Factors associated with Community Health Agents' knowledge about tuberculosis.

Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the knowledge of Community Health Agents (ACS) about tuberculosis.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 110 ACS. A questionnaire was used to assess knowledge about pulmonary tuberculosis (component 1) and the work functions of ACS in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (component 2).

Effect of Heated Saline Solution on Pain Intensity, Wound Bed Temperature, and Comfort during Chronic Wound Dressing Changes: Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: To evaluate the use of heated saline solution during wound cleaning on the intensity of pain related to the procedure, the temperature of the wound bed, and the comfort of patients with chronic wounds. Further, to investigate patient preference in relation to the temperature of the solution used for cleaning.

Methods: Crossover, single-blind, clinical trial with 32 people with chronic wounds.

Academic performance beyond the metrics: A qualitative content analysis of nursing students' perceptions.

Aim: To explore the undergraduate nursing students' perceptions about the factors influencing their academic performance.

Background: Academic performance is the measure for the achievement of learning objectives and skills development. Thus, the literature on nursing education has already pointed out the factors associated with this construct.

Hydrogel-based dressings in the treatment of partial thickness experimentally induced burn wounds in rats.

Purpose: To compare four commercially available hydrogel formulations in the healing of partial thickness burns experimentally induced in rats.

Methods: Wistar rats were used, and after the burn wound induction they were divided into the following treatment groups: G1) NaCl 0.9%; G2) 1% silver sulfadiazine; G3) Debrigel™; G4) Safgel™; G5) Dersani™; G6) Solosite™.

Academic performance, adaptation and mental health of nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To evaluate the institutional indicators of academic success, performance and failure and to identify the factors that influence the performance, academic adaptation and mental health of nursing students.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data collection was performed between April 2018 and January 2020, focusing on academic data of nursing students (n = 348) and answers to a questionnaire with active students of the course with at least two years since admission (n = 88).

Analysis of the factors related to academic disapproval in the education of nurses: A mixed-method study.

Objective: to evaluate the frequency and factors associated to disapproval among nursing students.

Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional study, outlined by the convergent mixed method. A total of 88 nursing students of a Brazilian public university took part.

Post-vaccination anti-HBs testing among healthcare workers: More economical than post-exposure management for Hepatitis B.

Objective: to compare the direct cost, from the perspective of the Unified Health System, of assessing the post-vaccination serological status with post-exposure management for hepatitis B among health care workers exposed to biological material.

Method: cross-sectional study and cost-related, based on accident data recorded in the System of Information on Disease Notification between 2006 and 2016, where three post-exposure and one pre-exposure management scenarios were evaluated: A) accidents among vaccinated workers with positive and negative serological status tests for hepatitis B, exposed to known and unknown source-person; B) handling unvaccinated workers exposed to a known and unknown source-person; C) managing vaccinated workers and unknown serological status for hepatitis B and D) cost of the pre-exposure post-vaccination test. Accidents were assessed and the direct cost was calculated using the decision tree model.

Work accidents with biological material: factors associated with abandoning clinical and laboratory follow-up.

Objective: To analyze the epidemiology of abandoning clinical and laboratory follow-up among health workers who suffered accidents with biological material.

Method: Cohort study based on reported work accidents with biological material in Goiânia/Goiás. Data were analyzed in Stata with descriptive and analytical statistics.

Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in people living in poverty in the central-west region of Brazil.

Background: People living in poverty (PLP) are highly vulnerable to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of HBV infection in PLP in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, Goiás State, in the Central-West Region of Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August to December 2016 in adults aged ≥12 years living in poverty.

Bio-behavioral survey of syphilis in homeless men in Central Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with syphilis in homeless men in Central Brazil. It is a cross-sectional study conducted with 481 individuals attending four therapeutic communities between October and December 2015. A structured interview was conducted to collect sociodemographic data and risk factors for syphilis.

HIV infection, high-risk behaviors and substance use in homeless men sheltered in therapeutic communities in Central Brazil.

Homeless men present high vulnerability to HIV infection, mainly due to sexual risk behaviors and substance use. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of HIV infection, risk behaviors and substance use in homeless men. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 481 homeless men recruited in four therapeutic communities in the Goiás State, Central Brazil.

Hospital housekeepers: Victims of ineffective hospital waste management.

Improper waste management exposes hospital housekeepers to biological risk. The objectives of this study were to identify the frequency and profile of exposure incidents, classify the role of sharps waste, and compare the first and last occurrences for hospital housekeepers with multiple exposure incidents. A retrospective epidemiological study using Brazilian records from 1989 to 2012 was conducted.