[Attitudes of physicians and nurses towards health prevention and promotion activities in Primary Care].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the attitudes of physicians and registered nurses in the Andalusian Public Health System towards preventive and health promotion (PHP) interventions in the context of Primary Health Care and the relationship with occupational variables and self-reported competence in PHP.


METHODS
Multicenter, observational, descriptive study.


METHODS
Primary Health Care (PHC), Andalusia, Spain.


METHODS
A total of 282 professionals (physicians and nurses) from 22 Healthcare centers of the Andalusian public health system and who participated in the validation of CAPPAP were included.


METHODS
The attitude of physicians and registered nurses towards PHP activities consisted of five dimensions: improvements necessary, perception of peers attitude, importance, obstacles, and improvement opportunities. The validated CAPPAP questionnaire was used. Occupational variables and questions about self-reported competence in PHP were also included.


RESULTS
All dimensions of CAPPAP exceeded the midpoint of the scale (2.5), with their values varying between 3.06 (SD: 0.76) in "improvement necessary", and 4.39 (SD: 0.49) in "importance". The self-declared social, occupational, and competences variables have a statistically significant relationship with the dimensions of the attitude of the professionals except: job experience in PHC, training and implementation of scheduled PHP activities.


CONCLUSIONS
The attitudes of physicians and registered nurses towards PHP activities are acceptable, and work must be done to sustain it. Healthcare organizations should implement interventions adapted to different professional profiles. They should also increase activities to improve professional skills in order to provide the appropriate care.
Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España. Electronic address: ajramos@um.es.
Antonio Jesús
AJ
Ramos-Morcillo
Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
María
M
Ruzafa-Martínez
Hospital de Alta Resolución Sierra de Segura, Agencia Sanitaria Alto Guadalquivir, Puente de Génave, Jaén, España.
Serafín
S
Fernández-Salazar
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, España.
Rafael
R
del-Pino-Casado
Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
David
D
Armero Barranco
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011320:Primary Health Care
Actitudes; Atención primaria de salud; Attitude; Health promotion; Prevención; Prevention; Primary health care; Promoción de salud