Objective: To evaluate the profile of academic production of undergraduates in Nutrition courses in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Methods: The bibliometric study was conducted with undergraduate final research projects from five courses in Nutrition in the state of Rio Grande do Norte during 2013 and 2014. The following variables were collected: institution, title of project, number of authors, academic degree of the advisor, study design, area of study interest, type of study, study setting, submission to the ethics committee, and keywords. Pearson's Chi-square test was used to assess the variable area of study interest with a significance level at p≤0.05 and 95% confidence interval. Results: Of the 195 projects analyzed, 79.0% were developed at universities. We found a higher frequency of academic articles (68.2%) developed by a single student (65.6%), advised by a professor with a Masters degree (57.9%), with a cross-sectional study design (48.2%), and without submission to the research ethics committee (49.2%). The mean adequacy of keywords was 50.0%. Conclusion: The quantitative approach was the most predominant characteristic of the final research projects and the most frequently researched area of knowledge was public health. The methodological approaches of the research projects were considered weak, which suggests the need to improve the quality of scientific methodology during undergraduate studies, considering the important benefits derive from researches as an active methodology.
Introdução: Autopercepção em saúde abrange a compreensão que o indivíduo possui sobre o seu próprio estado de saúde, baseando-se em experiências anteriores e no contexto social, cultural e histórico em que está inserido. Objetivo: Analisar a autopercepção em saúde bucal de adolescentes e adultos jovens com 17-21 anos no município de Sobral-CE, relacionando-a com a utilização de serviços odontológicos e prevalência de dor de dente. Material e método: Estudo transversal aninhado à terceira onda da coorte de saúde bucal, desenvolvida no ano de 2012, com 482 participantes, a partir de questionário validado pelo Projeto SB Brasil 2010. Resultado: Houve associação entre classificação da saúde bucal autorreferida com mastigação, aparência de dentes e gengiva e necessidade de tratamento. Além disso, autopercepção sobre a mastigação teve associação com dor de dente e a necessidade de tratamento autorreferida com a utilização de serviços e dor de dente. Conclusão: A percepção sobre saúde bucal de adolescentes e adultos jovens está relacionada com a estética, função mastigatória e a necessidade de tratamento. Esse quadro sinaliza a preferência da utilização dos serviços odontológicos em casos de dor em detrimento de procedimentos preventivos. Seria importante que o planejamento em saúde bucal fosse orientado não somente por dados normativos, mas que incluísse a percepção da população para que as ações propostas fossem mais coerentes e aceitáveis pelos usuários.
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