The Bolsa Família cash transfer program advocates access to health and monitoring the nutritional status of the families attended. Considering this, this study sought to estimate the nutritional status of children under five years and the Food Security level of families assisted by the cash transfer program, Bolsa Família (PBF), in three Family Health Units (FHU) in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil and its association with socioeconomic variables. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2012 with 101 families registered in the PBF with children under five years from three FHUs. Data collection was taken by a socioeconomic questionnaire, anthropometric assessment and application of the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA). Were performed descriptive analyses and chi-square tests. Food insecurity frequency was 89.1%; 4.5% and 9.1% of children had short stature and overweight/obesity, respectively. The food insecurity was associated with low maternal education. A high frequency of food insecurity was found; thus, this study has contributed to stimulating food and nutrition surveillance of this population in the FHUs studied.Abstract COLLABORATORS: MRO Pedroso and PM Pacheco developed the text of all parts of the article; PM Pacheco, SC Gonçalves and MRO Pedroso carried out the concept, the design, the collection and the analysis and interpretation of the data; MRM Cuervo reviewed and assisted in the preparation of the text; and E Rossoni guided, reviewed and assisted in the drafting of the text.
Introdução A atenção primária em saúde ganhou destaque na criação do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) em 1988, sendo considerada um avanço no campo da saúde para o país. Destacamos este nível de atenção como um importante fator para promoção e proteção da saúde, prevenção de agravos, diagnóstico, tratamento, reabilitação e manutenção da saúde, favorecendo ações de vigilância epidemiológica e sanitária, controle de vetores e educação em saúde. 1 Este trabalho pretende trazer a visão do usuário do SUS sobre a atuação do profissional nutricionista na atenção primária. Enfatizamos o importante papel do nutricionista no modelo tradicional e, atualmente, nos Núcleos de Atenção à Saúde da Família (NASF), visto que a alimentação e nutrição constituem direitos humanos fundamentais, como consta na Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, e confirmam Ferreira e Magalhães: 2 "[...] são requisitos básicos para a promoção e a proteção da saúde". Em 2010, o Brasil inclui o direito à alimentação como direito social da população brasileira. 3
Introdução: A Síndrome de Down (SD) é uma condição genética, na qual os indivíduos podem apresentar vários problemas de saúde associados. Por isso, a alimentação é importante para garantir manutenção da saúde e prevenção de doenças. Objetivo: Avaliar o consumo alimentar e índice de massa corporal, de crianças, adolescentes e adultos portadores de SD, matriculados na Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (APAE) de Frederico Westphalen e Tenente Portela/Rio Grande do Sul, durante o período de março a abril de 2014 e 2015. Métodos: Estudo transversal, onde foram realizadas medidas de peso, altura e aplicação de questionário de frequência alimentar. Resultados: Foram avaliados 19 indivíduos, 52,6% eram do sexo masculino e em sua maioria crianças (42,1%). Nenhum dos indivíduos apresentou baixa altura/idade, porém 42,1% apresentaram sobrepeso/obesidade. Houve um alto consumo de gorduras, 93,7% ultrapassaram a recomendação de 1 porção/dia. Nenhum dos indivíduos avaliados consumiu as porções recomendadas de frutas. Apenas 15,8% dos pacientes consumiam recomendações nutricionais atuais de legumes e verduras (entre 3 ou 4 porções/dia). Conclusão: foi observada uma proporção de sobrepeso/obesidade crescente com a faixa etária e baixo consumo de alimentos protetores para doenças crônicas como frutas, verduras e legumes entre os portadores de SD.Palavras-chave: síndrome de Down, avaliação nutricional, consumo de alimentos.
The occurrence of diarrhea in critically ill patients is frequent, regardless of the cause of initial admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Nosocomial diarrhea may have important clinical and economic implications. It's proper handling depends on correct diagnosis and recording. The aim of the present study was to verify the knowledge concerning the concept of diarrhea of health professionals working in the ICUs of a Trauma Center. This is a cross-sectional study conducted in July 2016 with 89 professionals, those being 18 nurses, 41 nurse technicians and 30 nursing assistants working in ICUs. Workers on leave or vacation were excluded. Participants answered a self-administered questionnaire containing 12 objective questions. Descriptive statistical analyses of absolute and relative frequencies were performed using SPSS 21.0 software. Most of the employees were between 51 and 60 years old and worked mostly at night. Only 60% of health professionals correctly identified diarrhea and 31% of professionals do not consider the number of evacuations to classify diarrhea. A third reported completing the full medical record of bowel movements in the chart set in the patients' bed and (3%) received training on the subject within the institution. It was observed that the knowledge of these professionals was similar to those of the other studies, but still not satisfactory. The situation represents an important factor for the super-or under-diagnosis of this disease and consequent complications, arguing for the potential that continuing education has to contribute for clinical practice qualification.
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