Background: Having a high Quality of Work Life (QWL) has a positive influence in care quality, however, in Mexico, little is known about QWL and even less in health care professionals and primary care. This study aims to describe strengths and areas of improvements in QWL in nursing professionals who work in primary care of Jurisdiction No. 2 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study. The CVT-GOHISALO instrument was applied, which measures QWL. Results: The study sample was composed by 67 women (95.7%) and 3 men (4.3%). The average age was 39 years old, ranging from 23 to 69 years old. A 57.1% reported living with a partner; 54% had a full time job; and 78.6% had only one job. The results of the present study showed that dissatisfaction can be found in nursing professional's QWL in public health clinics in all dimensions. Those dimensions with the greatest dissatisfaction were Inclusion in the working place, Personal development and Well-being achieved through work. The dimensions with less dissatisfaction were Institutional support, Free-time management, Work satisfaction, Safety at work. Conclusions: This study is the first attempt to determine the QWL of nursing professionals of primary care clinics in Tampico, Tamaulipas.

The professional role of nurses working in public health in Latin America is not well defined because of the health-care system infrastructure and the lack of a clear public health nurse job description. Further research is needed to better understand the role of public health nurses and strengthen their training, particularly in relation to nursing management encompassing abilities for decision-making processes and public health program planning and evaluation.

Objective: The propose was to evaluates the behavior of self-management in people with: diabetes, hypertension and cancer, and to analyze the relationship between self-management and family support. Methods: This study has cross-sectional and correlational design. A convenience sample was used. The study was conducted at the Sanitary District Number 2 of Tampico, Tamaulipas, México. The sample consisted of 299 patients, the scale of selfmanagement in chronic illness: "Partners in Health Scale". The Kruskal-Wallis test, the Spearman and Kendall-Tau correlation were used for the analysis. Results and Conclusions: The people of the study showed poor self-management. The statistical significance was found in the adherence dimension, being this difference in the group which was diagnosed with cancer, vs the diabetes and hypertension groups. The results of the family APGAR showed that 25% of the participants had moderate and severe family dysfunction; the results also show that this family support is not the only factor to consider in this behavior, although the statistical results were significant, yet this relationship is medium or low.

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Introducción: Dado el carácter prioritario de atención a las enfermedades no transmisibles, la Organización Mundial de la Salud propuso el Modelo de Cuidados Crónicos. En este modelo incluye el automanejo como un elemento principal en el combate de dichas enfermedades. Objetivo: identificar las variables predictoras del comportamiento de automanejo en usuarios con Diabetes Mellitus, Hipertensión Arterial y Obesidad. Métodos: La muestra no probabilística e intencional fue de 386 usuarios de la Secretaría de Salud de Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria y Tampico). El diseño de estudio fue no experimental, transversal. Resultados: casi la mitad (42.2%) de los participantes con ECNT refieren síntomas de trastorno depresivo en el continuo de leve a grave, la categoría que obtuvo mayor porcentaje de IMC fue sobrepeso con 33.2% y más de un tercio de la población (36.8%) percibe algún grado de disfunción familiar. Así también se aplicó un análisis de Regresión Lineal Múltiple con el método de pasos, el modelo indica que fueron siete predictores del comportamiento de Automanejo (varianza explicada R2=.325); la variable autoeficacia fue el más importante (β=38) y el apoyo social percibido el predictor con carga más baja (β=.10). Conclusiones: estos predictores representan elementos importantes para ampliar el conocimiento y entender el comportamiento del automanejo, área que es promovida en el modelo de atención a crónicos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y en la actualidad es liderada por el área de enfermería.