title: [Educational activities on the prevention of AIDS in a municipal basic health unit: participation of a nurse].
abstract: This is an exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach that had as its purpose to characterize the educational activities of the nurses that work in the prevention and control program for sexually transmittable diseases and AIDS in the municipality of Natal, RN. The study ws conducted in the basic health care units with 10 (ten) nurses that implemented educational activities in AIDS prevention. A structured interview was used and content analysis techniques were applied to the data. It was identified that the majority of the nurses understood health education as the transmission of information and that the AIDS prevention program had insufficient actions, lacked structure in the service settings and institutional support by the Municipal Secretariat of Health. The program activities were characterized as traditional limited, sporadic, and lacking human and material resources.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem da UFRN, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: G de V
authors.initials: Gde V
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Enders
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003151:Community Health Centers; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D012736:Sex Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014504:Urban Health