Ações dos profissionais de saúde da atenção básica em relação às plantas medicinais.

Abstract

Medicinal plants are therapeutic resources used widely , emphasizing the search for individual autonomy over his own body and health-disease process and recovering of the appreciation of nature. Medicinal plants have been occupying spaces in policy discussions and health programs, received attentionand stimulating studies. The objective of this study was to understand the actions of health professionals from a primary care service on the city of Pelotas / RS. The study was qualitative, descriptive and exploratory. Data collection was conducted after approval by the Ethics Committee of the School of Nursing, Federal University of Pelotas (027/2011) between May and July 2011, along with nine health care professionals, identified by the name of medicinal plants. The techniques used were semi-structured questionnaires self-administered, participants observations and focus group. It was used thematic analysis, divided into three themes that embraced the attitude of health care professionals in relation to medicinal plants, the perspective and references adopted by health professionals to interact with users of primary care which use medicinal plants, and the impediments to therapeutic use of such resources in the practice of health professionals. Among the results highlighted that the use of medicinal plants is present in daily life private of health care professionals, but is absent from your work space on behalf of thebiomedical training. The perspectives of health care professionals reflect insecurity in the indication of medicinal plants, justified by the limited release of scientific validation. Most of the references adopted during the interaction of healthcare professionals with the users as regards the use of medicinal plants, is weak andcoming from popular knowledge adquired in the family. As impediments to the use of medicinal plants in the context of primary care were identified positivist paradigms of academic training and subsequent lack of skills that contribute to a holistic care, targeted to users' needs and local resources available. Thus, this study allows for reflection and planning of primary care, considering the recommendations of the Ministry of Health as the stimulus for the use of medicinal plants and seeks to extract as much of the biomedical model and the complementary model, the essence will help to care health more qualified.