Professional practices in a tuberculosis control center: observation and implication
OBJECTIVES : The main purpose of this study was to analyze the professional practices for TB control at CLAT (TB center). METHODS: For this study, a conceptual approach of the theoretical framework of institutional analysis was used by means of observation and implication’s analysis. Four interviews were conducted with foreign students, two interviews with foreign users and two interviews with one nurse and one doctor, both CLAT workers. Participant observation, institutional document analysis available online at professional use and research journal were used as techniques to highlight the reality issues and their interactions. RESULTS: It was observed that the basic training for professionals working with tuberculosis is poor; furthermore, only the doctor had a more specialized training to work at CLAT. One of the main difficulties in the reported consultation by users and professionals is related to the lack of mastery of the that the language is only one element in the communication process. Moreover, it was identified humanizing aspects in the therapeutic embracement. CONCLUSION : The professional practices for TB control at CLAT are built and crossed by both subjective and objective aspects, which implicated penetrate the encounter between professionals and users.