This study focused on the use of herbal medicine in the municipality of Tavares (PB). The objective was to verify the use of phytotherapeutic treatment by users of basic health care in the municipality of Tavares (PB) and in compliance with recommendations of the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia. The work had the Basic Health Units – UBSs as locus. 100 semistructured interviews were conducted among users of the Basic Health Units between October and December 2016. Data were submitted to a non-parametric statistical analysis, at a significance level of 95%. As a result, 49% stated that they had chronic diseases, and arterial hypertension (44.07%) was the most cited one. The majority (62.50%) did not define medicinal plants and / or herbal medicines, but the majority (86%) responded to make use of them. Those who claimed to use medicinal plants cited 71 names and, in average, each respondent cited 4.49 (± 2.94). The most cited name was “cidreira” (13.83%). 42.71% reported having known the use of herbal medicines by mothers. There was no significant difference in the use of medicinal plants as a function of the municipal area (χ2 = 0,442, p = 0,506), of sex χ2 = 0,169; P = 0.506) and the health condition (χ2 = 2.719, p = 0.099). Regarding the number of names of plants with herbal properties mentioned, there was no significant difference as a function of the municipal area (U = 679.5, p = 0.2). However, there was a significant difference in relation to sex (U = 786.0, p = 0.033) and health status (U = 939.5, p = 0.031). Furthermore, a positive correlation (rss = 0.308; p = 0.002) was obtained between age and number of plant names cited. It is concluded that the users of basic health care in the municipality of Tavares (PB) use medicinal plants and the knowledge of their properties has a maternal origin. Female, older and self-reported chronic patients tended to cite a greater number of names of medicinal plants. More therapeutic actions of the mentioned medicinal plants were mentioned than the recommendations.
O ecossistema de Caatinga vem sofrendo processo de degradação, principalmente devido às atividades antrópicas, as quais podem desencadear o processo de desertificação, devido ao clima e fragilidade desse ecossistema. Estima-se que na faixa tropical existem quase 2 bilhões de hectares em múltiplos estágios de degradação, em contraste com os 600 milhões de hectares de áreas cultivadas (Jesus, 1994). Aproximadamente 56% da área do Nordeste do Brasil apresenta tipos climáticos áridos e semi-áridos, com vegetação constituída por uma formação arbórea e arbustiva xerofítica de baixa capacidade de suporte e madeira para energia, com solos geralmente rasos e pobres em nutrientes e em matéria orgânica. Fundamentação Teórica Mimosa tenuiflora Willd. Poir, é uma leguminosa nativa da Caatinga e do Cerrado, conhecida popularmente como "jurema" ou "jurema-preta" e que possui elevada importância econômica, sendo utilizada para diversos fins (Queiroz, 2009). No nordeste brasileiro a madeira é usada como fonte de energia, na produção de mourões, estacas e móveis rústicos (Figueirôa et al., 2005); a casca é empregada para curtir couros e a planta é utilizada também como forragem para
This article presents an excerpt from a Master's research which had as general objective investigating the perceptions of students from a public school about the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) inside and outside the school context. The research had a qualitative approach with an explanatory descriptive design, using a questionnaire with opened and closed questions for data collection. Seventy students from the 9th year of Elementary School, from morning and afternoon periods, of a public school, participated in the research. The frequencies and percentages resulting from closed questions and the categories of opened questions were analyzed using a theoretical reference on the advances of DICT, cyberspace and cyberculture, the characterization of generations and their relationship with technologies, the Common National Curriculum Base (CNCB), the DICT and the school. The results reveal that the research participants, young people of Generation Z, who have been living with technologies since they were born, present characteristics of information consumers, using the technologies as reproduction tools, contrary to what CNCB´s fifth competence indicates, namely, that students use and create DTIC to communicate, access and disseminate information, produce knowledge and solve problems. Understanding young people´s perceptions about the use of DICT may contribute to school actions that may favour the development of this competence.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.