The aim of this study was to diagnose the priority socio environmental problems and the health risks from the surrounding communities the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro. Characterized by a participatory approach, the action research has led to the application of interviews, focal groups, meetings and workshop with social actors of Porto das Caixas and Sambaetiba districts, located in Itaboraí city/RJ from November 2013 to December 2014. A structural analysis of the problems prioritized by the communities (water supply, sewage treatment and risk of transmissible diseases; risk of air pollution and respiratory diseases; absence of public security and risk of violence) sketched out the cause-effect-intervention relationship, on the basis of the Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health. The process revealed the absence of representativity of the social actors of the studied localities in spaces of decision-making on the environmental issue. Educational actions with professionals and inhabitants that aim to promote the formation of collective movements urge, indispensable to guarantee the rights of mitigation of situations of contamination of air and access to sanitation services and public security and thus of conditions of lower risk to health.

Objective: to analyze how homeless people live, in times of COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Method: an ethnographic research that used interviews and observations and articles published in newspapers and magazines of great circulation, using domain analysis. Results: the results tell how the COVID-19 pandemic emerged for the homeless population. Isolation led to emptying the streets and reducing passers-by, damaging their ways of living and their survival tactics. Hunger, thirst, absence of places for bathing and for fulfilling physiological needs became part of their daily lives. Final considerations: given the impossibility of having a place to shelter, acquiring food and water and the limitations in carrying out preventive measures, care actions offered by managers to limit the virus to spread, even in this population, are ineffective.

Objectives: to discuss challenges and possibilities for the construction of Environmental Health emancipatory care practices by the nurse. Methods: reflective analysis based on conceptual, theoretical, and methodological aspects of nursing care, under the emancipatory and critical perspective. Results: contemporary environmental issues involve complex determinants of the health-disease process. This fact requires the accomplishment of educative actions that encourage the change of environmental attitudes related to health-risk situations. In this sense, there are significant demands for emancipatory practices of primary care in Environmental Health by nurses, which need to be systematized by health and education institutions. Final considerations: the nurse, as an educator and social actor, should offer emancipatory practices of risk management, empowerment, and shared social and environmental responsibility, with a view to recovering an ecological well-being and social transformation, to improve environmental quality and human life.

Aim:  To  evaluate  the  use  of  educational  technology,  the  "Health-Environment  Integrated  Panel"  with  nursing  graduates.  Method:  This  is  a  descriptive, evaluative  research,  of  a  qualitative  approach, conducted through  a  questionnaire  with 18 nursing  students  of  Rio  das Ostras campus,  of  the  Federal  Fluminense  University  in May 2015. The data received analytical treatment that included exploration, organization and  interpretive  synthesis.  Results:  The  results  show  the  usability  of  technology  and good  ability  to  generate  reflection,  interaction  and  motivation  for  learning  about  the dynamics of the health-disease process resulting from socioenvironmental changes in the territory, and the ethical and political attitudes of nurses front these issues. Discussion: With the use of educational technology in this scenario, it was possible to implement a creative and stimulating practice of teaching, which involved action-reflection on various aspects  of  observed  reality,  favoring  significant  learning  on  the  health-environment relationship  in  the  training  space  of  nurses.  Conclusion:  We  suggest  adjustments  and validation of the aforementioned technology.

It is important for society as a whole to know how environmentally exposed populations understand and respond to technological chemical risks. This study aimed to analyze the perception of environmental risks and health of the residents of BJS/BA, which is an area especially subjected to environmental exposure to asbestos in Brazil. Mixed questionnaires were used on residents who attend the "Family Health Program" of this city. The subjects of the study were selected according to the following characteristics: specific age groups--one group from 20 to 35 and the other group over 60; sex; length of time and location of dwelling. The intentional sample reached comprised 83 individuals. The results showed that there was general concern about contamination by dust in the air, but general denial of the environmental risks related to asbestos. With respect to health risks, there was lack of visibility by the majority of informants regarding greater risk of getting cancer and pulmonary diseases, mainly for the group of the residents close to the mine and elderly ex-workers.

