Spirituality and religiosity expressed by relatives of drug users: contributions to health care.

Objective: to analyze the expressions of spirituality and religiosity of relatives of people who abuse or are dependent on psychoactive substances.

Methods: exploratory-descriptive research that dialogues with the spirituality and religiosity conceptual framework. It was performed at an outpatient clinic specialized in drug treatment in southern Brazil.

[Empowerment evaluation: theoretical and methodological considerations applied to the health area].

The objective of this article is to discuss the empowerment evaluation as a theoretical and methodological framework and its applications to the health area. This is a theoretical article that presents the conceptual and methodological aspects and the principles of the empowerment evaluation. This evaluation is regarded as an approach that allows the participation of interest groups in the process, in order to improve the qualification and transformation of the knowledge and practices of the context evaluated.