Maria da Conceição Costa Rivemales

Graphic projective techniques: applicability on social representation research – systematic review

Graphic projective techniques are commonly used in research associated with social representation theories. These techniques allow the identification of personality attributes that are revealed through the subjects responses to relatively unstructured, ambiguous, or vague stimuli. Objective: to check the applicability of projective techniques in social representation research. Method: Systematic review of literature. A search for nursing and psychology publications (Qualis/CAPES) was carried out. The keywords social representations, projective techniques and graphic projective techniques were used. Main results: ten articles were selected. The graphic projective technique most used was the thematic drawing story. Usually, the projective techniques are associated with other data collection techniques, as is advised by experts in social representation theories. Conclusion: The publications demonstrated the applicability, relevance and contribution of graphic projective techniques in social representation research. However, the validity of this method is still questioned considerably.

Sheltering: a new strategy to humanize the attendance at the health basic attention service

Objective: to analyze how sheltering has been used as a strategy to humanize the attendance in basic attention services. Methodology: systematic review literature study. It was done a search in the databases SCIELO, LILACS and MEDLINE and included articles published from 2000 to 2008. In examining the articles were classified according to the database, year of publication, place of publication, author, title, and journal. In a subsequent analysis was observed how is used the sheltering as a strategy for humanization of basic care, detecting obstacles and solutions in its execution. Results: nine studies met the criteria for inclusion set. The analysis of the articles showed that the host is a new way to describe the humanization in care and ensure the increase of positive results in primary care, requiring a joint effort of the whole team in the interaction with the user in order to create a relationship of trust and bond with it. Conclusion: the chances to get positive results with sheltering strategy in the basic attention service are big if there is adequate planning, well-organized activities, interaction between the team and link between professional/user, listening with qualified and solution of problems. Descriptors: user embracement; humanization of assistance; primary health care.