PRONTUÁRIO ELETRÔNICO DO PACIENTE: Percepção de aceitação e facilidade de uso de profissionais da área da saúde

Esta pesquisa faz parte dos requisitos do Mestrado Profissional em Sistemas de Informação e Gestão do Conhecimento e tem como tema central aceitação de tecnologia e prontuário eletrônico de paciente (PEP). Diversas inovações tecnológicas foram incorporadas no setor de saúde e, em especial, no controle e gestão de informações e ainda quanto à gestão do histórico do paciente. A partir deste cenário, buscou-se contribuir na descrição e análise das variáveis percebidas como geradoras de utilidade e facilidade de uso da tecnologia de prontuário eletrônico a partir do modelo de aceitação de tecnologia. Buscando atender as premissas propostas pelo modelo TAM, no contexto específico de gestão hospitalar, surge o problema de pesquisa: Como usuários de prontuário eletrônico de paciente percebem a utilidade e facilidade desta tecnologia em seu cotidiano? Pretendeu-se desenvolver estudo descritivo onde o objetivo principal foi descrever e analisar as variáveis que influenciam na percepção da utilidade e facilidade de uso de prontuário eletrônico de pacientes sob o ponto de vista dos profissionais da área da saúde da região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Especificamente, pretendeu-se: descrever a percepção de utilidade; descrever a percepção de facilidade de uso, e; analisar o perfil dos respondentes envolvidos com a tecnologia. Optou-se por utilizar o questionário original proposto por Davis Jr. (1989), somente sendo traduzido e contextualizado ao ambiente da pesquisa. O questionário adotado foi disponibilizado por meio da ferramenta Survey Monkey ® e os respondentes foram profissionais que atuam na área da saúde, sendo o critério de escolha dos mesmos, por meio da técnica de snow ball, a acessibilidade e disponibilidade. A partir das respostas dos profissionais pode-se perceber que a grande maioria relatou utilidade percebida com o uso da tecnologia, sendo que alguns profissionais indicaram que ocorre ainda algumas dificuldades de uso. Os resultados e discussões gerados nesta pesquisa, apesar das limitações, indicam a importância de novos estudos que envolvam a saúde e a importância da tecnologia para a sociedade.

Outorga onerosa do direito de construir e dinâmica do mercado imobiliário formal: planejamento e descaminhos na expansão urbana de Parnamirim RN (2008-2010)

The `Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir - OODC` (Public Concession of Building Rights), instrument instituted by The City Statute in 2001, has as main objective the recovery of urban property, seeking for a fair distribution the urbanization benefits. The possibility of usage of the OODC instrument is linked to the maximum utilization coefficient, determined to specific areas in accordance to existing infrastructure conditions, further taking into account the formal real estate market, expansion axis and crowding. Being an instrument which establishes values to be paid for a better use of land, it maintains a narrow relation to the real estate, incentivizing or discouraging the crowding in specific areas. The present study investigates the relationship between the criteria for the making of the Public Concession of Building Rights instrument and the dynamics of the formal real estate market. It takes as empiric universe Parnamirim (RN), part of the Natal Metropolitan Area (RN), focusing on the application of the OODC in the period of 2008-2010. It seeks to better understand the necessary basis for the formulation of the instrument, about how it works and its relation to the formal real estate market. It aims to depict the formal real estate market by presenting the production of urban space in Parnamirim in terms of intensity and nature of the real estate, furthermore identifying the licensed properties through the application of the municipality instrument. For the conclusion, it is discussed the criteria for the formation of OODC, its relationship to the dynamics of the formal real estate market and its influencing possibilities in the processes of usage and occupation of land in the context of urban planning

Cooperativa habitacional autofinanciável :uma alternativa de mercado à escassez de financiamento

