Accountability of the other: discourses of nurses of the Family Health Strategy on the occurrence of dengue

The aim of this investigation was to know, from the discourse of Family Health Strategy nurses, what are the behaviors of the population in relation to dengue, to improve communication between professionals and the population. A qualitative study was conducted with nurses in the Family Health Strategy of six selected cities, and the data were analyzed by the technique of the Collective Subject Discourse. The results showed four central ideas about the population's behavior, to who nurses attribute important part of the responsibility for the occurrence of dengue. The conclusion is that the discourse of nurses is very close to common sense, generalizing inadequate behaviors. Thus, it is necessary to implement specific actions to change behaviors and keep them in the long term.