Abstract

CHAVES, Jéssica Bazilio; FERNANDES, Sheyla Christine Santos  and  BEZERRA, Daniela Santos. The men's absence in primary health care: an analysis of the Theory of Planned Action. Est. Inter. Psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.3, pp. 38-57. ISSN 2236-6407.

This study presents, from the Theory of Planned Action, an analysis of male absence in Primary Health Care. The objective was to identify positive and negative beliefs and to define the salient modal beliefs related to the behavior of "seeking the Basic Health Unit "Of men from a sanitary district of Maceió (AL). A total of 25 men, aged 25-59 years, enrolled in one Basic Health Unit (BHU) of a health district of Maceió participated in the study. A semi-structured interview was used and Bardin content analysis was adopted. Men presented behavioral beliefs that both favor and hinder behavior. Normative beliefs have shown greater influence of women for behavioral adoption. The control beliefs were represented by the participants as negative, even though some of them facilitated the performance of the behavior. This proves that male demand for BHU is related to the beliefs that surround their cognitive universe.

Keywords : Men's health; behavior; primary health care; theory of planned action.

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