scholarly journals Continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Pinheiro Batista Medeiros ◽  
Eliane Tatsch Neves ◽  
Mardênia Gomes Vasconcelos Pitombeira ◽  
Sarah Vieira Figueiredo ◽  
Daniella Barbosa Campos ◽  
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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the continuity of care for children with special healthcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic through the perception of their caregivers in the Northeast of Brazil. Methods: Qualitative descriptive-exploratory research carried out between June and September 2020, in a municipality in the Northeast of Brazil. Eleven caregivers participated through semi-structured interviews conducted at home. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis. Results: The social isolation period and the suspension of health services affected the continuity of care, configuring the category “Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the continuity of care”. Caregivers expressed fear of children contracting the coronavirus, characterizing the category “Fears and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic in view of the vulnerability of children with special healthcare needs”. Final considerations: Caregivers’ reports revealed problems in the continuity of care for the studied cohort. Therefore, health care practices must be rethought in times of pandemic.

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Arantes Ferreira Brecht D’ Oliveira ◽  
Márcia Tereza Luz Lisboa ◽  
Carolina Cabral Pereira da Costa ◽  
Sheila Nascimento Pereira de Farias ◽  
Thereza Christina Mó y Mó Loureiro Varella ◽  
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ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify and analyze the perceptions of nursing teachers on the new configurations of the job world and the repercussions for their labor activities. Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory research, carried out at two federal nursing colleges in Rio de Janeiro. Data collection occurred with 27 nursing teachers, between May and June 2016, through semi-structured interviews. The data were treated using the thematic content analysis technique. Results: The results showed contradictions in the teachers’ perceptions about the job world, which has been guided by neoliberal precepts. Such contradictions are characterized by manifestations in favor of incorporating these precepts, highlighting their negative effects on nursing teaching work. Final considerations: There are incongruities in the way of perceiving the current configuration of the job world, proposing more and profound reflections on such a work scenario.


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Fabiane Santos da Silva ◽  
Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues ◽  
Laura Maria Vidal Nogueira ◽  
Iaci Proença Palmeira ◽  
Márcia de Assunção Ferreira

ABSTRACT Objective: To Identify Quilombola women’s social representations about health care and to characterize practices performed by them. Method: a descriptive, qualitative study, applying the Social Representations Theory, conducted with 30 women from a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Amazon. Individual interviews and thematic content analysis were carried out. Results: Health care practices are related to the home, people, families, and environment, indicating a Quilombola women’s extended understanding about health care. In the first instance, natural resources derived from traditional knowledge and use of herbs are applied, in the second instance, the official health system, with the mother-woman being the main caregiver of the family. Final Considerations: the mother enables a health care in the family daily life, and she is the main way of access health professionals have to enter the Quilombola community and provide proper care from the official health system to the group.


2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Remião Luzardo ◽  
Newton Ferreira de Paula Júnior ◽  
Marcelo Medeiros ◽  
Paula Carolina Bejo Wolkers ◽  
Silvia Maria Azevedo dos Santos

ABSTRACT Objective: To know the repercussions of the fall reported by the elderly and their caregiver during hospitalization in a public hospital in Florianópolis city from October to December 2014. Method: Exploratory research with a qualitative approach, conducted by depth interviews with 16 participants, the eight elderly were hospitalized for falls and eight elderly caregivers. Data analysis were performed through the Thematic Content Analysis. Results: It was evidenced the thematic axis: Faller Elderly supported by four thematic categories: Changes caused by Falls, I am a faller, I take care of me and Prevention of the Fall. The repercussions of the fall were evidenced in the impairment of the health condition, self-care and functional capacity. We observed the naturalization of the phenomenon and the passivity with the harmful consequences of the event. Final Considerations: The fall is valued the more negative its repercussion, such as the need for hospitalization and surgery. Managing the vulnerability of the elderly, especially in primary care, evaluating their comorbidities and their internal and external environment, will minimize unfavorable consequences and the social and financial cost of hospitalizations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Hérvora Santuzza Pereira Araújo ◽  
Ildone Forte de Morais ◽  
Cecília Nogueira Valença ◽  
Marquiony Marques dos Santos ◽  
Raimunda Medeiros Germano

