Clustering the Engagement of Brazilian Nurses in Political Advocacy

Abstract Background: The political advocacy highlights that the union among nurses, other health professionals, users and managers is able to promote improvements to the health of people and communities.Objective: To analyze the level of nurses’ engagement in political advocacy by performing cluster analysis.Method: The study was attended by 184 nurses working in primary, secondary and tertiary care in a city in Brazil, through the application of the Policy Advocacy Engagement Scale. The data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, analysis of variance and chi2.Ethical considerations: The approval for the study was received by the local Ethics Committee.Result: The clustering performed in this study pointed out the factor defense of care for families and communities with higher average, indicating that political defense is effective in organizational environments and even that professional qualification provides greater engagement in political advocacy.Conclusion: The results reveal that nurses play an active role in political advocacy, seeking to promote positive changes in health, especially those working in tertiary care, the nurse group that obtained the highest means in this study.