Health Sciences

Historically, the division based only on biological sex is old, this perception has changed over time and across cultures. The objective of this work is to report the experiences of logistics in the hospitalization of transgender and transvestite people in a mixed mental health ward of a large public hospital in the city of Uberlândia. This is a descriptive study, type of experience report, which describes the activities developed in the face of hospitalization of transgender and transvestite patients in a mixed psychiatric ward.

Agroforestry home gardens are one of the most important production systems due to their intensive production, providing a diversity of products for local use, contributing to the quality of life of the population and maintaining various products for family consumption, in addition to generating marketable surpluses, collaborating with the regional economy. This study evaluated the importance of agroforestry home gardens in food production and supplementing the income of small rural producers in the Boa Esperança community, in the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil.

Objetivo: Conhecer a percepção de gestores municipais de saúde sobre o Sistema Único de Saúde. Método: Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratório-descritiva, de caráter qualitativo, realizada com por meio de entrevista semiestruturada com nove gestores municipais de saúde de municípios que integram a 4ª Coordenadoria Regional de Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

Objetivo: Compreender a percepção e os sentimentos expressos pela criança no pré-operatório sobre o seu procedimento cirúrgico. Método: Estudo descritivo, qualitativo, desenvolvido em um hospital público, que assiste a população infanto-juvenil. A população foi composta por 15 crianças, no período pré-operatório, na faixa etária de 7 a 12 anos. Os dados foram coletados por intermédio da entrevista presencial. A análise das entrevistas deu-se por meio da técnica de Análise de Conteúdo sugerida por Bardin, e os desenhos foram estudados através do método Desenho-Estória “inquérito”.

Objective: to analyze the clinical aspects, the pattern of consumption and associated diseases in drug users. Method: Cross-sectional exploratory-descriptive study carried out in municipalities of the 11th Regional Health Coordination of the State of Ceará, Brazil. The show was made up of 141 drug users. The instruments were: sociodemographic, clinical form and consumption pattern. Results: 64.5% are male, and 50.3% then in the age group between 21 and 50 years old. 56.7% have a Catholic religion.

Pīṉicamis one of the diseases of head and neck mentioned in Siddha literature. Different authors classify them into different types of different numbers based on three humors, major symptoms and affected parts.In this review,different types of pīṉicamdisorders were compiled and presented here. Difference and similarities between the different types was also discussed in the later part.

Palliative Care in a neonatal intensive care unit represents an expanding area that needs special attention in comprehensive care for the newborn and family during treatment and the period of mourning. This study aims to identify the Palliative Care actions performed in a neonatal ICU. This is a systematic review, which followed the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration. The search bases included: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and Scielo. With the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, 10 articles were selected.

Background: Adolescent period includes the age group of 10-19 years. Reproductive health of adolescent girls is crucial in determining the health of young generations. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an organized teaching program regarding knowledge on reproductive health among adolescent girls at selected higher secondary schools and to find out various factors associated with it.

Descrevemos uma experiência que integra conhecimentos teóricos e práticos vividos através de um projeto de extensão sobre a realização de uma ação educativa como medida de prevenção das Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis e orientação sobre os direitos dos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde no Brasil.Estudo ocorreu em uma Unidade Municipal de Saúde localizada no bairro do Guamá, no município de Belém-Pará.

O processo de terminalidade do câncer infantil é de fato um processo doloroso para todos que o assistem, fazendo necessário a compreensão de todas as fases vivenciadas pelo paciente, bem como seus familiares e a equipe de saúde.