Qualidade de vida e maus-tratos do idoso na comunidade

O presente estudo acerca dos maus-tratos e qualidade de vida no idoso tem como objectivos avaliar a influência do risco do abuso ou negligência na qualidade de vida dos idosos; avaliar o risco de abuso e/ou negligência e avaliar a qualidade de vida dos idosos no contexto comunitário. Optou-se pela investigação quantitativa do tipo descritiva-exploratória, de natureza transversal, a 48 indivíduos de ambos os géneros com 65 e mais anos, inscritos nos três Centros Sociais Municipais de Santana. O critério de exclusão de maior relevo foi a incapacidade cognitiva para responder oralmente às questões, para essa avaliação aplicou-se o Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). A amostra foi do tipo não-probabilístico por conveniência à qual foram aplicados os seguintes instrumentos: o questionário sócio-demográfico; a versão portuguesa do WHOQOL-Bref (avalia a qualidade de vida); o H-S/EAST (identifica o risco de violência contra o idoso) e as perguntas de eliciação de abuso ou negligência a adultos idosos (determina as condições de vida dos adultos idosos). A maioria dos inquiridos são do género feminino (79,2%) e a idade média é de 73,86 anos com um desvio padrão de 5,9. A maioria são casados (homens: 70%; mulheres: 31,6%) ou viúvos (homens: 20%; mulheres: 52,6%). Relativamente à qualidade de vida, obteve-se a média mais elevada nas subescalas das relações sociais, psicológico, meio ambiente, geral e físico. Os valores dos resultados da avaliação do risco de abuso (H-S/EAST) indicaram alta prevalência de situações de risco potencial, risco de abuso directo e vulnerabilidade ao abuso. Quanto à eliciação do abuso ou negligência a adultos idosos obtiveram-se resultados que determinam que a maioria da amostra possui um ou mais indicadores de abuso (entre 0 a 6) sendo as formas mais frequentes o abuso emocional e a negligência, seguindo-se o abuso financeiro e o abuso físico. Concluiu-se que quanto maior o risco de maus-tratos menor a qualidade de vida do idoso.

Pode um grupo de teatro escolar ser uma comunidade de prática, conducente a inovação pedagógica?

O presente estudo, no âmbito do Mestrado em Ciências de Educação – Inovação Pedagógica tem como objetivo analisar o modo como uma comunidade (principal objeto de estudo), constituida por um grupo de teatro escolar, neste caso concreto “O Moniz”, constrói aprendizagens significativas, decorrentes de práticas sócioconstrutivistas, relembrando os princípios básicos sobre a influência e importância do teatro junto das comunidades educativas. O termo comunidade de prática, referida por Jeane Lave e Ettiene Wenger, que consideram a aprendizagem como um fenómeno situado, é utilizado para análise e discussão das aprendizagens emergentes desses alunos que, através de atividades práticas e metodologias informais, de trabalho colaborativo e cooperativo, entre eles, poderão favorecer e potenciar as diferentes dimensões humanas, sobretudo numa educação socializadora, para além das dimensões dos valores e da afetividade que ficam muitas vezes fora do currículo, sendo importantes para a formação integral das pessoas e indispensáveis para uma vida feliz. Este estudo de caso tem em vista utilizar uma metodologia qualitativa, usando técnicas de cariz etnográfico, no ambiente natural dos sujeitos, com o intuito de relevar e confrontar subjetividades, atendendo às percepções de cada participante. Concluimos que este grupo de teatro reúne os principais elementos de uma Comunidade de Prática (Domínio, Comunidade e Prática), designados por Wenger (1991). Além disso, são visíveis caraterísticas que permitem relacioná-lo com as CdP, tais como: o compromisso mútuo, o empreendimento múto e o reportório partilhado.

