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Challenges and potentials of the production of comprehensive care in Primary Health Care in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify relational and organizational barriers related to the production of care and to map strategies and tools that favor comprehensive care. Methods: Scoping review of Brazilian publications from 2008 to 2018, related to the production of care in Primary Health Care. From the...

Cognitive capacity and functional development assessment in elderly people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the cognitive capacity and functional development of the elderly with and without diabetes. Methods: case-control study, comparing elderly people with and without diabetes. 218 patients interviewed in outpatient clinics: geriatrics and endocrinology. Validated instruments...

Transition to exclusive palliative care for women with breast cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the perspectives that affect the transition to exclusive palliative care for women with breast cancer. Methods: qualitative, descriptive study, carried out in a public health institution in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between December 2018 and May 2019. 28 health professiona...

Dialogic educational practices in the context of child intoxication: an approach based on Paulo Freire

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the knowledge and practices of education of Family Health Strategy professionals regarding child intoxication for the autonomy and empowering of the families. Methods: Qualitative research, carried out through semistructured interviews with 50 professionals from the Famil...

Effects of clown activities on patients eligible for palliative care in primary health care

ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the effects of clown activities on quality of life, depression, stress, anxiety, aid, and social support in patients eligible for palliative care (PC) attended in Primary Health Care (PHC). Method: A quasi-experimental study, with pre-intervention and post-intervention eval...

Disabilities in leprosy: construction and validation of instrument on knowledge and attitude of professionals

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and test the content validity of the "Knowledge and Attitudes on Assessing Degrees of Physical Disability in Leprosy" instrument. Methods: Methodological study carried out between January and May 2019 in three stages: item generation, analysis of aggregated redundancy to...

Correlation of facial anthropometry data of late preterm newborns and oral feeding readiness

ABSTRACT Objective: To correlate nine facial anthropometric measurements with the readiness for oral feeding of late preterm newborns using an orogastric tube. Methods: Observational study, carried out in two institutions in Maceió, Alagoas. Fifty-two newborns participated. A single measuring of nin...

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: reflection in the light of Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory

ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect on the environment of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in the light of the Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory. Methods: A theoretical-reflexive essay of constructs originated from the final work of a discipline related to the Florence Nightingale's Environmental...