This study aimed to build an accessible online course about breast cancer, focusing on early detection. It is a methodological development study based on the construction of the Health Breast Online Course, accessible for blind women. Content assessment with three health professionals was carried out, in a public university of Ceará, in September 2012. Three blind people educators evaluated pedagogical aspects at a specialized school in Fortaleza, Ceará, in October 2012. The content was modified according to the experts' suggestions to simple language, logical sequence and emphasis on breast self-exam. After three stages of evaluation, it was considered fully adequate. Appearance was evaluated as fully adequate, able to arouse interest and to promote inclusive education. Stages of content and pedagogical aspects assessment have been addressed satisfactorily. There are new steps that must be performed for the validation. This study expands horizons for researches in this subject and generates reflection on accessible online health education.
to elaborate a course as assistive technology for the visually-impaired is a feasible task, provides knowledge about hypertension prevention and equality of access to digital educational materials.
This article provides a presentation of the method used to guarantee the accessibility and usability of an online course for blind women. The course discusses breast cancer with a focus on early detection, with a view to granting these women a new form of learning about breast cancer. In this paper, the evaluation of the accessibility of HTML pages was presented by the use of specific software. In addition, it presents the accessibility and usability for blind women in a course in a virtual learning environment. The accessibility evaluation using the software revealed 21 errors. When the blind women accessed the virtual learning environment, sporadic barriers were identified, such as difficulties for registering and using the forum. These were bypassed and the participants defined the access to the online course as satisfactory. This study aims to bring awareness to online education and health professionals about the accessibility of online courses. With regard to health promotion, the importance of this study is clear owing to the lack of educational resources in health for visually impaired people, in addition to the importance of the timeliness of the topic owing to the magnitude of the issue of breast cancer around the world.
Objective: Outline the clinical profile of children and adolescents (0-14 years) treated at a hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, based on the criteria of a ACCR protocol in Pediatrics. Methods: Documental study, with a sample of 627 reports of emergency randomly selected, processed and analyzed in SPSS 17.0. Results: Most of the children proceeded from the Regional Executive Office III (65.63%), male (57.33%), aged 1 to 5 years (51.63%) and adequate weight (53.42%). There was an association between risk assessment and the specialty clinical medicine (p <0.001), with the highest percentage rating from yellow to blue in medical clinic. The prevalent complaint was fever with yellow classification. Conclusion: By means of risk rating, the nurse can identify the degree of clinical commitment of patients, the appropriate and exceeding demand of the institution, providing the necessary care, according to the level of complexity of each case.
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