Racial discrimination and racism are still present in everyday society, reverberating in various aspects of the lives of the black population, including in higher, secondary and primary education, where prejudice is intense and affects the permanence of this ethnic-racial group. The aim of this article is to analyze the evidence available in the scientific literature on experiences of racial discrimination and ...
Objective: to present the characteristics of self-mutilation in students from a public school in the interior of the state of Ceará, Brazil. Methodology: cross-sectional study with 995 high school students from an integral public school. Data collection was carried out in person. The Self-Mutilation Behavior Scale and Student's t test and Analysis of Variance were used to compare the variables of interest. Resu...
This article aims to analyze the impact on the mental health of 73 university students from Ceará, after the onset of the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, considering the main facts that occurred, from the point of view of the following axes: triggering or worsening of mental disorders; suffering and (self) medication; and suicidal ideation, to understand the impact caused by COVID-19. A qualitative appr...
The objective was to analyze the experiences of racial discrimination suffered by black people. Exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, part of the larger research entitled: Experiences of Discrimination Suffered by Black People, carried out from September to November 2021, with 205 black participants from Brazilian states. The instrument used was the Scale of Experienc...
Based on the above, a critical-reflective review of the scientific literature was carried out on the use of mental health support applications in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s about a narrative review, based on broad publications, appropriate to describe and discuss the development of a given subject, from a theoretical or conceptual point of view. The search was carried out by surveying the productions ...
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of drug use severity among high school students. This is a descriptive, exploratory study, with a quantitative approach which had the participation of 933 students from four different high schools in a municipality from the Northern Region of Ceará state. We used the questionnaire for screening the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other substances (ASSIST-WHO) for data...
This study aimed to investigate what scientific evidence exists about racial discrimination against young Blacks in Brazil. The method performed was an integrative review of the scientific literature, based on the guiding question: what does the scientific evidence indicate on racial discrimination against young Blacks in Brazil? The search was performed in six databases, adopting as inclusion criteria original...
This research has as theme, quality of life and loneliness of Brazilian women immigrants living in Portugal. It is outlined to ascertain to what extent loneliness interferes with quality of life and health of Brazilian women immigrant living in Portugal. Cross-sectional study conducted from July to September 2016 in Portugal, with 682 Brazilian immigrants over 18 years of age living in the country for more than...
This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of violence against Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal since their arrival, and the consequences of this in their experience, specifically in health, perception of discrimination and loneliness. The sample comprised 682 Brazilian women, migrants, over 18 years old, living in Portugal for more than three months. Data collection was carried out online, through the Lim...
The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of discrimination perception in the quality of life and mental and physical health of Brazilian women living in Portugal, drawing on a descriptive research with a quantitative approach, with 682 female immigrants. Data collection was carried out in two modalities: online, using the LimeSurvey Platform; and presential, conducted at the Associação Mais Brasil [As...