As an example of what happened in Brazil in the 90s, it s noticed in Natal a new system of cooperative housing production which is done by advancing the users resources selffinancing. This system comes as an alternative for the real state market performance since the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH), in 1986. Self-financed housing cooperatives play an important social role by contributing to own housing acquisition by low-income population, without, however, becoming a mechanism of social interest housing production. It is important to consider that Brazil registers a housing deficit of 6.6 million housing units (IBGE 2000/Census), which, compared to 1991, shows an increment of 21.7% to a growth rate of 2.2% a year. This deficit figure has been deepening, mainly with the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH). The self-financed cooperative housing production broadens around the Metropolitan Region of Natal (RMN) and remains as an alternative to the lack of financing in the housing / real state market. In general, the aim of this work is to analyze the role of self-financing housing cooperatives on the housing production in the RMN, in order to identify their role in the real state market, in the own housing promotion and in the housing policy. The Universe of this study is performance of four housing cooperatives - CHAF-RN, COOPHAB-RN, MULTHCOOP e CNH - that work through self-financing. It is considered here an amount of 38 undertakings launched between 1993 and 2002, including 8143 housing units. The methodology adopted consists of bibliographic, documental and field research. As a result, actions like brokerage, marketing, speculation, and the criteria to define places for undertakings and final products, show how close they are to the housing market production. As a matter of fact, this short distance explains why the self-financed cooperative production for social interest housing is still limited. This reinforces the theory that it is necessary to define and implement a subsidized housing policy to serve the low-income Brazilian population

Moradia e meio ambiente: extensão universitária e compromisso social

This book’s guideline is a description of the activities developed during the University Extension project entitled "Housing and Environment: building dialogue over the urbanization of the settlement Ilha", located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. This project was coordinated by professors from the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR). The initial objectives of the extension project were to investigate ways of intervention on the scenario of poor conditions of housing and urbanization of the settlement Ilha, for their land regularization. The book tells the story of the extension project, showing how the initial goals have changed with time. In addition, this book describes the frustrations and the learning process along the way, from the view of professors and students of UTFPR who actively participated in this project. This book also intends to report the feelings that the villagers attributed to their place of residence; the joys, stumbling and learning by using a participatory methodology from what Paulo Freire says about popular education. Moreover, the book brings the confrontation between the technical and popular vision on the regularization of the area.

Construir frondoso :uma herança esquecida?

This dissertation of master degree was presented to Post-Graduation Program in Architecture and Planning at UFRN, Brazil. It evaluates 45 one-family housings in the Metropolitan Area of Recife, whose architects consider them to be in conformity with the recommendations contained in Armando de Holanda's book: A Guide to build in the Brazilian Northeast: Architecture as a pleasant place in the sunny tropics , published in 1976 by UFPE. For a long time, it used to be reference in many Architecture and Planning Schools of the Northern Region of Brazil. The research s methodological procedures are based on the Post- Occupancy Evaluation (P.O.E.) with emphasis on the users' thermal comfort of the houses that make part of the sample. Therefore, it has been done technical analyses of the projects, when possible; interviews with the architects; building s inspections; and form applications to the users. The collected data analysis was based on the project recommendations of Holanda s book, they can be synthesized in the principle of Building Leafy". It can not be affirmed that all the houses present the recommendations contained in the guide, but, in many different ways, they exist, sometimes more intensely and sometimes more shyly. However, it can be noticed that in the 45 projects, that the architects perceived the importance of "Building Leafy" on the climatic reality of the Metropolitan Region of Recife

Métodos, custos e beneficios para a implantação do índice de preço ao consumidor – IPC – no município de Rio Grande

O presente trabalho avalia um grupo de diferentes metodologias existentes no país para o Índice de Preços ao Consumidor – IPC, a fim de analisar qual IPC seria a melhor opção para ser aplicado para o município de Rio Grande e também, para outras cidades com o mesmo porte da cidade de Rio Grande. O contexto que se insere o IPC está relacionado à Teoria do Consumidor tendo em vista a questão dos gostos e preferências dos consumidores de uma determinada região frente ao conjunto orçamentário destes. A metodologia deste trabalho envolveu a contextualização das características de cada indicador, incluindo os custos de sua implantação no município de Rio Grande. O índice escolhido foi o Índice de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo – IPCA do IBGE da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, por ele apresentar uma maior aproximação em relação aos bens consumidos na cidade de Rio Grande quando comparado com a região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, onde se constatou que somente dois bens não fazem parte da cesta riograndina, sendo eles: transporte de passageiros de trem e de avião.

