Objectives: to validate the content and test the applicability and understanding of the Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) to Brazilian culture. Method: this is methodological research that involved translation, synthesis, back-translation, equivalence assessment (semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and experimental), content validity, pre-test and report submission. Thirteen judges as...
Objective: to understand the perception of people with Diabetes Mellitus using insulin about their self-care and the repercussion of treatment in their daily lives. Method: exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative nature, performed in a medium-sized municipality in the Southern Region of Brazil, with 16 people using insulin who were being monitored in Primary Care. Data were collected from May t...
Objective: to understand the health needs of adult men from a male perspective. Methods: it is a qualitative research, performed with ten men, aged 29 to 59 years old. The data were collected in semi-structured interviews and submitted to the content analysis, thematic modality, using the Health Needs Taxonomy. Results: men’s health needs are related to living conditions as financial, emotional and political as...
The main purpose of the present study, conducted in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil, was to analyze behaviors, needs and use of health services among adult men. This research is constituted of two methodological approaches: one quantitative, cross-sectional and population-based (household survey), counting with the participation of 421 men living in the urban area of the city, aged between 20 and 5...
Objetivo: compreender as percepções de pessoas com hanseníase acerca da doença e tratamento. Métodos: estudo qualitativo, realizado com nove adultos em tratamento poliquimioterápico. Dados coletados mediante entrevista semiestruturada e submetidos à análise de conteúdo, modalidade temática. Resultados: os participantes relataram preocupação, desconfiança e resistência em aceitar o diagnóstico. Diagnosticados, s...
Objective: to understand the perceptions of people with leprosy about disease and treatment.Methods: qualitative study conducted with nine adults in chemotherapy treatment. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis in thematic modality. Results: participants reported a concern, distrust, and resistance to accepting the diagnosis. When diagnosed, they felt shame and ...
Objective : to understand the perceptions of people with leprosy about disease and treatment. Methods : qualitative study conducted with nine adults in chemotherapy treatment. Data was collected through semi- structured interviews and submitted to content analysis in thematic modality. Results : participants reported a concern, distrust, and resistance to accepting the diagnosis. When diagnosed, they felt shame...
Objetivo estimar a prevalência e identificar fatores associados à utilização dos serviços de saúde por homens com idade entre 20 e 59 anos. Método estudo transversal de base populacional, tipo inquérito domiciliar, realizado junto a 421 homens adultos, selecionados mediante amostragem aleatória sistemática. Os dados foram coletados por meio de instrumento estruturado e analisados conforme estatística descritiva...
Aim: to reflect on the care to adult family man by the light of relational gender perspective. Method: theoretical and reflective study. Results: the naturalization of the image of the men who does not value the health care, contributes to the reproduction of a culture that brings harmful consequences even for the family. Moreover, estrangement may happen when there is a situation of illness and health care dep...
Objetivos: conhecer as práticas preventivas adotadas por homens adultos no cotidiano e identificar suas redes de apoio em saúde. Métodos: estudo descritivo de natureza qualitativa, realizado durante os meses de novembro e dezembro de 2012, em duas unidades emergenciais, junto a 32 homens com idade entre 20 e 59 anos. Dados coletados mediante entrevista semiestruturada e submetidos à análise de conteúdo, modalid...