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The concept of medicalization in Michel Foucault in the 1970s. 

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ZORZANELLI, Rafaela Teixeira e CRUZ, Murilo Galvão Amancio. The concept of medicalization in Michel Foucault in the 1970s. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 21-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0194. The aim of this paper is to describe the concept of medicalization in the work of Michel Foucault and to consider its theoretical usefulness in analyzing the phenomenon. The study is based on the hypothesis that medicalization involves two meanings according to Foucault: the first related to medicine as a social practice doled out by the State to the population; and the other related to the undefined phenomenon of medicalization, i.e., the impossibility of producing practices involving the body outside of the

Participative research and comprehensive child healthcare promotion strategies in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). 

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RAMOS, Júlia Florêncio Carvalho et al. Participative research and comprehensive child healthcare promotion strategies in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS). Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 21-Jun-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0280. The article discusses methodological aspects of an investigation aimed at promoting the involvement of participants as a challenge. We were interested in understanding how family health teams made sense of the child handbook - Caderneta de Saúde da Criança, and child development. The intervention-research promoted the sharing of viewpoints among researchers and providers in focal groups with the use of narratives making it possible for the participants to become key players of the proposed investigation. The implementation of the strategy

Experiences of women in situation of violence seeking care in the health sector and in the intersectoral network.

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SOARES, Joannie dos Santos Fachinelli e LOPES, Marta Julia Marques. Experiences of women in situation of violence seeking care in the health sector and in the intersectoral network. Interface (Botucatu)[online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 21-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0835. The objective of this study was to analyze the experiences of women in situation of violence seeking care in the health sector and in the intersectoral network, using a qualitative approach. The participants were 14 women assisted in a Women’s Care Reference Center due to situations of violence in intimate relationships. In-depth interviews and documentary research were conducted on the service charts. Content analysis evidenced inappropriate practices on the part of the professionals and the

Institutional Support according to the perspective of managers, supporters and workers: coming closer to reality from different places. 

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MACHADO, Sávia Souza; MOREIRA, Luiz Carlos Hubner; NASCIMENTO, Maria Ângela Alves do e CASOTTI, Elisete. Institutional Support according to the perspective of managers, supporters and workers: coming closer to reality from different places. Interface (Botucatu)[online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 21-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0829. This is a study on the senses and meanings given to the Institutional Support in Primary Care of two municipalities in the west of the state of Bahia, Northeast region of Brazil, with the participation of 22 professionals, namely family health managers, supporters and workers. Data were collected through interviews and observation, and the empirical material was analyzed according to the content analysis framework. Results revealed

Risking your life for a race: risks and illegal automobile and motorcycle street races. 

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JEOLAS, Leila Sollberger. Risking your life for a race: risks and illegal automobile and motorcycle street races. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 07-Jun-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0548. The objective of the present article is to analyze the practices and meanings produced by youths involved in illegal automobile and motorcycle street races and radical maneuvers. This ethnographic study sought to understand risk behaviors among racers and the meaning they attribute to danger, adventure and the body sensations experienced in their practices. To this end, the authors had to adopt a broader meaning of risk and understand certain practices as a counterpoint to biopolitics or forms of life control. The racers are young

Interweaving voice and emotion as perceived by teachers from the point of view of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology. 

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BRASIL, Christina César Praça et al. Interweaving voice and emotion as perceived by teachers from the point of view of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 14-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0344. Voice is an essential tool of the work of teachers, reflecting their health and emotional conditions. The aim of this study was to understand the perception of teachers about how voice and emotion are interwoven. This was a qualitative study using focus groups with 26 elementary school teachers. Data analysis was based on the phenomenology of perception proposed by Merleau-Ponty, guided by his notion of the body and the interweaving of man and world. The resulting categories were: “consequences of the

The evasion in a Management Health specialization course in the distance modality.

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RODRIGUES, Luciana Soares et al. The evasion in a Management Health specialization course in the distance modality. Interface (Botucatu).Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 14-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0129. The present study assessed the dropout rates of a health management specialization course. The case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with dropout students and document analysis. The results indicated that the dropout process is very heterogeneous and caused by various factors, among them, difficulty in using information and communication technologies adopted in distance courses and reconciling school with work and/or family, in addition to the low level of student-tutor-teacher interaction. In conclusion, dropout rates could be reduced through actions targeting the following factors:

Sex hormones, gender moralities and emergency contraception in Brazil

The aim of the present study is to discuss different social judgments about the growing use of sex hormones, a practice that is increasingly common in Brazil and worldwide. There has been a rapid expansion of clinical indications for the use of sex hormones in different circumstances, such as aging, beauty purposes and improvement of physical and sexual performance. These technological innovations are disseminated by the media enthusiastically. Paradoxically, there is some reserve regarding the use of emergency contraception by young women. Despite the popularization of scientific knowledge of sex hormones as a tool to improve some physical human aspects, the diffusion and use of emergency contraception, which was approved twenty years ago with precise clinical indications, remain marginal and

The relationship between specialized and technical work: the case of orthodontics from the perspective of amplified clinical bioethics

Abstract GOMES, Doris e FINKLER, Mirelle The relationship between specialized and technical work: the case of orthodontics from the perspective of amplified clinical bioethics. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.67, pp.1111-1122. Epub 05-Abr-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0206. In the reorganization of the oral health field, the transition to team relationships is an ethical-political challenge. This is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, and gathered data through semi-structured interviews with 11 orthodontists who were examined through discursive analysis. The results disclosed ethical problems, such as the ideology of professionalism, confusion of competences with technical work, and hierarchy in opposition to the construction of leadership. Amplified clinical bioethics revealed a tendency to stick to traditional knowledge and procedures.

Life narratives as a teaching-learning strategy in health education

The written production of narratives has been used as a teaching-learning strategy in health education in the Baixada Santista campus of the Federal University of Sao Paulo. In the present study, the authors discuss how students explore this activity and how professors establish criteria to evaluate the material, which replaces conventional tests. Three experiences are presented: memorial, a biography about playing, and life history of users of a psychosocial care center. The method was based on the choice of excerpts from texts written by students of the class of 2014 and a posterior analysis grounded on the ideas of authors who discuss storytelling. The data points to the importance of considering the creative process when drafting a text, the transience

Perceptions, meanings and adaptations to hemodialysis as a liminal space: the patient perspective

This study presents an ethnographic view about the experience of people who depend on hemodialysis to survive. The investigation focused on patients, their perceptions and experiences, based on their relationship with the disease and coping strategies, given that the specificities of this type of treatment originate a complex process, followed by contradictions and ambiguities. The interviewees, who were aged between 18 and 70 years and had been on this treatment over a year, revealed having lives marked by the disease experience and statements which make hemodialysis to be construed as a liminality space. The study, grounded on the anthropological theory, and some of the reports by the 117 interviewees developed the interpretation that every patient with chronic kidney disease who