Educating for sociability and learning for citizenship: developing communicational skills and mediation in educational contexts

This text concerns a program about the Promotion of Social and Communicational Skills and Mediation (PSCSM) developed with children aged between 10 and 13 years in a non-formal educational institution. The program of intervention had, as its purpose, the promotion of social and communicational competencies and mediation, thus enabling the children involved to have a healthy and responsible sociability in the different contexts in which they find themselves: family, school, peer group, amongst others. It was developed over 13 sessions with objectives and activities intentionally planned with the view of promoting competencies of communication, co-operation, responsibility, a critical spirit, solidarity, autonomy, respect, integration, inclusion and the recognition of rights and duties. This work was carried out with an action-research methodology that resorted to various techniques and instruments to gather and record information. The results obtained showed the impact and benefits of the program and they also revealed the necessity of educational institutions investing in the promotion of an ethical literacy and the empowerment of the children and young people for healthy sociability and active citizenship.

Fatores de risco associados com infarto agudo do miocárdio na região metropolitana de São Paulo: uma região desenvolvida em um país em desenvolvimento

OBJETIVO: Identificar os fatores de risco, associados com infarto agudo do miocárdio (IAM), com as respectivas forças de associação, na região metropolitana de São Paulo. MÉTODOS: Os casos eram pacientes com diagnóstico de primeiro IAM com elevação do segmento ST e os controles eram indivíduos sem doença cardiovascular conhecida. Foram incluídos 271 casos e 282 controles provenientes de 12 hospitais. Os fatores avaliados: raça, escolaridade, estado civil, renda familiar, história familiar de insuficiência coronariana, antecedentes de hipertensão arterial e de diabetes mellitus, reposição hormonal em mulheres, tabagismo, atividade física, consumo de álcool, colesterol total, LDL-colesterol, HDL-colesterol, triglicérides e glicose, índice de massa corporal e relação cintura-quadril. RESULTADOS: Os seguintes fatores de risco apresentaram associação independente com IAM: tabagismo (razão de chances [OR]=5,86; intervalo de confiança [IC] 95% 3,25-10,57; p<0,00001), relação cintura-quadril [tercil superior vs. inferior] (OR=4,27; IC 95% 2,28-8,00; p<0,00001), antecedentes de hipertensão arterial (OR=3,26; IC 95% 1,95-5,46; p<0,00001), relação cintura-quadril [tercil intermediário vs. inferior] (OR=3,07; IC95% 1,66-5,66; p=0,0003), nível sérico de LDL-colesterol (OR=2,75; IC 95% 1,45-5,19; p=0,0018), antecedentes de diabetes mellitus (OR=2,51; IC 95% 1,45-5,19; p=0,023), história familiar de insuficiência coronariana (OR=2,33; IC 95% 1,44-3,75; p=0,0005) e HDL-colesterol (OR=0,53; IC 95% 0,32-0,87; p=0,011). CONCLUSÃO: Tabagismo, relação cintura-quadril, antecedentes de hipertensão arterial e de diabetes, história familiar de insuficiência coronariana, níveis séricos de LDL-colesterol e de HDL-colesterol encontram-se independentemente associados com IAM na região metropolitana de São Paulo.

Evaluación de biotipos ovinos en relación a su producción de carne y lana en el área central de país (Programa: sustentabilidad productiva de pequeños rumiantes en áreas desfavorables - supprad).

Las circunstancias productivas y las leyes de promoción han generado el desarrollo de emprendimientos comerciales en producción ovina. La población ovina compuesta de majadas con base criolla y cruzas con razas estandarizadas, parecería marcar una limitante productiva en carne y lana. Sin embargo, las experiencias en otros lugares confirman una buena alternativa de producción de carne de corderos pesados y lana para tapicería con cruzas y poblaciones primarias. Esto plantea la hipótesis que el desarrollo de sistemas de producción ovina basada en corderos livianos y/o pesados se complementa con la producción de lana para tapicería. El objetivo general es: evaluar biológica y económicamente biotipos ovinos criados en el área central (provincia de Córdoba incluida), en relación a la producción de carne y lana a través de estudios de estructuras de poblaciones y ensayos específicos, con la finalidad de conocer la posible rentabilidad. El proyecto se va a desarrollar en localidades con carcacterísticas agroecológicas distintas: 2 en Córdoba y 3 en La Pampa. Se van a desarrollar estudios de estructura productiva en carne y lana e identificación de biotipos específicos y luego se va a desarrollar un ensayo de engorde de corderos destetados, evaluación de la producción de lana, del crecimiento y faena para evaluar calidad de canal y calidad de carne para dos categorias: livianos(2 meses edad de faena) y pesados (5 meses). Este proyecto pretende demostrar la cumplementariedad del ingreso entre producción de lana para la confección de alfombras y carne de corderos livianos y pesados. Los resultados esperados tenderán a aportar una importante solución para pequeños productores que conservan majadas improductivas que de esta forma podrían desarrollar un empresa económicamente viable.

