Redução de danos: o conhecimento dos estudantes de enfermagem e medicina

Abstract

This Academic Course Completion Work (TACC) had as main objective to investigate the knowledge about the Harm Reduction (RD) strategy among students of Nursing and Medicine courses at a public university in Maceio. This is a qualitative research conducted with a group of 28 students (16 from the undergraduate nursing course and 12 from the undergraduate medical course), in 2019. Two focus groups were held with the participation of a moderator, observer and the students, using a script with seven guiding questions. The speeches were recorded, transcribed and the textual contents were processed using the IRAMUTEQ software. Six classes were generated after the analysis: class 1: Alcohol and other drugs policy; class 2: Learning about the topic; class 3: Approach of the theme in the course, class 4 called: Harm Reduction Strategy; class 5: Understanding the concept of Harm Reduction and class 6: Discussion of the topic Harm Reduction during graduation. It was observed that the analyzed groups have knowledge on Harm Reduction, requiring a better learning on the subject. Based on these results, a webinar on Harm Reduction as an educational product was motivated where knowledge about the concept, history, current scenario in Brazil and in the world, and approach to teaching was discussed and shared. It can thus be used for updates on the subject and as a research source.