Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents

The objective of this descriptive and exploratory study was to evaluate the difficulties of access to public health care services as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents. Data collected between March and May 2006 through semi-structured interviews with 25 mothers of diabetic adolescen...

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Main Authors: Lívia de Paulo Pereira, Maria Vilani Cavalcante Guedes
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2011-06-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4267
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description The objective of this descriptive and exploratory study was to evaluate the difficulties of access to public health care services as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents. Data collected between March and May 2006 through semi-structured interviews with 25 mothers of diabetic adolescents aged 10 to 19 years of age attending a referral facility Center were submitted to Bardin’s content analysis. The mothers reported difficulties of access to diagnosis. The cooperation between health care services at different levels through an efficient referral and counter-referral system has been shown to improve the quality of health care. However, due to the administrative inefficiency of primary health care facilities in Brazil, diagnosis is delayed, users are fatigued and patients are exposed to greater risk of complications.
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spelling doaj-art-55f1ccfd352648d1926d644b6acfa2b52025-08-21T13:39:43ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832011-06-01123Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescentsLívia de Paulo PereiraMaria Vilani Cavalcante GuedesThe objective of this descriptive and exploratory study was to evaluate the difficulties of access to public health care services as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents. Data collected between March and May 2006 through semi-structured interviews with 25 mothers of diabetic adolescents aged 10 to 19 years of age attending a referral facility Center were submitted to Bardin’s content analysis. The mothers reported difficulties of access to diagnosis. The cooperation between health care services at different levels through an efficient referral and counter-referral system has been shown to improve the quality of health care. However, due to the administrative inefficiency of primary health care facilities in Brazil, diagnosis is delayed, users are fatigued and patients are exposed to greater risk of complications.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4267Adolescentchronic diseasesdiabetes mellitustype 1health services accessibility.
spellingShingle Lívia de Paulo Pereira
Maria Vilani Cavalcante Guedes
Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
Rev Rene
Adolescent
chronic diseases
diabetes mellitus
type 1
health services accessibility.
title Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
title_full Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
title_fullStr Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
title_short Difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
title_sort difficulties of access to public health care as perceived by mothers of type 1 diabetic adolescents
topic Adolescent
chronic diseases
diabetes mellitus
type 1
health services accessibility.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4267
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