A Quiropraxia na constru????o da sa??de coletiva: a vis??o dos quiropraxistas

Abstract

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo conhecer, a partir de entrevistas realizadas com quiropraxistas, o seu conceito de sa??de coletiva, a rela????o que estabelecem entre quiropraxia e sa??de coletiva, bem como poss??veis espa??os de atua????o dos mesmos nesta ??rea. O estudo caracterizou-se como explorat??rio com abordagem qualitativa atrav??s da an??lise de conte??do. Participaram da pesquisa 15 quiropraxistas graduados, atuando na profiss??o h?? no m??nimo dois anos e residentes na regi??o Metropolitana de Porto Alegre, Vale do Sinos e Serra Ga??cha. A coleta de dados se deu em julho de 2008 atrav??s de entrevista semi-estruturada. Os resultados indicam que os quiropraxistas entrevistados apresentam um bom conhecimento a respeito do conceito de sa??de coletiva. Estes profissionais apontaram a rela????o entre quiropraxia e sa??de coletiva, com destaque para a????es de cunho preventivo e educativo, bem como sinalizaram diversos espa??os para a poss??vel atua????o do quiropraxista em sa??de coletiva, principalmente o Sistema ??nico de Sa??de. AThe present research study aimed at verifying, through interviews carried out with chiropractors, what their concept of collective health is; the relationship between collective health and chiropractic, as well as possible areas in collective health in which chiropractors can be engaged in. This is an exploratory research with a qualitative approach carried out through content analysis. Fifteen chiropractors who had been practicing for a minimum of two years in the Porto Alegre Metropolitan area, in the Sinos Valley and Mountains region in Southern Brazil, participated on the research. The data was collected in July 2008, by the use of a semi-structured interview. A good concept of what collective health is was verified among the chiropractors. They were also able to establish an important relationship between collective health and chiropractic, mainly related to preventive and educational measures, as well as to envision several possible areas in which chiropractors can engage in regarding collective health