Objective: to describe the family care process with colostomy children in the home environment. Method: this is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, which involved 15 families of colostomy children from birth to 12 years old, developed into a children's public hospital in Fortaleza/CE and children domiciles. The analysis took place through thematic categorization. Results: after data analysis, four ...
INTRODUCTION: Accidents in chilhood are an important theme for Public Health due to what they represent and also to the repercussions children and their family may present. To investigate the association between risk factors and the occurrence of domestic accidents involving children under the age of five in a municipality in the countryside of northeastern Brazil. METHOD: Analytical, cross-sectional study.Prim...
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...
The objective was to analyze the perceptions of primiparae on the guidance received in prenatal care regarding breastfeeding. Qualitative descriptive study, whose data collection happened, the period March-May 2010, through semi-structured interviews with 10 primiparae admitted to the rooming unit of a hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. For data analysis we used the content analysis, emerging the following categ...
The aim of this research was to identify and discuss the profile of undernourished children who had attended the Institute for Prevention of Malnutrition and Exceptionality – IPREDE and to evaluate the mother’s understanding of undernourished children, in their search of health services in the City of Fortaleza – CE. A descriptive study developed with mothers of 22 undernourished children who had been attended ...
Aim: Analyze the acceptability of digital cervicography as a complementary method to Papanicolaou cytology for diagnosing cervical cancer. Method: An exploratory-descriptive study, quantitative approach. The survey had 63 participants and data was collected between June and August 2012. For data evaluation we used the results of cytologic collection and digital cervicography. Result: 100% of acceptance verified...
Paralisia Cerebral caracteriza-se por um distúrbio motor não progressivo, que inclui alterações de tônus, postura e movimento, sendo frequentemente mutável e secundário à lesão do cérebro imaturo. Esses aspectos influenciam na capacidade das crianças com PC de desenvolverem atividades da vida diária, o que afeta diretamente a Qualidade de Vida de crianças que têm esta patologia. A partir da necessidade de um in...
Objetivou-se compreender a concepção de mães sobre cuidado a criança com Distrofia Muscular dependente de tecnologia. Estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, realizado em hospital infantil da rede terciária do município de Fortaleza – Ceará, bem como nos domicílios das crianças com distrofia muscular atendidas pelo Programa de Assistência Ventilatória Domiciliar-PAVD. As informantes foram mães de crianças...
It was aimed to understand the mother's conception on care to child with muscular dystrophies dependent on technology. Descriptive study with qualitative approach carried out in a children's hospital of the tertiary net in Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil, as well as in homes of children with muscular dystrophy assisted by the Home Ventilation Assistance Program. The informants were mothers of children with dystrophy ag...
Objetivou-se analisar percepções de primíparas sobre orientações recebidas no pré-natal acerca do aleitamento materno. Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, cujos dados foram coletados, no período de março a maio de 2010, mediante entrevista semiestruturada com 10 primíparas internadas na Unidade de Alojamento Conjunto de um hospital de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Para análise dos dados, foi empregada a análise do conteúdo...