Silvia Sanches Marins

Aspectos éticos e estratégias para a participação voluntária da criança em pesquisa

Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.

Ethical issues and strategies for the voluntary participation of children in research

Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.

Percepção dos educadores infantis quanto ao processo de alteração do peso em pré-escolares

Currently, 42 million children are overweight; this is caused, partially, by unhealthy habits acquired in early childhood. The present study aims to identify and characterize the perceptions and beliefs of early childhood educators about childhood overweight, as well as preschool strategies that address the issue. It is a qualitative descriptive exploratory study conducted through semi-structured interviews with four educators and six parents. The results revealed that teachers have accurate perceptions regarding the factors that contribute to body weight gain and its deleterious consequences. They built a repertoire of strategies in order to encourage healthy eating habits; however, such strategies (positive or not) are not employed on a regular basis. Physical activities are not frequent either. In conclusion, the studied preschool institutions are losing the opportunity to influence children’s health in a more effective way.Currently, 42 million children are overweight; this is caused, partially, by unhealthy habits acquired in early childhood. The present study aims to identify and characterize the perceptions and beliefs of early childhood educators about childhood overweight, as well as preschool strategies that address the issue. It is a qualitative descriptive exploratory study conducted through semi-structured interviews with four educators and six parents. The results revealed that teachers have accurate perceptions regarding the factors that contribute to body weight gain and its deleterious consequences. They built a repertoire of strategies in order to encourage healthy eating habits; however, such strategies (positive or not) are not employed on a regular basis. Physical activities are not frequent either. In conclusion, the studied preschool institutions are losing the opportunity to influence children’s health in a more effective way.

Aspectos éticos y estrategias para la participación voluntaria de niños en la investigación

Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.Ethical issues about research with human beings have been addressed in health literature since decades. In spite of this, it is necessary to enhance actions to face many challenges, like the ones related to investigation of childhood. This paper presents and discusses ethical issues in research with children. It describes some strategies to perform with children, considering their developmental process and individual characteristics, in order to guarantee their voluntary participation in research.

Parents’ and educators’ perceptions, believes and practices about overweight and obesity in preschool children – previous note.

This study aims to understand the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and suggestions from parents and educators on the subject overweight and obesity. This is a qualitative research, using semi-structured interviews for data collection. As theoretical reference, we will use the Food Social Space, from Social Sciences. This study chosen population will include preschool children parents and educators, enrolled in two kindergartens located in Sao Bernardo do Campo city. We are going to use the Thematic Analysis’ Content methods for the data analysis, as proposed by Bardin. These results will allow us to propose intervention programs for the prevention of overweight and obesity among preschool children of the studied city .