Abstract

ROCHA, Francielle de Rezende; ALVARENGA, Marcia Regina Martins  and  GIACON-ARRUDA, Bianca Cristina Ciccone. Impact of the educational intervention about suicide on the perception of nurses and community health agents. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.4, pp. 13-22. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2020.168225.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the perception of nurses and community health agents in relation to suicide before and after an educational intervention. METHOD: a quasi-experimental research, of the before and after study type and with a qualitative approach, based on the theoretical framework of Knowledge Transfer. Two nurses and ten community health agents from a basic health unit in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, participated in the study. The focus group technique was used for data collection before and after the educational intervention. Data analysis was performed using the technique of Triangulation of Methods. RESULTS: two categories of data analysis emerged: "the perception of suicide in its different aspects", which brings perceptions, understandings, and concepts related to suicide; and "the context of health care in suicidal behavior", which is characterized by how suicide is experienced by the health professionals in care contexts. CONCLUSION: the educational intervention fostered changes in the participants' perception regarding the identification and approach of suicidal behavior, indicating the importance of actions of this nature for approaches concerning suicide prevention.

Keywords : Suicide; Intervention Study; Primary Health Care; Suicide Attempted.

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