Perception of environmental quality of nearby localities to the Petrochemical complex of rio de Janeiro, Brazil abstract

RESUMOObjetivo: analisar os resultados da avaliação dos graduandos de enfermagem acerca da tecnologia educacional denominada Dinâmica comunicativa sobre riscos do uso de droga. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa participante, de abordagem qualitativa, em que foram aplicados questionários avaliativos ao final da realização de grupos focais com 31 estudantes universitários de enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense, durante o mês de junho do ano de 2013. Resultados: os resultados obtidos permitiram evidenciar a dinâmica como um instrumento capaz de gerar dados que expressam opiniões e significados individuais e coletivos, atribuídos aos riscos do uso de drogas e, concomitantemente, favorecer a instrumentalização de universitários sobre esta temática. Conclusão: a dinâmica mostrou-se importante uma vez que motivou o debate, a reflexão crítica e a apreensão de conhecimentos acerca das drogas no âmbito universitário, na área de enfermagem. Palavras-chave: Tecnologia educacional; estudantes de enfermagem; abuso de drogas; comunicação em saúde. ABSTRACTObjective: analyzed the results of nursing students' assessments of the educational technology Communication facilitator on risks of drug use as a pedagogical resource. Method: in this participatory, quantitative study, evaluation questionnaires were applied after holding focus groups of 31 nursing students at Fluminense Federal University in June 2013. Results: the results showed the technology to be instrument capable of generating data that express individual and collective opinions and meanings attributed to risks of drug use, while at the same time helping prepare university students on this topic. Conclusion: this educational technology can be considered important by prompting discussion, critical reflection and learning about drugs in the nursing field in the university context. RESUMENObjetivo: analizar los resultados de la evaluación de los estudiantes de último año de enfermería acerca de la tecnología educacional llamada Dinámica comunicativa sobre los riesgos del consumo de las drogas. Método: se trata de una investigación participativa, con enfoque cualitativo, en la que fueron aplicados cuestionarios evaluativos al final de la realización de grupos focales con los 31 estudiantes de enfermería de la Universidad Federal Fluminense, durante el mes de junio del año 2013. Resultados: los resultados obtenidos permitieron poner en evidencia la dinámica como una herramienta capaz de generar datos que expresan opiniones y significados individuales y colectivos, relacionados a los riesgos del consumo de drogas y, al mismo tiempo, favorecer la instrumentalización de universitarios sobre el asunto. Conclusión: podemos considerar esta tecnología educativa importante una vez que ha motivado el debate, el pensamiento crítico y la aprehensión de conocimientos sobre las drogas en el espacio académico del área de la enfermería. Palabras clave: Tecnología educacional; estudiantes de enfermería; trastornos relacionados con sustancias; comunicación en salud. IntroduçãoO uso ...

Introdução: O avanço nas políticas de prevenção e pesquisas em saúde ambiental infantil exige a qualificação de profissionais de saúde com conhecimentos e habilidades sobre riscos à saúde da criança da exposição a contaminantes químicos ambientais. Objetivo: Avaliar se estudantes de enfermagem identificam a relação entre fatores de exposição química e riscos à saúde da criança e se este conhecimento difere conforme o ano de graduação. Método: Estudo transversal com questionário aplicado a 120 estudantes do curso de graduação em enfermagem da Universidade Federal Fluminense, campus Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A análise estatística envolveu o teste Qui-quadrado, exato de Fisher e Kruskal-Wallis. Resultados: Evidenciou-se diferença significativa no conhecimento dos estudantes entre os cinco anos de graduação sobre os seguintes fatores de exposição: amamentação, uso de drogas durante a gestação e solo com a presença de pesticidas. Destaca-se que, um número maior de alunos do terceiro ano concordou com as assertivas sobre tais fatores. Apesar do conhecimento sobre metilmercúrio ter se diferenciado estatisticamente entre os estudantes dos cinco anos, 44,9% não souberam opinar sobre este xenobiótico. Conclusão: Os participantes dos últimos anos do curso de graduação em enfermagem avaliado não demonstraram conhecimento adequado sobre alguns fatores de exposição química infantil indicando que o contexto formativo não tem ofertado atividades de ensino sobre este tema.  Tal desconhecimento dos estudantes revela que a inclusão de conteúdos relativos à saúde ambiental infantil, especialmente da toxicologia, no currículo da enfermagem é fundamental.