This study aimed to evaluate the effect of respiration and relaxation techniques on pain and anxiety during labor. Seventeen parturients (Control Group--CG) received routine care and nineteen (Experimental Group--EG) were orientated and stimulated to perform respiration and relaxation techniques. Pain was evaluated by means of the visual analogy scale and anxiety by means of the anxiety inventories--trait and state. Pain intensity increased along with the evolution of the delivery for both groups. In the latent phase, anxiety levels were low for both groups; in the active phase, levels were average for CG and low for EG. In the transition phase, levels were average and, in the immediate post-labor phase, low for both groups. It was concluded that the techniques used did not reduce pain intensity, but provided EG with lower anxiety levels for a longer time during labor.

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CORTICOTROPHIN HORMONE SERUM LEVELS OF PARTURIENTS SUBMITTED TO NONPHARMACOLOGIC ANXIETY AND PAIN RELIEF METHOD DURING LABOR

Although several health-risk behaviors of adolescents have been described in the literature, data of high school students who reside at educational institutions in developing countries are scarce. This study aimed to describe behaviors associated with health risks among high school students who reside at an educational public institution and to associate these variables with the length of stay at the institution. This cross-sectional study was conducted during the year 2015 and included 122 students aged 14–19 years at a federal educational institution in the Midwest of Brazil; students were divided into residents of <8 months and those of >20 months. Information concerning the family socioeconomic status and anthropometric, dietary and behavioral profiles was investigated. Despite being physically active, students exhibited risk-associated behaviors such as cigarette and alcohol use and risky sexual behaviors that were exacerbated by fragile socioeconomic conditions and distance from family. A longer time in residence at the institution was associated with an older age (p ≤ 0.001), adequate body mass index (BMI; p = 0.02), nutritional knowledge (p = 0.01), and less doses of alcohol consumption (p ≤ 0.01) compared with those with shorter times in residence. In conclusion, the students exhibited different health-risk behaviors, and a longer institutional residence time, compared with a shorter time, was found to associate with the reduction of health-risk behaviors.

Este estudo buscou compreender aspectos do perfil dos conselheiros municipais de saúde de Anápolis-GO e sua visão sobre sua atuação no Conselho Municipal de Saúde de Anápolis (CMSA). Em tempos de grandes ofensivas ao Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), fazem-se necessárias pesquisas que possam contribuir para o debate da participação social e do controle social que, indubitavelmente, é uma das possibilidades para a consolidação do SUS no país. Os dados obtidos por meio de questionário foram submetidos à estatística descritiva e à análise de conteúdo. Os resultados demonstram que os conselheiros são motivados e acreditam que o Conselho Municipal de Saúde tem contribuído para a consolidação do SUS no município de Anápolis, porém, ainda há necessidade de se superar desafios, como falta de recursos financeiros, falta de sede própria e reconhecimento do seu papel na sociedade. Apesar de refletirem uma realidade local, os dados podem ser úteis na comparação de outras realidades, colaborando para a compreensão dos conselhos municipais de saúde no país.