Resultados: 10

Special education of students with Down Syndrome for self-care

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the care taught by teachers and parents and learned by students with Down Syndrome. Method: descriptive study with qualitative approach carried out in a special education school, based in the city of Manaus. Eleven students with Down Syndrome, 11 parents of students and 1...

Fatigue management experiences from women undergoing chemotherapy: self-care strategies

ABSTRACT Objective: In order to understand the experiences of women with breast cancer managing fatigue due to chemotherapy with the use of non-pharmacological strategies. Methods: Explanatory study, qualitative, with theoretical reference of medical anthropology and resources of the ethnographic met...

Pub Talk: participation, education and men's health promotion

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the execution process of dialogical actions of a socio-educational group called "Pub Talk", created by professionals of the Paraisópolis II Basic Health Unit, recognizing challenges related to men's health. Method: Comprehensive evaluative research, which parameters wer...

Development of a health literacy instrument related to diabetic foot

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and verify the validity, reliability and interpretability of an assessment instrument of the Health Literacy regarding Diabetic Foot (HLDF). Method: Methodological study among people with diabetes enrolled in Family Health Strategy (FHS) program, composed of eight phases:...

Group of pregnant women and / or pregnant couples: a collective construction process (1996-2016)

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand how the process of construction of the Group of Pregnant Women and/or Pregnant Couples of the Federal University of Santa Catarina from 1996 to 2016 was established. Method: Qualitative research of a social historical nature, involving nine health professionals who par...

Health literacy and adherence to drug treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between health literacy and medication adherence of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Method: Quantitative cross-sectional study developed in five Family Health Strategies in the city of Picos, Piauí. Participants comprised 78 users of health servi...

The coexistence center for elderly people and its importance in the support to the family and the Health Care Network

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the perception of relatives of elderly people about the coexistence center and its importance in supporting the Health Care Network. Methodology: A qualitative study carried out with 14 relatives of elderly people participating in a coexistence center. Data collection took p...

Street clinic: the care practices with users of alcohol and other drugs in Macapá

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the care practices of professionals from the Street Clinic team (SCt) about the care provided to users of alcohol and other drugs in Macapá, capital city of the state of Amapá. Method: Descriptive, qualitative study, carried out between April and June 2017. Ten SCt prof...

Development care for children with special health needs in home care at Paraná - Brazil

Abstract Objective: To describe the development of care for children with special health needs in Paraná services of homecare. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, and multiple case study was applied. Data were collected by telephone and e-mail, with professionals from the eight services of...

Adherence to diabetes mellitus care at three levels of health care

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate adherence to self-care among people with diabetes mellitus cared for at the three levels of health care. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study addressing a sample of 143 people from a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil from primary (45), second...