This study aimed to evaluate sociodemographic, behavioral, and individual factors associated with body image perception in a sample of adolescents from schools in low Human Development Index areas in Brazil. This cross-sectional study included 609 boys and 573 girls (aged 11–17 years). Body image perception (nine-silhouettes scale) and sociodemographic, behavioral, and individual variables were included. Multin...
Early guidance emphasizes the provision of information to families about growth and normal development in childhood such as specific information about security at home. This research aimed to analyze mothers' knowledge about the prevention of accidents in childhood before and after an educational intervention. It was conducted as a quasi-experimental study with 155 mothers in a Basic Health Unit in northeastern...
In the panorama of STD / HIV / AIDS among adolescents, the strategy is to control the transmission prevention in order to promote their health. From the perspective of implementing new strategies, considering the characteristics of adolescence, their vulnerability, and lack of educational long term was used in this study, a new proposal adopted in school: the duty of the individual educational teenager. The obj...
Hansen’s disease is still a major public health problem in Brazil. Irregular treatment and abandonment have constituted one of the main obstacles for the control of the disease. This current study had as objective to analyze the factors that influenced the patients to miss or abandon treatment. This was a descriptive and exploratory study involving a sample of 30 patients, who had missed or abandoned treatment ...
O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a vulnerabilidade de adolescentes escolares em relação às Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis (DST) e ao Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV), identificando os principais comportamentos de risco e de prevenção. Estudo transversal, quantitativo, realizado em três escolas públicas estaduais de Imperatriz, MA, com 295 adolescentes, por meio da aplicação de questionário estru...
The Commission of Infection Control is an instance collegiate formed by technicians from various disciplines , which aims to c reate and fulfill the Program Infection Control ( PCIH). Evaluate the functioning of the Committees of the Hospital Infection Control in public hospitals Imperatriz - MA. This was a descriptive transversal study , conducted at two public hospitals in the peri od from February to June 20...
Object: verifying the influence of popular knowledge in the care of newborn, focusing on the promotion of child health. Methods: study with a qualitative approach, and was carried in public maternity hospital from Imperatriz-Maranhão, with 15 mothers of newborns. A questionnaire and semi-structured interview using thematic content analysis were used to collect data. Results: Three categories emerged: Knowledge ...
Objective: to identify the difficulties of health professionals in communication of the diagnosis of Down Syndrome, identifying forms of approaches used to convey the diagnosis. Method: a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, developed in a public hospital in the city of Imperatriz / Maranhão / Northeast of Brazil, with 12 health professionals. It was used a semistructured interview guide and for data ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the vulnerability of adolescent students related to sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), identifying the main risk behaviors and prevention. This quantitative, cross- -sectional study was performed in three public schools in Imperatriz – Maranhão, with 295 adolescents, using a structured questionnaire. The results show that: mos...