Roger Rodrigues Peres

Visão de profissionais e estudantes da área de saúde sobre a interface saúde e meio ambiente

This article presents the view health area professionals and students have concerning the interface between health and the environment. It is a qualitative, descriptive study undertaken with different social players that are part of the vocational training process in the health care area in a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data were collected through a semistructured interview comprising gui-ding questions on the study subject and carried out among hospital workers, nurses, health care professors and students, and community health agents. Each subproject was analyzed individually based on the content analysis framework. The results show that the subjects have dichotomous views on the environment and acknowledge the adverse effects of the current environmental crisis, claiming that human beings are the main cause of it. The study subjects understand that there is a narrow interface between health and the environment and that the economically less privileged populations are those most affected by environmental damage. It is concluded that deepening the debate on the subject in the process of providing training and professional practice in health is fundamental in order to seek effective socioenvironmental responsibility among the social players involved in the sector.

The perception of students of the area of health about the environmental problems: a descriptive study

Objetivo: o estudo objetivou conhecer o que pensam os academicos da area da saude sobre a problematica ambiental. Metodo: Pesquisa descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa, realizada com academicos da area da saude, de uma instituicao de ensino superior. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada, e analisados com base no referencial de analise de conteudo. Resultados: os dados evidenciam uma concepcao polarizada sobre o meio ambiente, entre uma visao de interacao e uma visao naturalizada. Os sujeitos encontram-se impactados pela atual problematica ecologica e identificam o ser humano e identificado como causador dos problemas ambientais. Destacam algumas acoes de preservacao ambiental como fundamentais, mas tambem questionam a ineficiencia do poder publico em relacao ao tema. Conclusao: a ampliacao da discussao sobre a tematica e fundamental, a fim de estimular um processo reflexivo sobre a responsabilidade socioambiental, por parte dos academicos da area da saude.

Interface between health and environment in professional education in health

Objective: To understand the conception in the academic health area about the health and environment interface, and how this is expressed in the academic experience. Methods: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, conducted with 24 students in the area of health of a public institution of higher education. The data collected, during the period from August to September 2010, by means of semi-structured interviews, were analyzed according to the reference of content analysis. Results: Subjects related understanding that there was a strong interface between health and environment. They pointed out that the socioeconomically disadvantaged populations are more predisposed to the effects of environmental problems, which led to the occurrence of many diseases. Some subjects, however, had difficulty in expressing an idea about the theme. Conclusion: A thematic approach is necessary in the educational process of health professionals, aiming at the acquisition of social and environmental responsibility.OBJETIVO: Conocer la concepcion de academicos del area de la salud sobre la interfaz salud y medio ambiente, y como se expresa en su vivencia academica. METODOS: Estudio de abordaje cualitativo, descritivo-exploratorio, realizado con 24 academicos del area de la salud de una institucion publica de ensenanza superior. Los datos recolectados, en el periodo de agosto a setiembre de 2010, por medio de una entrevista semi-estructurada fueron analizados de acuerdo con el referencial del analisis de contenido. RESULTADOS: Los sujetos relataron comprender que hay una estrecha interfaz entre salud y medio ambiente. Apuntaron que las poblaciones menos favorecidas socioeconomicamente estan mas predispuestas a los efectos de la problematica ambiental, lo que lleva a la ocurrencia de muchas enfermedades. Algunos sujetos, entre tanto, presentaron dificultad para manifestar una idea sobre el tema. CONCLUSION: Es necesario un abordaje de la tematica en el proceso formativo de los profesionales del area de la salud, visando a la adquisicion de responsabilidad socioambiental.

Environmental education for nursing faculty members: perception and relation to nurse training

OBJECTIVE to describe the perception of nursing teachers on environmental education and its relation to the professional training received by nurses. METHOD exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study performed with 17 nurses working in Undergraduate Nursing courses at Federal Institutions of Higher Education of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected between January and April 2013, through semi-structured interviews and the analysis of pedagogical projects. Content analysis framework was used for data analysis. RESULTS the following categories emerged: multiplicity of perceptions about environmental education, where environmental education, although still perceived through a naturalist bias, also includes a well rounded vision for socio-cultural context and human values; and environmental education in in the nursing education program, showing an incipient approach in vocational training, while recognizing its importance in nursing care. CONCLUSIONS Environmental education must be fostered with the goal of providing training committed to environmental sustainability.

