This paper explores the use of image as a methodological instrument in qualitative health research. It is divided in two parts. The first part, theoretical in perspective, deals with aspects of anthropological fieldwork in which different views inter...
This paper presents the rationale for the choice of participants in qualitative research in contrast to the probability sampling principles in epidemiological research. For a better understanding of the differences, concepts of nomothetic and ideogra...
Objectives: This qualitative study of low-income mothers in Buenos Aires, Argentina examines the influences of socioeconomics, organizational structures, familial relationships, and food insecurity on child feeding practices and weight status percept...
The health services management is a complex administrative practice due to the amplitude of the field of health and the need to reconcile individual, corporative and collective interests not always convergent. In this context, the assessment needs to...
Parkinson‘s disease is universal and the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly, with highly prevalent, affecting between 0.5 and 1% of the population aged between 65 and 69 years. Medication adherence is considered the mai...
Several health problems have been identified among teachers, and we lack information on their lifestyles choices. The aim of the present study was to investigate health condition, lifestyle and work characteristics of teachers from municipal schools ...
Women with disabilities still have few actions aimed at their needs in primary health care services. Despite the attention given to the female population in primary health care facilities, they still don’t recognize specificities of women with disa...
This article reflects on the relation between democracy and health councils. It tries to analyze the councils as a space for the expansion of democracy. First, we present some characteristics and principles of the liberal democratic regime, with emph...
