Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde

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Authors: Ederson de Sousa Martins, Patrícia Pereira de Oliveira, Leide Dayane Viana da Silva, José Rodrigues de Almeida Neto

Chemistry was always considered a difficult subject to understand and brought with it the aversion of students and also future teachers of the area, who became increasingly scarce, and there is a need for changes in the search for the evolution of teaching. With the proposal of the new High School and the ENEM (National High School Examination) becoming the only mechanism for access to universities and federal institutes, teaching had to undergo drastic changes in order to make it closer to the reality of learners, As they were put in the questions of the evaluations of the MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture). The objective of this study was to evaluate the current teaching of chemistry, including the changes that occurred after adoption of the ENEM, through the students' vision. Semistructured interviews were conducted with approximately 64 students from schools in the city of Pombal-PB, in order to obtain qualitative and quantitative data directed to the teaching of chemistry, the ENEM and the changes that occurred in recent years. In the students' view, the chemistry teachers of the public schools of Pombal-PB changed their teaching practices through the adoption of contextualized classes that interconnect the topics studied with the daily life of those involved, besides, there was adequate in the choice of didactic subjects, being These focused on the ENEM, and also sought the use of differentiated methodological tools, where this set of actions aimed at the development of skills and abilities throughout the formative process of the citizen, where he is also able to overcome the level of difficulty of the system Evaluation.

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Authors: Thays Jorgeana Alexandre e Silva, Elvira Uchoa dos Anjos, Symara Abrantes Albuquerque de Oliveira Cabral, Carla Heloisa de Alencar Figueiredo

Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) is considered a serious public health problem in Brazil and in the World. It is considered one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular, renal and cerebrovascular diseases, among others. Antihypertensive therapy is extremely effective in lowering blood pressure. However, the percentage of patients reaching therapeutic targets is low. Non-adherence to treatment is one of the most important problems faced. In this sense, the objective was to identify the difficulties faced by patients with systemic arterial hypertension, adherence to treatment in the Family Health Strategy (ESF), which is responsible for Primary Health Care, The center of health care networks. This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach with the population of 4,772 hypertensive patients enrolled in the HiperDia program at the department of health of the municipality of Cajazeiras, the sample was composed of 100 hypertensive patients. The results showed female prevalence (65%), mean age was 59 years (35%). Regarding the main reasons that prevent adherence to treatment, 89% reported lack of knowledge. Family history The predominance was between siblings 66%. The data show that there is a deficit of adherence to treatment, especially by female users, who report a lack of knowledge, revealing the need for better strategies in health education.

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Authors: Suzane Albuquerque dos Santos Fukahori, Camila Gomes de Moura Nascimento, Simone Lugon da Silva Almeida, João Victor Batista Cabral

Systemic Arterial Hypertension is a clinical condition with multiple causes and is defined by elevated and sustained blood arterial pressure levels, being considered one of the main chronic non transmissible diseases that affect the elderly population. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with hypertension in the elderly. The present article deals with an integrative review, with a search carried out in the Virtual Health Library, through the LILACS, BDENF and MEDLINE databases, associated with the SciELO repository, between 2010 and 2015 years, using the descriptors combined and synthesis of the data by through tabulations. Senility, female gender, overweight, worse self-perception of health, non-adherence to treatment, functional disability, depression and physical inactivity were evidenced as risk factors for hypertension in the elderly. The results show the role of risk factors for the development and complications of hypertension, but they are also signals for the early detection and for the expansion of the interventions of prevention and control measures in the different health care spheres.

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Authors: Clarissa Cotrim Dos Anjos, Shirley da Silva Santos, Rayane da Costa Silva, Raysa da Costa Silva, Raiany Azevedo dos Santos Gomes

The child health care line is a priority whose structuring axis is the monitoring of growth and development and assistance is based on the promotion of health, prevention, early diagnosis and recovery of health problems. This work had the objective of reporting the experience in the follow up of activities developed in a school in the city of Maceió, Alagoas. This is a descriptive study, a type of experience report about actions directed at children's health, involving the following topics: growth and development monitoring, immunization and health education activities. The anthropometric measurements of each child were performed. Of the 24 children, measured and weighed, 8 were overweight and 3 were obese. When evaluating the completion of the children's health records, only 9 caregivers responded to the requests and only one was adequately filled. Children aged 0-6 years were evaluated for development using the Denver II screening scale. This was applied in 21 children, with a delay in the development of three. In view of this result, physiotherapeutic interventions were performed in the school itself and, after three months of follow-up, showed a significant improvement in all domains of the scale.