Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 12 (4), 2013

Aim: To investigate the causes of maternal death in a regional health jurisdiction of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Method: This is a retrospective study exploring the maternal deaths from 2007 to 2011. The maternal deaths analyzed were of women between 10 and 49 years old during the pregnancy-puerpe...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 11 (3), 2012

The environment, understood in both its global and household dimensions, affects the health of living beings directly and, especially, human beings. Environmental and climatic disasters show that this fact has become increasingly common in everyday life. This study aimed to discuss further the thematic o...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 10 (2), 2011

This study aimed to evaluate the process of behavioral changes of caregivers of children of preschool age, from an activity of Health Education regarding the prevention of intestinal parasitosis. Descriptive study, conducted with eight caregivers of children from a public nursery in Fortaleza, whose step...

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