Nursing Interventions for Drug Users: Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos^1, , Iracema da Silva Frazão², Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro³, Murilo Duarte da Costa Lima⁴, José Francisco de Albuquerque⁵ and Vânia Pinheiro Ramos⁵

¹Neuropsychiatry of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Psychosocial care center for alcohol and other drugs

²Social Service, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

³Nursing, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

⁴Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

⁵Neuropsychiatry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Cite this paper:
Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos, Iracema da Silva Frazão, Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro, Murilo Duarte da Costa Lima, José Francisco de Albuquerque and Vânia Pinheiro Ramos. Nursing Interventions for Drug Users: Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. American Journal of Nursing Research. 2013; 1(1):24-27. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-1-1-4

Abstract

Objective: To identify the Brazilians nurses’ interventions in the drug users care. Methods: Research on the databases LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, CINHAL, and Cochrane, indexed from 2003 to 2012, using the keywords ‘health education’ and ‘substance-related disorders’. Obtained 8 articles as sample that resulted in a thematic and two sub themes. Results: Demonstrated that Brazilian nurses’ interventions in the drug users care are grounded in health education. Conclusion: Health education actions are relevant to the process of rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug user, can promote improvement in self-care and in the quality of life of this clientele, in addition to strengthening the nursing professional identity in this setting of care.

Keywords:
nursing health education substance-related disorders drug users mental health

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