This paper aims at discussing the meaning of psychic experiences in women who are attended in health public centers on basic care in Teresina, Piaui, Brazil. It was made a qualitative research aiming at understanding emotional, social, familiar, sexu...
ABSTRACT The theoretical perspective of the analysis developed has to do with the fact that the dental knowledge should not be seen as universal target, independently of the reality, but as a participant of its construction. The paper explores t...
ABSTRACT: Based on social representations theoretical framework, a qualitative inquiry was conducted to understand oral heath social representations in pregnant mothers living in an urban environment. Twenty-eighth pregnant adult women were intervi...
This paper has the objective of taking a retrospective look at the professional role of the nurse in the Brazilian Single Health Unit and understand the meaning of their social practice in this field of discussions and theoretical-practical meanings....
The objective of this study was to evaluate tendencies of temporal evolution of anemia in students rangingthe ages of 7 to 11 years in Várzea neighborhood (Recife-PE) based on three reports concluded in 1982, 2001 and 2005. An evaluation was achieve...
This study identified the pattern of alcohol consumption among high school students in Passos-MG and its association with social-demographic factors. Study participants were 1,967 adolescents from public and private institutions of education. The AUD...
Abstract This study evaluated the acceptability of blood donors concerning the donation steps (reception, nursing, medical selection and collection) at the Recife public hemocentre with emphases on the receptivity. A sample of 527 donors was obtai...
BACKGROUND: Drug users (DU) are a marginalized population, at-risk for viral hepatitis, who seldom access health services. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey with 111 DU with chronic HBV/HCV and 15 in-depth interviews with health professionals/policema...
