O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar como está a saúde mental das pessoas acometidas por ferida crônica. Pesquisa descritiva de abordagem qualitativa, realizada no período de agosto de 2008 a março de 2009, a qual utilizou a entrevista como técnica para a coleta de dados. Participaram seis portadores de feridas crônicas em acompanhamento pelo Ambulatório de Especialidades de um Hospital Público. Para análise dos dados utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados demonstram que há perda da autoestima, dor, déficit na qualidade do sono, inaptidão para o trabalho, vergonha e constrangimento para se relacionar socialmente, levando à propensão de problemas de ordem emocional. Concluímos que o portador de feridas crônicas apresenta propensão a desenvolver problemas que colocam em risco sua saúde mental.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected young people across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since 2020, young people in LAC have faced many challenges, including adjusting to virtual learning environments, experiencing depression and loss, becoming unemployed, and more, with no clear sign of relief. Public health and social measures instituted by governments, while necessary to slow transmission of COVID-19, largely failed to consider the needs of young people. With few supports, young people were left to navigate the pandemic on their own.As the pandemic response evolves, key questions for practitioners and governments arise, including: What lessons can be learned from youth perspectives on the COVID-19 response thus far? And how can we better engage young people as a part of pandemic preparedness and response now and in the future?This brief draws on academic and grey literature exploring how COVID-19 affects young people, as well as literature describing the pandemic response in LAC and other regions. It offers considerations on how to engage youth by viewing them not only as a part of the affected population, but also as partners in the response. The brief is intended to guide humanitarian actors, public health officials, youth advocates, community engagement practitioners, and others involved in the COVID-19 response. It also adds to the existing evidence base on the impact of COVID-19 on young people. These lessons are useful to strengthen preparedness and programmatic responses to outbreaks.Young people are categorised as individuals between the ages of 10 and 24 years. Key considerations are shared for adolescents (aged 10-19) and youth (aged 15-24). Barbados and Brazil were chosen as case studies given their large number of young people (comprising just under 20 percent of the population in both countries), as well as their differing national responses to COVID-19, despite facing similar challenges during the pandemic. This brief is part of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) series on social science considerations relating to COVID-19. It is part of a series authored by participants from the SSHAP Fellowship, Cohort 2, and was written by Stephanie Bishop and Juliana Corrêa. Contributions were provided by subject matter experts from UNICEF, the Barbados Ministry of Youth, and University of Espírito Santo. The brief was supported by the SSHAP team at the Institute of Development Studies and edited by Victoria Haldane (Anthrologica). This brief is the responsibility of SSHAP. KEY CONSIDERATIONS Adolescents (aged 10-19)• Provide community-based spaces for adolescents to safely share their experiences.Spaces that provide adolescent-friendly communication (both in terms of content and delivery platforms) allow young people to interact with peers, express themselves openly, and learn from peer experiences of coping during the pandemic. These settings should be virtual, mobile, and managed by community members trained in providing mental health and psychosocial support.SSHAP ...

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