People with pulmonary tuberculosis in primary health care: social networks and repercussions of illness.

Objective: to analyze the perceptions of people with pulmonary tuberculosis about their social support networks and the repercussions of becoming ill.

Method: a qualitative, descriptive study, conducted with 41 individuals undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, in Primary Health Care units in two Brazilian capitals: Belém/Pará and Campo Grande/Mato Grosso do Sul. Semi-structured individual interviews were carried out from July to December 2019.

Access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government programs: Primary Care professionals' perceptions.

Objective: to analyze Primary Health Care professionals' perceptions about the access of people with pulmonary tuberculosis to government social support and income transfer programs.

Methods: multicenter/qualitative study, carried out in Family Health Units in four Brazilian capitals: Belém/Pará, Campo Grande/Mato Grosso do Sul, Recife/Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro. Fifty-eight professionals participated (social workers, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians and nursing technicians), who provided assistance to people with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Use of an application on the measles vaccine for Warao indigenous refugees in Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate the need to develop an application with information about the measles vaccine for Warao indigenous people.

Methods: This was a quantitative study conducted at the Espaço de Acolhimento Tapanã refugee shelter in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. The study sample was selected for convenience.

Knowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care.

Objective: to analyze health knowledge and practices among Quilombola men.

Methods: a qualitative, descriptive study, carried out with 40 men from two Quilombola communities in Santa Izabel do Pará, state of Pará, Brazil. Individual interviews were carried out using a semi-structured script.

Human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnant women and its correlation with socioeconomic determinants.

Objective: To analyze the spatial pattern of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnant women and its correlation with socioeconomic determinants.

Method: Ecological study, carried out with cases of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnant women in the state of Pará, Brazil, from 2010 to 2017. Rate analysis was performed using the empirical Bayesian method and univariate local Moran.

Educational technology on tuberculosis: construction shared with Primary Health Care nurses.

Objective: to develop, in a participatory way, an educational technology to assist nurses in the management of tuberculosis cases in Primary Health Care.

Methods: methodological research with a qualitative approach. Data were collected between June and October 2022, in 25 Basic Health Units, with 41 nurses interviewed individually.

Social representations of pregnant women about high-risk pregnancy: repercussions for prenatal care.

Objective: To analyze the Social Representations of pregnant women about high-risk pregnancy and its repercussions for prenatal care.

Method: Qualitative study, based on the procedural aspect of the Theory of Social Representations, carried out with 62 high-risk prenatal pregnant women at a High Complexity Maternity, in Belém, PA, Brazil. Data from semi-structured interviews were processed by the software Interface de R pour les Analyzes Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires.

Incidence of malaria among indigenous people associated with the presence of artisanal mining.

Objective: To analyze the incidence of malaria among indigenous people associated with the presence of artisanal miningin the state of Pará.

Method: Analytical, cross-sectional study conducted with 20,774 cases of malaria in indigenous people in the state of Pará (2011 to 2020). The data came from the Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance Information System, obtained from the Pará State Department of Public Health.

Geospatialization of tuberculosis and income transfer programs among Indigenous peoples in an endemic territory.

Objective: To analyze the spatial pattern of tuberculosis in Indigenous peoples from the State of Pará and its correlation with income transfer.

Methods: Ecological study, with 340 cases reported in Indigenous peoples in the State of Pará, Brazil, in the period 2016-2020. The study performed a descriptive analysis and calculation of incidence rates with smoothing by the local empirical Bayesian method.

Access to government social programs and the tuberculosis control program: a multicenter study.

Objectives: to analyze government social initiatives aimed at people with tuberculosis and the possibilities of access to government social programs and income transfers through the perception of tuberculosis program managers.

Methods: descriptive, qualitative study with 19 managers from Belém, Recife, Campo Grande, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thematic content analysis was used.

Knowledge and practices of Primary Care professionals on diabetic neuropathy: study of social representations.

Objectives: to analyze the knowledge and practices of Primary Health Care professionals about diabetic neuropathy through their social representations.

Methods: a qualitative, descriptive study, anchored in the procedural aspect of the Theory of Social Representations. It was carried out in four Family Health Units in Belém-Pará, with 31 professionals from four health teams.

HIV infection in pregnant women and its challenges for the prenatal care.

Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of HIV infections in pregnant women.

Methods: Analytical study with a quantitative approach.

Results: The HIV rate in pregnant women increased from 1.

Brazilian transgender children and adolescents: Attributes associated with quality of life.

Objective: to describe attributes associated with the Quality of Life of Brazilian transgender children and adolescents according to their own perception.

