The aim of this research was to characterize the social economical profi le problematic questions and attitudes of mothers who weaned their children precociously and were seen at a primary health care unit in Fortaleza – Ceara from June to August, 2007. It is a descriptive, explorative study, using quantitative approach, whose participants were 50 mothers with children who were less than one year of age. As a r...
A descriptive retrospective study was carried out in order to describe the obstetrical aspects in 30 puerperal with Hellp Syndrome admitted to a public maternity in Fortaleza-Ceará, from January 1, 2003 to September 31, 2004. A total of 8,617 deliveries occurred during this period. Of the mothers involved, 648 (7, 5%) had hypertension and in 30 (4, 7%) of them it progressed to Help Syndrome. We analyzed chronol...
This study has a descriptive nature and aims to describe the nursing assistance experienced by the nurses in the Peripheral Vein Catheterization at a pediatric intensive therapy unity in Fortaleza-Ce. The results showed that 100% of the nurses have as first precaution the conditions of the child’s vein system; 75% infused solution identification; 50% physical conditions observation; 38% therapy permanence time....
OLIVEIRA, M. I. V.; BEZERRA, M. G. A.; BEZERRA FILHO, J. G.; VERAS, M. A. C.; BEZERRA, J. P. Perfil de mães e recém-nascidos na presença do diabetes mellitus gestacional. Rev. RENE., Fortaleza, v.10, n.4, p. 28-36, out./dez. 2009.; This is a quantitative study aiming to identify the profile of mothers and newborns (NB) in the presence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Fortaleza-Ceará/2006. The sample co...
The aim of this research was to characterize the social economical profi le problematic questions and attitudes of mothers who weaned their children precociously and were seen at a primary health care unit in Fortaleza – Ceara from June to August, 2007. It is a descriptive, explorative study, using quantitative approach, whose participants were 50 mothers with children who were less than one year of age. As a r...
Epidemiology has identified violence as a major worldwide public health concern. Suicide is clas- sified as violence. This study analyzes the asso- ciation between suicide and socio-demographic factors. The methodological design was ecologi- cal, using correlation techniques and backward multiple linear regression. Normality of the re- siduals in the final model was analyzed. Pro- portional mortality in relatio...
Being considered as a public health issue, due to its increasing prevalence, suicide is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide especially among young people. This study aimed to characterize the profile of suicide in the state of Ceará, Brazil from 1997 to 2007, relating it to socio-demographic aspects, means used and year of occurrence. The data were obtained from the Unified Health System – SUS/Minist...
Objectives: To characterize the profile of mothers with positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV+) and birth conditions of newborns. Method: A retrospective descriptive study, quantitative approach performed in a public maternity in Fortaleza, Ceará-Brazil. All the participants were HIV + seropositive mothers and their newborns admitted in 2009, totaled 27, recorded in the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (N...
Objetivou-se caracterizar o perfil sócio-econômico, questões problemáticas e atitudes de mães que desmamaram precocemente seus filhos atendidos em Unidade Básica de Saúde de Fortaleza-Ceará, período junho/agosto/2007. Estudo descritivo, exploratório, com abordagem quantitativa, cujas participantes foram cinqüenta mães com filhos menores de um ano. Como resultado, obteve-se: 58% maior de 25 anos; 46% ensino médi...
The aim of this research was to characterize the social economical profi le problematic questions and attitudes of mothers who weaned their children precociously and were seen at a primary health care unit in Fortaleza – Ceara from June to August, 2007. It is a descriptive, explorative study, using quantitative approach, whose participants were 50 mothers with children who were less than one year of age. As a r...