Vulnerabilidades de crianças admitidas em unidade de internação pediátrica1

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify the vulnerabilities of children admitted to a pediatric inpatient unit of a university hospital. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive study from April to September 2013 with36 children aged 30 days to 12 years old, admitted to medical-surgical pediatric inpatient units of a university hospital and their caregivers. Data concerning sociocultural, socioeconomic and clinical context of children and their families were collected by interview with the child caregiver and from patients, records, and analyzed by descriptive statistics. RESULTS: Of the total sample, 97.1% (n=132) of children had at least one type of vulnerability, the majority related to the caregiver's level of education, followed by caregiver's financial situation, health history of the child, caregiver's family situation, use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs by the caregiver, family's living conditions, caregiver's schooling, and bonding between the caregiver and the child. Only 2.9% (n=4) of the children did not show any criteria to be classified in a category of vulnerability. CONCLUSIONS: Most children were classified has having a social vulnerability. It is imperative to create networks of support between the hospital and the primary healthcare service to promote healthcare practices directed to the needs of the child and family.

Análise Da Qualidade De Vida De Adolescentes Com Câncer

“…No que se refere à situação familiar, observou-se que, entre os adolescentes com câncer do Piauí, a maioria tinha seus pais casados e tinha irmãos, dados que corroboram com os dados apresentados por Benedetti et al, (2014) nos quais ao investigarem o perfil familiar dos adolescentes com câncer em uma instituição beneficente no Paraná, estes, em sua maioria, tinham seus pais possui casados e com filhos, tal como descrevem Oliveira et al (2014) em sua pesquisa, na qual mostra que os pais de crianças e adolescentes com câncer tinham, em média, de 2 a 3 filhos. Ainda no que se refere à situação familiar, o estudo mostrou que a maioria dos adolescentes residia com seus pais, indo de encontro ao que propõe o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA, 2017), que, conforme suas leis, recomenda aos pais que criem e eduquem seus filhos no seio da família, oferecendo-lhes segurança e proteção, sendo atribuído a eles totais responsabilidades sobre os filhos.…”

Infecto-contagious diseases in day care centers: a systematic review

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