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0449/2018 - Symbolic sites of belonging and prevention and control of Tuberculosis: Perceptions and practices of Community Health Workers in Brazil and Ethiopia.
Sítios simbólicos de pertencimento e prevenção e controle da tuberculose: Percepções e práticas dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde no Brasil e na Etiópia.

Author:

• Gisela Cordeiro Pereira Cardoso - Cardoso, G. C. P - <gisela.cardoso@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-0951

Co-author(s):

• Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos - Santos, E. M. - <betuca51@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-7048
• Berhane Megerssa Ereso - Ereso, B.M - <berhanemegerssa2004@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9260-0123
• Yibeltal Kiflie - Kiflie, Y - <kibeltal@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1781-0777
• Kifle Woldemichael - Woldemichael, K - <bethy_kifle@yahoo.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-218X
• Wuleta Lemma - Lemma,W - <wlemma@tulane.edu>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2672-5355


Abstract:

We evaluated the contribution of Community DOTS, Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course, for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis actions in primary care in Brazil and Ethiopia, based on the perceptions and practices of the community health care workers. We employed the Symbolic Sites conceptual-methological framewok, accounting for its three typologies: Black box, Conceptual box and Tool box. The contrasting case study involved triangulating and complementing data collection and analysissemi-structured interviews with community health workers and health professionals, and site observation. The results highlight the sense of commitment as an important value regarding the activities developed by community health workers in both contexts. The main challenges are the insufficiency of capacity building and supervision (Conceptual box), as well as the difficulties related to access (Tool box), expressed in long geographic distances in the Ethiopian case and in barriers related to territory violence, mostly drug trafficking, although not explicit, in the Brazilian context. This implies in a continuous effort for the community health workers to adapt their practices, respecting the cultural values (Black box), in order to direct their actions to overcome these challenges.

Keywords:

Avaliação; Tuberculose; Agentes Comunitários de Saúde; Brasil; Etiópia

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Cardoso, G. C. P, Santos, E. M., Ereso, B.M, Kiflie, Y, Woldemichael, K, Lemma,W. Symbolic sites of belonging and prevention and control of Tuberculosis: Perceptions and practices of Community Health Workers in Brazil and Ethiopia.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Oct). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/symbolic-sites-of-belonging-and-prevention-and-control-of-tuberculosis-perceptions-and-practices-of-community-health-workers-in-brazil-and-ethiopia/16982?id=16982



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