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R R Witt

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PubMed2000

[Pesticide poisoning in rural areas and the nurse's work].

Organoclorines pesticides are compounds that were utilized in agriculture until 1985, when their use was forbided, since they represented a risk for human health and environment. Nowadays, its clandestine use is still representative. These compounds may be used in public health campaigns to combat mosquitos that transmit malaria. If public health nurses know the particularities of these compounds, they will be able to work in health prevention and promotion, recognizing the chronic and acute damages as well as in the epidemiologic vigilance of the populations exposed. This paper presents a revision about the organoclorines pesticides and, based on it, proposes some activities to be implemented by nursing professionals in primary health care, aiming the health of workers exposed to the pesticides.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed2000

[Rural nursing].

This paper describes the experience of a teacher and four students of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul within a sitting of members of a rural social movement that claims for land in Brazil. The work began with an activity of familiarization and ended up being an extension project. The aim of this project was the development of a Nursing assistencial model for the population of the rural area, considering the specificities of this movement, wishing to adapt Nursing teaching to this reality. The author sought for theoretical references in Breilh (1999) and Freire (1981). The activities were developed in 1996 and consisted of home care and group education.

Brazil↗
PubMed1999

[Public health work and nursing: concepts of the managers of Porto Alegre health units].

This is a descriptive study done in a qualitative perspective. It aims to describe the conceptions of health care units' managers about the work in public health. The subjects perceptions are that this work goes from interdisciplinary thought with a preventive focus to the curative practice of ambulatory care. On what concerns Nursing, nurses' management functions and auxiliaries assistance activities are pointed out. They believe that strategies to approximate to the SUS principles are necessary in the context of Public Health.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

[The reference and counter-reference system in a community health service].

This study has been carried out at the Community Health Service of the Conceição Hospital/Porto Alegre/RS, with the aim of describing its reference and contra reference system. After two weeks observing this system, patients were interviewed at home. The results showed the demand of the service relating to the various levels of assistance. Some problems that prevent the reference system from its best functioning in this service were also pointed out.

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