Empowering Nursing Students to Adopt and Embody Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare.

This paper presents an international academic partnership in teaching and research with two case studies. The cases explore the integration of Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare (SBNH) and SBNH-Leadership (SBNH-L) in nursing science programs. SBNH values and foundations were integrated within an undergraduate-level community health course in Canada and SBNH-L was introduced into a graduate-level program in Brazil. Both cases comprise active learning activities promoting the uptake of the values and foundations of SBNH and the capacity to identify strengths and innate capacities. This paper synthesizes the issues and provides recommendations to enhance teaching-learning strategies to support SBNH adoption by students to support the humanization of healthcare. International partnerships in education and research and facilitating factors are discussed.

Vulnerability analysis of Haitian adolescent girls before pregnancy: a qualitative study.

OBJECTIVES: This article aims to analyze the vulnerabilities experienced by Haitian adolescent girls before their pregnancy. METHODS: A qualitative research design was developed from Dewey's social survey. From October 2020 to January 2021, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 pregnant adolescents living in Haiti's North and North-East departments. Thematic data analysis was performed using the qualitative data analysis software QDA miner, 6.0.5. RESULTS: The adolescent girls interviewed were between 14 and 19. The study showed that adolescent girls experienced economic and social hardship, gender issues, and barriers to contraceptive use before pregnancy. These girls have experienced restrictive conditions that make them vulnerable to risky sexual practices and unwanted pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: The results have indicated that Haitian adolescent girls' vulnerabilities before their pregnancy result from economic, social, and cultural injustices to which they are exposed from early childhood. These adolescent girls are also highly vulnerable to sexual exploitation and rape, as well as pregnancy. It is essential to address these issues when implementing programs aimed at improving the living conditions of adolescents in Haiti, including the prevention of early and unwanted pregnancy.

Primary Healthcare management strategies in socially vulnerable territories exposed to violence. / Estratégias de gerenciamento na Atenção Primária à Saúde em territórios de vulnerabilidade social expostos à violência.

OBJECTIVE: To identify management strategies used by the Family Health Strategy teams of a Basic Health Unit in organizing work in socially vulnerable territories exposed to violence. METHOD: A single case study with a qualitative approach in a family health unit located in the southern region of Brazil. Data collection was conducted through individual interviews with 27 health professionals from August to September 2017 and a focus group with 18 participants in April 2018. Data organization and processing was performed with the support of the IRAMUTEQ software program and subsequently the content analysis technique. RESULTS: The five classes characterized strategies used by professionals to provide care to the population considering their experience in facing violent situations. A guideline was developed and validated in the focus group to guide the management and organization of work in these services. CONCLUSION: It was evidenced that professionals develop strategies which include strengthening the team as a form of collective protection, welcoming focused on comprehensive care and bonding, even without the support of specific public policies for these situations. The population is allied to facilitate access to care for vulnerable people and alerts professionals to critical situations in the territory.

Health professionals and patients' perspectives on person-centred maternal and child healthcare in Burkina Faso.

CONTEXT: The person-centred approach (PCA) is a promising avenue for care improvement. However, health professionals in Burkina Faso (hereafter referred to as caregivers) seem unprepared for taking into consideration patients' preferences and values in the context of healthcare provision. OBJECTIVE: To understand the meaning attributed to PCA in the Burkina Faso context of care and to identify the challenges related to its adoption from the perspective of caregivers and women service users (hereafter referred to as patients). METHODS: An ethnographic qualitative research design was used in this study. We conducted 31 semi-directed interviews with caregivers and patients from Koudougou (Burkina Faso) healthcare facilities. We also carried out direct observation of consultations. Data thematic analyses are based on the person-centred approach analysis framework. RESULTS: According to the caregivers and patients interviewed, the PCA in maternal and child healthcare in Burkina Faso includes the following five components used in our analytical framework: i) pregnancy follow-up consultations extend beyond examining physical health issues (biopsychosocial component), ii) healthcare professionals' mood affects the caregiver-patient relationship as well as care delivery (the healthcare professional as a person), iii) patients expect to be well received, listened to, and respected (the patient as a person), iv) healthcare professionals first acknowledge that both themselves and patients have power, rights but also responsibilities (sharing power, rights and responsibilities of professionals and patients), and v) healthcare professionals who are open to involving patients in decision-making about their care and patients asking to have a say in the organization of services (therapeutic alliance). Implementing each of these themes comes with challenges, such as i) talking about health problems in the presence of other women, especially those related to sexuality, even though they are common to parturient women (biopsychosocial component); ii) offering psychotherapy to healthcare professionals (healthcare professional as a person); iii) taking into consideration patients' cultural and linguistic differences (the patient as a person); iv) raising awareness among patients about their right to ask questions and healthcare professionals' duty to answer them (sharing power, and rights and responsibilities of professionals and patients); v) accepting the presence of birth attendants while avoiding traditional practices that are contrary to scientific recommendations (therapeutic alliance). CONCLUSION: Despite some context-specific particularities, the PCA is not new in the context of health care in Burkina Faso. However, its implementation can pose a number of challenges. There is a need to train healthcare professionals with a view to being sensitive to these particularities. This may also require organizational adjustments so as to create the physical and sociocultural environments that are conducive to taking into account the patient's perspective.

