Objective:To evaluate the child development and evaluate a possible association with the commitment by biopsychosocial factors of children with and without congenital heart disease.Methods:Observational study of case-control with three groups: Group 1 - children with congenital heart disease without surgical correction; Group 2 - children with congenital heart disease who underwent surgery; and Group 3 - healthy children. Children were assessed by socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire and the Denver II Screening Test.Results:One hundred and twenty eight children were evaluated, 29 in Group 1, 43 in Group 2 and 56 in Group 3. Of the total, 51.56% are girls and ages ranged from two months to six years (median 24.5 months). Regarding the Denver II, the children with heart disease had more "suspicious" and "suspect/abnormal" ratings and in the group of healthy children 53.6% were considered with "normal" development (P≤0.0001). The biopsychosocial variables that were related to a possible developmental delay were gender (P=0.042), child's age (P=0.001) and income per capita (P=0.019).Conclusion:The results suggest that children with congenital heart disease are likely to have a developmental delay with significant difference between children who have undergone surgery and those awaiting surgery under clinical follow-up.

Background: School interventions based on playful activities have been shown to be good strategies for increasing children's knowledge about health, which may impact healthy habits.Objective: To evaluate whether the school health education program entitled "Happy Life, Healthy Heart" increases health knowledge and causes a change in teachers' and students' lifestyles.Method: Cluster randomized clinical trial including elementary school students and teachers from public schools in the city of Frederico Westphalen, Brazil. The intervention consisted of the training of teachers on topics of health, followed by classes on topics related to cardiovascular health given by these teachers to the students. The students were evaluated for nutritional status and health knowledge using the CARDIOKIDS and DAFA questionnaires, and teachers were assessed for physical activity. The Student's t-test, the chi-square test and the two-way ANOVA test were used for comparisons between groups, and McNemar-Bowker for intra-group comparisons. P values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results: A total of 473 children were included, 211 (44.6%) in the control group (CG) and 262 (55.4%) in the intervention group (IG), and 32 teachers (control = 14, intervention =18). There was no difference in health knowledge of the students after the intervention (CG 10.53 ± 0.11 vs. 11.19 ± 0.09 p = 0.061, IG 10.20 ± 0.12 vs. 11.09 ± 0, 09 p = 0.416), although 57.7% of the children of the IG reported having stopped eating pizza and drinking soft drinks (p <0.001), following the Brazilian Food Guide recommendations. Among teachers of the IG, an increase of 27.9% in physical activity level was observed. Conclusions:The "Happy life, healthy heart" program was able to change students' eating habits and increase physical activity in teachers.

<p>Este artículo presenta el proceso de cambio, durante el primer año de curso universitario, en la red social-personal de estudiantes de tres cursos universitarios, dos de ciencias de la salud y uno de ciencia humanas. Se aplicó el mapa de redes personal-social de Sluzki (1997). La metodología utilizada fue la Socioanálisis Cibernética propuesta por Delgado y Gutiérrez (1995), que permite analizar el lugar que ocupan los nudos de la red y también estudiar las diferencias entre los mismos derivadas de las características de los estudiantes. Se observaron cambios estructurales y funcionales del mapa y se observó la importancia de espacios de reflexión para facilitar en los estudiantes la inserción en el contexto universitario.</p>

Este relato de experiência tem como objetivo apresentar a realização de um Grupo de Gestantes como prática de estágio curricular do Curso de Psicologia em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde em Erechim/RS.  O grupo buscou contribuir com a saúde das mulheres no período gestacional, promovendo um espaço de conhecimento, acolhimento, escuta e troca de experiências, possibilitando o desenvolvimento de maior autonomia e compreensão das mudanças na gestação ao nascimento do bebê, e ampliação do acesso aos serviços de saúde mental. Participaram do grupo 40 gestantes, entre 15 e 37 anos, em períodos gestacionais variados, em acompanhamento pré-natal. Realizado semanalmente, no formato de um grupo aberto e concomitante as consultas pré-natais, a partir de 05 temas principais, sendo realizado um assunto por mês, além da escuta e acolhimento das demandas. Os resultados se mostraram positivos devido a troca de experiências, similaridade nas vivências, escuta e acolhimento especializado.