The current study aimed to analyze the assistance provided to drug dependent women in specialized services according to the perspective of gender and health care comprehensiveness. It defends the following thesis: gender affects women accessibility to chemical dependency treatment, thus interfering with the principle of comprehensive care. This is a clinical qualitative research conducted in CAPSad, which belon...
The low treatment adherence is one of the major factors for the lack of blood pressure control and risk for cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to analyze the hypertensive user's adherence to drug therapy. A descriptive study carried out with 400 hypertensive users, from May to August 2010, through interviews. Most interviewees were female (67.2%), a ged over 60 (54.3%) and with brown skin (57.4%). 326 (81.5%) us...
A baixa adesão ao tratamento constitui um dos principais fatores do descontrole da pressão arterial, e de risco para as doenças cardiovasculares. Objetivou-se analisar a adesão do usuário hipertenso ao tratamento medicamentoso. Estudo descritivo realizado com 400 hipertensos, durante os meses de maio a agosto de 2010, através de entrevista. A maioria dos entrevistados era mulher (67,2%), idade acima dos 60 anos...
The low treatment adherence is one of the major factors for the lack of blood pressure control and risk for cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to analyze the hypertensive user's adherence to drug therapy. A descriptive study carried out with 400 hypertensive users, from May to August 2010, through interviews. Most interviewees were female (67.2%), aged over 60 (54.3%) and with brown skin (57.4%). 326 (81.5%) use...
We emphasize the construction of a social support network to alcoholics as a strategy for maintaining its affective and solidary ties with their families and society. This study aims to map the alcoholic’s support network from the intersectoral actions developed by members of an Alcoholics Anonymous group (AA) located in Fortaleza — Ceará. This is a descriptive study with 20 members of the AA group. The data we...
The study aimed to analyze stricto sensu postgraduate theoretical production in Brazil addressing alcoholism, aiming at health promotion. Bibliographical research performed on dissertations and thesis obtained from CAPES Portal through related descriptors. We used a form to record information that was analyzed according to the method of content analysis. The theme was observed in only 22 works and the main tren...
The aim of this work was to analyze the interface between hypertensive patients’ knowledge about hypertension and the adoption of therapeutic conducts to control the disease. It was a descriptive and exploratory study developed with 400 hypertensive users registered in the Arterial Hypertension League of the Hospital of Messejana – LHAHM in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The data were collected from July to October 2006...
The social support net is composed by the group of bonds related to the individual. Taking into account that the quality, as well as the quantity of these bonds can interfere in the person's life, acting as positive or negative element, it was identified the need to know this net of relationships by the professionals that takes care of such individuals. It was aimed to assess the Ecomap of drug users assisted i...
In response to growing consumption of alcohol and its related problems, exemplified by harmful use and/or dependence, Brazil has been setting public policies such as full attention on alcohol and drugs users which, in turn, highlights the psychosocial care based on a support network organized by the Psychosocial Care Center (PCA), linked to other health services and community groups. Self-help groups as the Alc...
A rede social de apoio é constituída do conjunto de vínculos relacionados ao indivíduo. Considerando-se que, tanto a qualidade, quanto a quantidade desses vínculos podem interferir na vida da pessoa, atuando como elemento positivo ou negativo, identifica-se a necessidade do conhecimento dessa rede de relações pelos profissionais que cuidam dessas pessoas. Objetivou-se analisar o ecomapa de usuários de drogas as...