Health literacy, a more complex concept than knowledge, is a required capacity to obtain, understand, integrate and act on health information [1], in order to enhance individual and community health, which is defined by different levels, according to the autonomy and personal capacitation in decision making [2]. Medium levels of Health literacy in an adolescent population were found in a study conducted in 2013/2014, being higher in sexual and reproductive health and lower in substance use. It was also noticed that the higher levels of health literacy were in the area adolescents refer to have receipt more health information. The health literacy competence with higher scores was communication skills, and the lower scores were in the capacity to analyze factors that influence health. Higher levels were also found in younger teenagers, but in a higher school level, confirming the importance of health education in these age and development stage. Adolescents seek more information in health professionals and parents, being friends more valued as a source information in older adolescents, which enhance the importance of peer education mainly in older adolescents [3]. As a set of competences based on knowledge, health literacy should be developed through education interventions, encompassing the cultural and social context of individuals, since the society, culture and education system where the individual is inserted can define the way the development and enforcement of the health literacy competences [4]. The valued sources of information should be taken into account, as well as needs of information in some topics referred by adolescents in an efficient health education. Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental illness which has a profound effect on the health and well-being related with the well-known nature of psychotic symptoms. The exercise has the potential to improve the life of people with schizophrenia improving physical health and alleviating psychiatric symptoms. However, most people with schizophrenia remains sedentary and lack of access to exercise programs are barriers to achieve health benefits. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exercise on I) the type of intervention in mental health, II) in salivary levels of alpha-amylase and cortisol and serum levels of S100B and BDNF, and on III) the quality of life and selfperception of the physical domain of people with schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 31 females in long-term institutions in the Casa de Saúde Rainha Santa Isabel, with age between 25 and 63, and with diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Physical fitness was assessed by the six-minute walk distance test (6MWD). Biological variables were determined by ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Psychological variables were assessed using SF-36, PSPP-SCV, RSES and SWLS tests. Walking exercise has a positive impact on physical fitness (6MWD -p = 0.001) and physical components of the psychological test...

Female migration represents a major public health challenge faced today because its heterogeneity and gender issues placing immigrant women among the most vulnerable and at-risk group. To identify and analyze studies dealing with immigrant women's perspectives with prenatal and postpartum health care. A systematic literature review was conducted to assess studies published between 2000 and 2010 using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, PubMed and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The studies explored the relation between socio-demographic characteristics of immigrant women participants and its impact on the main factors identified as influencing prenatal and postpartum care, characterizing the manifested knowledge and behaviors expressed and describing the women's experience with health care services and the incidence of postpartum depression symptoms. The less favorable socio-economic status of migrant women participants seems to have been influential in the quality of health service in prenatal and postpartum periods. The language barrier was the main negative factor interfering with communication between women and health professionals, followed by health care professionals' lack of cultural sensitivity, leading to women's reluctance in using health services.

Background: The Dynamic Model of Family Assessment and Intervention is used in the teaching-learning process of undergraduate nursing students to guide the process of caring for families in the community. Objective: To analyze the dimensions valued by undergraduate nursing students in the development of family assessment and intervention skills. Methodology: An exploratory-descriptive study was conducted with 350 undergraduate nursing students. A form was used to identify aspects valued in using the theoretical and operational model in clinical teaching. Data were subjected to content analysis, with a priori and a posteriori categorization. All ethical assumptions were met. Results: Five dimensions were identified: Clarity (most valued); Simplicity; Generality; Derivable consequences (intermediate frequency), and Empirical precision (least valued). Interconnection emerges between stages of the care process and the model as an instrument of change and reference in decision-making in clinical settings. Conclusion: The dimensions confirm the importance attributed by students to the structure and meaning in learning about family care and are predictors of integrated learning between nursing theory and practice.

O tabagismo durante a gravidez é considerado fator de risco quer para a mulher quer para o feto. O Programa Nacional de Prevenção e Controlo do Tabagismo-PNPCT, Direção Geral da Saúde-DGS (2013) contempla nos objetivos operacionais: Caracterizar o consumo de tabaco e a exposição ao fumo ambiental, na mulher grávida, até 2015. Enquanto Escola Promotora de Saúde (EPS) estamos sensíveis a esta temática, e no âmbito da Unidade de Monitorização de Indicadores em Saúde (UMIS) pretendemos continuar a intervir ao nível da comunidade. Esta revisão sistemática da literatura (RSL) surge como forma de conhecer o estado da arte da problemática e de referenciar instrumentos que permitam a caracterização do consumo de tabaco na mulher grávida. OBJETIVO(S): Identi car instrumentos para a caracterização do consumo de tabaco na mulher grávida. METODOLOGIA: RSL pelo método PI[C]OD com a questão: Que instrumentos permitem a caracterização do consumo de tabaco na mulher grávida? Com artigos publicados nas bases de dados da interface-EBSCOhost, de 2003-2013. Dos 59 artigos identi cados e com a aplicação dos critérios (inclusão/exclusão), resultaram 11 artigos. RESULTADOS: Da análise dos artigos foram identi cados diferentes instrumentos de colheita de dados que permitem a caracterização do consumo de tabaco nas mulheres grávidas, nomeadamente escalas, questionários e testes bioquímicos de avaliação da cotinina. CONCLUSÕES: Os instrumentos identi cados e as estratégias utilizadas para a aplicação dos mesmos dão contributos consistentes para a elaboração de um instrumento de colheita de dados que permita a caracterização do consumo de tabaco na mulher grávida e futura intervenção na comunidade.

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