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Objective: To identify the socio-demographic profile of children attended at three Family Health Units (Unidade Saúde da Família - USF) in the city of Castanhal, state of Pará, Brazil. Method: A multi - case study was used to conduct the research, with a quantitative, descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective approach. Data collection was performed through the records found in the Neonatal screening room of the three health units, and their analysis was performed after registration, reading and organization in a database.

This article introduces a course of advanced spiritual care for the Vietnam nursing master’s program. The course description, goals, teaching methods, schedules, content, and evaluation process are addressed. The ultimate aim is that the Vietnam nursing master’s students in this advanced spiritual nursing care course explore their own spiritual status through reflection upon the development process and the analysis of concepts of spiritual well-being, crisis, distress, and suffering.

This study aimed to describe the epidemiological panorama of Leptospirosis in the state of Pará from 2012 to 2017 highlighting the variables: age, race, confirmation criterion, zone of residence, municipalities, schooling, sex and evolution. This is a retrospective, descriptive, quantitative approach, carried out by means of the situational survey of Leptospirosis in the State of Pará through the database of the Information system of grievance notification with subsequent selection and extraction of the variables of interest.

The failure of old T.B. programme to achieve control, leads WHO to introduce DOTs as a new strategy for T.B. control. Health system research (HSR) aimed at the evaluation of effectiveness of the two strategies, is done by following two cohorts of patients; 112 patients on DOTs and 124 patients on old treatment regimen. Sputum smear conversion rate, cure rate and success rate were studied in a period of six months. The results showed that the age groups (15-44) years were mostly affected in both cohorts.

The study was conducted to observe morphometric measurements and productive performance of guinea fowl. A total of 60 guinea fowl were observed randomly to gain the morphometric data, different body structure and color of guinea fowl at Baghmara, Tilagoreco-park, Alurtol, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common musculoskeletal problem in individuals older than 50 years. It is the fifth most common health problem among 21 conditions. It is the most common joint disease, characterized by pain, inflammation and stiffness due to degeneration of the articular cartilage, bone abnormalities and involvement of soft tissues .It is a slowly progressive disorder which represents failure of diarthorodial movable, synovial lined joint.

Tricholeukemia, also called hairy cell leukemia, is a chronic B-cell lymph proliferative neoplasm. It is a rare, more frequent disease in males. The clinical presentation is characterized by cytopenia, splenomegaly and non-specific symptoms such as asthenia and weight loss. The diagnosis is performed by immuno-phenotyping of bone marrow by flow cytometry, and the BRAFV600V mutation is present in most cases. Therapy is usually dramatic with purine analogues and other alternatives include newer drugs such as the BRAFV600E inhibitors.

Field research of descriptive and exploratory scope involving a clinical case of physical therapy intervention in patients with diabetic foot. The presence of feet with ulcerations and deep tissue infection associated with neuropathic and/or ischemic abnormalities in diabetic individuals is one of the main complications of diabetes mellitus and is currently considered one of the biggest problems of public health. The aim of this research is to evaluate the benefits of physical therapy in diabetic patients with foot neuropathy.

Alcoholism is one of the major health and social problems all over the world. Women are emotionally more open than men to the concerns of their loved ones and therefore experience more distress in events that occur to that person and are therefore more vulnerable. This has been considered to be part of the chronic stress associated with the traditional role functioning of women. A descriptive study was carried out to assess the stress and coping among spouse of alcoholics at village Chapa Ram Singh and Lalka Nagar of district Amritsar, Punjab.

Syphilis is still a concern in the area of public and collective health around the world. However, its control is neglected by some countries marked by economic, material and social shortages. This negligence has had a direct impact on the statistical indices, highlighting an increase in the incidence of reported cases and subsequent positive diagnosis. With regard to congenital syphilis, especially in the Mato Grosso do Sul state, it has been highlighted in recent years as one of the main causes of infant deaths, especially among fetal losses.