Objective: to report the knowledge of nurses about nursing care to people with spinal cord injury and urinary tract dysfunction. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 19 nurses from a tertiary hospital. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, validated concerning content for this research, containing sociodemographic, professional and knowledge variables. The Chi-square, Fisher and Contingenc...
Objective: to evaluate knowledge about sexual health, with blind people, before and after educational intervention. Method: action research conducted with 58 blind people enrolled in a philanthropic educational institution. A form with sociodemographic and knowledge variables about Sexually Transmitted Infections was used. The Chi-square and Fisher tests were performed. Results: men presented higher frequency o...
Objetivo: investigar as autoexpressões de mestrandas acerca dos sentimentos, dificuldades e desafios decorrentes da participação em sociodrama “como se” fossem cegas. Métodos:estudo qualitativo. Participaram oito mestrandas em enfermagem. Utilizaram-se sociodrama, uma filmadora e Análise de Conteúdo. Na execução do sociodrama, foram seguidas as etapas de aquecimento, dramatização, comentários e processamento te...
Objective: to investigate the master students’ expressions about feelings, difficulties and challenges arising from participation in sociodrama “as if” they were blind. Methods:qualitative study. Participants were eight Master students in nursing. They used sociodrama, a video recorder and the Content Analysis technique. In implementing the sociodrama, the steps were followed were warm-up, drama, comments and t...
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of children born with congenital malformations in maternities of Campina Grande — PB and the associated risk factors. Data were collected in three maternities through the certificates of live birth (CLB) issued during the period of 2003 and 2005. The association between the types of malformations and the variables was tested by Chi- -square and Odds Ratio, by using t...
Objective: to assess the knowledge of blind women about the risk factors for breast cancer and whether they look for early detection of this cancer. Methods: a quasi-experimental study with 72 blind women distributed in focus groups. Data were collected through interviews. Results: few participants had knowledge about one or more risk factors for breast cancer, but most practiced early detection. Health educati...
Objective : to investigate the master students’ expressions about feelings, difficulties and challenges arising from participation in sociodrama “as if” they were blind. Methods : qualitative study. Participants were eight Master students in nursing. They used sociodrama, a video recorder and the Content Analysis technique. In implementing the sociodrama, the steps were followed were warm-up, drama, comments an...
Objetivo: analisar fatores associados à notificação da sífilis congênita. Métodos: estudo transversal, documental, quantitativo, realizado através do Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação. Compuseram o estudo 113 casos notificados. Utilizou-se formulário para coleta de dados e efetuaram-se os testes Qui-quadrado e Fisher. Resultados: mulheres realizaram pré-natal (80,2%), teste sorológico antes dos seis me...
Objective: to analyze factors associated to the notification of congenital syphilis. Methods: a cross-sectional documentary, quantitative study, made through the National System of Notifiable Diseases. The study consisted of 113 notified cases. A data collection form was used and Chi-square and Fisher tests were made. Results: women had prenatal exams (80.2%), serologic testing before six months of pregnancy (4...
Objetivo: averiguar o conhecimento de mulheres cegas sobre os fatores de risco para o câncer mamário e se elas buscam a detecção precoce dessa neoplasia. Métodos: estudo quase-experimental com 72 mulheres cegas distribuídas em grupos focais. Coletaram-se dados por meio de entrevista. Resultados: poucas participantes conheciam um ou mais fator de risco para câncer mamário, mas a maioria pratica a detecção precoc...