A Contribuição da etnomatemática na aprendizagem significativa dos aprendizes na comunidade Quilombola numa perspectiva etnográfica

A Educação Matemática é uma parte essencial da educação, tão importante como a leitura e a escrita, destacando a presença da Matemática como instrumento de análises, interpretações de dados estatísticos, mensuração, entre outros. Abordamos na pesquisa três categorias: etnomatemática numa perspectiva de superação da prática tradicional ainda presente no ensino da matemática; inovação pedagógica como premissa na contemporaneidade, afirmar que a inovação pedagógica constitui uma ruptura de natureza cultural das práticas desumanizadoras, antidialógicas é aderir ao novo paradigma educacional construtivista, sem apego às práticas anteriores. Ser inovador é estar constantemente reflexivo de sua prática educativa e a aprendizagem significativa numa dimensão de valorização dos conhecimentos prévios como principal instrumento para construção dos conhecimentos sistematizados. Investigamos a contribuição da etnomatemática na aprendizagem significativa dos aprendizes na comunidade quilombola. O campo de estudo foi a Escola Alfredo Gomes de Araújo no Distrito de Trigueiros-Vicência-PE, Brasil. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram os aprendizes e a educadora que leciona matemática no sétimo ano do Ensino Fundamental na citada escola. Os resultados da pesquisa demonstram que a etnomatemática contribui para inovação pedagógica, proporcionando aprendizagem significativa nos diversos contextos que foram submetidos, desenvolvendo o senso crítico, a criatividade, a curiosidade, a metacognição, o autoconhecimento, o protagonismo, as relações intraculturais e interculturais, entre outros. Foi desenvolvida uma metodologia qualitativa de caráter etnográfico, justificada pela natureza do estudo. Desenvolveu-se com a presença da investigadora no ambiente natural dos sujeitos, visando à descrição pormenorizada dos fenômenos estudados buscando entendimento e compreensão dos aspectos culturais e os significados vivenciados no âmbito da turma pesquisada. Para recolha dos dados foram utilizadas observações participantes, diário etnográfico, entrevistas semiestruturadas, essas técnicas constituíram os principais recursos da investigação empírica e para complementar as observações e os registros, fizemos notas de campo, conversas informais, recolhidos durante a estada no campo pesquisado.

Ações afirmativas como prática de inovação pedagógica : a experiência da escola da comunidade Quilombola Onze Negras, no Cabo de Santo Agostinho-PE

O presente estudo teve por objetivo verificar se a implementação das ações afirmativas que interferem favoravelmente no processo de aprendizagem e na construção da identidade das crianças e jovens da comunidade Quilombola Onze Negras, podem ser entendidas como instrumento de Inovação Pedagógica. Para isso, inicialmente, embasamos teoricamente este estudo através da compreensão do conceito de ações afirmativas, e realizamos um resgate histórico das lutas empreendidas pelos negros no Brasil, tendo por foco a formação das comunidades quilombolas e a identidade dos negros brasileiros. Na sequência, as incursões à comunidade em estudo, a observação das suas vivências e a realização de inquéritos e entrevistas, dentro e fora da escola, permitiram-nos permear as nossas reflexões acerca deste contexto. Assim, a base metodológica utilizada nesta investigação foi a etnopesquisa crítica de natureza descritivo-exploratória e de abordagem qualitativa, cujos instrumentos utilizados foram a observação participante, a entrevista semi estruturada e o questionário. Os dados recolhidos possibilitaram-nos descrever, interpretar, compreender e analisar as ações cotidianas de nossos atores em seu ambiente natural, e, deste modo, concluir que as ações afirmativas realizadas no seu interior e mais especificamente na escola da comunidade Onze Negras, proporcionando um fortalecimento da identidade negra, podem ser vistas como instrumento de inovação pedagógica.

