Farmácias Vivas: O contexto do uso de plantas medicinais e fitoterápicos por meio dos atores sociais no município de Fortaleza

Abstract

The practice of Living Pharmacies (FVs) in Fortaleza precedes Phytotherapy Deployment Policy in Public Health in the state of Ceará, Decree No. 30016 of December 30, 2009. Conceived by Professor Francisco José Matos, the FVs make up the practices complementary integrative, anchored in the Municipal Public Policy and National Medicinal Plants and Herbal medicines. To understand how this municipal public policy within living pharmacy emerged and structure, and social actors see this public policy, there was the use of historical methods of the timeline, an analysis of questionnaires given to social actors managers FVs and another questionnaire for implementers of public policy. As the questionnaires analytical tool, we used descriptive statistics and an approach of discourse analysis. Was obtained, so that two timelines Public Policy of Medicinal Plants and Herbal medicines: one at the state level and the other nacional. Uma type of medicinal and herbal plant production system for FVs the city of Fortaleza showing steps production and its social actors involved for each PV. And the perception of social actors involved in FVs, as to feel motivated, pela política benefit of FV in Fortaleza. Thus, the timelines of public policy in question showed that there is a cause and effect relationship in the emergence of a public policy; whereas the types of FVs allowed to observe how each one works before the public policy and its adaptations. Finally, there was sea perception of social actors as sesentirem be motivated, beneficiados pela FV policy in Fortaleza, which showed satisfactory levels.