"Escrever é…", de Luís Ene

Luís Ene (autor apresentado neste jornal, na edição de fevereiro de 2015) publicou, em fevereiro de 2016, sob a chancela da Lua de Marfim, Escrever é dobrar e desdobrar palavras à procura de um sentido, um conjunto de 45 contos ao longo de 67 páginas. Alguns têm duas linhas, outros ocupam cinco páginas. Esta variação de dimensão é progressiva e vai permitindo o dobrar e desdobrar de palavras, personagens, assuntos, enfim, o material de que o autor dispõe para construir as suas narrativas. Daí que não se estranhe a repetição de frases, o reaparecimento das personagens em contos distintos ou até o mesmo nome em personagens diferentes. São tantos (quase infinitos) os caminhos por onde um texto pode andar, que Luís Ene não os quis desperdiçar,

Randomized controlled trial of an intervention to change cardiac misconceptions in myocardial infarction patients

There is converging evidence that changing beliefs about an illness leads to positive recovery outcomes. However, cardiac misconceptions interventions have been investigated mainly in Angina or Coronary Heart Disease patients, and less in patients following Myocardial Infarction (MI). In these patients, cardiac misconceptions may play a role in the adjustment or lifestyle changes. This article reports a randomized controlled trial of an intervention designed to reduce the strength of misconceptions in patients after a first MI. The primary outcome was the degree of change in misconceptions and the secondary outcomes were: exercise, smoking status, return to work and mood (anxiety and depression). Patients in the intervention condition (n = 60) were compared with a control group (n = 67) receiving usual care. Both groups were evaluated at baseline and 4, 8 and 12 months after hospital discharge. There was a significant time-by-group interaction for the total score of cardiac misconceptions. Patients in the intervention group significantly decreased their total score of cardiac misconceptions at 4 months compared with the control group and this difference was sustained over time. Patients in the intervention group were also more likely to exercise at the follow-up period after MI than the control group. This intervention was effective in reducing the strength of cardiac misconceptions in MI patients and had a positive impact on health behaviour outcomes. These results support the importance of misconceptions in health behaviours and the utility of belief change interventions in promoting health in patients with Myocardial Infarction.

La educación y la conservación de la naturaleza: Una alianza impostergable

Recibido 07 de noviembre de 2010 • Aceptado 09 de marzo de 2011 • Corregido 07 de octubre de 2011   El presente ensayo tiene como propósito señalar la riqueza que posee Costa Rica en cuanto a flora y fauna se refiere y el riesgo que se corre, si no somos capaces de formar a los ciudadanos para su apropiada conservación. En ese sentido, las proponentes argumentan que, mediante la educación, se puede llegar a promover en los ciudadanos y las comunidades, la conservación de la naturaleza, aspecto que se constituye en una necesidad, de ahí que se plantee que la conservación y la educación han de constituir una alianza impostergable.