The Zinc (Zn) plays a role in improving insulin sensitivity, so its supplementation has been used as adjuvant treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, however, there is no consensus as to the efficacy of the compounds used. In this sense, the accomplishment of this study aimed to evaluate the effect of the supplementation of two Zn compounds on the behavioral, biochemical and histological parameters in an experimental m...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EB) presents important advantages for maternal and child health, contributing to the reduction of morbidity and mortality. Brazil is a worldwide reference in the promotion of the EB and currently there is a network of policies, programs and strategies with this objective. Despite this, the problem of early termination of exclusive breastfeeding is still a difficult reality to overcome. ...
The Unified Health System (SUS, in portuguese) emerged amidst the political and social movements of Brazil. One of its components, Basic Care (AB), includes the Family Health Strategy (ESF), whose Family Health Support Centers (NASF) are linked and have, among their actions, nutritional care - AN. The National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Basic Care (PMAQ – AB), established in 2011, has External ...
The accelerated growth of the elderly population is a worldwide reality, becoming a major challenge for contemporary public health. The global increase in population aging poses greater challenges on health systems and services for the elderly. This population group is in epidemiological and demographic evidence, becoming a priority in studies and interventions in health, particularly in Brazil. In this context...
The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the relationship between work and health of the professionals of general hospital cleaning services of an University Hospital in a capital city in northeast of Brazil. From a theoretical point of view, the Psychodynamics of Work and the Ergonomics of Activity are the main approaches used to analyze the complex relationships between work and health. As for method, a qua...
The present thesis aimed to investigate the relationships of friendship and their relationships with personality traits and human values. For this, four empirical articles were carried out. Article 1 sought to adapt and gather evidence of validity and reliability of the Friendship Quality Scale (FQS) for Brazil, which considered two studies. The first one had a non-probabilistic sample of 427 university student...
The process of development of new acquisitions by infants, from a historiccultural point of view, is permeated by co-constructive and bidirectional actions. Infant abilities are meaningful in the social context that the baby is found, and their behaviors are continuously improving as they develop. Among the factors involved in this process, the way parents conceive their children’s development have an influence...
The present thesis aims to analyze the Restorative Justice (RJ) within the scope of the Socioeducation Policy. According to its most widely used concept, JR can be understood as the process by which the parties involved in a specific offense collectively resolve how to deal with the consequences of the offense and its future implications. It is assumed, in this thesis, that: Restorative Justice is situated in a...
The aim of this research was to evaluate the correlation between the level of empathy and the electrophysiological response of the cerebral cortex to audiovisual stimuli with human faces expressing different emotions. Empathy is a process that enables the sharing of emotional states and the understanding of other people's feelings, involving affective and cognitive aspects. Research in Social Cognitive Neurosci...
The general Aggression model (GAM) employs three central factors to understand aggressive behavior: personal and situational factors, internal trajectories or routes, and behavioral response factors. These factors are seen as social needs, whereby a threat to internal balance is enough, aggressive or violent responses are soon stimulated. GAM conceptualizes intimate partner violence (IPV) as an intentional beha...