QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE PESSOAS VIVENDO COM HIV/AIDS

Qualidade de vida inclui vários significados, experiências, conhecimentos e também valores que se referem aos indivíduos e à coletividade no momento histórico, cultural e social em que vivem. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida das pessoas que vivem com HIV/aids. Tratou-se de um estudo analítico, transversal, conduzido na linha quantitativa, envolvendo 30 indivíduos escolhidos de forma aleatória, em um hospital de referência no estado da Paraíba. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se o instrumento WHOQOL-HIV BREF e um questionário sociodemográfico. Para a análise dos dados utilizou-se a sintaxe oferecida pelo WHOQOL Group. Para análise de descrição dos escores dos domínios, foi utilizada estatística descritiva, frequência simples, medidas de dispersão (desvio-padrão, valores mínimo e máximo). Os resultados revelaram que as pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids apresentam bons escores nos domínios de qualidade de vida. Concluiu-se que, apesar da condição clínica, as pessoas entrevistadas estão satisfeitas com a vida que levam.

Access Of Women In Jail To Cytological Exam: A Quantitative Analysis

Goal: to know the access of women prisoners to cytological examination. Method: exploratory-descriptive quantitative study, carried out at the Maria Júlia Maranhão Female Rehabilitation Center, in the city of João Pessoa/PB. The study population was of all closed regimens, and the minimum sample was 168 (one hundred and sixty-eight). Data collection was formalized through approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculdade de Enfermagem Nova Esperança (FACENE), CAAE: 18363713.8.0000.5179, besides the official referral of the Coordination of the Course to said prison. The present study respected the ethical aspects recommended by Resolution CNS 466/12, in art. III, of the ethical aspects, which deals with the involvement with human beings in research, as well as Resolution COFEN 311/2007, which deals with the code of ethics of nursing professionals.   Results and Discussion: data from the survey show that 33% of study participants were between the ages of 18 and 25; 58% reported being single; 48% have Incomplete Elementary Education; 39% with the profession of domestic; 48% have a family income of one minimum wage; 58% have one to two years imprisonment; 74% inflicted the drug trafficking article; 67% mentioned working in general prison services.   Conclusion: it is concluded that the participants of the research report having knowledge about the exam, but their answers do not correspond to the true meaning of the exam, showing the lack of knowledge, information, assistance and abandonment in which they live.   Descriptors: Women. Papanicolaou Test. Prisoners. Nursing

The Family Health Support Core (NASF) And Health Practices: Are There Many Challenges To Be Overcome?

Objective: Describe and characterize NASF health practices. Method: It is a review of current literature carried out by consulting the database Lilacs and Virtual Library of SciELO in the period from December 2016 to January 2017. Conclusion: It is concluded that, although the NASF is recognized as a support to the Family Health Strategy (FHS), still does not act in an articulated way, being fundamental that changes take place in the organization of the services and in the conduct of the health professionals who contemplate it. Descriptors: Primary Health Care. Family Health; Public Health Policies. Nursing