Resultados: 2483

Aging and individual vulnerability: a panorama of older adults attended by the family health strategy

Texto & contexto enferm; 26 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: identifying conditions of individual vulnerability in older adults and investigating the relationship with health indicators through a household survey. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 368 older adults attended by the Family Health Strategy. Data collectio...

Urinary incontinence in elderly people: care practices and care proposal in primary health care

Texto & contexto enferm; 26 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: identify the knowledge and care practices concerning urinary incontinence in elderly women and develop a care proposal for these women for the purpose of health promotion in Primary Health Care. Method: a qualitative, convergent care research was undertaken. The data were collecte...

Fortaleciendo competencias a nivel curricular para facilitar la implementación de Enfermería de Práctica Avanzada en América Latina

Enferm. univ; 13 (4), 2016
En el año 2013, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Oficina Regional de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en las Américas, orientó su enfoque relacionado con los Recursos Humanos para la Salud en un esfuerzo para lograr el Acceso Universal a la Salud y la Cobertura Universal de S...

Fatores preditores para incapacidade funcional de idosos atendidos na atenção básica

RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar os fatores preditores para incapacidade funcional de idosos atendidos na atenção básica. Método: estudo transversal, do qual participaram 388 idosos, realizado em três Unidades Básicas de Saúde, utilizando-se o Índice de Katz e a escala de Lawton. O projeto de pesqui...

Enfrentar a violência infantil na Atenção Básica: como os profissionais percebem?

RESUMO Objetivo: conhecer a percepção dos profissionais da saúde que atuam na Atenção Básica acerca da violência infantil, visto que a violência contra a criança tem aumentado progressivamente no mundo, requerendo todos os esforços para a intervenção. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo...

Insulin therapy waste produced in the households of people with diabetes monitored in Primary Care

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the insulin therapy waste disposal produced in the households of people with diabetes mellitus (DM). Method: Cross-sectional study with 105 Primary Care patients. Socio-demographic and clinical variables and insulin therapy practice were analyzed through the absolute and ...

Myocardial revascularization: factors intervening in the reference and counter-reference in Primary Health Care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (6), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE Understanding the factors that influence the reference and counter-reference process of people indicated/submitted to Myocardial Revascularization surgery in the Primary Health Care scenario. METHOD A qualitative research anchored in the Grounded Theory, totaling 41 participants subd...

Violence against children and adolescents: the perspective of Primary Health Care

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the care provided by Basic Health Units (BHU) to families involved in domestic intrafamily violence against children and adolescents. Method: Qualitative research, based on the Paradigm of Complexity. Data collection was performed with 41 professionals through focus group...

Role of Primary Health Care in child hospitalization due to pneumonia: a case-control study

Objective: to evaluate the association of primary health care and other potential factors in relation to hospitalization due to pneumonia, among children aged under five years. Method: epidemiological study with a case-control, hospital-based design, which included 345 cases and 345 controls, matched ac...

Needs of family caregivers in home care for older adults

ABSTRACT Objective: to reveal the felt and normative needs of primary family caregivers when providing instrumental support to older adults enrolled in a Home Care Program in a Primary Health Service in the South of Brazil. Methods: using Bradshaw's taxonomy of needs to explore the caregiver's felt nee...