Objective: To validate the content and appearance of an educational booklet about excess weight for adults with hypertension. Method: Methodological study in which an educational booklet was developed from theoretical material on hypertension, chronic diseases and obesity, as well as guiding points for the clinical practice of the nurse in the care of young adults with excess weight and based on the Transtheoretical Model. Twenty-one specialists participated in the validation of content and appearance, being 9 teachers, 7 technicians and 5 designers. Results: The Global Content Validity Index was 0.78 and the material was considered appropriate or superior. The experts suggested adjustments, incorporated into the material for print production of the final version. Conclusion: The educational booklet for people with hypertension and excess weight was considered valid regarding content and appearance.

Measures of accuracy can contribute to an accurate diagnostic inference process, improving patient assessment and facilitating rapid, accurate diagnosis.

Objective: To analyze excessive weight (EW) in young adult students from socio-demographic markers of the individual dimension of vulnerability. Methods: Analytical study, conducted with 560 young adults from 26 schools of a Brazilian northeastern municipality. The questionnaire used for data collection contained EW and sociodemographic variables, analyzed by descriptive measures of association and logistic regression by the method enter for model adjustment.Results: A higher proportion of excessive weight was identified in young people who: were 23-24 years of age, women, skin color other than white, religious, with a partner, with children, without an occupation, with individual and family income more than two minimum wages. The excessive weight was associated with marital status and children, which remained in the final model. Conclusion: Having a companion and children makes young adults vulnerable to EW. However, this condition is multi-determined and should be understood in a larger context. ResumoObjetivo: Analisar o excesso ponderal (EP) em adultos jovens escolares a partir dos marcadores sociodemográficos da dimensão individual da vulnerabilidade. Métodos: Estudo analítico, realizado com 560 adultos jovens de 26 escolas de um município nordestino brasileiro. O questionário aplicado para coleta de dados continha a variável EP e as sociodemográficas, analisadas por medidas descritivas, de associação e regressão logística pelo método enter para ajuste do modelo. Resultados: Houve maior proporção de excesso ponderal nos jovens de 23 a 24 anos de idade, mulheres, de cor/raça diferente da branca, com religião, com companheiros, com filhos, sem ocupação, com renda individual e familiar maior que dois salários mínimos. O excesso ponderal apresentou associação com situação conjugal e filhos, que permaneceram no modelo final. Conclusão: Ter companheiro e filhos torna o adulto jovem vulnerável ao EP. No entanto, ratifica-se que o agravo em questão é multideterminado e deve ser compreendido num contexto ampliado.

OBJECTIVE: to verify associations between overweight and the characteristics of young adult students to support nursing care. METHOD: case-control study conducted with young adults from public schools. The sample was composed of 441 participants (147 cases and 294 controls, with and without excess weight, respectively). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected together with exposure factors and anthropometrics. Multiple logistic regression was used. The study received Institutional Review Board approval. RESULTS: statistically significant association with overweight: non-Caucasian, having a partner; weight gain during adolescence, mother's excess weight, the use of obesogenic medication, augmented diastolic blood pressure, of abdominal circumference and waist/hip ratio. In addition to these, schooling and weight gain during childhood were also included in the multivariate analysis. After adjustment, the final model included: having a partner, weight gain during adolescence, augmented diastolic blood pressure and abdominal circumference. CONCLUSION: the analysis of predictor variables for excess weight among young adult students supports nurses in planning and developing educational practices aimed to prevent this clinical condition, which is a risk factor for other chronic comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases.

Objetivo: mapear o conceito de vulnerabilidade em saúde no campo da saúde coletiva. Método: trata-se de uma scoping review, que utilizou a equação de busca vulnerability AND health em cinco bases de dados. Os critérios de elegibilidade foram o termo ‘vulnerabilidade’ no título e com definição explícita do conceito. Não foram aplicados limites de ano ou idioma, obtendo-se 101 artigos para análise. Resultados: Encontraram-se artigos a partir de 2002 e o conceito passou a ser mais discutido após 2010. De 2002 a 2010, estudos qualitativos foram mais presentes e depois, os quantitativos destacaram-se. O conceito tem abrangência mundial, com destaque para o Brasil; abordou mais as doenças infecciosas e a atenção primária. Conclusão: o conceito é discutido mundialmente, sob aspectos epidemiológicos tradicionais no campo da Saúde Coletiva, porém observa-se uma transição.