Abstract Background: Uncontrolled blood pressure has been associated with poor adherence to drug treatment. Objectives: To assess blood pressure control in hypertensive patients attending primary health centers after implementation of a pharmaceutical follow-up program in a city of the north of Brazil. Methods: Observational, cross sectional, descriptive study with 163 hypertensive patients attending public primary health care centers – one located on the riverside and one in the urban area of the city of Santarem, western Pará, Brazil. Adherence to the anti-hypertensive treatment was assessed using the eight-item Morisky test. Pharmacotherapy follow-up (Dader method) of patients with uncontrolled hypertension and non-adherent to anti-hypertensive treatment was performed. Results of the normality test showed that the data did not follow a normal distribution. Continuous variables were then compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and categorical variables by the likelihood ratio and the McNemar tests. Statistical significance was set at 5%. Results: Of the total sample, 94.5% were not adherent to anti-hypertensive drug therapy and 77.2% had uncontrolled hypertension. Adherence rate was higher in men than women (p=0.006). Pharmacotherapy follow-up improved blood pressure levels, particularly systolic blood pressure (p<0.001). Conclusion: An individualized pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, considering regional and cultural specificities, can contribute to the treatment of hypertensin in the primary care.

ResumoBuscamos desvelar o significado do trabalho em equipe dentro da complexidade de uma Unidade Neonatal. As técnicas utilizadas para coleta de dados foram a análise documental, a observação participante e a entrevista. Foram entrevistados 24 profissionais que atuam numa Unidade Neonatal pública e de alta complexidade do município do Rio de Janeiro. Os dados foram desenvolvidos conforme a técnica de análise de conteúdo, na modalidade temática, com base em bibliografia sobre humanização, ergologia e processo de trabalho em saúde e em equipe. Concluímos que, mesmo no ambiente neonatal, a construção do trabalho em equipe se efetiva quando o modo de atendimento está voltado para a lógica orientada pelas necessidades de saúde dos sujeitos, considerando os bebês e suas famílias, perpassando pelas negociações, os limites da autonomia, as noções de pertencimento e o reconhecimento do outro.

AbstractThe scope of this paper was to establish the significance of teamwork within the complex interaction in a Neonatal Unit. The techniques used for data collection were document analysis, participant observation and interviews. Twenty-four professionals working in a public and highly complex Neonatal Unit in the city of Rio de Janeiro were interviewed. The data were analyzed using the thematic approach of the content analysis technique, based on the literature on humanization, health work processes, teamwork and ergology. The conclusion drawn is that even in the neonatal environment, the construction of teamwork is established when the care model is geared to the logic responding to the health needs of individuals, taking into consideration the babies and their families, encompassing negotiations, limits of autonomy and notions of belonging and the recognition of others.

ResumoBuscamos desvelar o significado do trabalho em equipe dentro da complexidade de uma Unidade Neonatal. As técnicas utilizadas para coleta de dados foram a análise documental, a observação participante e a entrevista. Foram entrevistados 24 profissionais que atuam numa Unidade Neonatal pública e de alta complexidade do município do Rio de Janeiro. Os dados foram desenvolvidos conforme a técnica de análise de conteúdo, na modalidade temática, com base em bibliografia sobre humanização, ergologia e processo de trabalho em saúde e em equipe. Concluímos que, mesmo no ambiente neonatal, a construção do trabalho em equipe se efetiva quando o modo de atendimento está voltado para a lógica orientada pelas necessidades de saúde dos sujeitos, considerando os bebês e suas famílias, perpassando pelas negociações, os limites da autonomia, as noções de pertencimento e o reconhecimento do outro.

AbstractThe scope of this paper was to establish the significance of teamwork within the complex interaction in a Neonatal Unit. The techniques used for data collection were document analysis, participant observation and interviews. Twenty-four professionals working in a public and highly complex Neonatal Unit in the city of Rio de Janeiro were interviewed. The data were analyzed using the thematic approach of the content analysis technique, based on the literature on humanization, health work processes, teamwork and ergology. The conclusion drawn is that even in the neonatal environment, the construction of teamwork is established when the care model is geared to the logic responding to the health needs of individuals, taking into consideration the babies and their families, encompassing negotiations, limits of autonomy and notions of belonging and the recognition of others.

This study focuses on the geographic distribution of the snail of the genus Biomphalaria and evaluates its infectivity by Schistosoma mansoni in 5264 specimens collected in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Of the 31 locations studied, 6 were reservoirs, 11 rudimentary holding ponds, 7 irrigation ditches, 5 lakes, 1 ornamental pond, and 1 waterfall. Intermediate hosts were found only in the rudimentary ponds and ditches, which were 100% positive. Using morphological and molecular analysis techniques, B. tenagophila, B. peregrina, and B. straminea were identified. This is the first report of B. stramínea in the municipality, and evaluation of its infective potential revealed susceptibility of 25.4%. Although we did not find specimens of Biomphalaria infected by S. mansoni, the data obtained indicate the presence of intermediate hosts, especially in the irrigation ditches in Juiz de Fora, and their proximity to contaminated areas.