Preparing the care relationship: a welcoming tool in health units

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 1001 - 1008
• Main Authors: Matumoto, Silvia, Mishima, Silvana Martins, Fortuna, Cinira Magali, Pereira, Maria José Bistafa, de Almeida, Maria Cecília Puntel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 01-11-2009
• Subjects: Humans; Interpersonal Relations; NURSING; Primary Health Care; serviços de saúde; servicios de salud; atención primaria de salud; health services; primary health care; atenção primária à saúde; interpersonal relations; relações interpessoais; relaciones interpersonales
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692009000600012

This study aimed to identify and analyze aspects regarding the preparation for the worker-user relationship in a primary health care unit in a city in the state of São Paulo-Brazil, from the perspective of welcoming. The health work process is the theoretical basis of the study; participant observation and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection techniques, and thematic analysis in the analysis stage. For the welcoming to be processed, there is a 'moment' of preparation for the worker, the physical environment and the relationships present at work so that users are welcomed, in which the users' needs are sometimes disregarded. Despite the difficulties in terms of resource availability, especially in the public sector, when preparing the service/user and worker/user relationships, one should consider the aspects associated to a more human, welcoming relationship, since it is during live work, in this intersection, that care quality is established.