The following purposes were proposed in undertaking the study: 1. to determine the health knowledge of the students selected for the study, as indicated by a standardized test; 2. to determine the health practices of the students selected for the study, as indicated by a standardized inventory; and 3. to determine if there is a relation between the health knowledge and the health practices of the students selected for the study.

O presente trabalho realizou estudos sobre a imcorporação das práticas de saúde da Medicina Tradicional Comunitária pela Medicina Institucional. Foram levantadas as Instituições Tradicionais Comunitárias que desenvolvem atividades de cura em Belo Horizonte e as Instituições Oficiais que dão assistência à população na área da saúde. Seis Instituições Tradicionais Comunitárias, foram selecionadas para identificação das práticas de saúde utilizadas e para estudar a população que se serve das fontes do sistema tradicional comunitário segundo os problemas de saúde e as caracteristicas individuais de idade sexo, renda familiar e instrução. Durante o estudo identificamos que, a população que tem mais acesso ao sistema tradicional comunitário é aquela situada na faixa etária de 40 anos e mais, do sexo feminino, com renda familiar de O a 3 salários mínimos, exclusive, e grau de instrução no nível primário; identificamos ainda que, o problema de saÚde que mais levou a população às referidas instituições foi \"Ataque de Nervos\", e o \"Passe\" foi a prática tradicional mais indicada para a população solucionar o seu problema de saúde. No campo das Instituições Oficiais selecionamos 100 das 234 existentes para identificar a participação dos praticantes tradicionais nos programas oficiais de saúde. / The present work realizing studies about the incorporation of the practices of health of Community Tradicional Medicine by the Medical Institution. The Tradicional Institutions that were raised (elevated) that desenvolved activities of cure in Belo Horizonte and the Oficial Institutions that give assistence to the population in the area of health. Six Tradicional Community Institutes, were chosen to identify the practices of health utilized and to study the population that serve the source of the Tradicional Community System according to the problems of health and the individual characteristics of age, sex, family income and instruction. During the study we identified that, the population that has more access to the Tradicional Community System and that situated in the fase of 40 years (forty years) and more, of the feminine sex, with a family income of (0) zero to (3) three minimum salaries, regardless of their educational level of instruction in the primary fase; we identified yet that, the problem of health that eked out a miserable existence to the population, which took them to the refered Institutes was \"The Attack of Nervos\", and the \"Pass\" was a Tradicional practice more indicated to solve for the population and the problem of health. In the camp of the Official Institutes chosen 100 of the 234 exist to identify the tradicional practicers in the official programs of health.

