Oral health technicians in Brazilian primary health care
Potentials and Constraints
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5231649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dulce Maria Lucena De Aguiar (Universidade de Fortaleza), Nilce Emy Tomita (Universidade de São Paulo), Maria De Fátima Antero Sousa Machado (0000-0002-2541-8441, Universidade Regional do Cariri), Cleide Lavieri Martins (0000-0001-7688-0516, Universidade de São Paulo), Paulo Frazão (0000-0002-3224-0020, Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1560-1570 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00140613 |
| PMID | 25166951 |
| OpenAlex | W2133113504 |
| SciELO | S0102-311X2014000701560 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Different perspectives on the role of mid-level workers in health care might represent a constraint to health policies. This study aimed to investigate how different agents view the participation of oral health technicians in direct activities of oral healthcare with the goal of understanding the related symbolic dispositions. Theoretical assumptions related to inter-professional collaboration and conflicts in the field of healthcare were used for this analysis. A researcher conducted 24 in-depth interviews with general dental practitioners, oral health technicians and local managers. The concepts of Pierre Bourdieu supported the data interpretation. The results indicated inter-professional relations marked by collaboration and conflict that reflect an action space related to different perspectives of primary care delivery. They also unveiled the symbolic devices related to the participation of oral health technicians that represent a constraint to the implementation of oral health policy, thus reducing the potential of primary health care in Brazil
Action (physics) · Constraint (computer-aided design) · Family medicine · Health care · Interpretation (philosophy) · Oral health · Political science · Primary care · Primary health care · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Health in Brazil
The Brazilian health system
The determinants of successful collaboration
Health conditions and health-policy innovations in Brazil
As práticas profissionais no campo público de atenção à saúde bucal
Reforma política e sanitária
Processo de trabalho em saúde bucal
Inter-professional conflict and professionalization
Saúde bucal coletiva
Sociology in question
O trabalho em saúde
The health professions and the performance of future health systems in low-income countries
A educação profissional pela Pedagogia das Competências
Discursos de cirurgiões-dentistas do Programa Saúde da Família
Dynamic professional boundaries in the healthcare workforce
| Highly cited | No |
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