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A Liga Acadêmica em Doenças Estigmatizantes e sua contribuição para a comunidad...

Introdução: As ligas acadêmicas são entidades estudantis que proporcionam aos seus integrantes a ampliação de seus conhecimentos técnico-científicos em determinada área, bem como sanar as demandas da população, seguindo aos princípios de ensino, pesquisa e extensão, já que preenchem eventuais carências da graduação e contribuem para a melhoria do serviço prestado à comunidade. Objetivo: Descrever a contribuição...

A hanseníase na população idosa de Alagoas

Objective: to describe the epidemiological profile of elderly persons with leprosy in the state of Alagoas. Method: a descriptive epidemiological study of leprosy cases among the elderly reported to the Disease Notification Information System between 2005 and 2015 was carried out. Results: a total of 896 cases were identified, with a predominance of 60-69 years old (60.5%), who were male (50.4%), had no schooli...

A hanseníase na população idosa de Alagoas

Parents’ perception about autistic children : a descriptive study

Introduction: the infantile autism is a developmental disorder that affects social interaction, language, cognition and quality of life. Objective: describing the parents’ perception about daily care for autistic children. Methods: it was a descriptive and qualitative study performed with parents of autistic children attending a reference health center in a Brazilian city. A semi-structured interview was used t...

Análise da capacidade funcional de idosos com hanseníase através de três instru...

Population aging is a phenomenon of great impact on economic policies and global health, challenging the maintenance of functionality, autonomy, independence and social participation of the elderly. Thus, diseases with disabling and chronic outcomes should be highlighted, such as leprosy. Aimed to analyze the functional capacity in elderly patients with leprosy according to the SALSA scale, Katz index and Lawto...

Nursing diagnoses of the domains self-perception and coping/tolerance of stress...

The objective was to characterize the profile of nursing diagnoses of the domains Self-perception and Coping/Tolerance of stress of women with infertility complaints. A descriptive, quantitative study conducted with 40 women, in a primary health care unit. Data was collected with an interview form created for this study. We identified 20 diagnoses. Improved readiness for power, Improved readiness for coping, Im...

Characteristics of pregnant and lactating women with leprosy

Introduction: The clinical characteristics of women who conceive during leprosy and the association between leprosy and pregnancy are not well known. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 49 pregnant or lactating women diagnosed with leprosy in 2011. Results: The patients had a clinical dimorphous form of leprosy (44.9%), no physical incapacity at diagnosis (87.5%), and no complications in either the pat...

Conhecimento e mudanças de comportamento de mulheres junto a fatores de risco p...

The objective was to identify the risk factors for cervical cancer; verify the knowledge about these and the changes adopted from the knowledge of risk factors. A cross-sectional field study carried out from May to August 2007, with 390 women who underwent preventive exam. The risk factors found were: age, casual partners, low economic class and educational level, not performing preventive exam, low weight, smo...

Atuação da equipe de enfermagem na sala de vacinação e suas condições de funcio...

It is a relevant research to public health because it approaches the immunization quality. This is a descriptive study accomplished in the 11(eleven) Family Health Centers of the Regional I Executive Secretary, Fortaleza – CE. The objective was to learn about the nursing team service in the vaccination room and to investigate the functioning conditions. Data were colleted based on the Evaluation Program Instrum...

Knowledge of users of low-dose oral combined contraceptives about the method

Objectives: to identify the knowledge of users of combined oral contraceptive about correct use, side effects and complications; to verify the correlation between knowledge about the method with age, education, family income and time of use. Method: cross-sectional study performed in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from March to July 2010, with 294 women. Data were collected through interviews. Results: 75% had subst...