Um projecto de educação para a saúde na SCA

As Síndromes Coronárias Agudas (SCA) são responsáveis por elevadas taxas de mortalidade em todo o mundo. Segundo o Ministério da Saúde, “as doenças cardiovasculares (…) são a principal causa de mortalidade em Portugal, tal como se verifica em muitos países ocidentais, sendo considerada, no entanto, das mais elevadas da Europa e do Mundo” (MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE, 2006, p. 2). As intervenções de enfermagem na fase aguda das SCA são fulcrais e consistem na atenção dirigida à proteção e promoção da vida com base nas suas competências específicas, alívio da dor e desenvolvimento de uma relação terapêutica que passa pela consciencialização da necessidade de alterações dos hábitos não saudáveis de vida entre as pessoas internadas. Estas intervenções devem iniciar-se precocemente através de um processo de identificação e reconhecimento da necessidade de alterações comportamentais, educação para a saúde e planeamento do regime terapêutico, favorecendo a adesão a programas de reabilitação cardíaca. Verificamos que muitas das admissões no serviço de cardiologia, por SCA, são reinternamentos, sugerindo que a vigilância à saúde pode não ser a mais adequada. Neste trabalho pretende-se a partilha da experiência de educação para a saúde à pessoa com SCA no serviço de cardiologia de um hospital da região metropolitana de Lisboa. O serviço de cardiologia do HFF tem desenvolvido desde o ano 2000 um programa de educação para a saúde nas pessoas com SCA com extensão às suas famílias. Consistia, inicialmente, numa intervenção iniciada à cabeceira do doente como processo natural de educação para a saúde e, por ocasião da passagem pela enfermaria, com a apresentação de uma sessão em PowerPoint e disponibilização de um manual em formato papel. Ao longo dos anos o programa vem sofrendo modificações para melhor adequação às necessidades de educação para a saúde do indivíduo. Refletimos acerca da pertinência destas intervenções, o seu impacto sobre a saúde das pessoas e a relevância em termos de alteração de hábitos não saudáveis de vida entre os doentes internados. Neste processo de reformulação do programa, analisamos os processos hospitalares dos doentes submetidos às sessões de educação para a saúde num intervalo de 6 meses (janeiro a junho de 2014) e efetuamos entrevistas telefónicas a esta população um ano após a data do internamento. Dos dados analisados percebemos que uma parcela significativa destas pessoas não se lembrava da sessão de educação para a saúde. Por outro lado, das que se recordavam, revelaram o relevante impacto da educação para a saúde na alteração de hábitos não saudáveis de vida. A análise dos dados permitiu a reorganização das sessões de educação para a saúde desde o seu conteúdo até à metodologia. Ainda muitos passos devem ser dados no aperfeiçoamento deste projecto. Pretendemos elaborar um protocolo que permita uniformizar a prática de educação para a saúde e introduzir instrumentos de avaliação em cada etapa do mesmo. BIBLIOGRAFIA Cossette, S., D´Aoust, L.-X., Morin, M., Heppell, S., & Frasure-Smith, N. (2009). The Systematic Development of a Nursing Intervention Aimed at Increasing Enrollment in Cardiac Rehabilitation for Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 24, pp. 71-79. Fernandez, R., Davidson, P., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., & Salamonson, Y. (2007). What do we know about the long term medication adherence in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention? Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25 (2), pp. 53-61. Ministério da Saúde. (2006). Programa Nacional de Prevenção e Controlo das Doenças Cardiovasculares. Lisboa. Mota, T. G., Clara, J. G., Gonçalves, J. V., Rocha, A. P., Neves, A. P., & Santos, T. M. (2003). Passaporte para a Vida. Coimbra: Grupo de Estudos de Hemodinâmica e Cardiologia de Intervenção da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Ordem dos Enfermeiros. (2003). Competências do enfermeiro de cuidados gerais. Lisboa. Santos, L. S., & Henriques, E. (2012). Gestão do regime terapêutico no pós- EAM: desenvolvimento de um protocolo de intervenção de enfermagem em follow-up. Relatório de Estágio de Mestrado, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa. Thelan, L. A., Davie, J. K., Urden, L. D., & Lough, M. E. (1996). Enfermagem em Cuidados Intensivos ̶ Diagnóstico e Intervenção. Lisboa: Lusodidacta. Urden, L. D., Stacy, K. M., & Lough, M. E. (2008). Thelan´s Enfermagem de Cuidados Intensivos ̶ Diagnóstico e Intervenção. Loures: Lusodidacta.