Estratégias de gerenciamento na Atenção Primária à Saúde em territórios de vulnerabilidade social expostos à violência / Estrategias de gestión en Atención Primaria de Salud en territorios de vulnerabilidad social expuestos a la violencia / Primary Healthcare management strategies in socially vulnerable territories exposed to violence

RESUMO Objetivo Identificar estratégias de gerenciamento utilizadas pelas equipes de Estratégia Saúde da Família de uma Unidade Básica de Saúde na organização do trabalho em território de vulnerabilidade social exposto à violência. Método Estudo de caso único de abordagem qualitativa, em uma unidade de saúde da família localizada na região Sul do Brasil. Coleta de dados por entrevistas individuais com 27 profissionais de saúde de agosto a setembro de 2017 e grupo focal com 18 participantes em abril de 2018. Organização e processamento dos dados com suporte do software IRAMUTEQ e, posteriormente, técnica de análise de conteúdo. Resultados As cinco classes caracterizaram estratégias utilizadas pelos profissionais ao atendimento à população considerando sua vivência frente a situações de violência. No grupo focal, foi elaborada e validada uma diretriz para nortear o gerenciamento e organização do trabalho nesses serviços. Conclusão Foi evidenciado que mesmo sem apoio de políticas públicas específicas a essas situações, os profissionais desenvolvem estratégias que incluem o fortalecimento da equipe como forma de proteção coletiva, acolhimento focado no atendimento integral e vínculo. A população é aliada ao facilitar o acesso ao atendimento de vulneráveis e alerta os profissionais das situações críticas no território.

RESUMEN Objetivo Identificar estrategias de gerenciamiento utilizadas por los equipos de Estrategia de Salud de la Familia de una Unidad Básica de Salud en la organización do trabajo en territorio de vulnerabilidad social expuesto a la violencia. Método Estudio de caso único de abordaje cualitativa, en una unidad de salud de la familia localizada en la región Sur de Brasil. Colecta de dados a través de entrevistas individuales con 27 profesionales de salud de agosto a septiembre de 2017 y grupo focal con 18 participantes en abril de 2018. Organización y procesamiento de los dados con suporte del software IRAMUTEQ y, posteriormente, técnica de análisis de contenido. Resultados Las cinco clases caracterizaran estrategias utilizadas pelos profesionales al atendimiento a la populación considerando su vivencia frente a situaciones de violencia. En el grupo focal, fue elaborada y validada una directriz para nortear el gerenciamiento y la organización del trabajo en eses servicios. Conclusión Fue evidenciado que mismo sin apoyo de políticas públicas específicas a esas situaciones, los profesionales desenvuelven estrategias que incluyen el fortalecimiento de lo equipo como forma de protección colectiva, acogimiento condensado en el atendimiento integral y vínculo. La populación es aliada al facilitar el acceso al atendimiento de vulnerables y alerta a los profesionales sobre situaciones críticas en el territorio.

