Resultados: 51

Influência do cuidador informal na reabilitação do idoso em pós-operatório de fratura de fêmur proximal

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 37 (1), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a influência do cuidador informal na independência funcional de idosos no pós-operatório de fratura de fêmur proximal por quedas. Método Revisão integrativa, cujo corpus de análise reuniu 23 artigos, entre 2002 e 2012, das bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americana e...

Competing health policies: insurance against universal public systems

Objectives: This article analyzes the content and outcome of ongoing health reforms in Latin America: Universal Health Coverage with Health Insurance, and the Universal and Public Health Systems. It aims to compare and contrast the conceptual framework and practice of each and verify their concrete resul...

Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage: identification of nursing research priorities in Latin America

Objective: To estabilish a regional list for nursing research priorities in health systems and services in the Region of the Americas based on the concepts of Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage. Method: five-stage consensus process: systematic review of literature; appraisal of resu...

The association between adult drug abuse and childhood maltreatment in students attending seven universities in five countries in Latin America and one country in the Caribbean

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (spe), 2015
This study investigated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adulthood drug abuse among university students from seven universities in five countries in Latin America and one country in the Caribbean. This multi-country study utilised a cross-sectional design to collect data on drug abuse,...

International research capacity building program for health related professionals to study the drug phenomenon in Latin America and the Caribbean

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (spe), 2015
Most Organization of American States member states do not have a cadre of professionals with scientific knowledge and research experience on drugs and related problems. Therefore, the Organization of American States started a partnership, first with the University of Alberta/Canada and then with the Cent...

Immigration experience of Latin American working women in Alicante, Spain: an ethnographic study

OBJECTIVE: to describe the experience of Latin American working women regarding immigration, taking into account the expectations and conditions in which this process takes place. METHOD: ethnographic qualitative study. Data collection was performed by means of semi-structured interviews with 24 Latin Am...

Tendencias de investigación en salud: Análisis y reflexiones

Aquichan; 14 (2), 2014
Objetivo: analizar el estado de la investigación en salud en Colombia, Ecuador y en Latinoamérica; sus implicaciones, la importancia de esta para tratar de impactar en políticas y estrategias de salud que mejoren el nivel de vida de las poblaciones y los asentamientos urbanos. Método: se realizó una...

The ES/CICAD/OAS schools of nursing project: a model of excellence for professional and scientific development on drug related issues in Latin America

Texto & contexto enferm; 22 (2), 2013
This paper presents the Executive Secretariat of Interamerican Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES/CICAD)'s successful experience introducing drug related content into nursing curricula, fostering the implementation of outreach activities at the community level, and promoting research studies on drug issue...

Policonsumo simultáneo de drogas en estudiantes de facultades de ciencias de la salud/ciencias médicas en siete universidades de cinco países de América Latina y un país del Caribe: implicaciones de género, legales y sociales

Texto & contexto enferm; 21 (spe), 2012
El objetivo de este estudio fue comprender los patrones de policonsumo simultáneo de sustancias psicoactivas y sus implicaciones de género, legales y sociales, en estudiantes de primer y segundo año de las facultades de ciencias de la salud/ciencias médicas, en siete universidades de cinco países la...