Table 2.

Data analysis process.

Pre-analysis	Literal transcription of the data obtained in the semi-structured interviews using a text editor, what was done by the same researcher who conducted the interviews in order to guarantee the fidelity of the transcription. Listening to the records and quick reading, comprising the first contact with the material obtained in the interviews with creation of the initial impressions about this theme. Sequence of exhaustive readings, from which the excerpts of the participants’ speeches were highlighted with markers of different colors based on similar ideas in the content of the interviews. This step allowed gathering the material, which was submitted to a deeper analysis.
Material exploration	Separation of information shared in the content of the different lines transcribed, by means of the enumeration of Nuclei of Meaning. The latter are words, phrases and expressions that give meaning to the content of lines and support the creation of these categories. Grouping of the Nuclei of Meaning for the creation of two thematic categories.
Treatment and interpretation of results obtained	Proposition of inferences and interpretation of results according to the objective of this study, having as analytic categories the care network for health and gender.