Papel da extensão e do trabalho junto à comunidade na formação médica

SILVA, Thiago Demétrio Nogueira Costa e; CORRÊA, Edison José; MARANHÃO, Técia Maria de Oliveira. O papel da extensão e do trabalho junto à comunidade na formação Médica. Revista Eletrônica Pesquisa Médica, v.1, n.3, p.9-13, jul./set. 2007

GÊNERO E RELAÇÕES DE PODER NO PENTECOSTALISMO: ESTUDO COMPARATIVO ENTRE A IGREJA DE CRISTO NO BRASIL E A COMUNIDADE EVANGÉLICA SARA NOSSA TERRA

Based on the empirical comparative study between two churches from Pentecostal guidance - both located in Parnamirim/RN - and supported on a dialogic interaction between my interlocutors and theoretical references, I proposed me to reflect about how this protestant segment represents and articulates questions such as gender and power relationships, and the daily impact of that in their followers life. In other words, this dissertation aims to understand the reason of the asymmetry attributed to male and female, especially in what concerns the distribution of ecclesiastic works and the authority given to male, as well as the implication of this reality in the reconfiguration of morality and religious praxis in daily life of individuals and involved groups. From this perspective, this work was divided in three chapters, in which I investigate the tension/relationship between faith and secularism, for from this question on concessions and/or prohibitions related to the limits and involvement of the followers with the world and with the very Pentecostal ethos arise. I also analyze here aspects concerning to both ecclesiastic hierarchy and power, with the objective of elucidating how it occurs, what kind of criteria and implications they consider as well as about the nature of the religious labor division between men and women and, finally, I try to understand how the conversion/adhesion of members is reflected in the redefinitions of gender and its relationship between the ecclesiastical and domestic spaces. The diligence and energy spent in this work is in the hope that its fruits can corroborate in the expansion of anthropological knowledge which, in this particular case, involves the Brazilian Pentecostal phenomenon

Natureza de mulher, nome de mãe, marca de negra: identidades em trânsito e políticas do corpo na comunidade quilombola de Boa Vista dos Negros

Las políticas de salud destinadas a las mulheres de la comunidad quilombola de Boa Vista son, de manera general, las mismas políticas destinadas al resto de las mujeres de la región rural del Seridó norterriograndense y también las que se corresponden con regiones marginales del Brasil entero. Aquí, el cuerpo femenino es concebido bajo parámetros universalizantes que lo toman como una entidad homogénea y comparable con otros cuerpos femeninos a partir de su traducción en índices, tasas y estadísticas. En este sentido, decimos que son cuerpos desnudos, cuya intervención no considera los rasgos exteriores, aquellos llamados de culturales, como marcadores de identidad. Por otro lado, la noción de Salud de la Mujer Negra propuesta por recientes políticas de Estado a nivel nacional, se muestra inexistente en la comunidad. El cuerpo que se se exalta hoy a partir de los parámetros de reivindicación étnica es un cuerpo negro, pero también bello, jovem e sobre todo, fuerte; donde la noción de salud no penetra. De esta forma, las dos políticas conciben sujetos sociales diferentes. Sin embargo, existe otro espacio, que es el espacio de las prácticas vernáculas, en el que las mujeres experimentan la articulación entre feminilidad y negritud, pero a partir de otros parámetros local e históricamente delineados. Aquí, tanto las trayectorias de las mujeres como las redes de parentesco y cuidado locales se muestran especialmente significativas, ayudando a comprender las concepciones particulares sobre el cuerpo que imaginan y practican las mujeres de esta comunidad, y revelando la importancia de la maternidad como principio ordenador de identidades sociales. Para eso, hemos realizado un trabajo de observación participante, una serie de 30 entrevista com mujeres de Boa Vista y un estudio de las redes de parentesco organizadas alrededor del término mãe. Con esto, demostramos que existe un espacio cargado de significados sobre el cuerpo femenino y la feminilidad que es construido a partir de una interpretación local de la triple condición de mulher, de mãe y de negra

É a luta da gente! : juventude e etnicidade na comunidade Quilombola de capoeiras (RN)

