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Análise da adesão de mulheres ao exame colpocitológico

Objetivo: analisar a adesão das mulheres ao exame colpocitológico na Estratégia Saúde da Família. Método: estudo exploratório, descritivo, quantitativo. Realizou-se a coleta de dados com a aplicação de um questionário estruturado. Participaram 80 mulheres de 25 a 64 anos, que haviam realizado o exame colpocitológico na unidade Ambulantes, em João Pessoa-PB, em abril de 2018.

An investigation into the use of phytotherapeutics by older patients frequenting family planning clinics

We sought to examine the use of medicinal plants among older members of the population at family clinics in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Interviews were held in the family clinics themselves, allowing us to identify the levels of knowledge of older citizens concerning phytotherapeutics and to determine their familiarity with the correct use of natural remedies. We found that 88% of the elderly patients used medicinal plants; 52% use them frequently, while only 12% did not use them at all.

Fatores associados à ocorrência de úlcera por pressão em pessoas com lesão medular

The objective was to apply the Braden scale in people with Spinal Cord Injury (LM). A descriptive, cross-sectional study of a quantitative approach was carried out from July to September 2017. Twenty-eight patients with spinal cord injury were admitted to the Neurosurgery units in a tertiary referral hospital in Fortaleza-CE trauma.

Socioeconomic profile, operation, commercialization and income: a case study of the paa in the city of caxias-maranhão

The work had as a maing goal approaching the economic and social aspects of the Programa Aquisição de Alimentos – PAA (Food Acquisition Program) in the “Cocais” region in the State of Maranhãowith enphasis in the city of Caxias. As specific objectives, an analysis of the socioeconomic profile of the families benefited with the PAA was done, then identifying who are the supplier beneficiaries of the program; the operation of the purchase process and the commercialization channels have also been verified. The research tool used was a case study.

Avaliação da atividade fotoprotetora e antioxidante do extrato etanólico de praxelisclematidea (griseb.) r.m.king & h.robinson (asteraceae)

As radiações ultravioleta, divididas em UVA, UVB e UVC, por conterem diferentes intensidades e comprimentos de onda, possuem diferentes efeitos sobre os organismos, assim alguns destes efeitos podem ser benéficos e outros, não. Com intenção de evitar os malefícios causados por estas radiações, existem os fotoprotetores. Tendo este trabalho como objetivo avaliar o fator de proteção solar (FPS) e a atividade antioxidante do extrato etanólico bruto de Praxelisclematidea, através do teste in vitro.

Prazo médio de processos no segundo grau de jurisdição: um estudo baseado em mineração de dados em uma organização jurídica

This paper presents a data mining study based on the process time average in the second instance in a Brazilian law organization. First, a review of knowledge discovery in databases and data mining concepts was performed, and after, some data mining techniques were applied on a database with 51,052 records relating to pending processes in the second instance. The obtained results covered a discretization of the amount of time in which the processes were pending, in which internal areas the process was, as well as the procedural class that defined it.

Access issues: transportation challenges and healthcare delivery in rural settings

The aim of the work in this paper is to present the results from a study of how the quality of life in remote locations and rural settings of Bayelsa State, Nigeria can be enhanced through improvement in healthcare accessibility. The methodology comprised desktop study, questionnaire survey, participant observations and interviews. A survey comprising 2,000 distributed questionnaires was conducted between July 2016 and July 2017 within seven selected states in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total of 1,800 questionnaires were completed and returned.

Porto seguro as national identity territory: beginnings and resumptions of indigenous memory

It proposes a symbolic analysis of the monument that celebrates the five hundred years of the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese, the cross erected by the artist MárioCravo in the year 2000, in CoroaVermelha (district of the municipality of Santa Cruz Cabrália-BA), supposedly in the same place where the First Mass of Brazil was recited, on April 26, 1500 .

Salivary cortisol levels concentration after resistance exercise

To analyze whether there are changes in salivary cortisol concentration levels before and after resistance exercises, with different rest periods. The sample was20 individuals allocated in 2 groups with: resistance exercise 30secandresistance exercise60sec. They performed plyometric jumps followed by squat. The salivary sample was collected to measure salivary cortisol concentration. There was no difference in cortisol concentration between pre and post exercise in any intervention (p> 0.05). The protocol used did not alter salivary cortisol after resistance exercise.

Problemas e desafios no processo de capacitação de gestores em saúde: uma revisão de literatura

Introdução: Novas competências são frequentemente requeridas de gestores, o que implica redefinir as formas de recrutar, selecionar, treinar e capacitar os profissionais em suas respectivas atividades.Objetivo: Identificar na literatura os problemas e desafios no processo de capacitação dos gestores em saúde.