This paper assesses the levels of anxiety and depression of undergraduate and postgraduate students at public universities in the south of the country before and after participation in Integrative Community Therapy. We use the experimental research, with pre/post-test design with Integrative Community Therapy intervention, developed in 2018/2019, using the “Hospital Anxiety and Depression” Scale and analysis performed by statistical program R Core Team and Wilcoxon Test. It can be observed a statistically significant decrease of the probable anxiety and depression scores in approximately 30% of undergraduate and postgraduate students, which brings the potential of integrative community therapy to manage these pathologies besides promoting health, self-knowledge, strengthening bonds. Integrative Community Therapy has decreased the levels of anxiety and depression in students. Therefore, it can be considered an important tool to help health care in the university student environment.

Background: Acupuncture is an integrative and complementary practice for which biosafety standards are essential. Objective: To elicit a reflection on biosafety in acupuncture to reduce occupational hazards associated with infection as adverse effect for both provider and patient. Methods: The present theoretical essay is grounded on references intentionally selected from June through October 2019. Results: Infection is the adverse effect most frequently reported for acupuncture practice, which involves considerable risk of microorganism inoculation. Provider awareness should be raised to comply with biosafety principles and thus ensure their and patient safety without any negative implications for the effectiveness of treatment. Conclusion: We recommended providers to adopt universal biosafety practices during acupuncture procedures.

A presente investigação é uma revisão integrativa que objetivou avaliar as evidências científicas disponíveis referentes a utilização das práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde dentro do cuidado paliativo. Para a seleção dos artigos utilizou-se duas bases de dados, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e Medline. A amostra desta pesquisa consistiu-se em 15 artigos. Após a leitura e análise das pesquisas incluídas na revisão, observou-se que em geral as práticas integrativas e complementares em saúde refletem em melhoria dos sintomas em pacientes de cuidados paliativos, sendo o principal sintoma a dor. As práticas integrativas e complementares mais utilizadas nas pesquisas foram medicina tradicional chinesa, aromaterapia, massagem, reflexologia, terapia com animais e musicoterapia.

Avaliação da efetividade do uso da terapia comunitária e integrativa na saúde pública Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of community and integrative therapy in public health

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