Análisis de las Relaciones Internacionales argentinas a partir de la construcción de identidad en los medios, la marca país y los espacios de participación ciudadana como factores domésticos de la política exterior.

El presente proyecto se propone integrar en una investigación tres dimensiones de la proyección identitaria de Argentina en el sistema internacional, como son la construcción mediática de la realidad, las estrategias de comunicación y participación de la sociedad civil y las definiciones en torno a la marca país. En tal sentido, se explorará la incidencia de estas tres dimensiones en la política exterior argentina en el período 2003-2011. Se parte del supuesto de que las producciones periodísticas se alejan cada vez más del ideal de política de comunicación exterior, al tiempo que se acercan en alianzas a las entidades de participación ciudadana. Esta relación muchas veces supera el impacto y construcción de realidad hacia afuera de aquellas estrategias de comunicación formales que diseña el estado argentino. Por un lado, la influencia de la producción mediática, de la sociedad civil y de la marca país no han sido consideradas en forma acabada en el estudio de las relaciones internacionales, a pesar de que los paradigmas actuales les otorgan a estas dimensiones un papel relevante en la construcción de imagen y posicionamiento internacional de los países. Por otro lado, la identificación de estas dimensiones como factores que inciden en la política exterior dan cuenta de un cambio de paradigma en las relaciones internacionales en épocas recientes, en tanto se suman a las dimensiones tradicionales vinculadas al paradigma realista. Finalmente, los hallazgos de este estudio servirán de base para el diseño de una política exterior que amplíe las dimensiones exclusivas del ámbito diplomático, a la vez que integre políticas dispersas relativas a comunicación, medios, participación ciudadana y marca país.

Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients in the "Hiperdia Program": A Territory-Based Study

Background:Systemic hypertension is highly prevalent and an important risk factor for cardiovascular events. Blood pressure control in hypertensive patients enrolled in the Hiperdia Program, a program of the Single Health System for the follow-up and monitoring of hypertensive patients, is still far below the desired level.Objective:To describe the epidemiological profile and to assess blood pressure control of patients enrolled in Hiperdia, in the city of Novo Hamburgo (State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).Methods:Cross-sectional study with a stratified cluster random sample, including 383 adults enrolled in the Hiperdia Program of the 15 Basic Health Units of the city of Porto Alegre, conducted between 2010 and 2011. Controlled blood pressure was defined as ≤140 mmHg × 90 mmHg. The hypertensive patients were interviewed and their blood pressure was measured using a calibrated aneroid device. Prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence interval, Wald's χ2 test, and simple and multiple Poisson regression were used in the statistical analysis.Results:The mean age was 63 ± 10 years, and most of the patients were females belonging to social class C, with a low level of education, a sedentary lifestyle, and family history positive for systemic hypertension. Diabetes mellitus (DM) was observed in 31%; adherence to the antihypertensive treatment in 54.3%; and 33.7% had their blood pressure controlled. DM was strongly associated with inadequate BP control, with only 15.7% of the diabetics showing BP considered as controlled.Conclusion:Even for hypertensive patients enrolled in the Hiperdia Program, BP control is not satisfactorily reached or sustained. Diabetic hypertensive patients show the most inappropriate BP control.

Blood Pressure and Hemodynamic Adaptations after a Training Program in Young Individuals with Down Syndrome

Background:Cardiovascular diseases affect people worldwide. Individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) have an up to sixteen-time greater risk of mortality from cardiovascular diseases.Objective:To evaluate the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on blood pressure and hemodynamic variables of young individuals with DS.Methods:A total of 29 young individuals with DS participated in the study. They were divided into two groups: aerobic training (AT) (n = 14), and resistance training (TR) (n = 15). Their mean age was 15.7 ± 2.82 years. The training program lasted 12 weeks, and had a frequency of three times a week for AT and twice a week for RT. AT was performed in treadmill/ bicycle ergometer, at an intensity between 50%-70% of the HR reserve. RT comprised nine exercises with three sets of 12 repetition-maximum. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean blood pressure (MBP) and hemodynamic variables were assessed beat-to-beat using the Finometer device before/after the training program. Descriptive analysis, the Shapiro-Wilk test to check the normality of data, and the two-way ANOVA for repeated measures were used to compare pre- and post-training variables. The Pearson’s correlation coefficient was calculated to correlate hemodynamic variables. The SPSS version 18.0 was used with the significance level set at p < 0.05.Results:After twelve weeks of aerobic and/or resistance training, significant reductions in variables SBP, DBP and MBP were observed.Conclusion:This study suggests a chronic hypotensive effect of moderate aerobic and resistance exercises on young individuals with DS.

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Magdeburg, Univ., Fak. für Informatik, Diss., 2012

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