Publications by authors named "Rachel de Sa Barreto Luna Callou Cruz"
Article Synopsis
- The study explored how nursing student mothers view their preferred delivery method compared to what they actually experienced during childbirth.
- The research revealed a significant gap between the mothers' desire for vaginal delivery, linked to their understanding of its benefits, and the more common occurrence of cesarean sections, often due to complications, fear, financial constraints, and influence from healthcare professionals.
- The findings highlight the need for improved respect for mothers' preferences and better communication in obstetric care to promote a more humanized approach to childbirth.
Objectives: to identify how nurses are trained to manage care.
Methods: an integrative review, guided by the research question: "How does the training of nurses for care management occur?" The studied performed the search on LILACS, BDENF, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, BVS, and SciELO, using combined strategies to select publications indexed in databases and electronic libraries. The analysis involved bibliometric aspects and the evidence on nursing education contained in the articles.
[Chronic noncommunicable diseases and associated factors among adults in an impoverished urban area of the Brazilian northeast].
Cien Saude Colet
August 2019
The scope of this study is to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (CNCD) in adults living in an impoverished urban area located in Recife in the Brazilian northeast. It is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 631 adults of 20 to 59 years of age. The possible associations of CNCD with demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral and health-related factors were analyzed using Poisson Regression, considering a p value of < 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVitamin A is a crucial micronutrient for pregnant women and their fetuses. In addition to being essential for morphological and functional development and for ocular integrity, vitamin A exerts systemic effects on several fetal organs and on the fetal skeleton. Vitamin A requirements during pregnancy are therefore greater.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (BF), after the sixth month of life, as a single food source is not recommended. It is believed that it is not possible to supply the caloric needs of protein, iron and vitamin without adequate food supplementation.
Objective: To comparethe nutritional statusof children withexclusive breastfeeding(BF)for more than 6monthsversuschildren with otherbreastfeeding practices.
Introduction: Despite the scientific consensus on the benefits that breastfeeding provides for the mother, the baby, the family and the environment, and also the recommendation to breastfeed exclusively for six months, this practice is far from being achieved.
Objective: To analyze the factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for at least six month, as opposed to weaning up to the second month of life in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Methods: A case-control study of 124 cases (EBF for at least six months) matched for age and sex with 248 controls (weaning up to the second month of life).