Correction: Barriers to care for dependent older adults: Brazilian Primary Health Care managers' perspective.

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Mastectomized women's perception of breast cancer early detection.

Background: A third of new cases of breast cancer could be detected early, which would prevent more serious consequences, such as mastectomy and death. Access to the subjectivity of mastectomized patients becomes relevant to elucidate failures in early detection of breast cancer and thus improve the cancer care network. Given that, the present study aimed to identify mastectomized women's perception of the quality of care provided by the cancer care network for the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.

Subjective well-being and oral discomfort in older people.

Unlabelled: ABSTRACTBackground:The study aims to assess the relationship between oral discomfort and subjective well-being (SWB) in older people.

Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in four Reference Centers for Social Welfare in Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil. A census was held and individual interviews were carried out with all the older people (n = 246) enrolled in the centers.

Factors associated to the imposition of types of violence against women informed in sentry services.

Objective: to identify the prevalence and the factors associated to the imposition of the different types of violence against women informed in sentry services.

Method: transversal study accomplished through 939 notification forms of cases of violence against women, referring to the three years from 2006 to 2008 in Fortaleza, Ceará. Univariate and multiple analyses by logistic regression were realized.

Prevalence and factors associated with syphilis in parturient women in Northeast, Brazil.

Background: Congenital syphilis is a major public health concern, even after the implementation of intervention protocols in several countries. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence and socio-demographic, behavioral and institutional factors associated with syphilis in parturient women attending public maternity hospitals in Northeast, Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June to September 2010 with a proportionate stratified sampling of 222 parturient women using a structured questionnaire.

[The family planning of women with mental disorders: what CAPS professionals have to say].

The objective of this study was to explore the family planning demands that occur at the Psychosocial Care Center (Centro de Atendimento Psicossocial - CAPS) and investigate the contributions of this service to women with mental disorders. This qualitative study was performed with eight workers from a CAPS located in Fortaleza-CE. Data collection was performed through interviews, and the data were submitted to content analysis.

Sexually transmitted infections associated syndromes assisted in the primary health care in Northeast, Brazil.

Background: The lack of information on the care for sexually transmitted infections (STI) associated syndromes may contribute for its non-inclusion as prevention and control strategy for STI in Brazil. This study aims to analyze the cases of STI - Associated Syndromes assisted in primary health care center in a city in Northeast Brazil associating them with socio-demographic and behavioral variables.

Methods: This is a retrospective study that analyzed 5148 consultation forms and medical records of patients assisted in a primary health care center who presented at least one genital syndrome from 1999 to 2008.

[Family planning: significance for women of reproductive age].

The study sought to comprehend the significance of family planning from the standpoint of women of reproductive age and identify their perceptions about the care received and the partner's participation in the decisions about the use of contraceptive methods. It is a descriptive study using a qualitative approach, conducted with 24 women who participated in the Family Planning program in a Basic Family Health Unit in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil, between August and October 2007. The information gleaned from interviews was recorded, organized into themes and analyzed on the basis of the concept of significance of symbolic interactionism.

[Lactational amenorrhea: nurses experience and the promotion of this alternative method of contraception].

This is a cross-sectional, field study that used a quantitative approach with the objectives to identify nurses' personal experiences with breastfeeding and with the Lactactional Amenorrhea Method (LAM); learn the reasons for not adhering to breastfeeding or adhering to mixed feeding; establish the relationship between nurses' personal experience with the LAM and their giving orientations about this contraceptive method to users of the Primary Health Care Center. Participants were 137 nurses with the Family Health Strategy in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, and data collection was performed through interviews. Most participants were female; i.

[Understanding the user's health behavior change through their participation in the Family Health Program].

This study aimed to understand how users from Family Health Program (FHP) make their decision about health-illness. It was used the Stages of Change Model from Prochaska and DiClemente to identify the level of change of FHP users. It was a qualitative research developed with users and FHP health professionals from Crato, Ceará State, Brazil.

Nursing communication in nursing care to mastectomized women: a grounded theory study.

