Por uma Governança Democrática : Triangulo Mineiro - Brasil - Uberlândia

The City Educator Program is articulated with PROEX-Pro - Deanship Culture and Student Affairs through the Directorate of Extension, along with the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design Institute and the City Futura Pro. Program is conducted since 2008 by the Federal University of Uberlândia and Motion City Futura. The outreach program aims to promote democratic governance and smart planning municipal and regional level, enabling public and social (government technicians, law enforcement officers, and civil society leaders) seeking implementation of legal instruments, urban and tributaries in the counties of Araguari and Uberlândia, established in the City Statute and Master Plans, and the Fiscal Responsibility, Social Rights established by the Constitution, and all the instruments of social control in the municipalities involved. The methodology includes content developed through dynamic, research participant, group work and exposure dialogue. The results were relevant to holding the Course on Urban Management and Sustainable Democratic, Uberlândia A Forum for Sustainable Leadership Training Course Ethical and Sustainable, Community Workshops Seminars in Neighborhoods assessment; Map Workshop Speaker, Research Participants, Seminars and Interactive Campaigns Mobilization office in the territory. Were produced articles, reports and reflections that are public in book form. At the end of the implementation of program activities, the municipal governments, entities and non-governmental organizations as well as citizens who, directly or indirectly, involved with the program, attended the final seminar where, besides the presentation of results, was made, collectively, evaluation and assessment of all activities

Intercambio entre lectores. Un proyecto con mujeres y niños en contexto de encierro

El artículo expone algunas experiencias y resultados del proyecto "Lectura y escritura en la Unidad 33. Madres, niños e instituciones educativas" que se inició como proyecto de Extensión de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el año 2010. El proyecto implementa con mujeres y niños que viven en situación de encierro un conjunto de acciones con diferentes grados de formalización en torno a las culturas de lo escrito y otras formas de expresión, en tanto prácticas culturales que tienen derecho de ejercer y ampliar en diversas situaciones de interacción social. Se presentan los distintos espacios de trabajo y se sintetizan algunos resultados de un un taller denominado "la ronda: historia, poesías y canciones" Del análisis de las situaciones propuestas y los datos recogidos de un corpus de entrevistas semiestructuradas a un grupo de mujeres participantes, con edades entre 19 y 33 años, se destaca el sentido y valor de las lecturas e intercambios entre lectores literarios en la vida cotidiana del encierro

Intercambio entre lectores. Un proyecto con mujeres y niños en contexto de encierro

El artículo expone algunas experiencias y resultados del proyecto "Lectura y escritura en la Unidad 33. Madres, niños e instituciones educativas" que se inició como proyecto de Extensión de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el año 2010. El proyecto implementa con mujeres y niños que viven en situación de encierro un conjunto de acciones con diferentes grados de formalización en torno a las culturas de lo escrito y otras formas de expresión, en tanto prácticas culturales que tienen derecho de ejercer y ampliar en diversas situaciones de interacción social. Se presentan los distintos espacios de trabajo y se sintetizan algunos resultados de un un taller denominado "la ronda: historia, poesías y canciones" Del análisis de las situaciones propuestas y los datos recogidos de un corpus de entrevistas semiestructuradas a un grupo de mujeres participantes, con edades entre 19 y 33 años, se destaca el sentido y valor de las lecturas e intercambios entre lectores literarios en la vida cotidiana del encierro

Basic guide to naturalization and citizenship /

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Intercambio entre lectores. Un proyecto con mujeres y niños en contexto de encierro

El artículo expone algunas experiencias y resultados del proyecto "Lectura y escritura en la Unidad 33. Madres, niños e instituciones educativas" que se inició como proyecto de Extensión de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el año 2010. El proyecto implementa con mujeres y niños que viven en situación de encierro un conjunto de acciones con diferentes grados de formalización en torno a las culturas de lo escrito y otras formas de expresión, en tanto prácticas culturales que tienen derecho de ejercer y ampliar en diversas situaciones de interacción social. Se presentan los distintos espacios de trabajo y se sintetizan algunos resultados de un un taller denominado "la ronda: historia, poesías y canciones" Del análisis de las situaciones propuestas y los datos recogidos de un corpus de entrevistas semiestructuradas a un grupo de mujeres participantes, con edades entre 19 y 33 años, se destaca el sentido y valor de las lecturas e intercambios entre lectores literarios en la vida cotidiana del encierro

