Necessidades de adolescentes atendidos em unidades básicas de saúde do município de São José do Rio Preto e as suas demandas para o cuidado em saúde: encontros e desencontros / Adolescent needs in primary health care services in the city of São José do Rio Preto and their requirements concerning the care about health: agreements and disagreements
Adolescence is considered one of the periods of the human development, presenting specific characteristics from which healthneeds are derived. Theories about this life stage in several fields of knowledge such as Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, to name a few, contributed to the understanding of those needs. Faced with the amplitude and the complexity which, nowadays, adolescence consists of, this study made possible the proximity to some important aspects to the adolescent health. The organization of the health care services influenced both on the perception of the adolescentneeds and on their treatment. The purpose of this study is to understand the healthneeds of adolescents treated in Primary Health Care Services as they were reported by adolescents, their families and professionals who treat them in the city of São José do Rio Preto. The nature of the methodology adopted was qualitative using the Focus Grouptechnique. The instrument of the present study was a topic-guided questionnaire (talking about health, healthneeds, treatment received regarding those needs, easiness or difficulties in the treatment and expectations concerning it). It was held meetings with nine groups (three of each category adolescents, their families and professionals who treat them). The meetings were recorded, consisting of the empirical data analyzed after being transcribed, with topics being identified from them. It was intended to recognize the perception of the subjects of the study over healthneeds, expressed as requirements to health care services. It was meant as requirement the search for health care services. The perceptions of health and sickness taken in the narratives of the interviewed people raised issues about health situations and illness, although being predominant issues on health as promotion and prevention. It was identified similarities and differences among the narratives of adolescents, parents and professionals, taking...