Accreditation is a method of evaluation and certification, establishing standards and requirements to promote the quality and safety of care in health institutions. In Brazil, the National Accreditation Organization (ONA) ...

This work aimed to know the experience of families in the care of children with myelomeningocele, seeking to investigate the repercussion of the disease in the family context and to identify the factors that integrate care ...

This research aimed at evaluating the Medical Waste management in services from Primary Care of São Carlos city, state of São Paulo. This is an exploratory and descriptive study, performed in 22 Family Health Units (FHU) ...

Embracement, Comanagement and Institutional Support are three concepts arisen while the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) was being developed, more than a decade ago. These concepts take part in guidelines of policies ...

Self-harm is an act with a non-letal outcome in which the individual performs one of the following acts: practice of behaviors intended to injure himself; ingestion of an overdose of what has been prescribed or the known ...

Frailty syndrome can be conceptualized as a state of age-related physiological vulnerability, produced due the decrease of homeostatic reserve and organism’s reduced capacity for dealing with health issues. The aim of this ...

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), characterized as an autoimmune systemic disease, progressive chronic inflammation that causes deformity and destruction of the joints, has a negative impact on the autonomy to perform ...

This study aimed to evaluate the degree of resilience, self - esteem, satisfaction and body perception of students from public schools in the city of São Carlos (SP), Elementary School II, and their correlation with biometric ...

Introduction: Adequate hormonal and nutritional levels during fetal development and early postnatal period are critical for the proper development of the central nervous system (CNS). Studies suggest a developmental ...

Assistance to the newborn, child, adolescent and family has undergone transformations and currently faces the challenge of aligning with developmental care (DC). Given the need for support from families to cope with the ...