The goal was to understand the nurse/patient communication process, emphasizing nursing care to mastectomized women. Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were used to interview eight nurses from a referral institution in cancer treatment, using the guiding question: how do nurses perceive their communication process with mastectomized women? Data analysis allowed for the creation of a central theory: the meaning of communication in nursing care to women, constituted by three distinct but inter-related phenomena: perceiving communication, the relationship nurse/mastectomized woman and rethinking the communication nurse/mastectomized woman. With a view to satisfactory communication, professionals need to get involved and believe that their presence is as important as the performance of technical procedures that relieve situations of stress.

[Breast self-examination by nursing professionals].

Most breast tumors are detected by women, not health professionals, therefore breast self-examination (BSE) continues to be an efficacious strategy. The study objective was to analyze BSE performed by nursing professionals and factors that hinder their perseverance in this practice. This descriptive study was performed with 159 professionals: 40 nurses, 48 nurses aides, and 71 health agents from 19 Basic Health Units located in Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil).

Symbolic violence experienced by men who have sex with men in the primary health service in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil: negotiating identity under stigma.

In Brazil, the inclusion of minorities and the most vulnerable members of the population in the health service is still a challenge for health planners. This study analyzed the perception of men who have sex with men (MSM) treated in health units with the onset of a sexually transmitted disease (STD). It consists of qualitative research involving 21 MSM, contacted in a non-governmental organization (NGO) and in the Testing and Counseling Center (TCC) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.

[Quality of life in the perception of women participating in educative workshops about back pain].

The aim of this study was to analyze how women with back pain perceived their quality of life after having attended educational workshops on back pain directed to self-care and prevention. This qualitative study was conducted in a Higher Education Institution in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, during the months April and May 2005, using a sample of nine women who had concluded eight workshops. The focal group method was selected for data collection, and the sessions were filmed and recorded.

Participating in a support group: experience lived by women with breast cancer.

The goal of the study was to understand the meaning of support groups in the life of women with breast cancer. It is a qualitative study with 30 mastectomized women who belonged to six support groups in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. Data were collected with semi-structured interviews, organized and analyzed based on the interactionism concept.

[Common sense, science and philosophy: the links of knowledge necessary for promoting health care].

In its evolution, humanity has accumulated data which were systematized as knowledge. Philosophy through self examination helps us in its practical and theoretical functions to reach a concept of the universe. Common sense helps science evolve.

[Popular knowledge related to back pain in northeastern Brazilian women].

Analyzing and understanding people's conceptions and actions regarding back pain is relevant since they can be part of the disease's explanation and cure. The nature of this study is qualitative with an anthropological focus. It was carried out from January to February, 2005 with nine women between 45 and 58 years of age with chronic back pains who participated in a health support group for menopausal women in a teaching institution in Fortaleza, Ceará.

[Self-care practice lived by hypertensive woman: analysis on the health education focus].

This study approached the practice of self care lived by the women that suffer with high blood pressure. Descriptive-exploratory study which was inspired on the Orem's self-care theory and developed with 200 women who presented high blood pressure at a Public Health Agency, located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The data were collected during nursing encounters, organized in categories, and analyzed according to the fundaments of the referred Theory.

[Roy's Model in obstetric nursing: analysis from Meleis' point of view].

This study analyses the usage of Roy's Adaptation Model in the understanding of behaviorial responses experienced by woman during the parturition process, applies the description phase of The Meleis's analysis model and stops in the structural components, as follows: suppositions, concepts and propositions. These elements were explored in the model proposed by Roy and analysed according to their evidence in obstetric nursing situation. One remarks that that the usage of Roy's adaptation model was appropriated, which allowed an explicit analysis of most structural elements of the study.

[Breast cancer: how women think and what they do].

Changes brought about by the diagnosis and treatment of cancer always cause psychological, social, cultural, economic and spiritual disorders. We have tried to understand the significance of breast cancer for women and to find out what they do in order to detect it in an early stage. We have randomly chosen thirty-four women who went to a cancer prevention centre in the town of Fortaleza.

[The nursing appointments for the hypertense woman: a technology for health education].

This work aimed at the application of Nursing appointments to an hypertensive woman based on Orem's Theory, and at the identification of her degree of satisfaction in committing herself to self-care. The appointments were applied monthly for six months to fifty women. At every appointment, an evaluation was made on self-care deficit and on the abilities women showed to develop self-care activities.