The potential of an instrument to identify social vulnerabilities and health needs: collective health knowledge and practices

Authors

  • Eunice Nakamura Capes; Prodoc
  • Emiko Yoshikawa Egry Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Célia Maria Sivalli Campos Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Lúcia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Anna Maria Chiesa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Renata Ferreira Takahashi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000200018

Keywords:

needs assessment, social vulnerability, nursing, public health, delivery of health care, education

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to analyze an instrument that aims to understand the health-disease process, its potential to identify social vulnerabilities and health needs to enable the most appropriate interventions in a given territory. Procedures: analysis of the data collection instrument - composed of closed and open questions to identify different profiles of social reproduction (ways of working and living) - used in the Project of Pedagogical Development and activities reported by students at a Collective Health Nursing department. CONCLUSIONS: the instrument enables health care professionals, especially those from Collective Health Nursing, to identify social vulnerabilities and health needs, and guide interventions in different contexts, according to the health promotion perspective. Thus, it reveals potential to transform current health practices, dynamism and constant innovation of these practices in different contexts, according to the "radicality" that is characteristic of Collective Health.

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Published

2009-04-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Review Article

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How to Cite

The potential of an instrument to identify social vulnerabilities and health needs: collective health knowledge and practices. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(2), 253-258. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000200018