To evaluate the knowledge of companions about the use of support techniques during childbirth. Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative study undertaken at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity Hospital with a sample of 62 companions. Data collection was undertaken from May to November 2011, throu...
Aim: To investigate the causes of maternal death in a regional health jurisdiction of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Method: This is a retrospective study exploring the maternal deaths from 2007 to 2011. The maternal deaths analyzed were of women between 10 and 49 years old during the pregnancy-puerpe...
This study aimed to evaluate the process of behavioral changes of caregivers of children of preschool age, from an activity of Health Education regarding the prevention of intestinal parasitosis. Descriptive study, conducted with eight caregivers of children from a public nursery in Fortaleza, whose step...
Problem: Adolescent pregnancy is one of the main problems of public health concerning the health of Brazilian teenagers, being the pregnancy on this population often unplanned and sometimes unwanted by the young girl, her partner and/or family. Objective: Observe the rate and risk factors for unwanted an...
Objetivamos identificar o perfil epidemiológico das crianças vítimas de queimaduras no processo da dor e avaliar a dor da criança queimada utilizando uma Escala Visual Analógica EVA (escala de faces). É de natureza epidemiológica descritiva, desenvolvido em um Centro de Tratamento de Queimados ...
