The Grow with Your Child Program builds on the theoretical assumptions of the Early Childhood life cycle and the advances in neuroscience that indicate the importance of the role of the parent / primary caregiver as being instrumental in reducing mortality malnutrition and capable of favoring a care based on the positive interaction between mother and child. The training designed for health professionals to wor...
The Grow with Your Child Program builds on the theoretical assumptions of the Early Childhood life cycle and the advances in neuroscience that indicate the importance of the role of the parent / primary caregiver as being instrumental in reducing mortality malnutrition and capable of favoring a care based on the positive interaction between mother and child. The training designed for health professionals to wor...
Brazilians are a rapidly increasing Latino immigrant group in the United States (US), yet little research has examined factors influencing physical activity (PA) levels and behaviors of children growing up in Brazilian immigrant families. This information is needed to develop culturally sensitive interventions tailored to this population. Therefore, this qualitative study explored PA parenting practices used by...
This study deals with user’s satisfaction related to quality in primary health care in the context of public services in the city of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. It was conducted a qualitative study involving 43 users of health facilities located in this municipality. The research technique used was the non-directive interview, associated to free observations registered on field diary. The discursive material w...
Objective T o explore how Brazilian-born immigrant mothers living in the USA obtain information about physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) behaviours for their preschool-aged children. r esearch design F ocus group discussions (FGDs) were used to gain an in-depth understanding of research topics. All FGDs were audio-recorded and professionally transcribed verbatim. The Portuguese transcripts were analyse...
O Programa Mais Médicos (PMM) é uma estratégia do governo do Brasil que visa à ampliação do acesso a profissionais médicos e, consequentemente, melhorias na qualidade dos serviços de Atenção Primária à Saúde. Objetivou-se analisar a percepção dos outros membros das equipes de saúde da família acerca da integralidade nas práticas a partir da incorporação do médico do Programa. Estudo em 32 municípios pobres nas ...
The National Policy on Comprehensive Health of Populations in Rural recognizes the historical debt of the Brazilian State with the health of these populations, presents the need to overcome the economic and social development model in the search for responsible man-nature relations that promote health. As a result of implementation of this policy, aiming its monitoring and evaluation, an observatory –called OBT...
This study falls in the field of research about the quality of services and health programs, focusing the user satisfaction, designed as a component of quality assurance and, in itself, a result of health care. In view of the nature of the object of study, the approach adopted was the qualitative and analytical demarcated dimensions relate to the completeness and the humanization of health care. This is a study...