Educational technology to promote father involvement in childbirth and birth.

Objectives: to build and validate an educational booklet to promote the involvement of parents in labor and birth.

Methods: methodological study developed in five stages: situational diagnosis; bibliographic survey; construction of illustrations, layout, design and texts; content and appearance validation by judges (25 experts) and calculation of the Flesch Readability Index; and validation with the target audience (12 parents). A minimum Content Validity Index of 0.

Information demands from families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Objective: to identify the information demands of families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Method: this is a qualitative study conducted through semi-structured and audio-recorded interviews with 55 family members, in the states of Paraná, Ceará, and Macapá, between September 2018 and September 2019. Thematic category analysis and Qualitative Data Analysis Software resources were used for data organization.

Informational support for families of children with autism spectrum disorder.

Objective: To identify the sources of informational support used by families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Method: Qualitative and descriptive research carried out in three health institutions and three teaching institutions in Paraná, Ceará and Amapá. 55 family members participated who responded to semi-structured interviews, between September 2018 and 2019.

Digital inclusion and Internet use among older adults in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To describe the profile of Brazilian older adults who use the Internet, the means of Internet access and the purpose of Internet use and to verify the existence of association between socio-demographic variables and variables related to Internet use.

Method: Cross-sectional study with Brazilian older adults who used the social networks Facebook and WhatsApp. Descriptive, univariate, and bivariate analysis were conducted.

Sexuality in old age: knowledge/attitude of nurses of Family Health Strategy.

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of Family Health Strategy nurses regarding sexuality in old age.

Method: Cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive, quantitative study with nurses of the Family Health Strategy of the city of Sobral-CE. The instruments used were a socio-demographic and professional questionnaire and the Aging Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale, Brazilian version.

[Constructivist evaluation, under an integrating and intersectoral approach, of actions of the Disque Idoso Project in Sobral (CE, Brazil)].

The population aging in Brazil and in the world is a reason for an epidemic inquietude. So, the violence against senior people has been considered a problem of public health. This study takes as context the health need of seniors that suffer of violence, aiming to evaluate in a constructive way the Disque Idoso Project in Sobral (Ceará, Brazil).

[Nursing consultation for leprosy patients in the territory of the Family Health Strategy: perceptions of nurses and patients].

The present study aims to identify difficulties for the nurse so that he can reflect and create strategies to improve the quality of the nursing consultation and follow-up for patients with leprosy and to understand the perception of the patient in relation to the attendance structure and nursing follow-up. From the results we note that in the nursing consultation, the creation of a bond of confidence was sought with the client with the objective of receiving information on their treatment as well as on any disabilities. Regarding the difficulties confirmed by the nurses, they are related to the organization conditions of health services which causes a high demand.