Publications by authors named "Maria de Fatima Garcia Lopes Merino"

Objective: To understand the multidisciplinary care provided to children with cleft lip and palate and their families.

Method: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, based on the theoretical-philosophical framework of Family-Centered Care, conducted with professionals from the multidisciplinary team of an association supporting individuals with cleft lip and palate. The data were processed using the Iramuteq® software and systematized using Similarity Analysis.

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Objectives: to analyze the factors associated with university students' knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis.

Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 503 university students from a southern state in Brazil; data were collected using a characterization tool and a questionnaire containing 16 statements about the topic; descriptive measures and Poisson regression models with robust variance were used for analysis.

Results: the prevalence of adequate knowledge (i.

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Objective: to describe the translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validity process of the "Play Nicely Program: The Healthy Discipline Handbook" for use in Brazil.

Methods: a methodological study that followed the translation, back-translation, expert committee assessment, and pre-test steps. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was calculated for both the judge population and the pre-test population.

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Objectives: to analyze data from qualitative studies related to the phenomenon of health follow-up dropout of newborns, infants and preschoolers in child health services.

Methods: systematic review, carried out in 19 information bases. Studies were included that portray the reasons for dropping out health follow-up of children up to five years old.

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Objective: to analyze the trend of hospitalization rates and mortality due to Diabetes Mellitus in children and adolescents in Brazil.

Method: temporal series study, hospitalization rates and diabetes mortality in children and adolescents. Data were obtained from the Hospital Information System and Mortality Information System, from 2005-2015, with analysis performed by polynomial regression modeling.

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Objective: to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with acute kidney injury in preterm newborns.

Method: a cross-sectional study based on records data of preterm newborns hospitalized in two neonatal units in northwest Paraná State in 2015. For data analysis, the logistic regression model was used by the stepwise forward method and Fisher's Exact Test.

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Objective: to describe the profile of poisoning leading to children's hospitalizations, as registered at the Maringá Regional University Hospital Poisoning Control Center in the period 2006 to 2011.

Methods: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using secondary data from Intoxication Incident Report Forms, involving poisoned children aged between 0 and 14 years, hospitalized for at least 12 hours.

Results: 694 hospitalizations due to poisoning were registered, with medication poisoning accounting for 42.

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Descriptive study, developed with the objective of identifying the conceptions of health and the therapeutic itinerary adopted by adult individuals in a small city. Data was collected during the month of July 2006 using semi-structured interviews with 29 individuals. It was observed that men make fewer references to pathological problems than women, who mostly seek solution for health problems sooner, using the public healthcare system.

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