Network of attention of the user of psychoative substances: search of the services and nursing staff

Abstract

This paper aims at accomplishing a search of specialized institutions in treatment in users of psychoactive substances and also a search of nursing staffs in Espírito Santo. The study involved restore and preventive institutions of 78 municipalities. The study started off from the first compilation in the state and through the snowball technique new institutions were added. In the data collection a semi-structured instrument was used containing data about the staff and the treatment. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the analysis. Most institutions are in the central macro region (59,4%). The GAMs represent 61, 8% of the treatment in that region and the outpatient clinic treatment (68,5%) outnumbers internment (61,8%). The prevailing drug is alcohol (68,4%) and the biggest concentration of institutions that have nursing staff is located in the central micro region and 80% of the non-government institutions did not have nursing in their staffs. There is a lack of government services to assist such population, as well as a deficit of human resources mainly as of nursing, which reflect the low quality service offered. Therefore, it is necessary the implementation of policies to speed actions as well as to settle down qualified human resources in this field.