Piloting the use of accelerometry devices to capture energy expenditure in agricultural and rural livelihoods: Protocols and findings from northern Ghana

In this study we report on the protocols adopted and the findings from a pilot study in northern Ghana involving 40 respondents wearing accelerometry devices for a week. We show how integrating energy expenditure data from wearable accelerometry devices with data on activity and time-use can provide a window into agricultural and rural livelihoods in developing country contexts that has not been previously available for empirical research. Our findings confirm some of the stylised facts of agricultural and rural livelihoods, but the study also provides several new insights that come from the triangulation of energy expenditure, time use, and activity data. We report findings and explore the potential applications of using accelerometry devices for a better understanding of agriculture-nutrition linkages in developing countries

Fundamentos para processos gerenciais na prática do cuidado Fundamento para el proceso generencial en las prácticas del cuidado Fundaments for managing process in care practices

Apresenta-se uma reflexão sobre elementos que estruturam o processo de trabalho em saúde e o agir do enfermeiro. Abordam-se o processo de trabalho em saúde, as tecnologias em saúde e o gerenciamento do cuidado como construtos que fundamentam a reflexão, com o objetivo de auxiliar na ampliação da visibilidade dos atos do enfermeiro. Ressalta-se a importância da utilização desses fundamentos para o exercício de práticas do cuidado nos processos gerenciais.<br>El presente trabajo constituye una reflexión sobre los elementos que estructuran el proceso del trabajo en salud y el actuar del enfermero. Se aborda el proceso del trabajo en salud, las tecnologías en salud y el gerenciamiento del cuidado como constructores que fundamentan la reflexión, con el objetivo de ayudar a la ampliación de la visibilidad de los actos del enfermero. Se resalta la importancia de la utilización de estos fundamentos en el ejercicio de las prácticas del cuidado en los procesos gerenciales.<br>A reflection on the elements that structure the process of the nurse's work with health and his/her action. The study deals with health work, technologies in health and the management of care as pillars that serve as bases for the reflection, with the aim of helping the enlargement of the visibility of the nurse's acts. The importance of those fundaments for the exercise of care practices in the managing processes is highlighted