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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]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.813-825. 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 that

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VIDELA, Camila Fuenzalida and MUNOZ, Andrea Velásquez Experiences of lesbian users about the process of perinatal care in the metropolitan region of Chile in 2016. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.777-787. Epub May 17, 2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0254. The study aimed to explore the experiences of perinatal care of lesbian users in the metropolitan area of Chile in 2016. It was a cross-sectional and phenomenological study with snowball sampling. In-depth interviews were carried out and the reports were interpreted using the content analysis technique. The interviews revealed positive experiences by lesbian users during their pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum periods, and an inclusive treatment, with no prejudice by healthcare providers. There is a broad

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ALMEIDA, Renata Barreto Fernandes de et al. Treatment for dependency from the perspective of people who use crack. Interface (Botucatu)[online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.745-756. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0940. The aim of this study is to understand the essential aspects for a successful treatment for crack dependency, based on the speech of users. This is a descriptive study, using a qualitative approach. Interviews were conducted with 39 crack users who were assisted in a social protection program for drug users. In order to understand the narratives, the content analysis technique was used and the theoretical framework was based on Bardin. Aspects that were mentioned as important were undergoing voluntary treatment and spirituality, categories that can be grouped as

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DALLEGRAVE, Daniela e CECCIM, Ricardo Burg. Learning meetings and singular pedagogical projects in health residency programs. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.877-887. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0020. This is a presentation of the concepts of “learning meetings” and “singular pedagogical projects”, both resulting from a study on health education in residency programs. The first concept refers to follow-up ethics and the educationwork pair, whereas the second refers to the constitution of singular syllabuses in replacement of conservative syllabuses. The methodology was designed as “researching with Alice” (Alice in Wonderland), making use of the multiplicity of systematic (invitation to dialogue) and nonsystematic communication (hearings in debate scenes) provided in a in a Health Residency

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SANTOS, Viviane Fernandes Conceição dos; BORGES, Zulmira Newlands; LIMA, Sônia Oliveira e REIS, Francisco Prado. Perceptions, meanings and adaptations to hemodialysis as a liminal space: the patient perspective. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.853-863. Epub 05-Abr-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0148. 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

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BARROS, Rebeca Silva de; PEREIRA, Maria José Bistafa e SANTOS, Claudia Benedita dos. Assessment mandala: supply of an instrument to conduct evaluative processes in institutional support. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.827-840. Epub 17-Maio-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0787. Institutional support (IS), a methodological strategy for co-management, emerges as an innovation to promote institutional democracy in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS), being tested in the municipal, state and federal levels. A literature review was conducted and identified gaps in the scientific literature related to the education, follow-up, supervision and assessment of the work process of institutional supporters. This paper presents the assessment mandala as an instrument to conduct evaluative processes in

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BRANDAO, Elaine Reis. Sex hormones, gender moralities and emergency contraception in Brazil. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.769-776. Epub 05-Abr-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0216. 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

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CARVALHO, Maria Raquel Rodrigues; JORGE, Maria Salete Bessa e FRANCO, Túlio Batista. “My child gave me my life back”: cartography of the “Rede Cegonha”. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.757-767. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0503. The present study analyzed the protagonist role of health workers in healthcare systems in a capital city of Northeastern Brazil, through the coordinated work of the Rede Cegonha (“Stork Network”), Psychosocial Care Networks, and Redes Vivas (“Living Networks”). This was a qualitative and cartographic study about the experience of a pregnant woman who used drugs, and the participation of health workers in the studied territory, who were involved in her care process. Data collection and analysis was

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EICH, Melisse; VERDI, Marta Inez Machado; FINKLER, Mirelle e MARTINS, Pedro Paulo Scremin. The principles and values implied in the practice of palliative sedation and the euthanasia. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.733-744. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0853. The aim of the present study was to investigate the meaning attributed by healthcare professionals to the practice of palliative sedation in the dying process, the relationship of this practice with euthanasia, and the values considered important and that ground decision making by palliative care teams. This is an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study, based on dialectical hermeneutics. The results show that the meanings attributed by the interviewed professionals were in line with

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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]. 2018, vol.22, n.66, pp.721-731. 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

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COSTA, Dayane Aparecida Silva; SILVA, Roseli Ferreira da; LIMA, Valéria Vernaschi e RIBEIRO, Eliana Cláudia Otero. National curriculum guidelines for health professions 2001-2004: an analysis according to curriculum development theories. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 06-Ago-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0376. This study aimed to analyze the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCNs) published from 2001 to 2004 for fourteen careers in the area of Health. A descriptive exploratory study was conducted in 2015 and 2016 through a documental analysis of the DCNs according to Resolution no. 287/1998. Data were collected from the website of the Ministry of Education. To analyze the data, an analytical matrix with two axes was used:

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ROSSIT, Rosana Aparecida Salvador et al. The research group as a learning scenario in/on Interprofessional Education: focus on narratives. Interface (Botucatu) [online]. In press. , pp.-. Epub 10-Jul-2018. ISSN 1414-3283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622017.0674. This study aimed to analyse the contribution of groups as a space of study, research and development of competencies in/on Interprofessional Education. It has nuances of the case study and was based on the qualitative approach. Fourteen narratives led to the field of experiences and representations, which is the object of understanding, analysis and interpretation of this research. Three categories emerged from the thematic analysis: motivations, which express search, admission, and permanence movements; the group as a shared learning and collaborative practice