Este artigo enfoca, numa abordagem qualitativa, o problema das barreiras ao atendimento odontológico de gestantes inscritas no Programa Saúde da Família no Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brasil. Para tal, trabalhou-se com três grupos focais compostos por quatro a nove gestantes. Os dados foram analisados usando a técnica de análise de conteúdo. As principais barreiras concernentes ao indivíduo observadas foram: crenças populares que desaconselham a busca do atendimento odontológico na gravidez, baixa percepção de necessidade e medo de sentir dor. Além disso, as gestantes relataram a dificuldade de sair de casa de madrugada para marcar a consulta, salientando a questão social da violência urbana, um aspecto das barreiras ao serviço odontológico que não foi mencionado anteriormente na literatura. O artigo conclui apontando a importância da educação em saúde para as usuárias gestantes, da humanização do atendimento e da educação continuada dirigida aos profissionais em exercício.
This study aims to analyze the perceptions of students from public school concerning the environment and food available at the school. From the perspective of a qualitative approach according to action research assumptions, workshops were held in Group Dynamics (GD) with students from public schools Ceilândia-DF. At the end of each workshop, children wrote letters to parents and educators with proposals for changes and suggestions for the design of an environment enabling healthier choices, which were subjected to content analysis. Results show clearly that the students distinguish appropriate and healthy and unhealthy food, as well as discern the reasons that determine and sustain unhealthy choices. The children's insight surprised decision makers and educators, who recommend healthy consumption but do not facilitate access to these foods in schools. Students' suggestions for building a healthy environment include measures, from a reflective process, to be implemented gradually. Conclusion: The perceptions of children in school is that wholesome choices need to be supported. It pointed out the need to reframe the practices of educators and health professionals in order to increase the effective participation of children in developing proposals to be developed in schools. It stresses the importance of listening to them as protagonists in building a healthy environment in school and activating the processes of change in this area in view of the clarity and insight that demonstrate the difficulties inherent in identifying the choices.
Childhood asthma was strongly associated with a family history of asthma and rhinitis, the place of residence, having smokers as parents and early weaning from maternal breast milk. These results highlight the need to reassess the management of asthmatic children in Maputo.
Asthma is increasing in frequency worldwide. The education of affected children and their parents is fundamental for the management of the disease. The aim of our study was to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of the parents of asthmatic children. We studied 152 adults accompanying asthmatic children to consultations in the pediatrics department of Maputo Central Hospital (Mozambique). In general, knowledge about asthma was poor: 11% of the adults thought that asthma was contagious and transmitted from person to person, and 4% thought that it was transmitted by contaminated food. More than half the parents thought that the child could not lead a normal life even during the periods between attacks. A large proportion of the parents thought that asthma could be cured by medical treatment in 7% of cases and by alternative treatment in 43% of cases. The precipitating factors were well identified by the adults, but they had an inaccurate perception of the symptoms of an asthma attack. The actions of the various classes of drugs used were poorly understood. Education programs for both the children and their parents should be developed to improve the management of asthmatic children. Surveys of this type facilitate the targeting of such programs.
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