Responding to STI epidemics among young people: a characterization of the language employed in educational materials.

This article aims to characterize the language employed in educational and communications materials about STIs, HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis produced by the Ministry of Health between 2010 and 2019, identifying elements related to health promotion and disease prevention. We conducted an exploratory descriptive study. The materials were selected by performing a systematic search of the Ministry of Health website focusing on the period 2010-2019.

Auditory processing and phonological awareness skills of five-year-old children with and without musical experience.

Purpose: To investigate the relations between musical experience, auditory processing and phonological awareness of groups of 5-year-old children with and without musical experience.

Methods: Participants were 56 5-year-old subjects of both genders, 26 in the Study Group, consisting of children with musical experience, and 30 in the Control Group, consisting of children without musical experience. All participants were assessed with the Simplified Auditory Processing Assessment and Phonological Awareness Test and the data was statistically analyzed.