Health literacy, a more complex concept than knowledge, is a required capacity to obtain, understand, integrate and act on health information [1], in order to enhance individual and community health, which is defined by different levels, according to the autonomy and personal capacitation in decision making [2]. Medium levels of Health literacy in an adolescent population were found in a study conducted in 2013/2014, being higher in sexual and reproductive health and lower in substance use. It was also noticed that the higher levels of health literacy were in the area adolescents refer to have receipt more health information. The health literacy competence with higher scores was communication skills, and the lower scores were in the capacity to analyze factors that influence health. Higher levels were also found in younger teenagers, but in a higher school level, confirming the importance of health education in these age and development stage. Adolescents seek more information in health professionals and parents, being friends more valued as a source information in older adolescents, which enhance the importance of peer education mainly in older adolescents [3]. As a set of competences based on knowledge, health literacy should be developed through education interventions, encompassing the cultural and social context of individuals, since the society, culture and education system where the individual is inserted can define the way the development and enforcement of the health literacy competences [4]. The valued sources of information should be taken into account, as well as needs of information in some topics referred by adolescents in an efficient health education. Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental illness which has a profound effect on the health and well-being related with the well-known nature of psychotic symptoms. The exercise has the potential to improve the life of people with schizophrenia improving physical health and alleviating psychiatric symptoms. However, most people with schizophrenia remains sedentary and lack of access to exercise programs are barriers to achieve health benefits. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exercise on I) the type of intervention in mental health, II) in salivary levels of alpha-amylase and cortisol and serum levels of S100B and BDNF, and on III) the quality of life and selfperception of the physical domain of people with schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 31 females in long-term institutions in the Casa de Saúde Rainha Santa Isabel, with age between 25 and 63, and with diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Physical fitness was assessed by the six-minute walk distance test (6MWD). Biological variables were determined by ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Psychological variables were assessed using SF-36, PSPP-SCV, RSES and SWLS tests. Walking exercise has a positive impact on physical fitness (6MWD -p = 0.001) and physical components of the psychological test...
O estudo, de pendor qualitativo e interpretativo, debruça-se sobre as orientações e as práticas de supervisão de estágios em Enfermagem como analisador dos fenómenos de Articulação interorganizacional Escola de Enfermagem e Hospital. É assim objetivo do artigo dar a conhecer aos intervenientes da supervisão de estágios, em particular aos supervisores e alunos estagiários, as lógicas implícitas e explícitas entre as duas organizações a partir de um modelo teórico de análise à Articulação interorganizacional construído. No quadro teórico-conceptual destaca-se a segunda vertente do estudo que consistiu na construção de um arquétipo de Configurações da articulação Escola de Enfermagem e Hospital em contexto de supervisão de estágio. A tipologia construída, e que agora se apresenta, permitiu realizar a leitura dos discursos e das práticas de supervisão em contexto de supervisão de estágio. A partir dos resultados e discussão deste exercício teóricometodológico é possível concluir que o estudo de caso revelou diferentes configurações de articulação, de intensidade e frequência por vezes inconstantes e variáveis, que refletem os desafios que se colocam no presente e que se anteveem para um futuro próximo, relativos à supervisão em Enfermagem no contexto de trabalho hospitalar.
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES: AN UPDATEBackground: Childhood caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases. Aim: To identify risk factors for early childhood caries, highlighting their early clinical presentation and the inherent complications. Data source: Information was retrieved from fifteen articles published between 2006 and 2017, in English and Portuguese languages, in PubMed, Scopus and EBSCOhost, complemented by manual search in technical books and guidelines of international societies. Conclusions: Primary care is crucial for effective prevention of ECC. Family physicians are the better placed providers to do it. Updated education on oral health is mandatory.
Objective:to analyze incidents reported in a neonatal care unit. Method:a quantitative, cross-sectional and retrospective study with a sample of 34 newborns. Data were collected through a structured form, composed of two parts: sociodemographic/clinical characteristics of the newborns, and characteristics of the reported incidents. Data were collected from the institution’s computer system, in a period corresponding to 13 months, and analyzed by means of descriptive statistics. Results:the majority of the newborns were preterm (70.6%), male (52.9%) and born through caesarean section (76.5%). During the study period, 54 incidents were reported, totaling a frequency of 1.6 incident per newborn. It was found that 61.1% of incidents were related to medicines, 14.8% to accidental loss of tracheal tube and 9.3% to catheter obstruction. Conclusion:analysis of the reported incidents has shown that most incidents refer to the drug process. Information about the incidents can increase the perception of health professionals regarding the impact of their actions.
