Opinião dos profissionais de saúde sobre os serviços de controle da tuberculose

Abstract

Objective: To analyze, based on the perspective of health professionals, the performance of services for tuberculosis control in relation to focus on family and community guidance.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 134 primary care health professionals. For each variable a mean score was determined, and the results were then submitted to analysis of variance.Results: The dimension of focus on family had a satisfactory score, and only the variable "giving a sputum test container for contacts" was classified as fair. The dimension "community guidance" was classified as unsatisfactory; however, the dimensions "performance of educational actions" and "looking for respiratory symptoms in the community" were scored as fair.Conclusion: According to professionals, the performance of health services in tuberculosis control with relation to focus on family is satisfactory, but guidance actions for the community are unsatisfactory.