The present study analyzes a Elderly Municipal Council of a county in the interior of the state of São Paulo, using the reading of the Minutes of its meetings with the intention of portraying its dynamics, at the same time verify if its actions correspond to the competencies registered in its Rules of Internal Procedures. The results point to gaps in performance that indicate the lack of adequacy in the qualifi...
This work aims to understand the use of Facebook digital media during the experience of illness, hospitalization and death. It is a qualitative research, through of Virtual Ethnography and narrative analysis. This practice contributed to: facilitate communication with family and friends; to reduce loneliness and isolation; strengthen bonds of friendship; recognize the virtual social network as a space for the c...
Nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016, realizou-se a quinta edição da Jornada de Estudos em Gerontologia – Estratégias de Promoção do Envelhecimento Ativo, tendo como tema central “DIVERSIDADE DA VELHICE”. Este evento na área da Gerontologia teve por objetivo promover reflexões e disseminar conhecimentos sobre a temática expressa no título: Promoção do Envelhecimento Ativo e Diversidade da Velhice. Em suas quatro...
From the international guidelines on Active Aging, this study examines some of these developments in the state of São Paulo, as well as strategies deployed within the state, in the region of the Regional Health Department III - Araraquara the State Department of Health This region has an aging population of 12.05%. This is an exploratory and descriptive. Through documentary analysis identified strategies deploy...
The present study analyses how the elderly participants of a digital inclusion program do searches about health using the internet and how these information are related to their self-reported diseases. This study is grounded on theoretical studies of Gerontology and the Science, Technology and Society – STS field. The aspects of the nature and access to health information through the internet of 19 elderly were...
O presente artigo aborda a questão de como os profissionais da área da Psicologia estão sendo preparados diante do envelhecimento humano e da inversão da pirâmide populacional no Brasil e no mundo. O estudo é de abordagem qualitativa; analisou o discurso de coordenadores de cursos de Psicologia localizados no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, objetivando compreender como e com que frequência ocorre a inserçã...
Based on an interdisciplinary view of the field of Science, Technology and Society (STS), we aim to understand the approaches to the Identity and Social Representation Theory in the Information Science field, by analyzing periodicals in this area. We evaluated scientific journals classified as Qualis A National, according to the CAPES concept, following pre-determined criteria. Once the articles were located, a...
The research brings visions and points of view on the issue of faith. The investigation of this question has taken place in a health institution that treats patients with infectious diseases, where we could examine the influence of faith in the treatment and recovery of inpatients and the view of some health care professionals within the same institution. The theoretical and phenomenological approach has been a...
O presente artigo tem por objetivo realizar algumas reflexões sobre a categoria identidade através de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar. A partir das discussões sobre Identidade na perspectiva desenvolvida pela Psicologia Social Brasileira Contemporânea, apontam-se características e a emergência de preocupações interdisciplinares. Nesta tendência, a Psicologia Social, Ciência Social, desde seus primórdios, desen...