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Social representations of homeopathy among professionals working in the family health program
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Keywords

Homeopathy
Integrative and complementary practices
Qualitative research
Primary health care

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Social representations of homeopathy among professionals working in the family health program. (2021). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 13(10), e8753. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e8753.2021

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the social representations about Homeopathy among health professionals who work in the Family Health Program (FHP). Methods: Quantiqualitative study, conducted through interviews that were transcribed and organized using the software Qualiquantsoft® and the Discourse of the Collective Subject method. The guiding question was: "When I speak in Homeopathy, what is the first thing that comes to mind?". Results: 78 professionals were interviewed and the most shared Central Idea (CI) about homeopathy was: "Alternative Treatment". Conclusion: The predominant social representations about homeopathy in the population that participated in the research, connect this therapeutic modality with the notion of "alternative treatment", which brings an exclusionary logic, therefore, opposite to the principles of SUS, of primary care and the PNPIC, a document that inserts homeopathy into the current public health system. This finding bases the recommendation that actions of permanent and continued education be stimulated for primary care professionals, instrumentalizing them on current public policies involving the PICS, emphasizing the connections between these practices, the principles of SUS and the National Policy of Primary Care (NPPC).

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