On this paper, I propose a reflexion on the formation of a youth maroon, as a political subject , based on experience, personal expectations and social projects in the construction of a political identity in the community quilombola Capoeiras, which is located in the district of Macaíba (RN). I observed two social situations; the projects of the Pau-furado Youth and the Swingueira Quilombola , those kinds of dances that have as protagonists or as audience the youth people who lives in the community here mentioned, those people that legitimize and innovate in these traditions and roles they play and crucial positions in the construction of ethnic identities and generation within a political community. It seeks to understand the place of youth in this new context of political affirmation and identity. It is, therefore, to understand the diversity in their local youth from different social, cultural, political and economic

A verdade (des)construída: a inserção da homossexualidade na comunidade cristã Nova Esperança, em Natal

The religious plurality has been increasingly intense in Brazil, while it has served as an object of study in various fields of knowledge. In this context, this paper aims to point out the general heterogeneity among experienced growth of Protestant and evangelical denominations, especially those who claim to be inclusive by attending to human diversity, seeking to understand the relationship between religion and homosexuality. Specific objectives aim to understand the functioning and speeches produced by Comunidade Cristã Nova Esperança in Natal. The theoretical framework was seated in the works of Bento (2008), Lima (2009), Goffman (2001), Natividade (2008), Musskopf (2008), Helminiak (1998), Foucault (1997), among others. We tried to discuss the trajectory and how is the process of organization of the Comunidade Cristã Nova Esperança in Natal, the social advances that have reached homosexuals in our country, how this institution has contributed to the shift in paradigm in Christianity in respect to matters pertaining to religion and homosexuality, and the meaning of being a homosexual christian from the viewpoint perceived by social subjects living this experience

O descompasso de uma experiência: avaliação do Programa Habitar Brasil na Comunidade África-Natal/RN

This research deals with the evaluation of the Programa do Governo Federal para Urbanização de Favelas Habitar Brasil(1993) carried out in the Africa slum - Redinha neighbourhood in Natal-Rn. This study carried out in period from 2005 to 2006 searches to identify the effects of the actions proposed by Program in 1993-1994 about the current urbanistic configuration of the Africa community. It analyzes the effectiveness in the process of achievement of the considered objectives to habitation, communitity equipments, infrastructure and agrarian regularization. On the evaluation process, it has been as reference the works developed by Adauto Cardoso (2004), Blaine Worthen (2004), Ronaldo Garcia (2001) and Rosângela Paz (2006). About the Habitational Policy with approach to the Urbanistic Right and the right to the housing, the reflections by Raquel Rolnik, Nabil Bonduki, Ermínia Maricato, Saule Júnior, Betânia de Moraes Alfonsin and Edésio Fernandes are main references. To gauge the execution of the objectives proposed by Habitar Brasil in 1993, it has searched in the documentary data of the time and in information gotten in interviews with technicians that had participated of the program, consistent references on what was considered, what was executed and the process of the intervention of Habitar Brasil in the Africa community. The area analysis in 2005-2006 has developed on the base of the urbanistic survey of the current situation from the four performance lines of the Program: habitation, infrastructure, community equipments and agrarian regularization, with a current urbanistic evaluation of Africa considering the intervention carried out in 1993 and 1994. The study points out the context of Brazilian Habitational Policy where the Programa Habitar Brasil was launched, explaining the main principles of the Program. In terms of local, it empahsizes the administrative-political factors that had contributed so that Natal-Rn city has been pioneering in the resources captation of Habitar Brazil (1993). Considering Habitar Brazil in Africa, the work argues and presents the intervention diagnosis and the proposal, developed by Program in 1993 evidencing the local problem of the time. After that, it makes a current reading of the area, identifying in 2006 representative elements of Habitar Brasil (1993-1994) for the Africa community. It identifies significant advances in the constitution of the institucional apparatus of the plaining system of Habitation of Social Interest for the city of Natal and points the fragilities in the implementation of the urban infrastructure actions and above all in the achievement of the objectives of the agrarian regularization

Efeitos da tilápia do Nilo (Oreochromis niloticus) e do enriquecimento por nutrientes sobre a comunidade planctônica em um lago artificial no semi-árido brasileiro