A racionalização das condições de trabalho nos hospitais: uma análise crítica baseada em relatos de ginecologistas obstetras e pediatras atuantes na urgência e emergência

Hospitals are a big part of the service sector. Thus, such institutions are highly influenced by the logic of the capitalist accumulation, technology and forms of labor organization, especially by private organizations. Starting with the restructuring process motion and incorporation of technologies, many changes in the working process occur, therefore, the activities of medical professionals as well. During the preparation of this research items regarding the banalization of evil were identified. This banalization and resignation of the professionals face to violence are caused by the adoption of collective defense strategies. Therefore, this research aims to analyze how the rationalization of working conditions by gynecologists obstetricians and pediatricians working in the emergency rooms of public and private hospitals in Curitiba and metropolitan region occurs. An approach of mixed methods was used as methodological procedures. The naturalization of violence, the suffering which professionals are submitted to, are combined with the political and ideological control, bureaucratic control, the imaginary built about hospitals and collective defense strategies. It is therefore possible to understand that labor conditions of gynecologists obstetricians and pediatricians in emergency rooms are rationalized. When social injustice is naturalized, political strategies for changes are not possible. For this reason, the first step is to gather awareness, there is a need to unveil the reality, to understand the phenomena at its core and discard superficialities. It is also necessary that the actions and expressions of indignation to come hand in hand with political actions in order to change to happen.

Estudo de adaptação metodológica para implantação da pesquisa do índice de preços ao consumidor para o município do Rio Grande - RS

O desenvolvimento desta monografia tem como objetivo apresentar um método de adaptação do Índice de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo – IPCA –do IBGE da Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre de modo a possibilitar a implantação do Índice de Preços ao Consumidor para o município do Rio Grande. Buscou-se traçar um mecanismo de pesquisa e um método de normatização para o processo. Com a utilização da Teoria do Consumidor e das análises de formas de uso, especificações e o processo de formação dos principais Índices de Consumidores do Brasil, como referencial teórico, foram possíveis o embasamento, a coerência e desfecho da pesquisa. A planilha adaptada, completa, com grupos, subgrupos, itens e subitens que serão utilizados para cálculo do Índice de Preço ao Consumidor – IPC–para o município do Rio Grande, já com as alterações e suas respectivas ponderações está no apêndice II. Como resultado é proposta uma metodologia de cálculo de um índice base para o início da implantação do cálculo do Índice de Preços ao Consumidor periodicamente no município do Rio Grande.

Modelo institucional do processo de estruturação de empresas de desenvolvimento de software: um estudo de múltiplos casos

Some authors have shown the need of understanding the technological structuring process in contemporary firms. From this perspective, the software industry is a very important element because it provides products and services directly to many organizations from many fields. In this case, the Brazilian software industry has some peculiarities that distinguish it from other industries located in developed countries, which makes its understanding even more relevant. There is evidence that local firms take different strategies and structural configurations to enter into a market naturally dominated by large multinational firms. Therefore, this study aims to understand not only the structural configurations assumed by domestic firms but also the dynamic and the process that lead to these different configurations. To do so, this PhD dissertation investigates the institutional environment, its entities and the isomorphic movements, by employing an exploratory, descriptive and explanatory multiple cases study. Eight software development companies from the Recife's information technology Cluster were visited. Also, a form was applied and an interview with one of the main firm s professional was conducted. Although the study is predominantly qualitative, part of the data was analyzed through charts and graphs, providing a companies and environment overview that was very useful to analysis done through the interviews interpretation. As a result, it was realized that companies are structured around hybrids business models from two ideal types of software development companies, which are: software factory and technology-based company. Regarding the development process, it was found that there is a balanced distribution between the traditional and agile development paradigm. Among the traditional methodologies, the Rational Unified Process (RUP) is predominant. The Scrum is the most used methodology among the organizations based on the Agile Manifesto's principles. Regarding the structuring process, each institutional entity acts in such way that generates different isomorphic pressure. Emphasis was given to entities such as customers, research agencies, clusters, market-leading businesses, public universities, incubators, software industry organizations, technology vendors, development tool suppliers and manager s school and background because they relate themselves in a close way with the software firms. About this relationship, a dual and bilateral influence was found. Finally, the structuring level of the organizational field has been also identified as low, which gives a chance to organizational actors of acting independently

