摘要：The cultural universe of the people with high blood pressure attended in primary attention units is described. Its an etnographic study accomplished on South Chile. Adults with clear consent participated of this study. Participative observation and etnographic interview were used to get to data. The high blood pressure was defined by the people as a loss of welfare, influencing in many aspects of their lifes as the familiar and social web, with lack of autonomy and freedom. The cultural teme emerged as being a total routine, perceived as destructive of thenselves. Feelings of frustation, uncertainty and distrust were present. The consequences to the familyas well as its importance to the treatment and recuperation of the patients were manifested during this trajectory. Emerged subsidies for changes on the current models of care, being required a coherent care with the cultural context with special attention to the good family functioning.
其他摘要：The cultural universe of the people with high blood pressure attended in primary attention units is described. Its an etnographic study accomplished on South Chile. Adults with clear consent participated of this study. Participative observation and etnographic interview were used to get to data. The high blood pressure was defined by the people as a loss of welfare, influencing in many aspects of their lifes as the familiar and social web, with lack of autonomy and freedom. The cultural teme emerged as being a total routine, perceived as destructive of thenselves. Feelings of frustation, uncertainty and distrust were present. The consequences to the familyas well as its importance to the treatment and recuperation of the patients were manifested during this trajectory. Emerged subsidies for changes on the current models of care, being required a coherent care with the cultural context with special attention to the good family functioning.
关键词：Cuidado primário em saúde;Hipertensão;Primary health care;High blood pressure;Atention primaria de salud;hipertension
