scholarly journals Direitos Humanos e Superlotação no Presídio Feminino de porto Alegre / Human Rights and Overcrowding in the Women’s Prison in Porto Alegre

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani Rudnicki ◽  
Marili Antunes Neubüser
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Women's Prison

Resumo: Buscamos determinar, neste artigo, como vivem as mulheres obrigadas a cumprir pena restritiva de liberdade ou a trabalhar na Penitenciária Feminina Madre Pelletier. Essa pesquisa qualitativa utilizou, para tanto, metodologia baseada no estudo empírico da realidade prisional; os dados foram obtidos em 2015, com a realização de um grupo focal com cinco apenadas e a aplicação de questionário a 14 agentes penitenciárias, além da coleta de impressões em outras pesquisas dos autores, bem como na experiência de um dos pesquisadores, que trabalha há mais de cinco anos no local. Além disso, utilizamos como fonte, entre outros, registros em livros da instituição e bibliografia pertinente. Concluímos que, com o fim da superlotação, em 2012, a qualidade de vida melhorou para ambos os grupos. Isso porque na época da superlotação carcerária as relações interpessoais entre presas aconteciam com mais violência (provocada por lideranças que impunham regras). Logo, ainda que o sistema prisional continue a violar direitos humanos das presas, hoje mais direitos são respeitados do que quando existia superlotação.Palavras-chave: Direitos humanos; Criminologia; Prisões; Penitenciária feminina Madre Pelletier; Superlotação. Abstract: We seek to recognize, in this paper, the conditions of the daily lives of women who have received prison sentences and those who work in the Women's Penitentiary Madre Pelletier. Therefore, this research uses a qualitative methodology based on an empirical study of the prison’s reality; data were obtained in 2015, with the use of a focus group with five prisoners and questionnaire to 14 prison officers, as well as collection of prints in other studies and the experience of one of the researchers, who has been working there for more than five years. In addition, we use as a source, among others, records in the institution’s books and relevant bibliography. We conclude that, with the end of overcrowding in 2012, the quality of life improved in both groups. Before, interpersonal relationships between inmates happened with more violence (caused by leaders who imposed rules). Thus, even though the prison system continues to violate human rights of the arrested, more rights are respected today than when there was overcrowding.Keywords: Human rights; Criminology; Prisons; Madre Pelletier Women’s Prison; Overcrowding.

Approaches to Craniofacial-Specific Quality of Life Assessment in Adolescents

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd C. Edwards ◽  
Donald L. Patrick ◽  
Tari D. Topolski ◽  
Cassandra L. Aspinall ◽  
Wendy E. Mouradian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
Depth Interviews

Objective To ascertain the domains that adolescents aged 11 to 18 years with congenital and acquired craniofacial differences (CFDs) consider important to their quality of life (QoL) to create a craniofacial-specific module. Design Interviews and inductive qualitative methods were used to guide the development of a conceptual and measurement model of QoL among adolescents with CFDs. Setting The Craniofacial Center at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Patients, Participants Thirty-three in-depth interviews with adolescents (aged 11 to 18 years), one young adult interview (age 19 years), 14 in-depth interviews with parents, one young adult focus group, one parent focus group, and one panel of researchers and clinical professionals working in the field. Results Using the qualitative methodology, grounded theory, seven domains that adolescents with CFDs perceive are important to having a good QoL were found. Six of the domains (coping, stigma and isolation, intimacy and trust, positive consequences, self-image, and negative emotions) comprised the Youth Quality of Life Instrument–Facial Differences module. One other domain, surgery, was a salient issue for many of the youth, but not all, so it was made into a separate module, the Youth Quality of Life Instrument– Craniofacial Surgery module. This module relates to the experience of surgery, outcomes of surgery, and preferences for future surgery. Conclusions Using an established qualitative methodology, two QoL modules specific to adolescents with CFDs were developed and are ready for psychometric validation. Potential uses of the instruments are discussed.

Psychosomatic Features, Compliance and Complementary Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-223
Author(s):  
Rostislav A. Grekhov ◽  
Galina P. Suleimanova ◽  
Andrei S. Trofimenko ◽  
Liudmila N. Shilova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Regulation Of Emotion ◽  
The Impact

This review highlights the issue of psychosomatic conditions in rheumatoid arthritis, paying special attention to new researches and trends in this field. Emerging concepts in all the major parts of the problem are covered consecutively, from the impact of chronic musculoskeletal pain on the emotional state to disease influence over quality of life, socio-psychological, and interpersonal relationships. Chronic pain is closely related to emotional responses and coping ability, with a pronounced positive effect of psychotherapeutic interventions, family and social support on it. Psychosexual disorders, anxiety, depression also commonly coexist with rheumatoid arthritis, leading to further decrease in quality of life, low compliance, and high suicide risk. Influence of psychosomatic conditions on the overall treatment effect is usually underestimated by rheumatologists and general practitioners. Psychosomatic considerations are of great importance for up-to-date management of rheumatoid arthritis, as they strongly influence the quality of life, compliance, and thereby disease outcomes. Two major approaches of psychological rehabilitation exist, both coping with pain through the regulation of emotion and psychotherapeutic intervention, which not only helps patients in coping with the disease, but also aimed at improving the overall adaptation of the patient. It includes techniques of relaxation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and biofeedback therapy. Current data about the efficacy of the additional correcting therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, both emerging and common ones, are discussed in the review.

The Power of Everyday Aesthetics in World-Making

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriko Saito
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Moral Virtues ◽  
Everyday Aesthetics ◽  
The World ◽  
The Aesthetic

This chapter argues for the importance of cultivating aesthetic literacy and vigilance, as well as practicing aesthetic expressions of moral virtues. In light of the considerable power of the aesthetic to affect, sometimes determine, people’s choices, decisions, and actions in daily life, everyday aesthetics discourse has a social responsibility to guide its power toward enriching personal life, facilitating respectful and satisfying interpersonal relationships, creating a civil and humane society, and ensuring the sustainable future. As an aesthetics discourse, its distinct domain unencumbered by these life concerns needs to be protected. At the same time, denying or ignoring the connection with them decontextualizes and marginalizes aesthetics. Aesthetics is an indispensable instrument for assessing and improving the quality of life and the state of the world, and it behooves everyday aesthetics discourse to reclaim its rightful place and to actively engage with the world-making project.

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