ABSTRACTObjective: to discuss the nursing staff's project in the context of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital Regional do Seridó, Caicó-RN. Method: qualitative descriptive-exploratory research. 19 semi-structured interviews were performed with professional nursing staff working in the ICU. The data were analyzed according to thematic content analysis, which consists of: pre-analysis, material exploration and processing of results. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte as Protocol 027/10 and CAAE 0026.0.428.000-10, according to Resolution 196/96. Results: it was showed that the quantity of graduated professionals in nursing staff is unsatisfactory for the development of the necessary assistance to the ICU. Conclusion: this study reflects that the dimensioning of the nursing staff should involve the participation of hospital managers for researching and raising the critical points of functioning of the service, through promoting teamwork. Descriptors: personnel downsizing; intensive care unit; nursing team.RESUMOObjective: discutir o dimensionamento da equipe de enfermagem no contexto da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital Regional do Seridó (HRS) em Caicó- RN. Método: pesquisa descritivo-exploratória qualitativa. Foram realizadas 19 entrevistas semiestruturadas com profissionais da equipe de enfermagem que trabalham na UTI. As informações foram analisadas de acordo com a análise de conteúdo temática, que consiste em: pré-análise, exploração do material e tratamento dos resultados obtidos. A pesquisa foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte conforme protocolo nº 027/10 e CAAE 0026.0.428.000-10, de acordo com a Resolução 196/96. Resultados: apontaram que o quantitativo dos profissionais de nível superior em enfermagem é insatisfatório para o desenvolvimento da assistência necessária para a UTI. Conclusão: o estudo reflete que o dimensionamento da equipe de enfermagem deve envolver a participação dos gestores do hospital, para pesquisar e levantar os pontos críticos do funcionamento do serviço, através da promoção do trabalho em equipe. Descritores: downsizing organizacional; unidades de terapia intensiva; equipe de enfermagem.RESUMENObjetivo: discutir la dimensión del equipo de enfermería en el contexto de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) del Hospital Regional de Seridó en Caico-RN. Método: investigación cualitativa descriptivo-exploratoria. Fueron realizadas 19 entrevistas semi-estructuradas con los profesionales del equipo de enfermería que trabajan en la UCI. Los datos fueron analizados según el análisis de contenido temático, que consiste en: pre-análisis, exploración de materiales y tratamiento de los resultados. El estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Universidad del Estado de Rio Grande do Norte como Protocolo 027/10 y CAAE 0026.0.428.000-10, de acuerdo con la Resolución 196/96. Resultados: mostraron que el cuantitativo de profesionales de nivel superior en enfermería no es satisfactorio para el desarrollo de la asistencia necesaria a la UCI. Conclusión: este estudio refleja que la escala del equipo de enfermería debe incluir la participación de los administradores del hospital para investigar y levantar los puntos críticos de la funcionamiento del servicio, promoviendo el trabajo en equipo. Descriptores: reducción de personal; unidades de terapia intensiva; grupo de enfermería.


2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (spe) ◽  
pp. 111-119
Author(s):  
Heloisa da Veiga Coelho ◽  
Cássia Baldini Soares

Objective To analyze the practices of primary care focused on the harmful consumption of drugs. Method This is a qualitative study, developed with a dialectical-critical approach. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with 10 employees of a basic health unit (UBS). Results The demands are not accepted, and if they go beyond the barriers shaped by the historical absence of health care practices for drug users and moralistic and preconceived ideologies, they are not reinterpreted as health needs; practices that meet these demands and go beyond the barriers are poor; the functionalist approach, which explains drug use as a disease and considers drug users as deviants, supports the few existing practices. Conclusion primary health care is mistakenly focused on addiction; it lacks structural elements of the production process in health and internal dynamics of the working processes that would foster the development of collective practices.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bailey Parnell

