ABSTRACT: The objective was to identify in the scientific literature which food and nutrition education interventions promote the reduction of anthropometric measures in schoolchildren. Methods: integrative literature review. The search was carried out in the following databases: PUBMED, SCIELO (Online Electronic Scientific Library) and LILACS (Latin American Literature in Health Sciences). The search terms use...
Objective: to analyze the effect of educational intervention on insulin delivery technique. Methods: randomized clini-cal trial, carried out with 79 patients with Diabetes Mellitus, in two groups, 42 from the control group and 37 from the intervention. Four telephone calls were made in two mon-ths to the intervention group. The control group received only conventional follow-up. Results: when comparing the appl...
Objective: Assess the level of health literacy of adults, with and without hypertension, treated in three basic health units (UBS) in Picos, Piauí. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 357 adults. Data were collected using a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, and literacy was assessed by the Test of Functional Literacy in Adults. Descriptive analysis was performed followed by the associatio...
Objective: to describe the clinical-epidemiological profile and adherence to the treatment of hypertensive elderly. Method: quantitative, descriptive study, carried out in two basic health units with 145 elderly hypertensives who answered the questionnaire of adherence to the treatment of hypertension (QATSAH) through a home visit. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, from tables and figures. R...
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...
Objective: To analyze the sexual behavior of elderly assisted on primary health care. Method: Transversal study, exploratory and quantitative. Results: The sample was comprised of 130 elderly people, these 60,8% were male, showing age between 60 and 92 years, with an average of 69 ± 7,04 years. With respect to the sexual profile, 63,1% elderly had active sex life, being more frequent among men with stable or ma...
This study aims primarily at delineating the profile of trauma victims from motorcycle accidents. This is a quantitative and descriptive study, conducted at an emergency department in the city of Picos, PI, Brazil. Data was collected from November, 2010 to May, 2011, out of the application of a tool. The population consisted of 80 victims. Results showed a predominance of males, with 71 (88.8%) cases, 43 (53.8%...
This study aims at describing the actions of nurses from a primary care unit in Picos, Piauí, Brazil, regarding the care of patients suffering from Systemic Arterial Hypertension. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, done with 26 nurses who work with family health. The study was conducted from August, 2010 to June, 2011. Data were collected by means of a semi structured questionnaire on the basis of li...
Descriptive study with nurses in primary health care in Brazil, which aimed to identify the core competencies for the promotion of men’s health, according to the Galway Consensus.We demonstrated that nursing interventions involve the domains of competencies for catalyzing changes, in the assessment of needs and implementation. The competencies identified here concern the mobilization of the community to expand ...
Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) is presented as a serious public health problem in Brazil and worldwide for its high prevalen ce and low rates of control, especially among the elderly. Thus, it is essential to develop educational interventions that increase the participation of the elderly hypertensive patients in the care process in order to improve their adherence to treatment. This study aimed at analys...