Abstract
to analyze the attitudes, knowledge and skills that make up the professional competencies of nurses working in indigenous territories. this is an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach, conducted with nurses working in the Xingu Indigenous Park in 2016. Data were obtained in semi-structured interviews and treated according to the thematic-categorical analysis method. the nurse's performance in the Xingu Indigenous Park has a multifaceted character, being defined by the territory's interculturality and specificities and by how the service is organized. Technical skills, concepts from anthropology and attitudes that facilitate a respectful dialogue with cultural difference are required for a professional to act in this context. the performance of health professionals in indigenous territories requires specificities associated with the acquisition of new knowledge, attitudes and skills geared to the intercultural dimension of the work developed.
Highlights
In Brazil, primary care in indigenous territories is given by Multidisciplinary Indigenous Health Teams (Emsi), which act as an instrument for the implementation of health care based on health surveillance and territoriality
Three of the participants live in the same municipality where the Dsei is located, and only one participant lives outside the state of Mato Grosso
Indigenous health care has been configuring itself as an attractive field for offering a job opportunity with better wages
Summary
In Brazil, primary care in indigenous territories is given by Multidisciplinary Indigenous Health Teams (Emsi), which act as an instrument for the implementation of health care based on health surveillance and territoriality This configuration vastly differs from the previous health care initiatives and models provided to this population, which focused on immediate and emergency care[1]. Sasi-SUS is organized in 34 Special Indigenous Health Districts (Dsei), distributed across the Brazilian territory Each of these units is responsible for managing a certain territorial space, defined by geographical, population and ethnocultural criteria, and are endowed with political and financial autonomy to ensure the promotion, prevention and control of diseases, based on the local epidemiological profile and cultural specificities[3]
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