title: [Professionalization of nursing aides at the State of Sao Paulo: a study of supply/demand regarding training].
abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study was to verify the problem of nursing aides professionalization and to analyze the offer of courses and demand regarding technical level capacitation at the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were obtained through the analysis of documents on professional capacitation in the area in the 1990s. Authors identified a scenario of conceptual and political changes regarding the professionalization and the existence of a great number of aides being professionalized. They also verified a tendency to increase the offer of courses and the demand regarding the capacitation and specialization at the technical level.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. lavinia@usp.br
authors.forename: Lavínia Santos de Souza
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Glória Nicoladelli
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Lampe
authors.forename: Cleide Lavieri
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Sueli Yuriko
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Miyashiro
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004506:Education, Nursing; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education* / Q000600:supply & distribution*