O presente trabalho realizou estudos sobre a imcorporação das práticas de saúde da Medicina Tradicional Comunitária pela Medicina Institucional. Foram levantadas as Instituições Tradicionais Comunitárias que desenvolvem atividades de cura em Belo Horizonte e as Instituições Oficiais que dão assistência à população na área da saúde. Seis Instituições Tradicionais Comunitárias, foram selecionadas para identificação das práticas de saúde utilizadas e para estudar a população que se serve das fontes do sistema tradicional comunitário segundo os problemas de saúde e as caracteristicas individuais de idade sexo, renda familiar e instrução. Durante o estudo identificamos que, a população que tem mais acesso ao sistema tradicional comunitário é aquela situada na faixa etária de 40 anos e mais, do sexo feminino, com renda familiar de O a 3 salários mínimos, exclusive, e grau de instrução no nível primário; identificamos ainda que, o problema de saÚde que mais levou a população às referidas instituições foi \"Ataque de Nervos\", e o \"Passe\" foi a prática tradicional mais indicada para a população solucionar o seu problema de saúde. No campo das Instituições Oficiais selecionamos 100 das 234 existentes para identificar a participação dos praticantes tradicionais nos programas oficiais de saúde. / The present work realizing studies about the incorporation of the practices of health of Community Tradicional Medicine by the Medical Institution. The Tradicional Institutions that were raised (elevated) that desenvolved activities of cure in Belo Horizonte and the Oficial Institutions that give assistence to the population in the area of health. Six Tradicional Community Institutes, were chosen to identify the practices of health utilized and to study the population that serve the source of the Tradicional Community System according to the problems of health and the individual characteristics of age, sex, family income and instruction. During the study we identified that, the population that has more access to the Tradicional Community System and that situated in the fase of 40 years (forty years) and more, of the feminine sex, with a family income of (0) zero to (3) three minimum salaries, regardless of their educational level of instruction in the primary fase; we identified yet that, the problem of health that eked out a miserable existence to the population, which took them to the refered Institutes was \"The Attack of Nervos\", and the \"Pass\" was a Tradicional practice more indicated to solve for the population and the problem of health. In the camp of the Official Institutes chosen 100 of the 234 exist to identify the tradicional practicers in the official programs of health.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003-12-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:58:27Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 moura_smsr_me_assis.pdf: 747183 bytes, checksum: 1545f3f26717d129f05d202d1d54a49a (MD5) / Este trabalho problematiza as práticas discursivas e não discursivas referentes ao papel materno que circulam no âmbito da saúde pública e no contexto da família. Para isso utilizamos um programa de saúde materno-infantil - o Programa Canguru, contextualizando historicamente os elementos envolvidos tanto em sua concepção quanto em sua efetivação: o conceito de maternidade, as práticas de maternagem e as políticas de humanização ao atendimento desenvolvido nas instituições hospitalares. Nosso objetivo foi analisar como estes elementos se articulam na construção de novos sentidos para o papel materno. Para isso entrevistamos dez mulheres usuárias do Programa Canguru num hospital da rede pública e também as observamos durante esta prática. Na análise dos dados utilizamos como método a análise do discurso. A partir de núcleos de sentidos apreendidos nos discursos das entrevistadas, definimos quatro dimensões de análise: família e religião; o impacto do nascimento prematuro; desconfiança e resistência nas relações com instituições e profissionais de saúde; e a experiência com o Programa Canguru. No trabalho analítico buscamos apreender o processo de singularização e as estratégias utilizadas pelas entrevistadas na produção de sentidos sobre a maternidade e as práticas de maternagem. A família, estruturada de forma hierárquica e com rígida divisão de papéis segundo o sexo, aparece como o principal organizador das experiências das entrevistadas e dos sentidos atribuídos à maternidade. O exercício da maternidade é descrito como essencial para a constituição do papel feminino. A religião surge... / This paper question the speech practices and non speech referring at the maternal function that are around the ambit of the public health and in the family context. For that was used a health program of maternal-childish - The Kangaroo Care, putting on the historical context the elements that are involved as much the conception as the effectuation: the concept of maternity, the practices of maternal care and the policy of humanization of the service developed at the hospital institutions. Our goal was analyze how these elements are articulate at the construction of new feelings to maternal play. So we interviewed ten women that was usurers of the Kangaroo Care in a public hospital and we observed them during the practice too. At the analyze of the dates it was used as a method the analyze of the speech. From the nucleus of the senses took at the speech of the subject, were define four dimensions to analyze: family and religion; the impact of the premature birth; suspicion and resistance in relations with institutions and health workers; and the experience with the Kangaroo Care. At the analytic work we tried to took the process of the signalize and the strategies used by the subjects at the production of the feelings about the maternity and the practices of maternal care. The family that has a hierarchy structure and rigid division of places according to the sex, appears as a mainly organizer of the experiences of the subjects and of the feelings attributed to maternity. The exercise of the maternity is descript as essential to the constitution of the feminine place. Religion shows up as an important element to guarantee the emotional support to the family in situation of crises, such as a premature birth of a child... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Orientador: Maria de Fátima Araújo / Banca: Hélio Rebello Cardoso Júnior / Banca: Maria Lúcia Boarini / Resumo: Este trabalho problematiza as práticas discursivas e não discursivas referentes ao papel materno que circulam no âmbito da saúde pública e no contexto da família. Para isso utilizamos um programa de saúde materno-infantil - o Programa Canguru, contextualizando historicamente os elementos envolvidos tanto em sua concepção quanto em sua efetivação: o conceito de maternidade, as práticas de maternagem e as políticas de humanização ao atendimento desenvolvido nas instituições hospitalares. Nosso objetivo foi analisar como estes elementos se articulam na construção de novos sentidos para o papel materno. Para isso entrevistamos dez mulheres usuárias do Programa Canguru num hospital da rede pública e também as observamos durante esta prática. Na análise dos dados utilizamos como método a análise do discurso. A partir de núcleos de sentidos apreendidos nos discursos das entrevistadas, definimos quatro dimensões de análise: família e religião; o impacto do nascimento prematuro; desconfiança e resistência nas relações com instituições e profissionais de saúde; e a experiência com o Programa Canguru. No trabalho analítico buscamos apreender o processo de singularização e as estratégias utilizadas pelas entrevistadas na produção de sentidos sobre a maternidade e as práticas de maternagem. A família, estruturada de forma hierárquica e com rígida divisão de papéis segundo o sexo, aparece como o principal organizador das experiências das entrevistadas e dos sentidos atribuídos à maternidade. O exercício da maternidade é descrito como essencial para a constituição do papel feminino. A religião surge... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This paper question the speech practices and non speech referring at the maternal function that are around the ambit of the public health and in the family context. For that was used a health program of maternal-childish - The Kangaroo Care, putting on the historical context the elements that are involved as much the conception as the effectuation: the concept of maternity, the practices of maternal care and the policy of humanization of the service developed at the hospital institutions. Our goal was analyze how these elements are articulate at the construction of new feelings to maternal play. So we interviewed ten women that was usurers of the Kangaroo Care in a public hospital and we observed them during the practice too. At the analyze of the dates it was used as a method the analyze of the speech. From the nucleus of the senses took at the speech of the subject, were define four dimensions to analyze: family and religion; the impact of the premature birth; suspicion and resistance in relations with institutions and health workers; and the experience with the Kangaroo Care. At the analytic work we tried to took the process of the signalize and the strategies used by the subjects at the production of the feelings about the maternity and the practices of maternal care. The family that has a hierarchy structure and rigid division of places according to the sex, appears as a mainly organizer of the experiences of the subjects and of the feelings attributed to maternity. The exercise of the maternity is descript as essential to the constitution of the feminine place. Religion shows up as an important element to guarantee the emotional support to the family in situation of crises, such as a premature birth of a child... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Mestre