Resposta imune à saliva de flebotomíneos (diptera: psychodidae) em indivíduos residentes em áreas urbana e periurbana no nordeste do brasil

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has a wide geographical distribution in tropical and subtropical areas of the planet, which is a protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania. This pathogen is transmitted to the host through the sandflies bite, with its saliva, the immune response that leads to both. In the state of Rio Grande do Norte, 85% of the sand flies captured is Lutzomyia longipalpis, but the second most abundant, Lutzomyia evandroi, it deserves emphasis because its wide distribution and eclectic behavior. The exposure of people living in endemic areas for the insect vector VL greatly increases the chances of infection. This study aimed to evaluate aspects of the epidemiological profile of VL in endemic areas of human and nonendemic in the metropolitan area of Natal, as well as verify the abundance and seasonal fluctuations of sandflies species in two counties endemic for VL. Were collected in the municipalities of Nísia Floresta, Parnamirim, São Gonçalo do Amarante and Macaíba, of which groups of females were separated for further dissection of the salivary glands and identification of species. The blood samples used were from individuals of two Natal s districts where it has never been reported cases of VL and neighborhoods of Parnamirim applicants who present cases of VL. In the municipality of Nísia Floresta, the most abundant species was L. evandroi with 38.39%, followed by L. longipalpis with 36.22%, L. walkeri 19.67% L. lenti 3.81%, L. wellcomei 1.39% and L. whitmani 0.52%. Already in Parnamirim the proportions were L. walkeri with 73.15%, L. evandroi with 10.55%, L. wellcomei 7.63%, L. longipalpis 6.37%, L. whitmani 1.46%, L. sordellii 0.52%, L. intermedia 0.21 and L. shanonni 0.1%. In both municipalities was observed higher abundance of species distributed in the initial months of the year, as February and March. The study showed that no difference in exposure to the vector of VL among individuals from endemic and non endemic area for this disease. But there are differences in exposure between individuals of L. longipalpis and L. evandroi, confirming the great powers of the first vector. It was also characterized as predominant phenotype in the population of endemic areas who had negative serologic responses to antigens of Leishmania and result in negative Montenegro skin test (DTH), indicating that much of the population hasn t been bitten by infected insects

Autoeficácia de alunos de Administração: um estudo com concluintes do curso de graduação em Administração no Estado do Pará

The current study presents the characteristics of self-efficacy of students of Administration course, who work and do not work. The study was conducted through a field research, descriptive, addressed quantitatively using statistical procedures. Was studied a population composed of 394 students distributed in three Higher Education Institutions, in the metropolitan region of Belém, in the State of Pará. The sampling was not probabilistic by accessibility, with a sample of 254 subjects. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire composed of a set of questions divided into three sections: the first related to sociodemographic data, the second section was built to identify the work situation of the respondent and the third section was built with issues related to General Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale proposed by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1999). Sociodemographic data were processed using methods of descriptive statistics. This procedure allowed characterizing the subjects of the sample. To identify the work situation, the analysis of frequency and percentage was used, which allowed to classify in percentage, the respondents who worked and those that did not work, and the data related to the scale of self-efficacy were processed quantitatively by the method of multivariate statistics using the software of program Statistical Package for Social Sciences for Windows - SPSS, version 17 from the process of Exploratory Factor Analysis. This procedure allowed characterizing the students who worked and the students who did not worked. The results were discussed based on Social Cognitive Theory from the construct of self-efficacy of Albert Bandura (1977). The study results showed a young sample, composed the majority of single women with work experience, and indicated that the characteristics of self-efficacy of students who work and students who do not work are different. The self-efficacy beliefs of students who do not work are based on psychological expectations, whereas the students who work demonstrated that their efficacy beliefs are sustained by previous experiences. A student who does not work proved to be reliant in their abilities to achieve a successful performance in their activities, believing it to be easy to achieve your goals and to face difficult situations at work, simply by invest a necessary effort and trust in their abilities. One who has experience working proved to be reliant in their abilities to conduct courses of action, although know that it is not easy to achieve your goals, and in unexpected situations showed its ability to solve difficult problems

