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Information about psychoactive substances and visually impaired people: a compa...
Jorge Guimarães, Fernanda; Carvalho, António Luís; Almeida, Paulo César; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita MarlenaObjective: The study aimed to compare the information on psychoactive substances for visually impaired people in Brazil and Portugal. Method: Study with a quantitative approach, before-and-after type, held in institutions that provide care to people with visual impairment in Brazilian cities and in Porto, Portugal. Data were collected through information tests and analyzed by using the statistical software SPSS...
Contraceptive methods comportamentais: educational technology for faulty visual
Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita Marlena; Lima Rodrigues, MarilenaThe visually deficient ones have hindered access to information about family planning. Therefore, it is justified the creation of pedagogical resources for health education on family planning, particularly about behavioral methods. Among them there are the methods of Ogino-Knaus, basal body temperature, and Billings. This paper describes the development of these resources that happened at two methodological mom...
King´s theory reach to families of persons with systemic arterial hypertension
Magalhães Moreira, Thereza Maria; Leite de Araújo, Thelma; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita MarlenaThe aim was to verify the reach of the King’s theory (1981) to families of persons with systemic arterial hypertension. The study was developed analyzing the reach of this theory; verification of its applicability in the family context as related by Moreira (1999); and construction of a concept of family with chronic sick persons which is compatible with the theory. The data showed that the theory is interaccio...
Self-care theory: critical analysis on its usefulness in nurse’s practicing
Rocha Diógenes, Maria Albertina; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita MarlenaThis study aims at evaluating the usefulness of Orem’s theory of self-care, applied to the hypertense woman. The analysis criteria of nursing theories are classified into Internal and External Criteria.The usefulness of the theory, as one of the Internal Criteria, considers that the theory be useful when applied to professional practicing, be it in assistance, teaching, research or in administration. It has bee...
Applying the model of evaluation of Meleis to Travelbee’s theory
Gomes Linard, Andrea; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita Marlena; Pereira Rodrigues, Maria SocorroAiming to carry out a critical and interpretative reflection about Joyce Travelbee’s theory of Interpersonal Relation, we used a discursive segment of the model of theory analysis proposed by Meleis. The analysis specifically used the description of the model at the functional components: focus, client, nursing, health, nurse-client interaction, environment, nursing problems and nursing therapeutics. We identif...
Roy’s Model in obstetric nursing: analysis from Meleis’ point of view
Paiva Rodrigues, Dafne; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita Marlena; Magalhães da Silva, RaimundaThis study analyses the usage of Roy’s Adaptation Model in the understanding of behaviorial responses experienced by woman during the parturition process, applies the description phase of The Meleis’s analysis model and stops in the structural components, as follows: suppositions, concepts and propositions. These elements were explored in the model proposed by Roy and analysed according to their evidence in obs...
Visually-impaired adolescents’ interpersonal relationships at school
Pontes Bezerra, Camilla; Freitag Pagliuca, Lorita MarlenaThis study describes the school environment and how interpersonal relationships are conducted in view of the needs of visually handicapped adolescents. Data were collected through observations of the physical environment of two schools in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with the support of a checklist, in order to analyze the existence of obstacles. Four visually handicapped adolescents from 14 to 20 years of age wer...