ABSTRACT Objective To identify management strategies used by the Family Health Strategy teams of a Basic Health Unit in organizing work in socially vulnerable territories exposed to violence. Method A single case study with a qualitative approach in a family health unit located in the southern region of Brazil. Data collection was conducted through individual interviews with 27 health professionals from August to September 2017 and a focus group with 18 participants in April 2018. Data organization and processing was performed with the support of the IRAMUTEQ software program and subsequently the content analysis technique. Results The five classes characterized strategies used by professionals to provide care to the population considering their experience in facing violent situations. A guideline was developed and validated in the focus group to guide the management and organization of work in these services. Conclusion It was evidenced that professionals develop strategies which include strengthening the team as a form of collective protection, welcoming focused on comprehensive care and bonding, even without the support of specific public policies for these situations. The population is allied to facilitate access to care for vulnerable people and alerts professionals to critical situations in the territory.

Atividades das enfermeiras de ligação na alta hospitalar: uma estratégia para a continuidade do cuidado / Liaison nurse activities at hospital discharge: a strategy for continuity of care / Actividades de las enfermeras de enlace en el alta hospitalaria: una estrategia para la continuidad del cuidado

Objetivo descrever as atividades desenvolvidas pelas enfermeiras de ligação para a continuidade do cuidado após a alta hospitalar. Método estudo descritivo, qualitativo, pautado no referencial teórico Cuidado Baseado nas Forças. A amostra compreendeu 23 enfermeiras de ligação. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário semiestruturado via plataforma eletrônica Survey Monkey e analisados por meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo, com categorias pré-definidas. Resultados entre as enfermeiras de ligação, nove (39,14%) possuíam de 35 a 44 anos de idade; 17 (73,91%) eram do sexo feminino; 15 (65,22%) trabalhavam há onze ou mais anos como enfermeira e 11 (47,82%) atuavam de seis a dez anos como enfermeira de ligação. As profissionais participam da identificação dos pacientes que necessitam de cuidados pós-alta hospitalar, coordenam o planejamento da alta hospitalar e transferem as informações do paciente para um serviço extra-hospitalar. Conclusão as atividades desenvolvidas pelas enfermeiras de ligação centram-se nas necessidades do paciente e na articulação com os serviços extra-hospitalares e podem ser adaptadas ao contexto brasileiro como uma estratégia para minimizar a descontinuidade do cuidado por ocasião da alta hospitalar.

Objective to describe the activities developed by the liaison nurses for the continuity of care after hospital discharge. Method descriptive, qualitative study, based on the theoretical reference. Strength Based Care. The sample comprised 23 liaison nurses. The data was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire via Survey Monkey electronic platform and analyzed through the content analysis technique, with pre-defined categories. Results among the liaison nurses, nine (39.14%), between 35 and 44 years of age; 17 (73.91%) were female; 15 (65.22%) were working eleven years or more nurse and 11 (47.82%), were between six and ten years old as a liaison nurse. The professionals participate in the identification of the patients who need care after hospital discharge, coordinate the planning of the hospital discharge and transfer the patient's information to an extra-hospital service. Conclusion the activities developed by the liaison nurses focus on the needs of the patient and the articulation with the extra-hospital services, and can be adapted to the Brazilian context as a strategy to minimize the discontinuity of care at the time of hospital discharge.

Objetivo describir las actividades desarrolladas por las enfermeras de enlace para la continuidad del cuidado después del alta hospitalaria. Método estudio descriptivo, cualitativo, pautado en el referencial teórico Cuidado Basado en las Fuerzas. La muestra comprendió 23 enfermeras de enlace. Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de un cuestionario semiestructurado vía plataforma electrónica Survey Monkey y analizados por medio de la técnica de Análisis de Contenido, con categorías predefinidas. Resultados entre las enfermeras de enlace, nueve (39,14%), tenían 35 a 44 años de edad; 17 (73,91%), eran del sexo femenino; 15 (65,22%), trabajaban hace once o más años como enfermera y 11 (47,82%), actuaban de seis a diez años como enfermera de enlace. Las profesionales participan de la identificación de los pacientes que necesitan cuidados post-alta hospitalaria, coordinan la planificación del alta hospitalaria y transfieren las informaciones del paciente para un servicio extrahospitalario. Conclusión las actividades desarrolladas por las enfermeras de enlace se centran en las necesidades del paciente y en la articulación con los servicios extrahospitalarios, y pueden ser adaptadas al contexto brasileño como una estrategia para minimizar la discontinuidad del cuidado con ocasión del alta hospitalaria.