Method: descriptive study conducted with 32 participants between eight and 18 years old, who were either interviewed or participated in focus groups. The statements were transcribed, grouped with the aid of the Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires software, version 0.

Spatial patterns of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: correlation with sociodemographic variables and type of notification.

Objective: Correlate the cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and its spatial patterns with the type of notification and sociodemographic variables.

Method: Ecological study carried out in the municipality of Belém, with 77 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis registered in the Special Treatment Information System for Tuberculosis, between 2012 and 2016. For analysis, the data was debugged followed by geo-referencing in ArcGis 10.

Behaviors related to Quilombola women's health: a social representations study.

Objective: To Identify Quilombola women's social representations about health care and to characterize practices performed by them.

Method: a descriptive, qualitative study, applying the Social Representations Theory, conducted with 30 women from a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Amazon. Individual interviews and thematic content analysis were carried out.

Tuberculosis: evaluation of the time between identification of symptoms and beginning of treatment.

Objective: To analyze the time elapsed between the identification of respiratory symptoms and the beginning of tuberculosis treatment, considering the sputum smear microscopy and the RMT.

Method: Descriptive, retrospective epidemiological study, carried out in two Health Units, which were the only units that performed diagnosis by sputum smear microscopy and Rapid Molecular Test in the city. Data on respiratory symptoms with a positive result for tuberculosis were used.

Tuberculosis associated with the living conditions in an endemic municipality in the North of Brazil.

Objective: to analyze the association between the occurrence of new tuberculosis cases and the Adapted Living Condition Index, and to describe the spatial distribution in an endemic municipality.

Method: this is an analytical and ecological study that was developed from new cases in residents of an endemic municipality in the North Region of Brazil. The data were obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System and from the 2010 Demographic Census.

Knowledge of primary health care professionals on health policies for the riverside population.

Objectives: to analyze the knowledge of health professionals on the health policies for the riverside population; identify how health practices with this group are developed; and discuss facilitators and barriers for the implementation of these policies.

Methods: qualitative and descriptive study with 24 professionals from the Riverside Family Health Strategy Teams in the city of Belém-Pará. Data were collected in individual interviews and analyzed by Content Analysis.

Spatial distribution of Chagas disease and its correlation with health services.

Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of Acute Chagas Disease (ACD) cases in a riverside municipality and make relationships with the notifying health services.

Method: Longitudinal, ecological, quantitative study with use of geoprocessing techniques, conducted with cases of acute Chagas disease in the municipality of Abaetetuba/Pará.

Results: Inclusion of 204 disease cases.

Feedback on research results to healthcare professionals in the context of HIV.

Objective: Reporting the feedback on the results of a multicenter research for healthcare professionals that attend people living with HIV and AIDS in a Specialized Healthcare Center at Belém, state of Pará, Brazil.

Method: Case report of the presentation and interpretation of research results, in 2015, totaling 25 participating professionals. The visual resource used was a data projector.

Spatial analysis on tuberculosis and the network of primary health care.

Objective: to analyze the spatial distribution of new cases of tuberculosis compared to the location of the Primary Healthcare Units that performed the compulsory notification.

Method: ecological study conducted in Belém, Pará, with 5,294 new cases of tuberculosis notified to Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação for the period from 2010 to 2014. The cases were georeferenced using the software applications ArcGis 10.

The impact of the diagnosis of tuberculosis through its social representations.

Objective: To identify people's way of acting after the diagnosis of tuberculosis, through their social representations about the disease.

Method: Qualitative and descriptive study based on the Theory of Social Representations, in which 23 patients of a school health center in Belém, PA, Brazil, participated. The software ALCESTE was used to generate a class concerning the impact of the diagnosis in people's lives.

Avaliação do serviço de coleta para exame colpocitológico pela escala SERVQUAL.

Objective: To analyze women's perception of the quality of the service provided for colposcopy test in the city of Belém (PA), Brazil.

Method: Quantitative-descriptive study on 400 women who underwent Pap test on the public healthcare network, using the Service Quality (SERVQUAL) model. We used the Cronbach's alpha index to measure the reliability of the scale, and data were analyzed by quartiles of the gaps of the dimensions: tangibility, responsiveness, reliability, assurance, and empathy.

Educational technology for people living with HIV: validation study.

Objective: to validate an educational technology to support the action of health professionals with people living with HIV.

Method: methodological study with data collection using a four-point Likert scale for evaluation by eleven judges and 51 people living with HIV. The data were tabulated, processed, and analyzed by inferential and descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha test, and Kruskal-Wallis for reliability and internal consistency analyses.