Salud y ambiente: (im) visibilidades y (des) continuidad en la formación profesional en enfermería

Introduction: Know the perception of nursing professors concerning the relationship health and environment and how the approach to the issue occurs in nursing professional training. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research with seventeen nurisng professors from five nursing undergraduate courses. Data collected through semi-structured interview and analyzed by content analysis. Results: The interface health and environment is perceived from two perspectives: cause-effect, understanding environment like disease causing, and collective-ethical-complex, integrating social relationships and human behavior with the environment. Concerning the approach in the training, it has been noticed that although it is presented, it is still superficial, and a gap is found in the profesional training. Final considerations: It is considered that the weakness in the approach of the training issue, as well as the discontinuation in the spaces where the issue is present, there is a lack of theoretical basis which covers the complexity involved.

Saúde e ambiente: (in) visibilidades e (des) continuidade na formação profissional em enfermagem

Introduction: Know the perception of nursing professors concerning the relationship health and environment and how the approach to the issue occurs in nursing professional training. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research with seventeen nurisng professors from five nursing undergraduate courses. Data collected through semi-structured interview and analyzed by content analysis. Results: The interface health and environment is perceived from two perspectives: cause-effect, understanding environment like disease causing, and collective-ethical-complex, integrating social relationships and human behavior with the environment. Concerning the approach in the training, it has been noticed that although it is presented, it is still superficial, and a gap is found in the profesional training. Final considerations: It is considered that the weakness in the approach of the training issue, as well as the discontinuation in the spaces where the issue is present, there is a lack of theoretical basis which covers the complexity involved.

Health and environment: (in) visibilities and (dis) continuation in nursing professional training

Introduction: Know the perception of nursing professors concerning the relationship health and environment and how the approach to the issue occurs in nursing professional training. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research with seventeen nurisng professors from five nursing undergraduate courses. Data collected through semi-structured interview and analyzed by content analysis. Results: The interface health and environment is perceived from two perspectives: cause-effect, understanding environment like disease causing, and collective-ethical-complex, integrating social relationships and human behavior with the environment. Concerning the approach in the training, it has been noticed that although it is presented, it is still superficial, and a gap is found in the profesional training. Final considerations: It is considered that the weakness in the approach of the training issue, as well as the discontinuation in the spaces where the issue is present, there is a lack of theoretical basis which covers the complexity involved.

Educación ambiental para docentes enfermeros: percepción y relación con la formación del enfermero

OBJECTIVE to describe the perception of nursing teachers on environmental education and its relation to the professional training received by nurses. METHOD exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study performed with 17 nurses working in Undergraduate Nursing courses at Federal Institutions of Higher Education of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected between January and April 2013, through semi-structured interviews and the analysis of pedagogical projects. Content analysis framework was used for data analysis. RESULTS the following categories emerged: multiplicity of perceptions about environmental education, where environmental education, although still perceived through a naturalist bias, also includes a well rounded vision for socio-cultural context and human values; and environmental education in in the nursing education program, showing an incipient approach in vocational training, while recognizing its importance in nursing care. CONCLUSIONS Environmental education must be fostered with the goal of providing training committed to environmental sustainability.

Educação ambiental para docentes enfermeiros: percepção e relação com a formação do enfermeiro

OBJECTIVE to describe the perception of nursing teachers on environmental education and its relation to the professional training received by nurses. METHOD exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study performed with 17 nurses working in Undergraduate Nursing courses at Federal Institutions of Higher Education of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected between January and April 2013, through semi-structured interviews and the analysis of pedagogical projects. Content analysis framework was used for data analysis. RESULTS the following categories emerged: multiplicity of perceptions about environmental education, where environmental education, although still perceived through a naturalist bias, also includes a well rounded vision for socio-cultural context and human values; and environmental education in in the nursing education program, showing an incipient approach in vocational training, while recognizing its importance in nursing care. CONCLUSIONS Environmental education must be fostered with the goal of providing training committed to environmental sustainability.

A relação saúde e meio ambiente na formação profissional em saúde: visão de docentes [The health-environment relationship in health professionals’ training: the professors’ view]

RESUMO: O estudo objetivou descrever a visao dos docentes da area da saude sobre a inter-relacao saude e meio ambiente. Pesquisa descritiva, de abordagem qualitativa, realizada com oito docentes dos cursos da area da saude de uma instituicao de ensino superior do sul do Brasil. Os dados foram coletados em 2011, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada e submetidos a analise de conteudo. Os docentes manifestaram uma concepcao de meio ambiente polarizada entre a interdependencia e o olhar naturalizado. Reiteram, tambem, que a abordagem do tema na formacao profissional em saude e inespecifica. Assim, torna-se fundamental aprofundar o debate sobre a tematica, no intuito de buscar subsidios que possibilitem novos olhares sobre a problematica ambiental e sua influencia no processo saude-doenca das populacoes, especialmente no cenario da formacao profissional em saude. Palavras-Chave: Saude; meio ambiente; ensino superior; docentes.