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Potencialidade do conceito de vulnerabilidade para a compreensão das doenças transmissíveis

Year: 2011

Type: article

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.

Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

DOI: 10.1590/s0080-62342011000800023

Authors: Lúcia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata, Maria Rita Bertolozzi, Anna Luiza Pinho Lins Gryschek, Núbia Virginia DÁvila L. de Araújo, Maria Clara Padoveze, Suely Itsuko Ciosak, Renata Ferreira Takahashi

Institution: Universidade de São Paulo

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Public Health and Social Inequalities

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2028698686

FWCI: 1.643

Cites: 10

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10