scholarly journals MANEJO DE PACIENTES COM HALITOSE ATENDIDOS NO SERVIÇO PÚBLICO DE SAÚDE

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Mara Peixôto Araujo ◽  
Ariane De Oliveira Santana ◽  
Iasmin De Sousa Moura ◽  
Jefferson David Melo De-Matos ◽  
Marignês Theotonio dos Santos Dutra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
Foul Odor ◽  
The Individual

Halitosis is characterized by a foul odor emanating from the oral cavity. This condition is considered an embarrassing symptom with a significant social impact for the individual. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of professionals working on public health service about halitosis and to examine the criteria for referrals of suspected cases. This study had the participation of 37 health professionals including medical doctors and dentists. All participants answered a questionnaire about the etiology, management and treatment of halitosis. Among all the professionals analyzed 92% (n = 34) reported receiving patients complaining of halitosis. 88% (n = 22) of dentists and 50% (n = 06) of medical doctors believe that the main cause of halitosis has an oral origin. 89.1% (n = 33) of samples reported performing the treatment of halitosis. In addition, the complementary exam most requested for the diagnosis of halitosis was the radiograph of the face. The results suggest that there is a mistake in the management of patients with halitosis attended in the public health service. This study brings to light the need to educate and train medical doctors and dentists about the etiological factors, forms of diagnosis and treatment of halitosis.

scholarly journals Vínculo entre profissionais de saúde e jovens vivendo com HIV/Aids: uma análise da produção e circulação de discursos da sexualidade = Bond between health professionals and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS: analysis of the production and circulation of sexuality discourses

2019 ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Vinícius Mauricio de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Active Listening ◽  
The Public ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Resumo: Introdução: Jovens estão no centro da crise de HIV/Aids. Em 2017, segundo o Unicef, 30 adolescentes de 15 a 19 anos foram infectados/as por hora no mundo. Mas nem sempre eles/elas têm suas demandas sobre sexualidade valorizadas nos serviços de saúde. Objetivo: este artigo tem como objetivo compreender o vínculo entre profissionais de saúde e jovens vivendo com HIV/Aids como meio para a produção e circulação de discursos da sexualidade. Metodologia: a partir de etnografia realizada em uma Clínica de Aids, do serviço público de saúde da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, entre 2013 e 2014, realizamos observação participante de atividades individuais e coletivas dos/as profissionais, entrevistas com profissionais e jovens e análise documental, que evidenciaram o vínculo numa perspectiva histórica e atual. Resultados: identificamos a produção e circulação de discursos da sexualidade em relatórios, Boletins, grupos de convivência e consultas médicas, dispositivos pelos quais se estabelecia o vínculo entre profissionais e jovens. Conclusão: o vínculo possibilitava acolhimento, escuta ativa, afeto, e a participação social de usuários/as, fortalecendo o serviço público de saúde frente às políticas de privatização. Também pelo vínculo, profissionais exerciam o controle da sexualidade juvenil, sendo um dispositivo de incitação ao “cuidado de si”.Palavras-chave: comunicação; saúde; Aids; sexualidade; adolescente.Abstract: Introduction: Young people are at the center of the HIV/AIDS crisis. In 2017, according to UNICEF, 30 teenagers from 15 to 19 years old were infected per hour in the world. But they do not always have their sexuality demands valued in health services. Objective: This article aims to understand the bond between health professionals and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS as a means for the production and circulation of discourses of sexuality. Methodology: Based on ethnography performed at an AIDS Clinic of the public health service of the city of Rio de Janeiro, between 2013 and 2014, we conducted participant observation of individual and collective activities of professionals, interviews with professionals and youth, and documental analysis, which evidenced the bond in a historical and current perspective. Results: We identified the production and circulation of discourses of sexuality in reports, bulletins, internal groups and medical consultations, devices by which the bond between professionals and teens was established. Conclusion: The bond enabled reception, active listening, affection, and social participation of users, strengthening the public health service in the face of privatization policies. Also by the bond, professionals exercised the control of young sexuality, being a device of incitement to “self-care”.Keywords: communication; health; AIDS; sexuality; adolescent.

Programs of the Cancer Control Program—U. S. Public Health Service

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-528
Author(s):  
Charles J. A. Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Control Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cancer Control Program

ON JANUARY 1, 1967, the Cancer Control Program will become part of the National Center for Chronic Disease Control within the Public Health Service's new Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control. Our primary mission is to stimulate and encourage the application of currently available techniques of cancer prevention, cancer detection, and cancer control to the community at the grass roots level. If this will be the case after the reorganization remains to be seen. Figure 1 shows the new organization of the Public Health Service. By way of illustration, I think it would be well to briefly outline a few of our activities. An area of heavy emphasis has been the use of the Papanicolaou smears for cervical cancer control. These programs have been responsible for developing certified cytotechnology training schools, supporting and training large numbers of cytotechnicians. In addition, we are supporting some 90 hospital-based cervical cancer screening projects across the country. A program to encourage the general practitioner to screen his private patients in the office is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of General Practice and the Cancer Control Program. The very grave problem in the United States of smoking and carcinoma of the lung is the major responsibility of tile National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health, a part of the Division of Chronic Diseases which developed out of the Cancer Control Program. We are engaged in a number of developmental projects, such as the flexible fiber optic proctosigmoidoscope. We hope to be able to produce a proctosigmoidoscope that will reach the splenic flexure.

Letters to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 691-693
Author(s):  
STARKEY D. DAVIS ◽  
RALPH J. WEDGWOOD
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Placebo Group ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Excess Mortality ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
The One ◽  
Isoniazid Prophylaxis

Dr. Yerushalmy points out the excess mortality in the isoniazid pupulation in two trials: contacts of new cases and patients in mental hospitals. He failed to mention that the Public Health Service has conducted five other isoniazid prophylaxis trials (Table I). In the six trials listed, excluding the one in institutions, the isoniazid groups had more deaths in three trials, the placebo group had more deaths in two trials, and in one trial the number of deaths in each group was equal.

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