Health Sciences

Este artigo pretende apresentar alguns possíveis princípios para uma interdisciplinaridade ecológica e contextualizada com base na ideia de ecosofia contida em As três ecologias de Félix Guattari. Para tanto, detalha-se o contexto histórico e biográfico pertinentes à elaboração de As três ecologias. Em seguida, expõe-se o projeto da ecosofia e seus princípios. Por fim, do ponto de vista dos resultados, explicita-se de que maneira os princípios da ecosofia possam ser utilizados como princípios para uma interdisciplinaridade ecológica e contextualizada.

Introdução: O processo de luto sem despedida causa repercussões sociais e para a saúde dos familiares enlutados, necessitando de cuidados específicos Objetivo:conhecer como ocorre o cuidado as famílias enlutadas por familiares vítimas de homicídios. Metodo: Revisão integrativa, com dados coletados na Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde (BVS) com os seguintes descritores: “Homicídio”,“Luto” e “Cuidados” e utilizando o operador booleano AND por favorecer a intersecção dos descritores.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine health – related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with Down syndrome (DS). Methods: The study was based on measurements in a sample of 206 children with ASD (61), DS (55) and typical development (TD) (90), aged 5-10 years old, after administering anonymous questionnaires to their parents - caregivers. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory ™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales – Parent Report (PedsQL™ 4.0) was used to measure health-related quality of life.

Comprehension constitutes the main purpose of reading, one of the most important human skills. Furthermore, reading and therefore comprehension are perplexing procedures, that are built through the interaction of the cognitive functions. Comprehension occurs in a cognitive and metacognitve level. Meta-comprehension indeed, constitutes an important interpretive factor of learning, especially in the field of text comprehension.

Introduction: Headache and a well-known condition that affects large numbers of people among young people and adults bringing great socioeconomic damage. Tension-type headache (TTH) has a predominance in adult women and a prevalence of 90% versus 67% of men. Objective: This study aimed to compare which technique, MRT or Pompage, had the best efficacy on TTH.

SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the Coronaviridae family and of the order Nidovirales, which has positive non-segmented RNA, of the enveloped type that causes a severe acute respiratory syndrome in humans, which has already infected more than 9 million people worldwide, leading to 496,075 deaths by June 27, 2020, making the search for alternative treatment for this pathogen urgent. Thus, this study aimed to conduct a bibliographic survey of research that presents treatment alternatives for the new coronavirus.

Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality are major public health concerns in most developing countries and in under resourced settings. Provision of safe motherhood is of utmost importance in the reduction of maternal mortality. Increasing the proportion of babies that are delivered in health facilities is an important factor in reducing the health risks to both the mother and the baby. This study explored maternal healthcare choices of expectant mothers in Lunga Lunga Sub County, Kwale County.

Objective: To validate an instrument containing markers of adhesion to tuberculosis treatment to identify the patients vulnerable to non-adhesion to treatment in primary health care. Methods: Prospective and of methodological development study was conducted. We utilized construct validation and reliability in an instrument composed of 31 markers, each with a score of 1 to 3, applied to individuals with tuberculosis in the first 30 days of starting treatment, in basic health care units of the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: to compare the growing trend in the cases of patients with COVID-19 in Brazil in relation to other countries. Methods: the sequence of 20 days from the first notification and the date each country reached the accumulated incidence of 0.05 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants were analyzed. For the analysis of the trend, Joinpoint Regression was performed, and the comparison of the curves was done by the parallelism and coincidence analyses.

Objective: to identify the scientific evidence that the current literature shows about nursing care in the care of mastectomized patients. Method: This is an integrative review study with a qualitative approach and carried out by content and subject analysis. With the descriptors included in the VHL databases, respecting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, using 8 samples.