Samilla Gonçalves de Moura

Theory Of Social Representations And The Aging: A Bibliometric Profile

Introduction: The aging is a process that can be either positive or negative. When a theme refers to positions or attitudes, social representations may comprehend and explain these phenomena. Objective: With the help of the bibliometrics research, the study focused on describing the scientific publications about social representations of aging, and investigating them. Method: analysis of the available content in the online databases of the Virtual Library in Health, PubMed and Portal Capes, from 2010 to 2015. The keywords social representations and aging were used. By simple descriptive method, frequency and percentage, the following variables were described: authors; authors’ education; maximum qualification of the authors; index H; authors’ institution; journal; year of publication; journal’s impact factor; research’s place; research’s development; research’s objective; the most relevant results; and keywords. For graphical representation of conceptual maps of keywords the software CMap Tools version 5.03 was used and for the analysis of the objectives and the most relevant results the thematic content analysis technique was used. Results: a total of 127 scientific articles were found; after excluding those that were not in accordance with the chosen criteria, 42 files were found. One notices, regarding the authorship of the articles, a decentralization, with more authors from Northeast. The exploratory study and the mixed approach represented the most used research’s method. The publications increased in 2011. Conclusion: The publications denote that the dependence on another person in performing daily activities interferes with the quality of life; they pointed out the social representations and positioning about the theme, important in identifying the weaknesses and vulnerabilities experienced by the elderly.

Saúde mental e a visão antropológica: uma abordagem dos transtornos psíquicos sob o enfoque cultural doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrv.2013.111.289297

The present study aims to highlight the relationship between cultural influence and the emergence of mental disorders. It is an integrative review, subsidized by a periodic survey of the Virtual Health Library in the months of June, July and

A experiência da Terapia Comunitária em diferentes instituições e contextos populacionais doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrv.2012.101.329338

The integrative community therapy is a soft low cost technology that has been developed in several counties in Brazil. This study it tells the experience of the Communitarian Therapy in João Pessoa/PB, the different contexts and involved population groups, as well as the main problems and the used strategies of confrontation. The participants of this research are people who undertook this therapy from September, 2008, to July, 2009. The data were collected through information sheets as well as through an ethnographic diary. As a result of this study, we realized that the therapy occurs in different contexts and with distinct population groups, like: children, adolescents, women, elderly people, those who have mental disorders as well as their relatives and besides those professionals that take part in the family health team. In sum, it can be said that the therapy is an important tool work to help groups from different contexts and that, it has been encouraging the consolidation of the model of the communitarian attention emphasized by the SUS. Keyword: Nursing. Community participation. Mental health. INTRODUÇÃO No Brasil, no final da década de 70, inicia-se o movimento da Reforma Psiquiátrica. Nesse processo novas propostas de serviços comunitários passaram a ser incentivadas, como, por exemplo, a Terapia doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrv.2012.101.329338

Oficinas com mulheres na estratégia saúde da família: promovendo a integralidade do cuidado doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrv.2012.101.290296

Introduction: A comprehensive care is womens health as a priority in the work process of the Family Health Strategy (FHS), by responding individually to the needs of users and promoting the health and quality of life. Objective: To describe the experience of nurses who used the ESF workshops as therapeutic action of prevention and health promotion in the care of women. Methodology: Report of experience with the practice of nurses working in the ESF, which developed the workshops as group activities with women. The target population were 20 women of all ages FHS users in the municipality of Vila Flor / RN / Brazil. The workshops took place weekly, in 2009 and were developed in four meetings. Results and Discussion: The workshops addressed the following themes: knowing the womans body, sexuality and violence against women. Identifying, so that leisure and work are factors that disrupt the personal and family harmony, allowing the body through the knowledge of the opportunity to remove their doubts and to differentiate the sexual practice of sexuality. The theme of violence tells the woman instructed about prevention and understanding of their rights in relation to reproduction and health care. Conclusions: The strategy of care possible to the users access to information that does emerge liberating self-esteem, resilience and empowerment, making people more secure and settled, reducing the emotional distress.