Genogram and ecomap: tools for the intervention of nursing in the care of the Family Health

• Grant number: 08/01219-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2008
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Silvana Martins Mishima
• Grantee: Layse Beneli Prado
• Host Institution: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to identify and analyze the production literature produced from 1997 to 2007 in the national and international journals, which have as a theme to use the genogram and ecomap in caring produced in the Family Health.The genogram and ecomap are instruments used for assessing the composition and the relationship of the family in their context of life, and with power to assist in the organization of health care and nursing, with important tools to qualify the attention with a view to strategy for Family Health underway Brazil.