Saúde Masculina: O Paralelo Prevenção X Cuidado À Luz Da Teoria Da Ação Planejada (Tap)

Abstract

Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a intenção de homens, entre 25 e 59 anos, em um distrito sanitário de Maceió (AL), por procurar a Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS). Realizaram-se duas etapas: (1) análise das crenças de uma parcela da amostra, para a confecção de um instrumento quantitativo (N=25); (2) aplicação desse instrumento em uma amostra maior dessa população (N=106). Os resultados demonstraram que a intenção dos homens em procurar a UBS está associada aos atributos que facilitam e/ou dificultam a realização desse comportamento. Concluiu-se que apenas o construto Percepção de Controle se relacionou com a Intenção Comportamental. No entanto, os construtos Norma Subjetiva e Atitude não apresentaram impacto significativo sobre a Intenção dos homens de procurar a UBS. Discutiu-se a importância da elaboração de políticas públicas mais eficientes para o cuidado da saúde masculina, bem como a relevância de evidências empíricas para reflexões mais consistentes nessa área.

Men's health care: concept analysis

“…What Men Really Want: A Qualitative Investigation of Men's Health Needs From the Halton and St Helens Primary Care Trust Men's Health Promotion Project. (25) Qualitative 9. Insisting in the discourses related to self-care health practices in males (26) Qualitative, biographical 10.…”

“…(20,(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)43) Even considering this centrality in the studies apprehended, the development of the concept of men's health care is not limited to this dimension, since, from the diversity of constructions of existing masculinities, new dimensions were evidenced in care, which reveal its character of progressivity, temporality and transition in the individual and collective dynamics of the male audience in its territories and distinct cultures. (18)(19)21,23,25,27,34) Regarding the dimension of interpersonal essential attributes, we observe the presence of communication phenomena, the relationship that men establish with and among people who are in their cycle and/or socio-affective network. (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)35,38) These attributes are also associated with existing psychosocial relationships and established from symbolic interactions, which can be noticed in the access and/or search for health services, for help and/or support provided or received, such as the relations of exchanges, approximations, sharing, and the action of phenomena that occur in the places of belonging and movement of men, such as the family environment, workplaces, integration with friends and neighbors, experiences arising from intimate and sexual relationships, and health services.…”

“…In this way, the preservation of local customs, the position of being in community, ecosophy, the relationship with the physical and social, animal and vegetable environment, as well as the presence of the interrelationship with space, the world, nature, organisms and the earth, were identified. (19,25,27) On these ecological attributes, it should be noted that they were recognized especially among men who live in direct contact with the land, planting, as well as those who had traditional reference bases for the relationship with the environment and ecology, to the point of considering these elements as essential components of health care. (19,25,27) It was also noted the incorporation of attributes related to ethnic and cross-cultural dimensions, seized in studies whose male population investigated was permeated by the influence of structural markers of age and generation -elderly men, territory -rural, riverside and peasant men and race/color -black men.…”

Desafios de enfermeiras frente à saúde do homem na atenção básica

“…A forma que o homem se relaciona com aspectos relacionados aos cuidados em saúde tem sido apresentada de maneira negativa pela literatura científica, sendo a falta de procura por atendimento e a falta de preocupação com a própria saúde reflexo do aumento nos índices de morbimortalidade (Chaves et al, 2018). No cotidiano, os homens procuram o serviço de saúde quando a doença já está instalada, o que gera aumento nos gastos em saúde devido à complexidade do quadro, representando assim, uma problemática para a saúde pública do país (Brasil, 2008).…”

Crenças de homens hipertensos sobre a terapêutica medicamentosa

“…Centro de Ensino Avançar (INESP FACULDADES), Campina Grande -PB 4. Faculdade José Lacerda Filho de Ciências Aplicadas, Campina Grande -PB 5. Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa -PB 6.…”