Biomedical subjects

J Souza

Publications and source records attributed to J Souza.

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[Health promotion and education: a diagnosis of sanitation conditions using participatory research and community education (São João dos Queiróz - Quixadá/Ceará, Brazil)].

This study was conducted in a rural community, São João dos Queiróz, a township in the county of Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil, using a combination of participatory research and community education in compliance with the health promotion reference and principles of the 1986 Ottawa Charter. The project was joined by representatives of several local government institutions and organizations from the grassroots community movement. The theme generating the research, as defined by an assembly meeting of the community association, was a diagnosis of sanitation conditions in the community. The starting point was the assessment of local conditions. Results showed adverse local conditions in sanitation, literacy, income, and employment. Suggestions for solving the problems were organized so as to be included in the planning agenda for local health policies. Evaluation was procedural and enriched with daily research activities. The problem-solving pedagogical approach developed during the educational process contributed to a critical reconstruction, appropriation, and sharing of the resulting knowledge.

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The sensation of pulmonary dyspnea in school-age children.

The purpose of this investigation was to describe the sensation of dyspnea in a sample of 39 school-age children with asthma and to identify strategies used to cope with the symptom. In addition, three methods to measure dyspnea intensity in children were tested and compared. Breathing on a "bad breathing day" was used as a proxy variable to represent dyspnea. The most frequent description of how breathing feels on a bad day was "it is hard to breathe." Words chosen most frequently from a checklist of sensations were "wheezy," "short of breath," "tight," and physical sensations such as "throwing up," "hurting," and "stuffiness." The children's feelings on a bad breathing day were categorized as negative moods or emotions, a wish for change, or physical symptoms. Ratings of breathing on "good", "bad," and "usual breathing" days on word descriptor, visual analogue, and color scales provided evidence of concurrent validity for the three measures of dyspnea intensity. The most frequent strategies used to cope with dyspnea were medications, change in position, decreased activity, fluids, relaxation, distraction, and social support. The findings were very similar to those previously described for an adult sample.

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