As social media use continues to rise, studies have linked high social media use with rising levels of depression, particularly in young adults. This narrative has pervaded, yet in the research thus far, there is no general consensus as to causation or direction. What remains constant is that when mediators such as 'comparison' and 'envy' are introduced between social media use and depression, there is a negative correlation. In a qualitative study, I examine the connection between social comparison, Instagram use, and envy in young women. I conducted semi-structured interviews with a group of 10 female university students between the ages of 18-24. Interviews were analysed through qualitative descriptive analysis. Overwhelmingly, subjects engaged in frequent social comparison offline, which translated to frequent social comparison, made worse, on Instagram. As a result, participants admitted to feeling envious as well as other feelings like frustration, loneliness, anger, and overwhelm. However, users also reported positive experiences such as inspiration, humour, motivation, and happiness, when they are on Instagram. Offline affect proved to be the biggest moderators and indicators of comparison and the positive or negative experiences of the participants. This research may suggest future care in this area should focus on offline affect rather than the social networks themselves.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leticia Werner Rêgo ◽  
Gisele Martins ◽  
Cristiane Feitosa Salviano

Objetivo: compreender o impacto social da doença renal crônica em adolescentes submetidos à hemodiálise. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, descritivo, com adolescentes dos 12 aos 18 anos, que realizavam hemodiálise na unidade hospitalar de Terapia Renal Substitutiva, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. Analisaram-se os dados segundo o método de pesquisa de narrativas e figura. Resultados: identificaram-se três categorias temáticas: Modificações causadas pela hemodiálise que interferem na rotina; Sentimentos do adolescente associados à doença e à hemodiálise; Sentimentos da família associados à doença e à hemodiálise na perspectiva do adolescente. Conclusão: concluiu-se que o adolescente passa por modificações importantes em seu cotidiano, tanto pelas restrições necessárias para o controle da doença quanto pelas alterações fisiológicas. Revela-se, além disso, que sentimentos como tristeza e medo também permeiam o atendimento a este paciente. Descritores: Insuficiência Renal Crônica; Diálise Renal; Rede social; Adolescente; Família.Abstract Objective: to understand the social impact of chronic kidney disease in adolescents undergoing hemodialysis. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive study with adolescents from 12 to 18 years old, who underwent hemodialysis in the hospital unit of Renal Replacement Therapy, through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed according to the narrative and figure research method. Results: three thematic categories were identified: Modifications caused by hemodialysis that interfere in the routine; Adolescent feelings associated with the disease and hemodialysis; Family feelings associated with the disease and hemodialysis from the adolescent's perspective. Conclusion: it was concluded that the adolescent undergoes important changes in their daily life, both due to the restrictions necessary to control the disease and physiological changes. Moreover, feelings such as sadness and fear also permeate the care of this patient. Descriptors: Renal Insufficiency, Chronic; Renal Dialysis; Social Networking; Adolescent; Family. Resumen Objetivo: comprender el impacto social de la enfermedad renal crónica en adolescentes sometidos a hemodiálisis. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo y descriptivo con adolescentes de 12 a 18 años que se sometieron a hemodiálisis en la unidad hospitalaria de Terapia de Reemplazo Renal, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas. Los datos se analizaron de acuerdo con el método de investigación de narrativas y figura. Resultados: se identificaron tres categorías temáticas: modificaciones causadas por hemodiálisis que interfieren en la rutina; Sentimientos adolescentes asociados con la enfermedad y la hemodiálisis; Sentimientos de la familia asociados con la enfermedad y la hemodiálisis desde la perspectiva del adolescente. Conclusión: se concluyó que el adolescente sufre cambios importantes en su vida diaria, tanto por las restricciones necesarias para controlar la enfermedad como por cambios fisiológicos. También se revela que sentimientos como la tristeza y el miedo también impregnan el cuidado de este paciente. Descriptores: Insuficiencia Renal Crónica; Diálisis Renal; Red Social; Adolescente; Familia.


