Abstract Objective: the purpose of this pre-feasibility study was to examine perceptions and experiences of a Sit-to-stand activity with urban Brazilian community-dwelling older people in their homes. Method: the exploration method was focused ethnography. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 20 ol...
The First International Research Capacity-Building Program for Nurses to Study the Drug Phenomenon in the Americas is a result of a partnership between the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Faculty of Nursing in the University of Alb...
Este é um estudo etnográfico enfocado, realizado com 10 mães de pré-adolescentes da OASE (Ordem Auxiliadora Senhoras Evangélicas) em Timbó, Santa Catarina, Brasil. O objetivo foi descrever variações em padrões dos fenômenos promoção de saúde, qualidade de vida e comportamento de risco a part...
El objetivo de este estudio etnográfico fue identificar patrones culturales presentes en las acciones de las madres al proteger a sus hijos de riesgos ambientales como drogas y violencia. Para la recopilación de las informaciones se realizó una entrevista estructurada y grabada con 10 madres de niños...
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Caufield, Catherine;
Gray, Genevieve;
Olson, Joanne;
Luduena, Alicia del Carmen;
Oblitas, Flor Yesenia Musayon;
Silva, Julia Huaiquian;
David, Helena Maria Scherlowski;
Chavez, Ketty Aracely Piedra;
Bernal Roldan, Maria Carmen;
Cartana, Maria do Horto Fontoura;
Castillo, Maria Magdalena Allonso;
Pillon, Sandra;
Galera, Sueli Aparecida Frari;
Randuz, Vera.
In this article, the authors discuss the value of international health in advancing the nursing profession through the development of strong leadership in the area of drug demand reduction. Paradigms for nursing leadership are briefly reviewed and linked to the development of the "International Nursing L...
Se utilizó etnografía enfocada para identificar creencias, valores y prácticas de Promoción de la Salud y Calidad de Vida entre madres de preadolescentes en Argentina. Se describió la influencia materna en las elecciones que hacen los preadolescentes y la protección de los jóvenes ante comportamie...
This article is based on an invited speech given to graduate students and professors at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil on August 26, 2002. It includes discussion of five ways nursing doctoral education in Canada has influenced Canadian nursing practice and...
This article describes the significance of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, how it works, and how individual nurses and university schools of nursing can participate. In particular, the relationship between involvement in this worldwide nursing honor society and the development...
This manuscript describes a multicentric research experience in the area of nursing and health. It briefly outlines the aims of the first International Program for Nurses to Study the DrugPhenomenon in the Americas, which brought eleven nursing professors from seven Latin American countries together with...