A review of telemedicine and asthma

The literature contains a number of reports of early work involving telemedicine and chronic disease; however, there are comparatively few studies in asthma. Most of the telemedicine studies in asthma have investigated the use of remote monitoring of patients in the home, e.g. transmitting spirometry data via a telephone modem to a central server. The primary objective of these studies was to improve management. A secondary benefit was that patient adherence to prescribed treatment is also likely to be improved. Early results are encouraging; home monitoring in a randomized controlled trial in Japan significantly reduced the number of emergency room visits by patients with poorly controlled asthma. Other studies have described the cost-benefits of a specialist asthma nurse who can manage patients by telephone contact, as well as deliver asthma education. Many web-based systems are available for the general public or healthcare professionals to improve education in asthma, although their quality is highly variable. The work on telemedicine in asthma clearly shows that the technique holds promise in a number of areas. Unfortunately - as in telemedicine generally - most of the literature in patients with asthma refers to pilot trials and feasibility studies, with short-term outcomes. Large-scale, formal research trials are required to establish the cost effectiveness of telemedicine in asthma.

Non-use of Formal Health Services in Malawi: Perceptions from Non-users

Background The study upon which this paper is based was undertaken to understand users’ and non-users’ perceptions concerning facilitators and barriers to equitable and universal access to health care in resource-poor countries such as Malawi. In this study, non-users of health services were defined as people who were not in need of health services or those who had stopped using them due to significant barriers. Methods A total of 80 interviews with non-users of health services were conducted in Rumphi, Ntchisi, Phalombe and Blantyre Districts of Malawi. Interviews focused on why informants were not using formal health services at the time of data collection. In order to identify non-users, snowballing was used health surveillance assistants, village headmen and community members also helped. One focus group discussion was also conducted with non-users of health services who were members of the Zion Church. Results Informants described themselves as non-users of health services due to several reasons: cost of health services; long distances to health facilities; poor attitude of health workers; belief in the effectiveness of traditional medicines; old age and their failure to walk. Others were non-users due to their disability; hence they could not walk over long distances or could not communicate effectively with health providers. Some of these non-users were complete non-users, namely members of the Zion Church and those who believed in traditional medicine, and they stated that nothing could be done to transform them into users of health services. Other non-users stated that they could become users if their challenges were addressed e.g. for those who were non-users of health services due to poor attitudes of health workers, they stated that if these health workers were transferred they would be able to access health services. Conclusions Public health education targeting both health workers and non-users, ensuring a functional outreach program and addressing other health system challenges such as shortage of drugs and human resources would assist in transforming non-users into users of health services.

COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES (KAP) ON FLUOROSIS AND ITS MITIGATION IN ENDEMIC AREAS OF ETHIOPIA

Optimum fluoride intake plays an essential role in the prevention of dental caries while fluoride consumption above recommended level interferes with the normal formation of tooth enamel and bones and may increase risk of dental and skeletal fluorosis. The knowledge and practices of endemic communities on etiology of fluorosis will help in its mitigation and prevention. The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practices of endemic community on fluoride contamination, fluorosis and prevention practices in order to devise coordinated and targeted prevention mechanisms. Focus group discussions (FGD) and key-informant interview were conducted in three dietary areas to collect knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the endemic community in July 2013.The results indicated that health consequences of fluoride contaminated water are fairly understood. None of the discussants mentioned the word “fluoride”. The knowledge and perception of the community on fluoride ingestion is poor. Health extension workers (HEWs) did not teach about fluoride and related health consequences. Dental fluorosis was reported to start at early ages and not commonly perceived as a major problem. However, adolescents worried and felt that they might be singled out when going to other areas. Older people have a skeletal fluorosis, which interferes with their day to day activities. In severely affected people, the teeth were weak and fragile and thus create difficulty in chewing hard foods like unfermented dry flat bread, sugar cane and toasted grains. People prefer rain water rather than water from borehole because of the inconvenient taste of the latter. The endemic communities have no sufficient knowledge and skills on potential sources of fluoride intake, the debilitating effect of high fluoride ingestion, and preventive and mitigatory measures to reduce fluoride intake. The effect of fluoride contamination and mitigatory methods should get sufficient attention by the community, health workers and concerned governmental bodies. The trend of harvesting and using rain water should be encouraged as it reduces fluoride intake. Future studies should focus on information communication on possible fluoride risks, intervention and evaluation studies on defluoridation, rain water harvesting and mitigatory techniques.