Publications by authors named "Beatriz Sebben Ojeda"
Objective: To describe the frequency of popular myths about and features of asthma treatment in children and adolescents in an urban area in southern Brazil.
Methods: The parents or legal guardians of public school students (8-16 years of age) completed a specific questionnaire regarding their understanding of asthma, asthma control, and treatment characteristics. The sample included parents or legal guardians of students with asthma (n = 127) and healthy controls (n = 124).
Objective: To assess the impact of asthma in a population of inner-city Brazilian children.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we selected children with asthma and healthy controls from public schools (8-16 years) from a capital city of Southern Brazil. Divided into three phases, questionnaires were administered, assessing lung function, body mass index and allergic sensitization.
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- The study focused on translating and adapting the Morse Fall Scale into Portuguese, following a structured seven-step process.
- This included steps like translation, reverse translation, expert validation, and testing for clarity and reliability with healthcare professionals and patients.
- The final results indicated a high clarity score and strong agreement among evaluators, confirming that the adapted scale is suitable for Brazilian patients.
The purpose of this research was to analyze how the undergraduate teaching of nursing in Rio Grande do Sul has constructed its knowledge, since the first course, as of the decade of 1950s. The survey has involved teaching nurses who have lived such period of our history, and the discourse analysis has been utilized for the documental analysis. The information data indicate, among them, the most integrated curriculum that seeks articulating theory/practice without fragmenting the knowledge and the teaching-learning relationship, wherein professors and students are subjects of such procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of the study was to know the linkages and challenges between professional training and practice and the Curriculum Guidelines for Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Programs. It was a qualitative study, with 34 graduates in nursing, who answered an e-mailed questionnaire. Data analysis was based on Michael Foucault's discourse analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the perspective of career choice, entering university encompasses meanings of self-accomplishment and social status, which are permeated by concepts and ideals people construct in their lives. This study aimed to analyze regimes of truth that permeate career choice in nursing, physiotherapy and nutrition. This qualitative-descriptive study was carried out with undergraduate freshmen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- - The study uses a qualitative approach to explore the "truth regimes" in the Nursing profession, focusing on students from specific graduate classes in 2004 and 2005.
- - Utilizing Discourse Analysis based on Michel Foucault's theories, the research highlights three major themes: the influence of gender in Nursing, the hierarchical nature of Nursing knowledge, and the power dynamics in everyday academic and professional practices.
- - The findings reveal that social beliefs and hidden knowledge play a significant role in legitimizing health and nursing practices, making them seem unquestionable to practitioners.
Objective: Analyze Long Term Care Institutions for Elders (ILPI) organizational social system and its relation to the National Health System (SUS). To identify communication that occurs in the structural couplings between the ILPIs and the SUS and to analyze resonances of the structural coupling between the SUS and the ILPIs.
Method: A descriptive, exploratory qualitative study using the functional Niklas Luhmann's method.