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...
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...
The aim of this study is to identify the perceptions of new students in the graduate nursing course about the profession. This qualitative study was conducted from March to May 2008, along with 38 first year students from a public university of Ceará. Data collection occurred through five meetings, in daily field notes and projective drawing technique based on the questioning: What is nursing for you? The resul...
One of the proposals of the Family Health Strategy is to ensure a good prenatal assistance and the breastfeeding guidelines. This study aims to identify the knowledge of adolescent mothers about breastfeeding and investigate how they experience it, its facilities and difficulties and sources of support. It was developed with seven mothers who received prenatal care at a Basic Health Unit in Sobral – CE, from Oc...
This qualitative and descriptive study, conducted in 2009 with 11women from a community in Fortaleza, aimed to understand what it means to be a woman in present-day society, to learn women’s concept of health and identify their motivation sand expectations in the community with regard to participating in an educational group. Information was collected in a focus group and analyzed using content analysis. The re...
Hanses’s disease is a millenary illness, characterized as a public health problem. We developed this study aiming to know the perception of people under Hanses’s disease treatment about their disease. It’s an study with a qualitative approach, developed through a focal group in August 2005 with eight people under treatment for multibacillary Hansen’s disease in the Health Basic Unit, Sobral-CE. The speeches sho...
Pregnancy in adolescence is a serious social and public health problem due to consequences caused to the mother and to the fetus. This qualitative study aimed to make family members understand the meaning of teenage pregnancy. It was developed with seven families of pregnant teenagers and/or those who gave birth in 2010, assisted in a Family Health Center in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Information was sought on a se...
Community health agents are the members of the Family Health Team that get closest to the families, as they often live in their community. Their action in the educational practice in health should be encouraged, due to their power to gather the subjects, motivating them to participate in community groups, and due to their knowledge about the local reality. In this study, three community health agents participat...
A partir de nossa experiência como enfermeira da Estratégia Saúde da Família- ESF, desenvolveu-se este estudo, realizando atividades educativas em saúde mediada por tecnologias educativas, junto a mulheres adultas jovens, assistidas pela ESF, com o intuito de contribuir para o exercício da autonomia e emancipação destas mulheres, estabelecendo-se uma relação dialógica e participativa. OBJETIVO descrever experiê...
A gravidez na adolescência constitui grave problema social e de saúde pública, pelas consequências à mãe e ao concepto. Estudo qualitativo que objetivou apreender o significado da gravidez na adolescência para os familiares. Foi desenvolvido com sete familiares de adolescentes grávidas e/ou que tiveram o parto no ano de 2010, assistidas em um Centro de Saúde da Família de Fortaleza – CE, Brasil. As informações ...