Direct experimental safety comparisons of Xa coagulation factor direct inhibitors, apixaban and rivaroxaban, on their approved therapeutic indications have not been identified. Due to recently raised safety concerns, a meta-analysis was carried out pooling data from studies identified on a Medline and Cochrane Library search in order to better evaluate the safety profile of both drugs. Abstracts from scientific meetings were also searched from 2003 to 2011. Primary and secondary outcome measures were major bleeding and total bleeding, respectively. Relative risks (RRs) were estimated using random effects models and statistical heterogeneity was estimated with I(2) statistics. Of the 160 screened publications, 12 clinical trials were included in which enoxaparin was the active control. For knee arthroplasty, apixaban was associated with significantly fewer major bleeding events (6496 patients, RR 0.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32-0.96) and fewer total bleeding events (6496 patients, RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.67-0.97). There were no significant differences in the incidence of major bleeding events (5699 patients, RR 1.40, 95% CI 0.56-3.52) or in the incidence of total bleeding events for rivaroxaban (5699 patients, RR 1.09, 95% CI 0.91-1.30). No differences were found when thromboprophylaxis after hip replacement was the case. Apixaban seems to be associated with a lower risk of the incidence of hemorrhagic events after total knee arthroplasty. For hip arthroplasty, no differences were found between the studied drugs.
Dental neglect is defined as an intentional failure of the caretaker in the pursuit and continuity of necessary treatment to achieve an oral health that allows adequate function, free from pain and infection. We intend to clarify, according to the current scientific literature, the clinical indications for the identification of dental neglect in children. After the search in databases and search engines with the keywords "child", "dental" and "neglect", between 1996 and 2016, the results revealed that identifying this condition requires not only a detailed clinical history and clinical data that clearly show the lack of oral health care but also investigating the social and parental determinants in which the child is involved. Thus, inserting the dentist in teams of analysis in case of suspicion proves to be indispensable for the detection of this and other situations of abuse.
ResumoEnquadramento: O presente texto situa-se no campo da supervisão em enfermagem e apresenta um estudo de cariz qualitativo e quantitativo, desenvolvido numa escola superior de enfermagem. Objetivos: Descrever representações e vivências da atividade profissional dos estudantes e supervisores em contexto de ensino clínico; analisar a articulação escola-hospital no processo de formação em contexto de ensino clínico; discutir a função da supervisão em enfermagem como articuladora organizacional; inferir princípios constitutivos da qualidade da formação inicial de enfermeiros, com incidência na atividade em contexto profissional e na supervisão. Metodologia: Os dados foram recolhidos através de um questionário a 92 estudantes em ensino clínico (2º ano) e entrevistas semiestruturadas a um grupo de 5 estudantes e 2 supervisoras. Resultados: Apontam-se algumas potencialidades e fragilidades dos processos formativos, relacionadas com o papel da supervisão e a articulação da teoria com a prática, na construção do conhecimento na ação profissional. Conclusão: Evidencia-se a necessidade de reforçar as relações interinstitucionais e promover modalidades de supervisão de orientação reflexiva e dialógica. Palavras-chave: enfermagem; estudantes; estágio clínico; supervisão AbstractBackground: This article falls within the field of nursing supervision and describes a qualitative and quantitative study carried out in a Nursing School. Objectives: To describe representations and experiences of students and supervisors' professional activity in clinical supervision contexts; to analyze the school-hospital articulation in training processes in clinical supervision contexts; to discuss the role of nursing supervision in the school-hospital articulation; to identify quality principles for pre-service nursing training with a focus on the activity in professional and supervision contexts. Methodology: Data were collected through a questionnaire to 92 students in clinical contexts (2 nd year) and semi-structured interviews with a group of 5 students and 2 supervisors. Results: We found some strengths and weaknesses in the training processes regarding the role of supervision and the link between theory and practice in the development of professional knowledge. Conclusion:The need to strengthen inter-institutional relationships and promote reflective, dialogic supervision practices is highlighted.
The history of this research found a suitable ethos not only by the route of the researcher, but also by the current public policies of modernization and reform that are capable of regulating and transforming the educational and health systems, as well as their professional groups. The reflection meantime developed had raised a clear perception of the organizational change processes by which they interfered with the interorganizational coordination between School of Nursing and Hospital, where internship supervision would be the main protagonist, supported by the meanings that intervening actors have assigned to them. In this context, the search for explicit epistemological and methodological choices leads to look more attentively at the problem, ascertaining it, taking into account the organizational dimensions. In this regard, the choice of a case study was related to the fact that the method allowed to answer the purpose of knowing and understanding the interorganizational coordination phenomenon between School of Nursing and Hospital, namely through the supervision of internships.
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