Consensus communication strategies to improve doctor-patient relationship in paediatric severe asthma

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that is very common among youth worldwide. The burden of this illness is very high not only considering financial costs but also on emotional and social functioning. Guidelines and many researches recommend to develop a good communication between physicians and children/caregiver and their parents. Nevertheless, a previous Italian project showed some criticalities in paediatric severe asthma management. The consensus gathered together experts in paediatric asthma management, experts in narrative medicine and patient associations with the aim of identify simple recommendation to improve communication strategies. Methods: Participants to the consensus received the results of the project and a selection of narratives two weeks before the meeting. The meeting was structured in plenary session and in three working groups discussing respectively about communication strategies with children, adolescents and parents. The task of each working group was to identify the most effective (DO) and least effective practices (DON' T) for 5 phases of the visit: welcome, comprehension of the context, emotions management, duration and end of the visit and endurance of the relationship. Results: Participants agreed that good relationships translate into positive outcomes and reached consensus on communication strategies to implement in the different phase of relationships. Conclusions: The future challenges identified by the participants are the dissemination of this Consensus document and the implementation of effective communication strategies to improve the management of pediatric asthma

Social Reactions toward Online Disclosure of Sexual Violence

Many survivors of sexual violence have come forward to disclose their experiences on social media. The disclosure has generated positive and negative social reactions. Social media users either victimize sexual violence survivors or advocate against it, according to previous studies. This study aims to explore Twitter users’ social reactions to sexual violence disclosure and their narratives. This study used social network analysis and analyzed 1,678 tweets extracted from the Twitter search function. This study discovers two major themes and twelve subthemes of social reactions. New subthemes emerged: condemnation, curiosity, and sharing experiences (positive social reactions) and humor (negative social reactions). The narratives within negative social reactions brought digital harm to sexual violence survivors with prejudice, hostility, and normalization of sexual violence. Meanwhile, positive social reactions represent resistance by challenging harmful users and the authority and retelling sexual violence experiences to a bigger audience. This study provides input to design policy interventions to guide social media users in responding to sexual violence disclosures

A nova ordem ambiental e a mudança nas rotinas das firmas : uma abordagem amostral dos setores primários, secundários e terciários

Orientador : Prof. Dr. Armando Dalla CostaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Ecônomico. Defesa : 11/12/2014Inclui referênciasResumo: O mundo está mudando. Os agentes econômicos, no caso as firmas e a sociedade, estão reavaliando suas necessidades, expectativas, gostos e anseios, na tentativa de garantir sua eficiência comercial. Uma das premissas para este momento transitório é a nova avaliação dos fenômenos da natureza e suas interfaces com os agentes econômicos e sociais. O que organizações distintas em tamanho, estrutura, mercado e orientação estratégica, como BP, BRF, GE, Cargill, Alcoa, MIchelin, Phillips entre outras possuem em comum sob a égide das teorias neoclássicas e evolucionárias da firma no enfrentamento da transição ambiental vigente? A tentativa contínua de adaptação a uma nova orientação do mercado em maximizar sua utilidade, seus resultados e lucros. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Firma, ambiental, oferta e demanda, consumo, processo, evolucionária, neoclássicaAbstract: The world is changing. The economic agents are reviewing their needs, expectations, wishes and desires in an attempt of keep its business efficiency. One of the premises for this transitory timeis the new evaluation of the nature events and its interfaces with the economic and social agents. What different companies such as BP, BRF, GE, Cargill, Alcoa, MIchelin, Phillips among others have in common under neoclassic and evolutionary firm theories facing the current environmental transition in course? Their attempt of adaptation to a new market drive which is maximize their utility, results and profits. KEY WORDS : Firm, environment, offer and supply, consumption, proccess, evolutionary, neo-classic

O risco das mudanças climáticas para o mercado de commodities agrícolas brasileiro

Orientador : Armando DallaCosta.Artigo (especialização) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas. Curso de Especialização em Desenvolvimento Econômico.Inclui referênciasResumo: Os riscos são elementos intrínsecos às organizações e a definição de estratégias orientadas para seu contingenciamento é determinante na conquista do sucesso desta abordagem. O setor agícola global e Brasileiro está imerso em um novo cenário de riscos, anteriormente iminente porém hoje real que refere-se as alterações climáticas de origem antrópica. Estudos evidenciam, por meio de mapeamento estatísticos, cenários desfavoráveis para o setor para o caso de aumento das temperaturas médias. Algumas culturas de grande representatividade econômica não apenas para a balança comercial agrícola como também para o PIB nacional estão listadas como evidência contributiva para a abordagem do estudo