Objective: to analyze female vulnerability factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection among women of childbearing age. Methods: a case-control epidemiological study with women of childbearing age performed at a referral service center. Data on socioeconomic vulnerability, individual, partners and health services were collected. These were analyzed in univariate, bivariate and multivariate wa...
Objetivo: traduzir e adaptar a Condom Self-Efficacy Scale para língua portuguesa no contexto brasileiro, originada nos Estados Unidos para mensurar a autoeficácia no uso do preservativo. Método: estudo metodológico, que compreendeu duas etapas: tradução, adaptação transcultural e verificação das propriedades psicométricas. O processo de tradução e adaptação foi composto por quatro tradutores, um mediador da sín...
Introduction: The usage of scales directed to the health area is a relevant contribution to clinical practice, because the measures are more reliable and standardized. Objective: To analyze the studies that used scales to assess condom use. Method: It is an integrative review, which was conducted in the CINAHL, Medline and Scopus databases, obtaining the selection of eight papers. Results: The results pointed t...
Objective: To characterize the scientific production related to the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life of pregnant women. Method: An integrative review carried out from September 2014 to May 2015. The search was conducted in six databases, and a final sample of seventeen publications was presented. The data were presented in tables. Results: Incontinence related factors are: Being older, second p...
Our objective was to analyze the accuracy of defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis “Deficient Knowledge” in users of COC. A cross-sectional study conducted with 97 women in fertile age at a family health center in the Northeast Region of Brazil. The data collection was between September to October of 2011, through interviews to identify defining characteristics and factors related to Taxonomy II of ...
In addition to a leading position on infant’s nutrition, breast milk acts as an immunizing agent due to the absence of allergenic factors and the presence of maternal antibodies and of substances that ensure better digestibility. This research aimed at identifying the prevalence of the nursing diagnosis: ineffective breastfeeding in nursing mothers. Cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted with 95 nursin...
Objetivou-se verificar a qualidade do pré-natal de acordo com os critérios estabelecidos no Programa de Humanização do Pré-Natal e Nascimento. Estudo transversal, descritivo-exploratório, realizado com 75 gestantes atendidas em Unidades Básicas de Saúde, de um município da região metropolitana de Fortaleza-Ceará. Os dados foram coletados no período de março à maio de 2011, por meio de entrevista durante a consu...
This study aimed to assess the quality of prenatal care according to the criteria established in the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program. Cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study carried out with 75 pregnant women registered in Basic Health Units of a municipality in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected between March and May, 2011, through interviews during pren...
This study aimed to assess the quality of prenatal care according to the criteria established in the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program. Cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study carried out with 75 pregnant women registered in Basic Health Units of a municipality in the metropolitan region of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected between March and May, 2011, through interviews during pren...