The major aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the introduction of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and the enrichment with nutrients (N and P) interact synergistically to change the structure of plankton communities, increase phytoplankton biomass and decrease water transparency of a semi-arid tropical reservoir. One field experiment was performed during five weeks in twenty enclosures (8m3) to where four treatments were randomly allocated: with tilapia addition (T), with nutrients addition (NP), with tilapia and nutrients addition (T+NP) and a control treatment with no tilapia or nutrients addition (C). A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was done to test for time (t), tilapia (T) and nutrient (NP) effects and their interaction on water transparency, total phosphorus, total nitrogen, phytoplankton and zooplankton. The results show that there was no effect of nutrient addition on these variables but significant fish effects on the biomass of total zooplankton, nauplii, rotifers, cladocerans and calanoid copepods, on the biovolume of Bacillariophyta, Zygnemaphyceae and large algae (GALD ≥ 50 μm) and on Secchi depth. In addition, we found significant interaction effects between tilapia and nutrients on Secchi depth and rotifers. Overall, tilapia decreased the biomass of most zooplankton taxa and large algae (diatoms) and decreased the water transparency while nutrient enrichment increased the biomass of zooplankton (rotifers) but only in the absence of tilapia. In conclusion, the influence of fish on the reservoir plankton community and water transparency was greater than that of nutrient loading. This finding suggests that biomanipulation should be a greater priority in the restoration of eutrophic reservoirs in tropical semi-arid regions

Avaliação da qualidade da água do Rio Piranhas-Açu/RN utilizando a comunidade de macroinvertebrados bentônicos

The biomonitoring technique for water quality in water bodies has been incorporated increasingly in management of the natural resources, using mainly indices of its aquatic community characteristics. In Brazil the first efforts to use this technique was restricted to the South and the Midwest region of this country. Located in the northeast region, this study was conducted at Rio Grande do Norte state and had as main objective the assessment of water quality in the Piranhas-Açu river using benthic macroinvertebrates community as biological indicators. Thus, were applied two biotic indices, the BMWP (Biological Monitoring Working Party score system) and the IBF (Family Biotic Index). According the requirements of these indices, two periods of sampling were determined as basic methodology, in dry seasons of 2006 and 2007. The sampling sites were around the municipalities of Açu, Ipanguaçu, Alto do Rodrigues and Pendências. Physical-chemical measurements; a protocol of rapid assessment of diversity of habitats, and determination of the degree of tolerance of each taxon to organic pollution were also performed. The most abundant organisms found in the river were tolerant with the prevalence of Chironomidae (Diptera) and Melanoides tuberculata. This results, together with those ones got in indices application, showed a considerable organic pollution in the four sample places and the reaches were classified as modified to impacted. According to the used indices, this study suggest that this river have significant alteration in the biotic community and water quality on the organic pollution, and this fact, occurs in the reach of the river further downstream, where were expected a good water quality. Considering these results, measures aiming the conservation of this water body are needed regarding as it is inserted into a fragile ecosystem with dry season phenomenon, and the water of this river has extremely importance for the local economy

Efeitos de manipulações ascendentes e descendentes sobre a comunidade fitoplanctônica em um reservatório eutrófico no semi-árido brasileiro

