Contextual analysis of care for leprosy patients in primary health care

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the contextual factors that influence the performance of nurses in primary health care front for leprosy patients. Method: The present work refers to an analytical essay based on the theoretical framework of contextual analysis, as a source of meaning and knowledge, in which the contextual levels are divided into four interactive layers: the immediate context, context specific and general context metacontext. Results: Contextual levels were presented in the following topics: actions of nurses in primary health care across the leprosy patient (immediate context); nurse's role in the scope of primary health care (specific context); beliefs, myths and fears that underlie the leprosy (general context), and policies that subsidize care for leprosy patients (metacontext). Conclusion: Be better understood phenomenon, identifying the nursing actions directed to the object of study proposed permeate layers interactive context.