Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:47:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Maria Favere Augusto.pdf: 2679215 bytes, checksum: f5334da766dcff0feff9089be71d025e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study aims to discuss the effects in the life of a child carer, consequent to quota daily coexistence of mom or dad care elderly. Considering the problem of a family member be bound to assume the role of caregiver of elderly family, when affected by disease that needs assistance to carry out their activities of daily living; whereas a child carer can also be an elderly, most often a woman, this research has as chance that such a situation of dedication to careful Currently, complicated by new factors-if not driven or sustained by external forces as a formal or informal support network-can generate complicated effects to life of the child carer, transforming negatively the Act of caring. This is a qualitative and exploratory research, having as subject of research six children that play role of primary caregiver for over a year; nominated for participation in the study through a network of personal relationships, they are residents of the municipality of São Paulo and Grande São Paulo, residents of the regions: North, South, West and São Caetano do Sul. The method chosen was oral history; thematic oral history, which aims at the articulation of "oral to written sources documentation" (MEIHY; RIBEIRO, 2011, p. 88), by means of a semi-structured interview with the support of a screenplay, composed of closed and open questions in order to verify the effects in the life of the child carer, i.e. the impact associated with the functional and/or behavioral deterioration resulting from the everyday co-existence of care devoted to elderly mother and, one time, assess the shape and quality of care the interviews were recorded and transcribed subsequently. It was found from the lines of children caregivers that the everyday care is overload and absence of sharing among the other family members, in particular the brothers. We analyzed the social support network of the children is still scarce, and there is a need to expand this, given by means of special guidelines for professionals who work with old age / Este estudo tem como objetivo discutir os efeitos na vida de um filho cuidador, consequentes à convivência cotidiana de cuidados dedicados à mãe idosa. Considerando a problemática de um membro familiar obrigar-se a assumir a função de cuidador de familiar idoso, quando acometido por doença que necessite de auxílio para a realização de suas atividades de vida diária; e ainda levando em conta que um filho cuidador também pode ser um idoso, sendo na maior parte das vezes uma mulher, a presente pesquisa tem como hipótese a de que tal situação de dedicação ao cuidado, complicada na atualidade por fatores novos, contingentes - se não orientada ou sustentada por forças externas como uma rede de apoio formal ou informal - pode gerar efeitos complicados à vida do filho cuidador, transformando negativamente o ato de cuidar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa e exploratória, tendo como sujeitos de pesquisa seis filhos que desempenham papel de cuidador principal, há mais de um ano; indicados para participação do estudo por meio de uma rede pessoal de relações, os mesmos são residentes no município de São Paulo e Grande São Paulo, nas regiões: norte, sul, oeste, e em São Caetano do Sul. O método escolhido foi o da história oral temática, que tem por finalidade a articulação da documentação oral aos das fontes escritas , por meio da entrevista semiestruturada com o apoio de um roteiro, composto por perguntas fechadas e abertas, com o objetivo de verificar os efeitos na vida do filho cuidador, ou seja, o impacto associado à deterioração funcional e/ou comportamental resultantes da convivência cotidiana de cuidados dedicados à mãe idosa e, a um só tempo, avaliar a forma e a qualidade desses cuidados. As entrevistas foram gravadas, e transcritas posteriormente. Verificou-se a partir das falas dos filhos cuidadores que o cotidiano de cuidados é de sobrecarga, de angústia, pela ausência de compartilhamento com os demais membros familiares, em especial os irmãos. Analisou-se que a rede de suporte social dos filhos ainda é escassa, e há a necessidade de sua ampliação, por meio de relações com vizinhos, amigos e orientações em especial dos profissionais que trabalham com a velhice

Obesity has increased during the past 30 years in the United States. Obese adults and children are at risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and comorbidities. Parents and child caregivers play key roles in the decisions of family health. Studies exploring sociodemographic and socioecological factors associated with obesity among U.S. Hispanic parents and child caregivers are lacking. Guided by the socioecological model, this study examined the following factors: gender; acculturation; dietary intake of fat, sugar, fruits, and vegetables; and role as food purchaser/food preparer that influenced obesity. A 3-paper-based survey, consisting of a demographic survey, the Block Fat-Sugar-Fruit-Vegetable Screener and the Bidimensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BAS), was used to collect data. The volunteer sample of 165 Hispanic parents/child caregivers residing in Aurora, Illinois, was recruited using venue-based sampling. Point-biserial correlations, chi-square, and multiple logistic regression were performed to test 10 hypotheses. Acculturation, as measured by the BAS non-Hispanic domain scores, was a significant predictor of obesity. Obesity increased 1.737 times with every 1 unit increase in acculturation BAS non-Hispanic domain scores. Multiple regression results showed that developing obesity was 2.46 times lower in males compared with females in the overall sample. These findings could be used to promote positive social change by influencing the development of culturally congruent obesity prevention, management, and treatment programs produced by educators and health professionals specifically targeting obesity among Hispanic women, which could further increase the overall well-being and longevity of Hispanic families in Aurora, Illinois, and beyond.

The purpose of this study is to examine how educators in preschool and kindergarten handle children with ADHD diagnosis or concentration difficulties. Are the educators based on a special way of working with these children? We have chosen to use the theory of Vygotskijs sociocultural perspective. We have also chosen to carry out the study with a qualitative method by doing six interviews and two observations at a preschool we choose to call ́Sommarängen. We believe that these methods are the optimal ones to obtain the answers to our questions. Our questions focus on how educators based on their experiences and knowledge create environments and working methods that can either promote or inhibit children with ADHD diagnosis or concentration difficulties, and if it is possible to discover signs of ADHD before diagnosis is made and in such cases, in what way may it appear? The main result of this study is that there were differences in the respondents' answers about their thoughts on diagnosing children already in preschool age. The results show that the preschool teachers had common opinion that children with ADHD diagnosis have greater opportunities for support and thanks to that early efforts can be made for future schooling. However, the child caregiver had other thoughts about the diagnosis and claim preschool teachers should be careful about placing children in compartments and that it could have negative consequences for the child in the future. A common response was that materials and environments were central to helping children with ADHD or concentration difficulties in their daily lives.