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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53857#.VNhgNCzQrzE Author(s)    Venus Medina Maldonado 1* , Margarete Landenberger 1 , Marbella Camacaro Cuevas 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Institute for Health and Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, Martin Luther University (Halle-Wittenberg), Halle (Saale), Germany . 2 Research Unit for Gender Studies “Bellacarla Jirón Camacaro”, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela . ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to describe women’s experiences with gender violence and the impact on mental health. The research was a qualitative observational study. Participants were n = 72 women clients of (02) Primary Health Centers at the University of Carabobo-Venezuela. The technique to gather the information was focus group discussion (FGD). The interpretation of data was an analytical process based on Mayring’s approach. The ...

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=50668#.VEiRFFfHRK0 Author(s)   Amanda Katherine Abate , Karen Hall-Barber Affiliation(s) Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada . ABSTRACT Background: Acquisition of family medical history (FMH) is emphasized as a part of obtaining a complete medical history, but whether FMH is consistently documented and utilized in primary care, as well as how it can affect patient care in this context, remains unclear. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine: 1) if FMH is regularly acquired in a representative primary care practice (the Queen’s Family Health Team, QFHT); 2) what is include...