Vaccination and adolescent knowledge: health education and disease prevention.

A cross-sectional study in conjunction with a health extension program was conducted with 605 adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years from 22 public schools in Divinópolis, Brazil. The aim of the study was to determine the vaccination status of the adolescents and their level of knowledge of communicable and vaccine-preventable diseases. Three-stage cluster sampling was used comprising schools, classes, and students.

Profile of nursing diagnoses in people with hypertension and diabetes.

Objectives: To identify the profile of nursing diagnoses in people with hypertension and diabetes in primary health care.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 175 individuals followed up in eight primary health units of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data collection was made through interview and physical examination, and diagnostic inference was made according with NANDA-I Taxonomy II.