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Yoga: a boundary object?

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SIEGEL, Pamela and BASTOS, Carolina Leopardi Gonçalves Barretto. Yoga: a boundary object?. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200180. Epub 04-Dez-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.200180. Yoga originated in the East and was appropriated by the West. It transits between tradition and research, intersects science and religion, oscillating among the profane and the sacred. It has morphed from social invisibility into a mainstream practice. It can be comprehended as a philosophical school, as well as a mind-body practice recognized by the World Health Organization, generating contact zones and symbolic frontiers with different fields of knowledge. In contemporary times it is discussed by the social and human sciences. This essay offers reflections on how yoga has been approached by

Collective development of a flow of care for children and teenagers exposed to work: using the double stimulation method

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DONATELLI, Sandra; VILELA, Rodolfo Andrade de Gouveia; QUEROL, Marco Antonio Pereira and GEMMA, Sandra Francisca Bezerra. Collective development of a flow of care for children and teenagers exposed to work: using the double stimulation method. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e190798. Epub 04-Dez-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.190798. In Limeira, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, child labour in the production of costume jewellery was recognized as a public health issue. One of the actions taken by civil society and government departments was to create a Committee for eradication of child labour (COMETIL), and to coordinate integrated care services for children and teenagers. This article aims to show how integrated solutions

Strengthening Palliative Care during the Covid-19 pandemics

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TRITANY, Érika Fernandes; SOUZA FILHO, Breno Augusto Bormann de e MENDONCA, Paulo Eduardo Xavier de. Strengthening Palliative Care during the Covid-19 pandemics. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2021, vol.25, suppl.1, e200397. Epub 04-Dez-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200397. Covid-19 (Coronavirus Disease) has brought great challenges. Apart from the economic and social impacts, the growing number of cases and deaths, the overburden in health services, and the vulnerability situation to which health workers are exposed have been causing great suffering. In this context, health services, their target population, and health workers can benefit from a Palliative Care approach. The objective of Palliative Care is to foster, prevent, and alleviate suffering; promote dignity; improve quality of life; and adapt

Gender issue in the perception of the health-disease process of people detained in police stations

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OLIVEIRA, Ridiney Santos et al. Gender issue in the perception of the health-disease process of people detained in police stations. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2021, vol.25, e200199. Epub 04-Dez-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200199. The study involved provisional detainees from two Curitiba police stations, state of Paraná, Brazil, one for males and one for females, to explore gender differences in this environment and to develop strategies to include gender in addressing this population in primary care. It was a qualitative study based on participant observation keeping a field diary, and 26 transcribed open interviews (13 male and 13 female), transformed into narratives and later into a grid for analysis. The female environment was more welcoming, and the perception

Pregnancy and childbirth in a rural community in the Amazon: reflections on the role of traditional midwives

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SILVA, Sandra Cavalcante; DIAS-SCOPEL, Raquel and SCHWEICKARDT, Júlio. Pregnancy and childbirth in a rural community in the Amazon: reflections on the role of traditional midwives. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e190030. Epub 30-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.190030. This article reflects on the social role of traditional midwives and their relation with health services in the rural community of Lindóia in the State of Amazonas, Brazil. This community has a delivery room and nursing assistant who is acts as a midwife and articulator of other traditional midwives in the area. We conducted 13 open-ended interviews and ten semi-structured interviews to investigate the involvement of traditional midwives in a primary care center, comparing their responses with

Like and share it: contents about healthy eating and diets on Facebook pages

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PASSOS, Jasilaine Andrade; VASCONCELLOS-SILVA, Paulo Roberto e SANTOS, Lígia Amparo da Silva. Like and share it: contents about healthy eating and diets on Facebook pages. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200086. Epub 20-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.200086. This study aimed to describe and analyze contents on healthy eating and diets on Facebook pages. Twenty pages in Portuguese were selected. The forty posts with the highest number of ‘likes’ were examined through content analysis, thematic modality. The posts’ wording revealed a “dialectic of taste”, which would be solved by food recipes disseminated in the “Food Porn” fashion. Losing weight is viewed as an urgency that demands control and vigilance, where quizzes and challenges configure motivational strategies. Efforts to

