title: The potential of the concept of vulnerability in understanding transmissible diseases.
abstract: This article presents the evolution and the contribution of the scientific production related to the concept of vulnerability and its potential to help studying transmissible diseases. It presents the concept of vulnerability and the production of knowledge in nursing, developed particularly by the CNPq Research Group Vulnerability, Adherence, and Health Needs. The purpose is to improve the understanding of health issues, based on this concept, and permit the proposition of coping interventions that surpass the individual domain, thus contemplating the organization of health care work and the social determination of the health-disease process.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, izumi@usp.br.
authors.forename: Lúcia Yasuko Izumi
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Nichiata
authors.forename: Maria Rita
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bertolozzi
authors.forename: Anna Luiza Pinho Lins
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gryschek
authors.forename: Núbia Virginia Dávila L de
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Maria Clara
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Padoveze
authors.forename: Suely Itsuko
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Ciosak
authors.forename: Renata Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge