diagnosed with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL), according to the Municipal North Nova Olinda Health - AM and System Information for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) in the period 2012-2014 . The technique used to obtain the data was the semi-structured interviews, which were carried out face-to-face between the researcher and the riverine selected for the research. Data were analyzed using content analysis in Bardin perspective. For the Results and Discussion Question two categories emerged: 1. Practice Self-Care Bordering presented by subcategories: Look riverine on cutaneous leishmaniasis; Knowledge and care practices and self-care be riverine; health deviations in riverine everyday with cutaneous leishmaniasis. 2. Practices nursing care, analyzed by subcategories: Relations between the ethical and professional care and the deficit of self-care; Nursing care in the LC and self-care systems. Regarding the conclusion of the study: The data showed us that the main practice of self-care in this group is anchored in the use of natural resources for the treatment of disease, which leads us to visible influence of cultural, socio-economic, geographic and inaccessibility to health care in daily life of this population. As for health deviations and self-care deficits data showed that rural distance and financial factors are the main factors that contribute to late diagnosis in riverine, followed by the difficulty of access to health services and drug therapy. Iatrogenies also emerged in our results as negative points for the early healing of LC, as well as feelings of melancholy as loneliness and isolation, they interfere in self-care is riverine. With regard to nursing care practices realized there was little participation of professionals in the care provided to this group. However it is believed that this demand should be professional unpreparedness for the clinical management and treatment of disease and consequently the existing weaknesses in primary care services.