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0258/2018 - Challenges of attention to anorexia nervosa in adolescence: Ethnography in public health service of Rio de Janeiro.
Desafios da atenção à anorexia nervosa na adolescência: Etnografia em serviço público de saúde no Rio de Janeiro.

Author:

• Priscila da Silva Castro - Castro, PS - <priscilacastro@unifesspa.edu.br>

Co-author(s):

• Elaine Reis Brandão - Brandão , E. R. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <brandao@iesc.ufrj.br, brandao@iesc.ufrj.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3682-6985


Abstract:

The article seeks to reflect, through an anthropological ethnographic research, on the dynamics of the daily functioning of a public health service specialized in the treatment of eating disorders, as well as on the process of illness experienced by adolescents who publicly face anorexia nervosa. The Program of Eating Disorders observed in Rio de Janeiro offers outpatient care and the possibility of hospitalization. Fieldwork provided the knowledge about the attention given to adolescents and their families, as well as the difficulties experienced by the multiprofessional team. The closer coexistence in the health service made it possible to identify the many challenges that permeate the professional relationship between health and users, professional discouragement regarding the complexity of the disease, lack of qualification to treat adolescents, and other obstacles. The importance of this theme for the field of Public Health in Brazil, with the development of guidelines to guide health services, as well as public health policies that promote the creation of programs, actions and activities aimed at giving visibility and ensure rights for people with eating disorders in the country.

Keywords:

anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; adolescence; health policies; ethnography.

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Castro, PS, Brandão , E. R.. Challenges of attention to anorexia nervosa in adolescence: Ethnography in public health service of Rio de Janeiro.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/May). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/challenges-of-attention-to-anorexia-nervosa-in-adolescence-ethnography-in-public-health-service-of-rio-de-janeiro/16791?id=16791&id=16791



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