Crisis as potentiality: proximity care and the epidemic by Covid-19

Abstract SEIXAS, Clarissa Terenzi et al. Crisis as potentiality: proximity care and the epidemic by Covid-19. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2021, vol.25, suppl.1, e200379. Epub 20-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200379. This article aims at questioning the privatizing hospital-centered biomedical model from the point of view of the response to the Covid-19 epidemic, which focuses on hospital care and hard and light-hard technologies. In this context, we argue that the governmental political project of defunding the public health system and other social policies severely aggravates this scenario. Putting under the spotlight the experiences of other countries, we present ‘Proximity Care’ as a territorial-based construction centered on light technologies for the production of highly complex care. Proximity Care appears under

Psychosocial rehabilitation and social inclusion of people with issues resulting from alcohol and drug use: deadlocks and challenges

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SANCHES, Laís Ramos e VECCHIA, Marcelo Dalla. Psychosocial rehabilitation and social inclusion of people with issues resulting from alcohol and drug use: deadlocks and challenges. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200239. Epub 11-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/interface.200239. Psychosocial rehabilitation and social inclusion, which are related to the possibility of free circulation and participation in society, are challenges faced by professionals of alternative services to psychiatric hospitals. The difficulties faced by professionals in the development and implementation of rehabilitation and inclusion strategies in these services were investigated. Semistructured interviews were conducted with professionals from a Psychosocial Care Center – Alcohol and Drugs (Caps-AD, Centros de Atenção Psicossocial – Álcool e Drogas) and studied using a thematic

The Institute for Tropical Medicine of São Paulo: characteristics of its creation, 1940-1959

Abstract SILVA, Ewerton Luiz Figueiredo Moura da e MOTA, André. The Institute for Tropical Medicine of São Paulo: characteristics of its creation, 1940-1959. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200130. Epub 11-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200130. This article was based on an examination of newspapers, reports, and memorial texts. It aims at offering a historiographical contribution about the creation of the Institute for Tropical Medicine (IMT, Instituto de Medicina Tropical), approved in January 1959 after an institutional movement led by Prof. Carlos da Silva Lacaz, who was also its first director. The objective is to highlight important factors that contributed to the decision of creating an institute of Tropical Medicine in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, capital

The process of facilitating Permanent Education in Health for mental health education in Primary Health Care

Abstract REZIO, Larissa de Almeida; CONCIANI, Marta Ester e QUEIROZ, Marilene Alves. The process of facilitating Permanent Education in Health for mental health education in Primary Health Care. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200113. Epub 11-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200113. The study analyzed the facilitation of Permanent Education in Health (EPS) for mental health education in Primary Care, as part of an intervention-research using the Institutional and Socioclinical Analysis as theoretical-methodological framework. The research identified demands of the professionals from two Family Health Strategy teams in order to give inputs to twelve EPS education meetings with each team. The facilitators provided reflections on conceptual aspects linked to mental health care and EPS, also identifying the institutional

Addressing Chagas disease in Primary Care: qualitative research in an endemic area of Argentina

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ROBERTI, Javier et al. Addressing Chagas disease in Primary Care: qualitative research in an endemic area of Argentina. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200104. Epub Nov 11, 2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200104. The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of the healthcare teams and target population about the facilitators and barriers to address Chagas disease in primary level in an endemic area in Argentina. Twelve semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted in Primary Health Care Centres in Resistencia, Chaco. The study was guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. While professionals had a positive perception of the proposed intervention to address Chagas, they showed concern about complexity and feasibility. Professionals perceive an

Preventivism and homosexuals in the context of the Brazilian military dictatorship: An analysis based on Sérgio Arouca’s contributions

Abstract MEIRELLES, Rodrigo e IANNI, Aurea Maria Zöllner. Preventivism and homosexuals in the context of the Brazilian military dictatorship: An analysis based on Sérgio Arouca’s contributions. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2020, vol.24, e200043. Epub 11-Nov-2020. ISSN 1807-5762. https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.200043. In Brazil, the medical school reform grounded on preventive medicine was disseminated, to a large extent, during the military dictatorship (1964-1985). The preventivist project is investigated here beyond a curricular reorganization, as it had a social and political role. This role was clearly visible, specifically, in the way in which it characterized homosexuals in the military dictatorship. We analyzed publications of the newspaper “Jornal do Brasil” about scientific conferences that focused on preventivism in the fight against youth’s