Rural population and nursing: a bibliometric review

Abstract

Objective: present the national and international scientific productions on rural population and nursing thematic. Method: it deals about a bibliometric study developed in catalogues of the Center for Study and Research in Nursing of the Brazilian Association of Nursing (CEPEn/ABEn) and the Virtual Health Library (VHL), in accordance with the criteria of inclusion and exclusion established in advance. Results: at CEPEn, were found and analyzed 27 works and on the page of the VHL were found 871 jobs, but it wasn’t possible to access and evaluate 38 articles about the rural thematic, totaling 65 works analyzed. Conclusions: it was found that the production of knowledge involving the rural theme is still greatly reduced, which demand the expansion of knowledge about this topic and the issues that surround it