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Infection by Neospora caninum in dairy cattle belonging to family farmers in the northern region of Brazil

Neosporosis is considered a major cause of abortion among cattle worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies in dairy cattle and correlate them with possible risk factors on 63 small farms (family farms) in the municipality of Ji-Paraná, the mai...

O trabalho com grupos no PAIF: um diálogo interdisciplinar com a oficina de intervenção psicossocial

O artigo objetiva sistematizar as contribuições da Oficina de Intervenção Psicossocial (OIP) para o trabalho com grupos no Serviço de Proteção e Atendimento Integral à Família (PAIF), no nível de proteção social básica do Sistema Único da Assistência Social. Inicia sistematizando a propost...

Social reintegration of crack addicts: actions taken by the family

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (2), 2015
The aim of this study was to understand the perception of families about the actions developed by them in the search for social reintegration of their crack addict relative. This is a qualitative study conducted with 10 family members of crack-addicted individuals who were hospitalized in a detoxificatio...

Network of care of children with special health care needs

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (2), 2015
This is a qualitative study that aimed to describe the care network of children with special health care needs in different levels of the health care system, during the follow-up after discharge. The data were produced through the development of the dynamics of creativity and sensitivity, the speaking ma...

The family's experience of the child and/or teenager in palliative care: fluctuating between hope and hopelessness in a world changed by losses

OBJECTIVES:

to understand the family's experience of the child and/or teenager in palliative care and building a representative theoretical model of the process experienced by the family.

METHODOLOGY:

for this purpose the Symbolic Interactionism and ...

Factors associated with family dysfunction among non-institutionalized older people

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (2), 2015
The objective of this study was to analyze the factors and their prevalence associated with family dysfunction, as well as the functional capacity of the elderly population, in the capital of the state of Goiás, Brazil. This was a cross-sectional and analytical study, which was developed with elderly pe...

The social network for confronting conjugal violence: representations of women who experience this health issue

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (2), 2015
This qualitative research, grounded in Social Representations Theory, aimed to describe, based on the representations of women with a history of undergoing conjugal violence, the elements which constitute the social support network for confronting this health problem. Interviews were held with 11 women w...

Being cared by a family member: the existential feelings of cancer patients

Texto & contexto enferm; 24 (2), 2015
The present article aimed to understand the daily life of cancer patients under palliative care while experiencing home care provided by family members. This was a Heideggerian phenomenological study with 20 patients being treated at the primary health care service of Northeast Paraná, Brazil, between N...

Motivações de dependentes químicos para o tratamento: percepção de familiares

Rev. bras. enferm; 68 (3), 2015
RESUMOObjetivo:identificar os motivos que familiares atribuem à busca por tratamento pelo dependente químico.Método:estudo qualitativo descritivo, desenvolvido em 2012 e 2013, em uma unidade de reabilitação para dependentes químicos localizada no Paraná. Foram realizadas 19 entrevistas semiestrutu...

As relações intergeracionais e o cuidado do idoso

Rev. Kairós; 18 (18,n.esp), 2015
A presente revisão sistemática buscou evidenciar, na literatura nacional e internacional, o cuidado prestado ao idoso realizado pelos netos. As relações entre avós e netos e os cuidados prestados podem ser entendidos como uma relação de apoio mútuo ou codependência nos diversos contextos familia...