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Read  full  paper  at： http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54057#.VOBXkizQrzE Author(s)  Fábia Barbosa de Andrade 1* , Iris do Ceu Clara Costa 2 , Tainara Lôrena dos Santos Ferreira 1 , Dayane Caroliny Pereira Justino 1 , Luanni Rayssa de Medeiros Souza 1 , Cláudia Janiele Batista Fonsêca 1 , Paula Thayse Costa Fernandes 1 , Andréia Geíse Gomes de Araújo 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (FACISA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Santa Cruz, Brazil . 2 Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil . ABSTRACT The quality of service to people in Primary Healthcare (PHC) is linked to the provision of quality service by professionals who integrate this service in the community. Accordingly, this study aims to evaluate the service given by health professionals in primary health care, from the user’s perception. This is an evaluative and...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54055#.VOBXjizQrzE Author(s)  Kamyla Lameira Vieira 1 , Janete de Souza Urbanetto 2 , Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo 1,2   Affiliation(s) 1 Post Graduation Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil . 2 School of Nursing, Nutrition and Physiotherapy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil . ABSTRACT The study aimed to look for available evidence in the literature regarding tools and methods used for determining nurse staffing levels. It is an integrative literature review whose data search was performed electronically between September and October 2013. The integrative review consisted of 13 articles that responded to the inclusion criteria proposed in the study. Several tools and methods were identified that determine staffing ...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53911#.VNsLbCzQrzE Author(s)   Ludmila Alves do Nascimento * , Andressa Peripolli Rodrigues , Emanuella Silva Joventino , Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira , Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro , Lorena Barbosa Ximenes Affiliation(s) Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate and to validate an educational video to promote maternal self-efficacy in preventing childhood diarrhea with women assisted in a health unit. Validation study, developed with 17 mothers whose children were under five years old, was analyzed on scenes of an educational video according to the validity of appearance (clarity/comprehension) and of content (relevance). The scenes were considered clear and comprehensive with a perceptual above 70% and with an average of 96.9% of agreement. Regarding the relevance, the a...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53650#.VM8ggizQrzE Author(s)    Isabelle Christine Fonsêca G. A. Silva 1 , Tainara Lôrena dos Santos Ferreira 1 , Dídia de Oliveira Pereira 1 , Joymara Railma Gomes de Assunção 1 , Paloma Batista Costa 1 , Jovanka Bittencourt Leite de Carvalho 2 , Iris do Ceu Clara Costa 3 , Fábia Barbosa de Andrade 1*   Affiliation(s) 1 Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi (FACISA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Santa Cruz, Brazil . 2 Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil . 3 Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil . ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims at assessing maternal and child care provided from prenatal to birth, so that it can reveal the weaknesses and potentialities of prenatal program in order to guide the development of strategic p...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52964#.VK3si8nQrzE Author(s)   Aline Tomaz de Carvalho * , Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca , Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes Affiliation(s) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil . ABSTRACT This study aimed to build an accessible online course about breast cancer, focusing on early detection. It is a methodological development study based on the construction of the Health Breast Online Course, accessible for blind women. Content assessment with three health professionals was carried out, in a public university of Ceará, in September 2012. Three blind people educators evaluated pedagogical aspects at a specialized school in Fortaleza, Ceará, in October 2012. The content was modified according to the experts’ suggestions to simple language, logical sequence and emphasis on breast self-exam. After three stages of evaluation, it was considered fully ad...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52799#.VKNrhsnQrzE Author(s)     Mimi Tse 1 , Anthony Wong 1 , Vanessa T. C. Wan 2 Affiliation(s) 1 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China . 2 M & G, Prince Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China . ABSTRACT Introduction: According to the records of the Hong Kong Athletic Gala for the Elderly, some sports events have been won by the same group of elderly participants for several consecutive years. What made these elderly athletes different from others? Method: This was a retrospective quantitative study. The health profile data on a total of 125 elderly participants were collect...