Revista CEFAC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieli Mezari Vitali ◽  
Maria Fernanda Araújo ◽  
Fabiane Ferraz ◽  
Luciane Bisognin Ceretta ◽  
Jacks Soratto

ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify the understanding of health of college students enrolled in health programs of a university in the South of Brazil. Methods: a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research conducted by means of an online questionnaire with students of health programs. The data were analyzed according to the thematic content analysis with the aid of Atlas.ti software. Results: there were 233 answers, structured in 20 codes, 7 subcategories and 3 categories: health associated with well-being, balance and quality of life; health connected with the biological and absence of diseases; and health related to the capacity to act and the notion of wholesomeness. Conclusion: the understanding of health for college students is expressed in a polysemic way, but with a predominating comprehension linked to the notion of well-being and balance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-169
Author(s):  
Ana Lilia Souza Barbosa Barbosa ◽  
Alef Diogo da Silva Santana ◽  
Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo ◽  
Paula Daniella de Abreu ◽  
Marcos Soares de Lima ◽  
...  

Objetivo: Identificar las representaciones sociales de las trabajadoras sexuales travestis sobre la calidad de vida. Material y Método: Estudio cualitativo, descriptivo, exploratorio, basado en la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales, desarrollado con siete travestis trabajadoras sexuales. La producción de los datos se llevó a cabo con entrevistas semiestructuradas y posteriormente se transcribieron, validaron y analizaron a partir del Análisis de contenido temático.Resultados: Surgieron tres clases: 1) Acceso a la salud como principio de calidad de vida; 2) El apoyo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la visibilidad y respeto a las demandas de las personas trans y 3) Los vínculos sociales como herramienta útil en el sentido de la calidad de vida.Consideraciones finales: Las representaciones se ubican en la necesidad de acceso a servicios de salud libres de prejuicios; el apoyo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en el reconocimiento de sus potencialidades y singularidades mediante el establecimiento de vínculos afectivos, solidarios, leales y de confianza, y en el establecimiento de lazos sociales producidos con vecinos y amigos para afrontar las dificultades vividas cotidianamente. Objective: To identify the social representations of transvestite sex professionals regarding quality of life.Material and Method: A qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study, anchored in the Theory of Social Representations, developed with seven professional transvestites of sex. The data production was carried out with semi-structured interviews and later transcribed, validated and analyzed from the Thematic Content Analysis.Results: Three categories emerged: 1) Access to health as a principle to quality of life; 2) Support of non-governmental organizations in the visibility and respect to the demands of the trans population and 3) Social ties as a propositional tool in the meaning of quality of life.Final considerations: The representations are located in the need to access health services free of prejudice; in the support of non-governmental organizations in the recognition of their potentialities and singularities, establishing affective bonds of support, loyalty and trust; and in the establishment of social bonds produced with neighbors and friends to face the difficulties experienced daily. Objetivo: identificar as representações sociais de travestis profissionais do sexo sobre qualidade de vida. Material e Método: Estudo qualitativo, descritivo, exploratório, ancorado na Teoria das Representações Sociais, desenvolvido com sete travestis profissionais do sexo. A produção dos dados foi realizada com entrevistas semiestruturadas e posteriormente transcritas, validadas e analisadas a partir da Análise de Conteúdo Temática. Resultados: Emergiram-se três categorias: 1) O acesso à saúde como princípio à qualidade de vida; 2) Apoio das organizações não governamentais na visibilidade e respeito às demandas das pessoas trans e 3) Os laços sociais como ferramenta propositiva no significado da qualidade de vida.Considerações finais: As representações estão situadas na necessidade de acesso aos serviços de saúde livre de preconceitos; no apoio das organizações não governamentais no reconhecimento de suas potencialidades e singularidades estabelecendo vínculos afetivos, de apoio, lealdade e confiança; e no estabelecimento dos laços sociais produzidos com vizinhos e amigos para o enfrentamento das dificuldades vivenciadas diariamente.


