Qualitative research in health: routes and difficulties in beginner researchers’ education

Authors

  • Alexandro da Silva Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências da Saúde
  • Carlos Roberto Castro-Silva Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Departamento de Políticas Públicas e Saúde Coletiva
  • Ludmila de Moura Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Programa de Pós-graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências da Saúde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-12902018172700

Keywords:

Qualitative Research in Health, Early Career Researcher, Training in Health

Abstract

This article describes the cores of social significance identified in the speeches of primary healthcare professionals regarding the quality of the actions performed. This is a case study carried out in two services organized according to different models: a “traditional” unit, with community agents, and one for family healthcare. The interviews and observations are analyzed based on the framework proposed by Vigotsky, dialogically with the literature on the working processes in health care. The results point as the main cores of quality in basic care: reception as interaction between professional and user of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS); diversity of multi-professional and intersectoral offers; community agents as a link between healthcare team and community; and teamwork and democratic management. Even though these aspects are socially understood as cores for quality in primary health care among professionals, there are tensions and contradictions between the legitimized and the instituted as practices.

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Published

2018-06-01

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How to Cite

Qualitative research in health: routes and difficulties in beginner researchers’ education. (2018). Saúde E Sociedade, 27(2), 632-645. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0104-12902018172700