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. 2024 Dec 16;77(6):e20240154.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0154. eCollection 2024.

Health literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Bruna Midori Sonoda  1 , Carla Baioni Bonadio  1 , Caroline Krauser  2
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Health literacy development of Primary Health Care patients: qualitative research

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Bruna Midori Sonoda et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objectives: to identify the process of health literacy development among primary care patients, relating it to their self-care practices.

Methods: qualitative, prospective research with 22 patients from two Family Health Strategy units. Data were obtained through individual semi-structured interviews, examined through descriptive statistics and thematic content analysis.

Results: the results discuss how participants learn about health and how this resonates in their behaviors, culminating in two thematic categories: "Health knowledge construction"; and "Dialogue between health knowledge construction and patient care actions".

Final considerations: health knowledge is developed mainly through interpersonal relationships, mediated by health professionals through bonding and communication. Community educational actions and training of health professionals in communication can promote health literacy and self-care among patients.

Objetivos:: identificar el proceso de desarrollo de la alfabetización en salud entre pacientes de atención primaria, relacionándolo con sus prácticas de autocuidado.

Métodos:: investigación cualitativa, prospectiva, con 22 pacientes de dos unidades de la Estrategia de Salud de la Familia. Los datos fueron obtenidos a través de entrevistas individuales semiestructuradas, examinadas mediante estadística descriptiva y análisis de contenido temático.

Resultados:: los resultados discuten cómo los participantes aprenden sobre salud y cómo esto resuena en sus comportamientos, culminando en dos categorías temáticas: “La construcción del conocimiento en salud”; y “El diálogo entre la construcción de conocimientos en salud y las acciones de atención al paciente”.

Consideraciones Finales:: el conocimiento en salud se desarrolla principalmente a través de relaciones interpersonales, mediadas por los profesionales de la salud a través del vínculo y la comunicación. Acciones educativas comunitarias y formación de profesionales de la salud en comunicación pueden promover la alfabetización en salud y el autocuidado en los pacientes.

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Figure 1. Stages of Bardin’s thematic content analysis
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Figura 1. Etapas da análise temática de conteúdo de Bardin
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