Family Health Strategy nurse home care in the Sacopã quilombola community: experience report

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Beatriz Buthers
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Vinicius Antonio Alves, Ferreira, Caique, Lopes, Arlene Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3807
• topic: Quilombolas; Visita domiciliar; Saúde da família; Enfermeiras e enfermeiros; Quilombola; Visita domiciliaria; Salud de la familia; Enfermeras y enfermeros; Quilombola communities; House calls; Family health; Nurses

The Sacopã quilombola community, which has existed for over 100 years, is in the south of Rio de Janeiro, in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, and continues to preserve culture, ancestry, and traditions of the black people to this day. This study aims to report the experience of consultations with the Family Health Strategy (FHS) nurse held in the Sacopã quilombola community. It is an experience report study with a qualitative approach. The home visits were conducted on September 29, 2021, in the afternoon shift, and on October 6, 2021, in the morning and afternoon shifts. The nursing process was applied, including screening with blood pressure and capillary blood glucose measurements, renewal of the drug prescriptions, plantar sensitivity tests, scheduling of Pap smears and mammograms, evaluation of children’s vaccination records, counseling, and health education. These actions aim to meet the demands of the quilombola population and address the delays in home visits that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Note that conducting nursing consultations in a home care format provides comfort, strengthens the link between the health unit and the community, allows immersion in the local reality, brings professionals closer to families, and reduces travel costs, thus ensuring holistic and comprehensive care for users.