Avaliação de projetos sociais: análise da metodologia utilizada pela Petrobrás

On the aggravation of social problems and the shortage of resources, the improvement of evaluation methods and control of its application, requiring more efficiency, efficacy, effectiveness and participation in its management, has been growing. As a result, emerges the importance of studying and developing such methodologies. The overall goal of this dissertation is to know what are the difficults to incorporate the point of view of executers and beneficiaries in evaluation process. To do so, has been done a research characterized as qualitative, with a field strategy using the case study of two social projects called Petrobras Child Program, situated in the metropolitan region of Natal, and Content Analysis technique for analyze the data. The conclusions of this work can assist in improving the process of projects evaluation financed by Petrobras, contributing with its social role, besides the possibility of encouraging a greater participation of other society actors, such as beneficiaries, in the evaluation process

Outorga onerosa do direito de construir e dinâmica do mercado imobiliário formal: planejamento e descaminhos na expansão urbana de Parnamirim RN (2008-2010)

The `Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir - OODC` (Public Concession of Building Rights), instrument instituted by The City Statute in 2001, has as main objective the recovery of urban property, seeking for a fair distribution the urbanization benefits. The possibility of usage of the OODC instrument is linked to the maximum utilization coefficient, determined to specific areas in accordance to existing infrastructure conditions, further taking into account the formal real estate market, expansion axis and crowding. Being an instrument which establishes values to be paid for a better use of land, it maintains a narrow relation to the real estate, incentivizing or discouraging the crowding in specific areas. The present study investigates the relationship between the criteria for the making of the Public Concession of Building Rights instrument and the dynamics of the formal real estate market. It takes as empiric universe Parnamirim (RN), part of the Natal Metropolitan Area (RN), focusing on the application of the OODC in the period of 2008-2010. It seeks to better understand the necessary basis for the formulation of the instrument, about how it works and its relation to the formal real estate market. It aims to depict the formal real estate market by presenting the production of urban space in Parnamirim in terms of intensity and nature of the real estate, furthermore identifying the licensed properties through the application of the municipality instrument. For the conclusion, it is discussed the criteria for the formation of OODC, its relationship to the dynamics of the formal real estate market and its influencing possibilities in the processes of usage and occupation of land in the context of urban planning

Cooperativa habitacional autofinanciável :uma alternativa de mercado à escassez de financiamento

As an example of what happened in Brazil in the 90s, it s noticed in Natal a new system of cooperative housing production which is done by advancing the users resources selffinancing. This system comes as an alternative for the real state market performance since the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH), in 1986. Self-financed housing cooperatives play an important social role by contributing to own housing acquisition by low-income population, without, however, becoming a mechanism of social interest housing production. It is important to consider that Brazil registers a housing deficit of 6.6 million housing units (IBGE 2000/Census), which, compared to 1991, shows an increment of 21.7% to a growth rate of 2.2% a year. This deficit figure has been deepening, mainly with the end of the National Housing Bank (BNH). The self-financed cooperative housing production broadens around the Metropolitan Region of Natal (RMN) and remains as an alternative to the lack of financing in the housing / real state market. In general, the aim of this work is to analyze the role of self-financing housing cooperatives on the housing production in the RMN, in order to identify their role in the real state market, in the own housing promotion and in the housing policy. The Universe of this study is performance of four housing cooperatives - CHAF-RN, COOPHAB-RN, MULTHCOOP e CNH - that work through self-financing. It is considered here an amount of 38 undertakings launched between 1993 and 2002, including 8143 housing units. The methodology adopted consists of bibliographic, documental and field research. As a result, actions like brokerage, marketing, speculation, and the criteria to define places for undertakings and final products, show how close they are to the housing market production. As a matter of fact, this short distance explains why the self-financed cooperative production for social interest housing is still limited. This reinforces the theory that it is necessary to define and implement a subsidized housing policy to serve the low-income Brazilian population