Anecdotal and qualitative evidence suggests that women may experience disrupted adjustment during the months following the end of adjuvant breast cancer treatment, in part due to the loss of a "safety net" associated with regular treatment coupled with uncertainty regarding cancer status. The present study examined distress and quality of life, as well as behavioral and cognitive predictors of adjustment, during the three months following adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Participants were 89 women with breast cancer who completed measures of distress, quality of life, health behavior, behavior changes, and common-sense beliefs about cancer at three time points: toward the end of adjuvant treatment, 3 weeks following the end of treatment, and 3 months post-treatment. Findings indicated that breast cancer survivors were remarkably well-adjusted following treatment: participants reported low levels of anxiety and depression and good health-related quality of life. Nonetheless, women acknowledged significant concerns about ongoing physical symptoms, potential recurrence, and the process of returning to or building a "new normal." Results further suggested that behavior changes were quite common after the end of treatment, particularly positive changes in health practices. Although good health practices were associated with better adjustment, making positive changes in the same behaviors often predicted greater distress. Women's common-sense beliefs about breast cancer provided insight into whether women decided to make behavior changes and what behaviors they decided to change. Women who perceived greater control over their cancer, saw their cancer as an acute rather than chronic condition, and attributed cancer to controllable causes or believed that behavioral or psychological factors could prevent recurrence were more likely to make behavior changes and engage in positive health practices. Although it was predicted that beliefs and behavior changes would interact to predict distress, no consistent pattern of interactions was found. In sum, breast cancer patients actively attempt to create a "new normal" following treatment, and changes in health practices appear to be an important part of this process. Assessing women's beliefs about their cancer and providing psychoeducational interventions addressing post-treatment behavior changes may assist in promoting breast cancer survivors' psychological and physical well-being.

The use of traditional medicine during pregnancy and childbirth is common among the Black traditional cultures of Southern Africa. Any pregnancy–related problem is believed to be somehow associated with dikgaba, a phenomenon that only indigenous healers are capable of managing. It is therefore crucial that the midwives and other health care professionals acknowledge the relevance of traditional medicine when dealing with clients who belong to black traditional societies of South Africa. The objective of the study was to explore and describe health practices related to dikgaba in pregnancy as well as to formulate recommendations for culturally congruent and safe midwifery care. In–depth individual interviews were conducted to collect data from ten participants known to be experts in kgaba remedies used during pregnancy and birth. These were traditional healers, traditional birth attendants and those with keen interest in traditional and cultural issues. Interviews were conducted in the participants’ homes for privacy, confidentiality and convenience. A naturalistic and phenomenological approach using contextual exploratory and descriptive research design was used to reach the aim of the study from the perspectives of Batswana in the North West province. The study revealed that an understanding of dikgaba and the related healing practices in pregnancy and childbirth is common. This clearly motivates for better understanding of traditional medicine by the midwives as it is relevant and justifiable. Recommendations are made to inform the transformation of the health–care delivery system, with specific reference to midwifery education, research and practice, in order to make health care acceptable and accessible to all. / Thesis (M.Cur.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

The use of traditional medicine during pregnancy and childbirth is common among the Black traditional cultures of Southern Africa. Any pregnancy–related problem is believed to be somehow associated with dikgaba, a phenomenon that only indigenous healers are capable of managing. It is therefore crucial that the midwives and other health care professionals acknowledge the relevance of traditional medicine when dealing with clients who belong to black traditional societies of South Africa. The objective of the study was to explore and describe health practices related to dikgaba in pregnancy as well as to formulate recommendations for culturally congruent and safe midwifery care. In–depth individual interviews were conducted to collect data from ten participants known to be experts in kgaba remedies used during pregnancy and birth. These were traditional healers, traditional birth attendants and those with keen interest in traditional and cultural issues. Interviews were conducted in the participants’ homes for privacy, confidentiality and convenience. A naturalistic and phenomenological approach using contextual exploratory and descriptive research design was used to reach the aim of the study from the perspectives of Batswana in the North West province. The study revealed that an understanding of dikgaba and the related healing practices in pregnancy and childbirth is common. This clearly motivates for better understanding of traditional medicine by the midwives as it is relevant and justifiable. Recommendations are made to inform the transformation of the health–care delivery system, with specific reference to midwifery education, research and practice, in order to make health care acceptable and accessible to all. / Thesis (M.Cur.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

Magister Curationis - MCur / Background: The changes in sexual and reproductive behaviour of young people as they become students, has been widely documented. International and local studies promote the development of student-centred, comprehensive and accessible reproductive health services. In order to establish effective reproductive health care within education institutions, it is strongly recommended that one should understand the local context well. Aim: This study aimed to describe the reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices of student nurses at a select private nursing college in South Africa.

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