In this scenario, by collecting data for the research, the nurses contributed to the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment, as recommended by the Millennium Development Goals.

The present study aimed at studying the social representations of the sexual life of climacteric women. Its theoretical-methodological referential was based on the Theory of Social Representations. Study participants were 40 women between 45 and 65 years of age, who were divided into two groups: perimenopause and postmenopause. Scenarios were two public units of health services for women in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected through the semistructured interview technique and treated according to the analysis of thematic content. Results indicated three representation fields. Two fields emerged in the perimenopause group: continuity of sensuality and sexuality, and representation of the negativity in climacteric leading to a sexual life without pleasure. The postmenopause group was organized into one representational field: sexual life based on the aging process. The authors concluded that the representations regarding sexual life in climacteric are being redesigned by some women despite many conceptions that still persist in association with traditional socio-historical-cultural values regarding women and the aging process.

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A pesquisa trata de compreender o cotidiano de mulheres após contágio do HIV/aids como subsídios norteadores da assistência de enfermagem. Pesquisa qualitativa, com participação de 39 mulheres que estavam em atendimento ambulatorial para HIV em Fortaleza-CE. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas e analisados por Análise de Conteúdo. Dos resultados, emergiu uma categoria: mudanças no cotidiano das mulheres após contágio pelo HIV, com três subcategorias: mudanças no âmbito afetivo familiar; modificações no contexto social, trabalho, lazer; novos hábitos cotidianos com vistas à qualidade de vida. Ao término do estudo, evidenciamos que a mulher soropositiva vivencia situações de abandono familiar, isolamento social, estagnação das atividades laborais e lazer devido ao estigma da doença. Os depoimentos demonstraram redução ou abandono da bebida, do fumo e das práticas sexuais desprotegidas. Os resultados sinalizam para enfermagem ações assistenciais que contemplem questões biopsicossocioespirituais.

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Revisión integrativa que analizó las perspectivas del cuidado de enfermería a la mujer que experimenta embarazo de alto riesgo a partir de las producciones científicas internacionales y nacionales, cara a la contribución del cumplimiento del quinto objetivo para el desarrollo del milenio. Búsqueda en las bases Cinahl/Medline/Lilacs/BDENF. Veinticuatro estudios permitieron la emergencia de las categorías: Cuidados de enfermería en la perspectiva de la subjetividad de la mujer que experimenta un embarazo de alto riesgo; Cuidado de las mujeres que experimentan un embarazo de alto riesgo en la perspectiva de la sistematización de la asistencia de enfermería. Si por un lado las investigaciones internacionales y nacionales consideran relevantes las percepciones y sentimientos de las embarazadas de riesgo, por otro, centraron el cuidado en aspectos fisiológicos, sustentándose en el paradigma intervencionista. Estas posiciones científicas, aunque convergentes, anuncian posibilidad de desarrollar metodologías de cuidado de enfermería que reúnan dimensiones multifacéticas, contribuyendo a la reducción de la morbimortalidad materna.

Objective: To analyze the consequences of intimate partner violence, from the perspective of women, as an intervention proposal for nurses in health care. Methods: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. Theoretical framework supported by Levine's Nursing Theory. Sixteen women who had experienced intimate partner violence participated in the study. The Collective Subject Discourse was used for the analysis. Results: The consequences of violence against women were sleep disorders, improper diet, lack of energy, body aches, bruises, abrasions, panic attacks, sadness, loneliness and low self-esteem, constituting psychoemotional and physical harm. Conclusion: Assaults upon the integrity of women were evidenced, based on Levine's conservational principles, in terms of conservation of energy and conservation of structural, personal and social integrity, where the intervention of the nurse is essential for support, promotion and rehabilitation of women's health. ResumoObjetivo: Analisar as consequências da violência contra a mulher praticada pelo companheiro, na perspectiva das mulheres, como proposta de intervenção do enfermeiro na atenção à saúde. Métodos: Pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória. Referencial teórico sustentado pela Teoria de Enfermagem de Levine. Participaram 16 mulheres que vivenciaram violência pelo companheiro íntimo. Para análise, utilizou-se o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Resultados: As consequências da violência à mulher foram distúrbios do sono, alimentação inadequada, falta de energia, dores pelo corpo, hematomas, escoriações, síndrome do pânico, tristeza, solidão e baixa autoestima, que determinaram danos psicoemocionais e físicos. Conclusão: Foram constatados agravos à integridade da mulher frente aos princípios da conservação de Levine na conservação de energia e integridade estrutural, pessoal e social, considerando a intervenção do enfermeiro essencial ao apoio, à promoção e à reabilitação da saúde da mulher.

This study addressed the process of implementing the first Casa de Parto Birth Center in the Unified Health System in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the determinants of the process of implementing the Birth Center and analyze the influence that hegemonic and counter-hegemonic groups have on that process. The theoretical framework used was the concept of hegemony. Data analysis was guided by the dialectic method of contradiction, totality and historicity. Semi-structured interviews were performed, from January to July 2007, with four municipal health administrators and 11 technical-administrative professionals assigned to implement the Birth Center. This study showed that the implementation of the Birth Center was determined by the counter-hegemony established in providing care during pregnancy and physiological deliveries.