title: [Caring for tuberculosis patients in the Family Health Strategy: the nurses' perceptions].
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the nurses' perceptions regarding tuberculosis control, according to the theoretical axis of comprehensive healthcare and the concepts of attachment and teamwork. This qualitative study involved 13 nurses from the Family Health Strategy of a priority city in the metropolitan region of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data were collected in focal groups and subjected to thematic content analysis. Factors that strengthen tuberculosis control were: supervised treatment, free medication and the provision of supplies. Weakening factors were: worker's turnover, the lack of encouragement for patients and incipient educational actions. The factors that, according to the nurses, weaken tuberculosis patient care should be reviewed by administrators, workers, users and educators with a view to redefining healthcare activities that strengthen attachment, comprehensive healthcare and teamwork.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública e Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil. lenilde_sa@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Lenilde Duarte
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: de Sá
authors.forename: Annelissa Andrade Virgínio
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Anna Luiza Castro
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Jordana de Almeida
authors.initials: Jde A
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Neusa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collet
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014376:Tuberculosis