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 ...

Prematurity is linked to infant mortality, especially in its neonatal component. Brazil has been showing an increase in its incidence, especially in relation to the births of extreme preterm infants (children born with ...

Objective: to explore the influence of care demands of children who need special attention to health and health care practices in the physical, emotional and social burden of caregivers. Method: observational, analytical, ...

Introduction: Resilience is the ability of individuals or groups to overcome adversity without presenting physical or mental disorders, or even become better against unfavorable conditions. It is seen as being essential ...

The implications of cleft lip and palate in a child's life go beyond the aesthetic and functional, psychosocial problems may lead not only to her but for the whole family. A satisfactory fitting process depends more on how ...

The present study aimed to understand the interactions between the mother and health professionals from the time of the birth of her preterm child until the first month after hospital discharge (interfere / affect) and ...

The family experiences the dependence of psychoactive substance on one or more family members, and may be shaken by persistent crises and stresses that permeate this reality, and may or may not emerge from adverse situations ...

During the sixteenth century, the act of giving birth was understood as being essentialy female; that is, women were responsible for providing emotional support to other women, helping them to give birth in their own homes. ...

Introduction and purpose: Disease of important medical and social impact, pneumonia reaches, especially, the age of children under five years. The family, responsible for child care should be understood in this context. ...

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 ...