Publications by authors named "Karina F Zihlmann"

Objective: To verify the attitudes and practices of dietary management for cow's milk allergy by caregivers according to the stages of behavior change.

Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study involving 30 caregivers of children with cow's milk allergy who were followed up in a specialized outpatient clinic, from July 2018 to May 2019. Data collection included a structured questionnaire about sociodemographic aspects, social classification and an adapted algorithm to classify the stages of behavior change based on a trans-theoretical model.

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Educational Product and Technical-Technological Product constitute a specificity of postgraduate programs in the professional modality, a product that must be carefully evaluated by the programs and recorded on platforms of evaluating bodies. In 2019, a working group from the teaching area was assembled to create a Validation Form for these products. Thus, this article aims to present a proposal for improving this Validation Form for Educational/Technical-Technological Products, based on reflections treated in scientific articles and scientific events from the area, focusing on the relevance and need for this type of evaluation in a standardized way.

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Introduction: Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is intractable and endemic in many countries. Although a few individuals have severe symptoms, most patients remain asymptomatic throughout their lives and their infections may be unknown to many health professionals. HTLV-1 can be considered a neglected public health problem and there are not many studies specifically on patients' needs and emotional experiences.

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  • Brazilian patients with HIV have had free access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) since 1996, leading to a significant decrease in AIDS mortality, although few long-term prognostic studies exist.
  • An observational study followed 233 adult HIV-1-infected patients, revealing that asymptomatic patients had a lower mortality risk compared to those with AIDS at the beginning of the study, with 5.2% dying over a mean follow-up of 5.2 years.
  • The study found that 90% of survivors were on combined antiretroviral therapy, and women had better outcomes than men, highlighting ongoing public health challenges despite improvements in treatment.
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