Top-down (grazing) and bottom-up (nutrient, light) controls are important in freshwater ecosystems regulation. Relative importance of these factors could change in space and time, but in tropical lakes bottom-up regulation has to been appointed as more influent. Present study aimed to test the hypothesis that phytoplankton growths rate in Armando Ribeiro reservoir, a huge eutrophic reservoir in semi-arid region of Rio Grande do Norte state, is more limited by nutrient available then zooplankton grazing pressure. Bioassay was conduced monthly from September (2008) to August (2009) manipulating two levels of nutrients (with/without addition) and two level of grazers (with/without removal). Experimental design was factorial 2X2 with four treatments (X5), (i) control with water and zooplankton from natural spot ( C ), (ii) with nutrient addition ( +NP ), (iii) with zooplankton remove ( -Z ) and (iv) with zooplankton remove and nutrient addition ( -Z+NP ). For bioassay confection transparent plastic bottles (500ml) was incubate for 4 or 5 days in two different depths, Secchi`s depth (high luminosity) and 3 times Secchi`s depth (low luminosity). Water samples were collected from each bottle in begins and after incubates period for chlorophyll a concentration analysis and zoopalnktonic organisms density. Phytoplankton growths rates were calculated. Bifactorial ANOVA was performance to test if had a significant effect (p<0,005) of nutrient addition and grazers remove as well a significant interaction between factors on phytoplankton growths rates. Effect magnitude was calculated the relative importance of each process. Results show that phytoplankton growth was in generally stimulated by nutrient addition, as while zooplankton remove rarely stimulated phytoplankton growth. Some significant interactions happening between nutrient additions and grazers remove on phytoplankton growth. In conclusion this study suggests that in studied reservoir phytoplankton growth is more controlled by ascendent factors than descendent

Comunidade fitoplanctônica e qualidade da água da lagoa do jiqui, parnamirim, rn

It is important to evaluate the quality of water for proper management of these resources, since the increase of environmental degradation and the multiple use of water resources are decreasing the quality of water consumed by living beings. The objective of this study was to characterize the phytoplankton community and its variations during periods of dray and rain in Jiqui Lake located in Parnamirim, RN. It was also aimed to analyze the physical and chemical factors of this environment, in order to contribute to the knowledge of water quality used for human consumption. The collection of water samples were carried out in September 2008 to August 2009. The collection of the phytoplankton community was carried out in four sampling sites (surface, bottom, margin of the lake without macrophytes and site dominated by macrophytes). Phytoplankton was collected using plankton net of 20m. The analysis of nutrients and identification of phytoplankton were performed in the laboratory. The results indicate that concentration of chlorophyll a was high in the bottom with mean value of 1.07 μgL-1 (SD ± 1.61). During the study period there was a dominance of the following species: Euglena gracilis, Trachelomonas sp, Cyclotellas sp, Gomphonema apuncto, Navicula cuspidata var. cuspidata, Navicula sp, Rhopalodia gibba. There was homogeneity between limnological values in the four study sites, with significant difference between the periods of drought and rain. The Jiqui Lake is considered oligotrophic due to its low concentrations of chlorophyll a, high transparency and low levels of nutrients. The values of BOD and chlorophyll a concentration remained below the permitted standards existing for freshwaters in Brazil, thus the water from Lake Jiqui is of good quality, suitable for human consumption.

Variação temporal da Comunidade de macroinvertebrados bentônicos em um riacho intermitente do semiárido brasileiro

In Brazilian semiarid region, the majority of water bodies are temporary and the biodiversity in these ecosystems is poorly known. The goal of this study was to describe the temporal variation of benthic macroinvertebrates in an intermittent stream in the Brazilian semiarid region. From March to July of 2009, surveys of benthic macroinvertebrates and water physiochemical parameters were done in a first order stream located at Piranhas-Açu River basin. 25 macroinvertebrates families were found, 21 belonging to Insecta class. The chironomids were the most abundant group during all study period and were represented by 19 genus. The largest densities and taxonomic richness were seen in the drying phase of the stream while the smallest values were found in the period with the heaviest rainfalls ( wet phase ). Only the families Chironomidae and Ceratopogonidae were found during all study period, suggesting that these groups have better adaptations to support floods and droughts. Furthermore, these two groups seemed to be pioneering in this stream. Among the chironomids, Paratendipes dominated the period of floods while Tanytarsus were more abundant in the drying phase . This study showed that hydrological fluctuation is the main force influencing the macroinvertebrate community in this stream, therefore, efforts seeking the conservation and management of Brazilian semiarid water bodies should consider this high natural variability in flow regime