Processo terapêutico: automedicação como forma de gestão individual de saúde: estudo de casos no Bairro de Chamanculo B - Cidade de Maputo Candidato:

Abstract

This study focuses on the analysis of therapeutic processes: self-medication as a way of individual health management. Self-medication can be understood as a process in which that an individual takes any drug with the intention of relieving any symptom without no medical prescription and follow-up. The present study sought to understand and analyze the different perceptions of self-medication practitioners in the neighborhood of Chamanculo “B” (City of Maputo). Therefore, the study enabled us to understand that the Self-medication practitioners have their own specific and particular ways of accessing a particular type of treatment or cure. This proved to be pertinent because it allowed to know the reasons behind the self-medication practices that, in many cases, put at risk the lives of many individuals. It was also found in the present study that the practice of Self-medication is not limited to the individual, but also has to do with the systems and symbolic techniques, sets of knowledge, representations and practices placed by individuals, family to respond to health and malaise problems, before resorting to professionals of health. The results presented in this study allow to attest that the choices of this practice are guided by the valorization of a social statute and influence that starts from the network of coexistence of practitioners. Self-medication for the participants of this research brings many advantages such as the immediate resolution of your health problems, saving time in attendance, decreasing the workload of the professional. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)