INTRODUCTION: Commonly health intercurrences happen with children in the school causing fatal events or those that culminate in sequels throughout the child's life. In this sense, the teacher should be familiar with first ...

The purposes of the study have been to identify which is(are) the meaning(s) of living with a child who has Down syndrome and its impact in the family functioning, and also to develop a theoretical model about these families ...

This work scoped to comprehend the experience of the cochlear implant user auditive deficient child‟s family, more precisely to understand its role, identify the changes into the everyday life, describe the strategies ...

This study aimed to understand the meaning that the family in social vulnerability attributes to the social support and the social network in their experience with cancer. This is a qualitative study guided by Symbolic ...

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a chronic condition that affects the motor development and posture of the child, often accompanied by disorders in speech, hearing, cognition, sensory perception, among others. This situation is ...

Cancer is a chronic degenerative disease, considered a public health problem and one of the consequences is to induce the family to live a long time with a diseased family member. This can brake the family apart, because ...

Culturally, care delivered to elderly individuals in Brazil is usually provided by families. Even though only 1% of the Brazilian population older than 60 years of age is cared for in long stay institutions, the search for ...

This methodological study aimed to develop and validate educational material and illustrative writing for men with urinary indwelling catheters at home. We conducted a literature review on guidelines related to the theme ...

Human milk is considered the nutrient most suitable for the newborn so the Ministry of Health recommends exclusive breastfeeding until six months of life. With the policy of encouraging, supporting and promoting breastfeeding ...

Hyperbilirubinemia or jaundice is the result of overproduction or decreased excretion of bilirubin, this process can occur in newborns high or low risk. This disorder causes the appearance of a yellowish skin and sclera, ...