Marizete Argolo Teixeira

Mental health as a dimension for the care of teenagers

OBJECTIVE To analyze the demands in the field of mental health from the perspective of teenagers. METHOD A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, having comprehensiveness as an analytical category. It was carried out with 21 teenagers of both genders, students of two public schools of a municipality of the countryside of Bahia state. The empirical material was produced through reflection workshops and analyzed through the technique of Discourse Analysis. RESULTS Teenagers value the indissociability between body and mind, recognize lack of attention to the psychological dimension in the health network, and point to mental disorders as resulting from contexts of life and lack of Health Care. CONCLUSION Health services need to be structured to attract teenagers, to recognize singularities through professionals trained in welcoming, listening and accountability. It is urgent to fulfill what is defined in public policies and in specific programs, and that comprehensiveness has a centrality as a perspective to be realized.

Vivências de agentes comunitários de saúde na prática cuidativa em aleitamento materno

Objective: To understand how the Community Health Agents develop care to families experiencing breastfeeding, identify the meanings of the clinical management of breastfeeding for Community Health Agents and verify the actions taken by the Community Health Agents to families who experience breastfeeding. Methods: A qualitative, convergent care research, the theoretical reference the Theory of Social Representations procedural approach. It was conducted with 05 community health agents in the interior of Bahia during an educational workshop lasting four hours. Data were collected through the story with theme design and application of a questionnaire, which were analyzed by the proposed Coutinho and Minayo. As healthcare contribution was held educational workshop based on the meanings verbalized by Community Health Agents. Results: The results showed that the meanings of breastfeeding for the Community Health Agents are focused on childrens health, thus suasprincipais actions are developed following this strand. Conclusion: Thus, it is suggested to carry out training that support the Community Health Agents to broaden the care of vision in the clinical management of breastfeeding focusing on the family, directing a look at the woman health, community and planet and the aspects education and welfare.

Representações sociais do aleitamento materno para mães-adolescentes-nutrizes [Social representations of breastfeeding among teenage nursing mothers]

Este estudo objetivou averiguar o que representa o aleitamento materno para as maes-adolescentes-nutrizes e identificar seus sentimentos expressos ao amamentar. Estudo qualitativo fundamentado na Teoria das Representacoes Sociais. Realizado em um hospital publico, em cidade do interior da Bahia, com 12 maes-adolescentes-nutrizes. Os dados foram coletados por meio da entrevista semiestruturada e analisados conforme a tecnica de analise de conteudo tematica. Os resultados apontaram que as representacoes sociais sobre aleitamento materno, para as maes-adolescentes-nutrizes, tem como influencia os significados de tal pratica disseminados nos conteudos culturais passados de geracao em geracao, da midia e de suas experiencias pessoais, direcionando suas condutas diante da amamentacao de seus filhos. Desse modo, torna-se necessario que a equipe de saude reflita sobre as representacoes sociais que as maes-adolescentes-nutrizes atribuem ao aleitamento materno para que possam desenvolver acoes cuidativas e educativas para promocao, protecao e apoio a amamentacao. ABSTRACT This qualitative study to investigate what breastfeeding represents to nursing teenage mothers, and to identify the feelings they expressed while breastfeeding, was based on the Theory of Social Representations. It was conducted with 12 nursing teenage mothers at a public hospital in Bahia State. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using qualitative analysis technique. The results showed that the teenage mothers’ social representations of breastfeeding are influenced by the meanings given to this practice that are widespread in cultural content passed on from generation to generation, in the media and in their personal experiences, and which direct their conduct in breastfeeding their children. Accordingly, health teams should reflect on the social representations that nursing teenage mothers attribute to breastfeeding, so as to develop care and educational activities to promote, protect and support breastfeeding. RESUMEN Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar que representa la lactancia materna para las madres-adolescentes-lactantes e identificar sus sentimientos expresados al amamantar. Estudio cualitativo basado en la Teoria de las Representaciones Sociales. Se llevo a cabo en un hospital publico en una ciudad del interior de Bahia con 12 madres-adolescentes- lactantes. Los datos fueron recolectados a traves de entrevistas semiestructuradas y analizados de acuerdo con la tecnica de analisis de contenido tematico. Los resultados mostraron que las representaciones sociales sobre la lactancia materna para las madres-adolescentes- lactantes tienen como influencia los significados de esta practica diseminados en los contenidos culturales transmitidos de generacion a generacion, de los medios de comunicacion y de sus experiencias personales, dirigiendo sus conductas ante la lactancia de sus hijos. Por lo tanto, se hace necesario que el equipo de salud reflexione sobre las representaciones sociales que las madresadolescentes-lactantes atribuyen a la lactancia materna para que puedan desarrollar acciones de cuidados y educativas para promover, proteger y apoyar la lactancia materna. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2015.11513