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Basic Life Support: an accessible tool in layperson training

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES 1) To evaluate the efficiency of a new method of training laypeople on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). 2) To assess previous knowledge of the participants. METHODS Instructors were trained according to the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines, with emphasis on CPR. Dummi...

Playful educational intervention with schoolchildren on intestinal parasitosis

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the playful educational interventions in the knowledge of schoolchildren about intestinal parasitosis. Method: This is a quasi-experimental, non-randomized study, based on pre- and post-intervention, conducted in a public elementary school in a peripheric neighborhood in...

Leprosy educational practices with adolescents: an integrative literature review

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify scientific evidence in the literature regarding educational actions on leprosy developed with adolescents. Method: an integrative review of the literature, with the following research question: what are the leprosy educational practices currently being developed with ad...

Necesidad de capacitación al cuidador del adulto mayor
Need for training the caregiver of the elderly

Rev. cuba. med; 58 (3), 2019
Introducción: El envejecimiento poblacional es un reto para las sociedades modernas. La esperanza de vida condiciona un incremento en la población anciana, cada vez es mayor el número de personas que precisan de cuidados. Objetivo: Caracterizar a los cuidadores de adultos mayores del consultorio mÃ...

Impacto de una intervención educativa en el conocimiento del cáncer de mama en mujeres colombianas
Impact of an educational intervention on the knowledge of breast cancer in Colombian women

Introducción: La educación permite el desarrollo de capacidades y facilita el conocimiento, esto la hace parte de las estrategias fundamentales que ayudan a fortalecer los procesos de promoción de la salud que contribuyen con la formación de hábitos de autocuidado. Objetivos: Evaluar el impacto d...

Training of children's and adolescents' family members in home parenteral nutrition care

ABSTRACT Objective: To report the experience of the training in home parenteral nutrition (PN) directed to family members of children and adolescents participating in a multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program of a tertiary public hospital. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with f...

Perspectiva de jovens com diabetes sobre intervenção educativa na rede social Facebook®

Resumo Objetivo Apreender a perspectiva de jovens com diabetes mellitus sobre a participação em um grupo de estimulo ao autocuidado na rede social Facebook®. Métodos Estudo descritivo e exploratório, junto a 35 jovens com diabetes mellitus tipo 1 que participaram de um grupo no Facebook®. Os da...

Quality of Intra-Hospital Nutritional Counseling in Patients with STEMI in the Public and Private Health Networks of Sergipe: The VICTIM Register

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (2), 2019
Abstract Background: Having appropriate dietary habits is part of the recommendations after ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), however, the quality of intra-hospital nutritional counselling in the different health services has been minimally explored. Objective: To evaluate the quality of intr...

Conhecimento, atitudes e práticas sobre tuberculose entre transgêneros na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil

Resumo O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar o conhecimento, as atitudes e as práticas em relação à tuberculose (TB), entre travestis e mulheres transexuais (trans). Trata-se de estudo transversal com amostra por conveniência (n = 124; 58 travestis e 66 trans) realizado na cidade de São Paulo em 2014, c...

Health in the school: perceptions of being adolescent

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand adolescents' perceptions on school health. Method: Qualitative and descriptive research grounded on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, which was developed with 90 adolescent students from a federal school of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Data were produced by gather...