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Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2013 Jul-Aug;21(4):998-1004. doi: 10.1590/S0104-11692013000400023.
Public health emergency: social representations among managers of a university hospital.
[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Souza DB, Dall'agnol CM.
Source
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil.
Abstract
AIM:
to comprehend the social representations of public health emergencies among managers who experienced the Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic of 2009.
METHOD:
a qualitative case study, with its theoretical and methodological framework based on the Theory of Social Representations. The data was obtained through the techniques of free association and semi-structured interviews, applied individually to managers who worked in different positions of the hierarchical management structure of the institution during the pandemic emergency, a total of 30 participants.
RESULTS:
thematic content analysis resulted in the following categories: vulnerability, health protection, neglect - gray areas of the public sphere, and integrality. The social representations of public health emergencies attest to continuities that transit the overvalorization of negative discourses linked to the health/education public space, naturalization of the substantial character of the epidemic, and normative managerial action. However, the defense of ongoing education as a necessity associated with emergency management revealed possibilities for change in the technical-scientific perception of the management.
CONCLUSIONS:
to understand healthcare/nursing workers as political beings, assuming responsibilities in the areas of the macro and micro policies of the State, the university hospitals and the work teams, is a pathway that is emerging for the management of emergencies.
PMID:
23970239
[PubMed - in process]
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970239
Public health emergency: social representations among managers of a university hospital.
[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Souza DB, Dall'agnol CM.
Source
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil.
Abstract
AIM:
to comprehend the social representations of public health emergencies among managers who experienced the Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic of 2009.
METHOD:
a qualitative case study, with its theoretical and methodological framework based on the Theory of Social Representations. The data was obtained through the techniques of free association and semi-structured interviews, applied individually to managers who worked in different positions of the hierarchical management structure of the institution during the pandemic emergency, a total of 30 participants.
RESULTS:
thematic content analysis resulted in the following categories: vulnerability, health protection, neglect - gray areas of the public sphere, and integrality. The social representations of public health emergencies attest to continuities that transit the overvalorization of negative discourses linked to the health/education public space, naturalization of the substantial character of the epidemic, and normative managerial action. However, the defense of ongoing education as a necessity associated with emergency management revealed possibilities for change in the technical-scientific perception of the management.
CONCLUSIONS:
to understand healthcare/nursing workers as political beings, assuming responsibilities in the areas of the macro and micro policies of the State, the university hospitals and the work teams, is a pathway that is emerging for the management of emergencies.
PMID:
23970239
[PubMed - in process]
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23970239