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Tendências de indicadores de peso corporal nas capitais estaduais e no Distrito Federal do Brasil

Introdução: Mortes, incapacidades e várias doenças crônicas vêm sendo direta ou indiretamente atribuídos à estados de peso corporal em todo o mundo. Nesse contexto, o monitoramento de indicadores de peso corporal em nível populacional é importante para apoiar o planejamento de respostas de saú...

Mothers living with HIV: replacing breastfeeding by infant formula

ABSTRACT Objective: To explore factors that interact and shape the meaning and experience of mothers of HIV-exposed children in relation to replacing breastfeeding by infant formula. Method: A qualitative study was carried out with 23 mothers living with HIV, whose children were up to 18 months of age ...

Knowledge of nursing student on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the knowledge and self-care actions taken by nursing undergraduate students of a Federal University of the South of Brazil, against Sexually Transmitted Infections. Method: Exploratory qualitative study, conducted 40 interviews with undergraduate students at the beginni...

Directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in the State of São Paulo

ABSTRACT Objectives: To describe and analyze the coverage profile of directly observed treatment for tuberculosis in 59 priority municipalities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, through the creation and comparison of groups homogenized by the number of people in each municipality from 2006 to 2012. ...

Validation of Brazilian educational technology for disseminating knowledge on leprosy to adolescents

ABSTRACT Objective: Elaborate and validate an educational technology for adolescents on leprosy, focusing on preventing the disease and reducing stigma. Method: First, a prototype of the educational technology was elaborated and later analyzed by 17 adolescents and 7 researchers' experts in the leprosy...

Construct validation: coping with HIV/AIDS in Primary Health Care

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the construct and measure the trustworthiness of a questionnaire aimed at assessing HIV/AIDS coping actions developed by health professionals in Primary Health Care. Method: A methodological study carried out with 397 primary health care professionals in two municipali...

Feedback on research results to healthcare professionals in the context of HIV

ABSTRACT Objective: Reporting the feedback on the results of a multicenter research for healthcare professionals that attend people living with HIV and AIDS in a Specialized Healthcare Center at Belém, state of Pará, Brazil. Method: Case report of the presentation and interpretation of research resul...

The impact of the diagnosis of tuberculosis through its social representations

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify people's way of acting after the diagnosis of tuberculosis, through their social representations about the disease. Method: Qualitative and descriptive study based on the Theory of Social Representations, in which 23 patients of a school health center in Belém, PA, Bra...

Care sharing for people with HIV/AIDS: a look targeted at young adults

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the care sharing for people living with HIV/AIDS, especially young adults, as well as the structuring of the line of care in the capital of Santa Catarina. Method: Qualitative research, anchored by theory based on data collected in the Health Care Network of Florianóp...

ICNP® Diagnoses of People Living with AIDS, and Empirical Indicators

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the empirical indicators and ICNP® nursing diagnoses in people living with AIDS, as well as to identify the predictive indicators for the establishment of these diagnoses. Method: A cross-sectional study with 120 people living with AIDS, in a hosp...