[Primary care in the community of Zero Hora: a new social approach].

The authors, after reflecting about practical nursing, directed a teach-learned nursing process towards the community on a social approach, which implicates in an effective participation of the population and the sanitary authorities. Therefore, they opt for demarcation of an action area, in order to measure the results, to create social nursing necessity, nurse/patient bond and to adapt teaching and research to social reality. The goal is to identify the basics needs of the chosen village and with them establish the priorities to plan the health and educational actions in agreement with primary nursing attention. The method used in this research was a sistematic study of the families by a application form at home. The results are: 70% of the children from zero twelve years old have respiratories problems; 13% of adults use alcohol; 30% are smokers, 60% live in bad housing and sanitary conditions; 35% are illiterate, there are an excess of insects, rodents cats and dogs.