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0127/2024 - The Invisibility of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Primary Healthcare
INvisibilidades das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares na Atenção Primária à Saúde

Author:

• Pedro Henrique Brito da Silva - Silva, P. H. B. - <pedrobryto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-0439

Co-author(s):

• Leylaine Christina Nunes de Barros - Barros, L. C. N. - <anjinhossecia@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-7571
• Janaína da Câmara Zambelli - Zambelli, J. C. - <jcsateles@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6269-7382
• Nelson Filice de Barros - de Barros, N. F. - <nelsonfilicel@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2389-0056
• Ellen Synthia Fernandes de Oliveira - Oliveira, E. S. F. - <ellen@ufg.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-2620


Abstract:

Invisibility is an issue that requires more attention among healthcare professionals, as some activities in Primary Care go unnoticed. An example is the provision of complementary therapies, whose implementation has been fragile and, consequently, can be overlooked in the Unified Health System. This study aims to understand the factors contributing to the public invisibility of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Primary Care. It is a descriptive, exploratory, and qualitative research involving semi-structured interviews with 20 professionals in the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia. Thematic content analysis was applied to the interviews, revealing elements indicating the public invisibility of these practices, such as insufficient discussion in team meetings, inconsistency in recording in user records, and low prioritization in implementation. In the interviews, social humiliation, a product of public invisibility, can also be perceived due to overload, constraints, and lack of physical space for the provision of practices to users. It is concluded that Integrative and Complementary Practices are often overlooked in Primary Care.

Keywords:

Complementary Therapies, Primary Healthcare, Health Personnel.

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Silva, P. H. B., Barros, L. C. N., Zambelli, J. C., de Barros, N. F., Oliveira, E. S. F.. The Invisibility of Integrative and Complementary Practices in Primary Healthcare. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Apr). [Citado em 05/11/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-invisibility-of-integrative-and-complementary-practices-in-primary-healthcare/19175?id=19175



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