Prevention of Illicit Drug use from the Users' Perspective.

This research described the perspective of illicit drug users regarding illicit drug use prevention initiatives. The study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. In the quantitative component of the study, 111 subjects from a psychosocial care centre (CAPS-AD).

Family functionality and burden of family caregivers of users with mental disorders.

Objective: to verify the difference of mean or median in the scores of family functionality and burden of family caregivers of people with mental disorders.

Methods: cross-sectional study carried out in a Psychosocial Care Center with 61 family caregivers. Instruments were used for sociodemographic characterization, care process, Family Apgar Index and Family Burden Interview Schedule.

Prevention of Illicit Drug use from the Users' Perspective.

This research described the perspective of illicit drug users regarding illicit drug use prevention initiatives. The study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. In the quantitative component of the study, 111 subjects from a psychosocial care centre (CAPS-AD).

Validity and reliability of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale for Brazilian elderly: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: to verify the validity and reliability of the Psychological Distress Scale for screening mental distress.

Methods: a cross-sectional study with 75 elderly people. Psychological Distress scale and Self Reporting Questionnaire were used.

Therapeutic itinerary of transsexual people in light of human rights.

Background: The therapeutic itinerary is not limited to the identification and availability of health services offered, but relates to the different individual searches and sociocultural and economic possibilities of each patient. In this study, we discuss the therapeutic itinerary of transsexual people seeking healthcare, from the user's perspective.

Objective: The aim of this study was to discuss the therapeutic itinerary of transsexual people seeking healthcare, from the user's perspective.

Patient safety: within the reach of the homeless?

Objectives: to reflect on aspects related to homeless patients' safety.

Methods: this is a reflective theoretical essay based on patient safety theories.

Results: the patient safety culture has developed in the hospital care context and seeks to reduce adverse events in specific hospital settings.

Nursing Diagnoses of the Homeless Population in Light of Self-care Theory.

Background: A growing number of people find themselves in conditions of extreme poverty, which often makes living on the streets the only option. Living conditions in this setting exert a direct impact on health and self-care. Health care for the homeless population should be planned in an interdisciplinary and intersectoral manner.

Knowledge and Perceptions of Undergraduate Nurses towards the Use of Cocaine (Smoked) in a Brazilian Context.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the perceptions and knowledge of nursing students on the identification and intervention care among users of cocaine (smoked) patients. A cross-sectional survey design was conducted with 164 undergraduate nursing students of two nursing school from Northeast of Brazil. A questionnaire on knowledge and attitudes and therapeutic commitment towards the use of cocaine (smoked) were used.

Assessment tools for the measurement of the self-efficacy of drug users: protocol for a systematic review.

Introduction: The abuse of alcohol and other drugs is a worldwide problem, the treatment of which poses a challenge to healthcare workers.

Objective: This study presents a proposal for a systematic review to analyse the psychometric properties of assessment tools developed to measure the self-efficacy of drug users with regard to resisting the urge to take drugs in high-risk situations.

Methods And Analysis: The guiding question was based on PICOS (Population Intervention Comparator Outcome Setting), and the report of the methods of review protocol was written in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P).

Bioethical analysis to the therapeutic use of Cannabis: Integrative review.

Introduction:: Despite being considered as a contravention under some countries' legislation, the therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa has been growing in Brazil, due to the promising results observed in many pathologies. Such a scenario has fostered the need to deepen discussions on the subject and possibly revise legislation governing the substance use and access.

Objectives:: Identify the types of stigma related to the therapeutic use of Cannabis and describe the strategies people use to overcome stigma.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the drug-taking confidence questionnaire drug version for use in Brazil.

Background: The Drug-Taking Confidence Questionnaire evaluates a drug user's confidence in his or her ability to resist the urge to consume psychoactive substances in high-risk situations. This study's objective was to develop a cross-cultural adaptation of the eight-item version of the Drug-Taking Confidence Questionnaire (DTCQ-8) for all drugs except alcohol and to verify its content validity and reliability in a pre-test stage.

Methods: The following steps were taken: (1) implementation of the translation protocol and transcultural adaptation, (2) validation of the adapted content, and (3) assessment of reliability.

Perception of adolescents on healthy eating.

The objective in this article is to analyze how adolescents at a school in the interior of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, perceive healthy eating. A descriptive and exploratory study was undertaken, based on the qualitative method. Forty adolescents between 10 and 14 years of age were investigated, using a semistructured interview.

Ethical implications and decision making in care education process.

Objective: To determine ethical implications for nursing practice at the point of decision making by nursing professors in practice area.

Methodology: A qualitative method was adopted, with use of semistructured interviews with sixteen nursing professors who delivered care at a teaching hospital in Salvador, Bahia, from May to June 2011. The methodological reference used was the discourse of the collective subject (DCS) by Lefévre and Lefévre.

[Health practices by teams from Street Outreach Offices].

Two distinctly serious public health problems interconnect in the universe of this study: living on the streets and drug use. To deal with this problem, Street Outreach Offices were created with a prime focus on the life world of drug users living on the streets. The aim was to learn about the health practices used by teams from Street Outreach Offices, in addition to describing their work strategies, learning about the health education provided by the teams, and unveiling their feelings about the work process on the streets.