SOUSA, V. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0025778896174875; SOUSA, Valéria da Silva.
Résumé:
The health care involves a number of practices including traditional and alternative
medicine, which are used in Brazil in combination with the official medicine since
colonial time. Even though there is a disqualification of these practices by the scientific
medicine, the use of them has been increasing since the end of last century. Studies
conducted between 2012 and 2014 in Campina Grande-PB showed that there is an
adopting healing practices of complementary medicine by the population investigated.
This work aims to understand the choices of healing ways realized by residentes that
perform complementary medicine served by as ACS in Campina Grande. The following
methodological procedures were performed: analysis of the results from PIBIC research
named ―The art of health care: relationship between the resident and the ACS in
Campina Grande-PB‖; achievement of interviews with health providers in the research
mentioned above which are those who provide care for a higher percentage of
alternative healing practice medicine; developing of a map in GIS environment to
spatialize the information related to the percentage of alternative health practices
adherents. The adoption of traditional and alternative healing practices by the residents
and health providers is related to cultural, economic, environmental and organizational
aspects. A dialogue with these people will allow a better rationalization of actions in an
effort to promote healthy spaces inside alternative and traditional medicine.