Objective: to report the experience of researchers in conducting online data collection in a survey with a quantitative approach. Method: experience report on the data collection of the survey "Use of personal protective equipment by health professionals in the fight against COVID 19" that took place between August 2020 and March 2021 by means of a self-administered virtual questionnaire. Results: the research ...
The aim of the study is to understand the work process of nursing technicians who work in the Family Health Strategy teams. The case study has a qualitative approach, based on symbolic interactionism, carried out with eight nursing technicians from the Family Health Strategy of a medium-sized Brazilian municipality. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed according to thematic conten...
The objective of this scoping review protocol is to identify and synthesize the scientific evidence produced on the use of Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS) by the elderly in primary health care services (PHC). The review will follow the method proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, which establishes five steps: 1) identification of the research question; 2) identification of relevant stud...
The epidemiology of leprosy is affected by transmission mechanisms, socio-economic and operating factors related at health service. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between detection of leprosy tax and Human Development Index (IDH) in the cities of Minas Gerais/Brazil. This is a transversal and ecological study. The data were collected from Technical Reports of Health State Secretary ...
Objetivo: descrever características sociodemográficas e econômicas, hábitos de vida, manifestações clínicas, medicamentosem uso e acompanhamento de adultos com doença falciforme. Métodos: estudo descritivo com abordagem quantitativa,realizado com 20 adultos, cadastrados em um hemonúcleo, utilizando-se, para coleta de dados, entrevista no domicílio doparticipante e prontuários. Para a confecção do banco de dados...
Objective: to describe socio-demographic and economic characteristics, lifestyle, clinical manifestations, use of medicationsand monitoring of adults with sickle-cell disease. Methods: a descriptive study with quantitative approach, made with 20adults, registered in a Hematology and Hemotherapy Center, using, for data collection, interviews in the participant’s homeand medical records. In order to have the data...
Objective: to analyze the stigma associated with Hansen’s disease from the perspective of health professionals and managers and its relation to the control actions in municipalities of the micro-region of Araçuaí. Method: this is a qualitative study conducted in six municipalities. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 54 participants, from February to August 2009. The thematic content ana...
This study analyzes the decentralization process of Leprosy control actions for Family Health Strategy units in the cities of the Almenara micro-region, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This qualitative research, based on the concept "Technological Organization of Work", was carried out in nine municipalities. Semi-structured interviews and document research were used for data collection. Forty-five interv...
Leprosy is potentially debilitating. The present study aims at describing and assessing the occurrence of physical disabilities in cases of leprosy in the population of the Vale do Jequitinhonha/MG, in the period 1998-2006. It is an epidemiological descriptive study and the data were collected from the Leprosy Notification Forms. This information was processed using EPI-INFO and analyzed, based on the indicator...