Resultados: 348

Tuberculosis: knowledge among nursing undergraduate students

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the knowledge about tuberculosis among nursing undergraduate students of a Federal Higher Education Institution. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional study, with quantitative approach. Data were collected through a questionnaire based on the WHO's guide to developing evalu...

Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases with HIV coinfection in Porto Alegre city, Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and compare the epidemiological profile of cases of tuberculosis and HIV coinfection of the District Administration Health Units of Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 2009 to 2013. Method: Retrospective cohort with data from national health information systems. Sociodemographic...

Strategies for the evaluation of interventions for the control of tuberculosis: integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying the available evidence in the scientific literature about the strategies used in the evaluations of interventions for the control of tuberculosis. Method: Integrative review with searches in databases Lilacs, CINAHL and PubMed in August 2017. Thirty-three articles were s...

Permanence of professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the length of stay of the professionals who work in the Tuberculosis Control Program in Basic Health Units of the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Method: Sectional study, developed in eight Health Units of the Maré Complex/RJ. Physicians, nurses, nursing technicians and Commu...

Sociodemographic and health profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazil: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: to ascertain the epidemiological profile of TB/HIV co-infection in Brazilian scenarios. Method: this is a systematic review conducted via electronic search in databases PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS and SciELO, having as inclusion criterion articles based on the Brazilian scenario of TB/HI...

Clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in an infectious diseases reference hospital. Method: A documental and retrospective study was carried out with 88 medical files in an infectious diseases reference hospital in the state...

Nursing practices centered on individuals with tuberculosis: an interface with democracy

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether user-centered nursing practices in TB DOT are being carried out and are contributing to democracy. Method: A cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study with 123 nurses in three capital cities with high incidence of TB (Manaus-AM, João Pessoa-PB, Porto Alegr...

Social incentives for adherence to tuberculosis treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the influence of social incentives for adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Method: Qualitative study, in which 26 primary health care professionals of São Paulo were interviewed in 2015.Their testimonies were submitted to the speech analysis technique. The theoreti...

Casos de tuberculose coinfectados por HIV em um estado do nordeste brasileiro

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar os casos notificados de Tuberculose coinfectados pelo Vírus da Imunodeficiência Adquirida no Rio Grande do Norte, estado do nordeste brasileiro. Trata-se de estudo ecológico, retrospectivo, baseado em dados de notificações do Sistema de Informação de...

Nursing in adherence to treatment of tuberculosis and health technologies in the context of primary care

Abstract Objective: To describe and analyze the relationships between adherence to tuberculosis treatment and health technologies in the context of nursing action in Primary Care. Method: Contextual reflection, using the theoretical reference of Hinds, Chaves and Cypress. Results: They were categorize...