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0858/2011 - THE UTILIZATION OF THE PHYTOTERAPHY AND MEDICINAL PLANTS IN BASIC UNITS OF HEALTH IN THE CITIES OF CASCAVEL AND FOZ DO IGUAÇU – PARANA. THE VIEW OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
A UTILIZAÇÃO DA FITOTERAPIA E DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS EM UNIDADES BÁSICAS DE SAÚDE NOS MUNICÍPIOS DE CASCAVEL E FOZ DO IGUAÇU – PARANÁ: A VISÃO DOS PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE.

Author:

• MARIA CECILIA RIBEIRO BRUNING - BRUNING,M.C.R. - CASCAVEL, PR - UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE - UNIPAR - <marycribeiro6@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde

Abstract:

The phytoterapy and the use of medicinal plants are part of practice of the popular medicine decreases with industrialization, in the 1940 and 1950s, increasing the search, of population, of therapies less aggressive, in the primary health care. This practice is complementary to the usual treatment used for the poor population. The purpose of this work was analyze the knowledge of the managers and health professionals, which works in the primary attention, about phytoterapy and use of medicinal plants, in the cities of Cascavel and Foz do Iguaçu - Paraná. For this, in the period of February to July of 2009, was done an exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative study, using as research instruments half-structuralized interviews and a structuralized, auto-applied questionnaire, with closed questions, in order to contemplate the following aspects: profile of the professionals; acceptability of the introduction of the phytoterapy in the basic attention; the trust in the treatments with phytoterapy; related qualification and professional formation to the phytoterapy, among others itens. One of the health managers judged the program of phytoterapy recent. Pointers of satisfaction of the population about the use of the phytoterapy or medicinal plants don’t exist. The health manager of Cascavel related interest in the introduction of the program. The other professionals interviewed, r

Keywords:

Medicinal plants herbs health professionals

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BRUNING,M.C.R.. THE UTILIZATION OF THE PHYTOTERAPHY AND MEDICINAL PLANTS IN BASIC UNITS OF HEALTH IN THE CITIES OF CASCAVEL AND FOZ DO IGUAÇU – PARANA. THE VIEW OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Dec). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-utilization-of-the-phytoteraphy-and-medicinal-plants-in-basic-units-of-health-in-the-cities-of-cascavel-and-foz-do-iguaccedilu-parana-the-view-of-the-health-professionals/9266



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