Author(s):  
Thaise Vieira Da Cruz ◽  
João Paulo Santiago Barradas ◽  
Edilson Coelho Sampaio

Introdução: Crianças têm um repertório de ocupações bem diverso, que engloba, principalmente, o brincar e a educação, e, para crianças negras que residem em comunidades periféricas dos grandes centros urbanos, os projetos sociais se tornam uma possibilidade de ocupação, como forma de promover o acesso a direitos básicos, favorecer o pleno exercício da cidadania e o combate ao racismo. Objetivo:identificar e compreender os significados de ocupar-se do Projeto Social Afrocine, vivenciado por crianças negras e voluntários de uma comunidade periférica de Belém-PA. Método: O presente estudo é uma pesquisa de campo do tipo qualitativo-descritivo, onde realizou-se entrevistas semiestruturadas com as crianças participantes e os voluntários do projeto social que evidenciaram a realidade e as dificuldades de crescer encarando as mais adversas questões de caráter racial. Conclusão: Esta pesquisa ajudou compreender o valor da Educação, Representatividade e Consciência Negra nesse contexto marcado por injustiças, e o quão significativas são para as crianças da comunidade que se ocupam do Projeto Social.Palavras-chave: Terapia Ocupacional. Ocupação. Crianças. Racismo. Projetos Sociais. Vulnerabilidade SocialAbstractIntroduction: Children have a very diverse repertoire of occupations that mainly include playing and education, and for blackchildren who live in peripheral communities in large urban centers, Social Projects become a possibility of occupation, as a way of promoting access to basic rights, favor the full exercise of citizenship and the fight against racism. Objective: identifying and understanding the meanings of getting busy of the Afrocine Social Project, experienced by black children and volunteers from a peripheral community in Belém-PA, as well as the crossings of the social project in their lives. Method: The presente study is a qualitative-descriptive field research. In this way, semi-structured interviews were carried out with the participating children and the volunteers of the social project, which highlighted the reality and the difficulties of growing up facing the most adverse racial issues. Conclusion: This research helped to understand the value of Education, Representativeness and Black Consciousness in this environment marked by injustices, how significant they are for children in the Community who are involved in the social project, and how They contribute to the fight Against racism.Keywords: Occupational Therapy. Occupation. Children. Racism. Social Projects. Social VulnerabilityResumenIntroducción: Niños tienen un repertorio de ocupaciones muy diverso que incluyen principalmente el juego y la educación, y para los niños negros que viven en comunidades periféricas en grandes centros urbanos, los Proyectos Sociales se convierten en una posibilidad de ocupación, como una forma de promover el acceso a los derechos básicos, favorecer la plena ejercicio de la ciudadanía y lucha contra el racismo. Objetivo: identificar y comprender los significados del cuidado del Proyecto Social Afrocino, vivido por niños y voluntarios negros de una comunidad periférica en Belém-PA, así como cruces de la proyecto social en sus vidas. Metodo: El presente estudio es una investigación de campo cualitativo-descriptivo. De esta forma, se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas con los niños participantes y los voluntarios del proyecto social, que resaltaron la realidad y las dificultades de crecer frente a los problemas raciales más adversos. Conclusión: Esta investigación ayudó a comprender el valor de la Educación, la Representatividad y la Conciencia Negra en este entorno marcado por las injusticias, qué tan significativas son para los niños de la comunidad que se involucran en el proyecto social y cómo contribuyen a enfrentar el racismo.Palavras clave: Terapia Ocupacional. Ocupación. Niños. Racismo. Proyectos Sociales. Vulnerabilidad Social  


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