Objective: to report the experience of an operative group on "motivation for treatment" for people with needs derived from the consumption of alcohol, crack and other drugs. Method: Descriptive study, as a experience report, carried out during the practices of the discipline. Care process in mental health from the University of the International Integration of Lusofonia Afro-Brazilian, during the month of July ...
Pandemics are events of a collective nature whose main characteristic is the manifestation of an infectious disease, highly transmissible and with great lethality. The clinical spectrum of Covid-19 infection appears to be broad, ranging from asymptomatic infection, or slight changes in the respiratory tract with the presence of rhinorrhea, sneezing, sore throat and cough, to more severe cases of viral pneumonia...
Background: The single or combined use of herbal and dietary products with medications has shown benefits in the metabolic modulation of carbohydrates, in the restoring of the function of pancreatic beta cells, and in insulin resistance. To analyze the effect of the use of flour made from the rind of the yellow passion fruit on the glycemic control of people with diabetes mellitus type 2. Methods: An open, pros...
Objective: This study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out in a specialized institution, comprising 145 women. Two standardized questionnaires for health-related quality translated and validated for the Portuguese language were used. The scores manual of the EORTC was used to calculate the domain scor...
Exploratory study, that characterizes 35 women with HIV/AIDS, assisted at clinics and it proposes nursing interventions. It was accomplished in October, 2004, in a reference service for attendance of HIV/AIDS in Fortaleza-CE. The results obtained through semi-structured form revealed that 52% of the women were in the age group between 30 and 39 years of age, 43% were single, 68% went to school during one to eig...
Exploratory study, that characterizes 35 women with HIV/AIDS, assisted at clinics and it proposes nursing interventions. It was accomplished in October, 2004, in a reference service for attendance of HIV/AIDS in Fortaleza-CE. The results obtained through semi-structured form revealed that 52% of the women were in the age group between 30 and 39 years of age, 43% were single, 68% went to school during one to eig...
It has been more than two decades that the world live with the HIV. Within the passing years we’ve learned a lot about ways of transmission, more efficient medical treatments, more accurate laboratory results, immunity, and so on. It’s still evident, however, the stigma experienced with the find out of the disease. That signalizes that the person is stamped and rejected. To carry a stigma means to carry a chara...
It has been more than two decades that the world has lived with the HIV. Within the passing years we’ve learned a lot about ways of transmission, more efficient medical treatments, more accurate laboratory results, immunity, and so on. It’s still evident, however, the stigma experienced with the discovery of the disease. That signalizes that the person is stamped and rejected. To carry a stigma means to carry a...
This article aimed to understand the feelings of guilt that women with AIDS attributed as they face their disease. This is a qualitative study, mediated by thematic oral history. A total of ten women with AIDS in Fortaleza-CE participated in the research. There was an interview recorded for the collection of data, whose results were categorized after transcription and texting. The results show different ways of...
The introduction of public policies upon HIV/AIDS has made Brazil an example for the world in the free distribution of medicine. Due to the anti-retroviral therapy benefi ts there has been not only an increase in the period of life of the HIV positive since the diagnosis of the illness but also a better quality of life. Thus, this research aimed to refl ect on the women who are HIV positive as far as the health...