A saúde do homem: doenças crônicas não transmissíveis e vulnerabilidade social

• Autor(a) principal: Bertolini, Daniele Natália Pacharone [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128005; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/21-09-2015/000847628.pdf
• topic: Homens - Saúde e higiene; Cuidados primários de saúde; Doenças cronicas; Bem-estar social; Men - Health and hygiene

This project uses a mixed sequential approach. A multi method is used to evaluate and predict health risks related to chronic non-communicable diseases in men, according to social vulnerability experienced by them in the place where they live. Three sequential methods were outlined aiming at: (1) evaluating the relationship between absenteeism to medical appointments and number of chronic non-communicable diseases; (2) checking the relationship between spatial distribution of men bearing chronic non-communicable diseases and social vulnerability; (3) comprehending the health assistance plans proposed by coordinators of Basic Health Care Units to the male population, and the knowledge they have regarding the National Policy of Integrated Health Care for men. The study was conducted in a city of São Paulo state. Methods one and two were quantitative and used secondary data of the Integrated Health Information System (SIMIS, in Portuguese language acronym) of fifteen Units of Primary Health Care. The third method was qualitative, and the Content Analysis was used based on interviews with coordinators of Basic Care Units. Results from the quantitative analyses showed that the higher the absenteeism, the lower the number of noncommunicable diseases and the International Classification of Diseases. Moreover, the older the person is, the higher the number of non-communicable diseases and the number of chronic non-communicable diseases. Also, an increase in International Classification of Diseases and number of chronic non-communicable diseases were observed among men with a stable partner. The International Classification of Diseases which had spatial dependence were the neoplasms (colon and prostate cancer) and symptoms, abnormal signs and findings of clinical and laboratory exams not else classified (impaired glucose tolerance) in the urban area. Regarding the results of qualitative methodology, four thematic categories were found as ...