Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nursing, Health Professions
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Teaching of the Black Population’s Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities Ana Paula Borges Carrijo, Anna Luísa Dias Bastos de Moura, Augusto Cézar Polveiro e Oliveira, Lígia Villela Rodrigues, Janaina de Oliveira, Thiago Figueiredo de Castro, Odete Messa Torres, Katia Crestine Poças, Rodolfo Deusdará International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Health (and its dialectical pair—illness) is determined by multiple factors: social class, educational background, income, occupation, and race/skin color. Racism can directly impact physical and psychological illnesses, with an effect on social conditions of health. This paper discusses: (1) racism as a root cause of health inequities in Brazil and elsewhere, and (2) how students at the University of Brasilia School of Medicine respond to an anti-racist curriculum. We emphasize that an environment of profound exchanges in the teaching–learning process, adopting anti-racism praxis as a competency in the medical curriculum, is a paradigm shift in medical education and future practice.
The more doctors program and the rearrangement of medical residency education focused on family and community medicine Felipe Proenço de Oliveira, Cássia de Andrade Araújo, Odete Messa Torres, Alexandre Medeiros de Figueiredo, Priscilla Azevedo Souza, Francisco Arsego de Oliveira, Maria Martins Alessio Interface Communication Health Education, 2019 The More Doctors Program (PMM) was created in 2013 to address problems such as the insufficient number and unequal distribution of doctors, and their inadequate education profile to fulfill the population needs. Among other axes, it proposes changes in medical education, including the rearrangement and expansion of residency, suggesting one seat for every medical course graduate. This study reflects upon the elements that were essential to propose and implement changes in medical residency through PMM. The following advances were identified: better distribution of residency seats across Brazil; diversification of universalization strategies; regulations for residency seats focused on Family and Community Medicine; and preceptorship qualification. The conclusion section presents the challenges faced by the required institutional effort to maintain PMM’s actions in order to regulate residency and expand actions to other professions.
VER-SUS project: Influences on the training and performance of nurses Fernanda Almeida Fettermann, Elisabeta Albertina Nietsche, Marlene Gomes Terra, Cléton Salbego, Odete Messa Torres, Tierle Kosloski Ramos Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem, 2018 Objective: To analyze the influences of the Vivências e Estágios na Realidade do Sistema Único de Saúde (Brazilian Unified Health System), in the training and performance of nurses. Method: A qualitative study was carried out with 14 nurses who participated in the VER-SUS project in Rio Grande do Sul State. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview technique. The data were analyzed, interpreted and discussed, through the technique of Content Analysis. Results: The categories “VER-SUS Influences on Nursing Training for SUS” and “VER-SUS Contributions for Nurses Performance in the SUS” were highlighted. Final considerations: It was possible to identify the influences of the VER-SUS project in the training and performance of the nursing professionals, pointing out the revision of the Pedagogical Projects of Course and the preparation of the teachers, as a way to carry out the training with emphasis in the Brazilian Unified Health System.
Primary care physicians' knowledge about allergic rhinitis and its impact on asthma (ARIA guidelines): A comparative Brazilian/Paraguayan/Uruguayan pilot study Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Carolina Fernandez, Marylin Valentin-Rostan, Álvaro Cruz, Odete Torres, Laura Simon, Pietro Nunes-Rinelli, Dirceu Solé Revista Alergia Mexico, 2018 Background: Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) establishes guidelines for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) and its comorbidities.Objective: To assess and compare the level of knowledge about AR and ARIA guidelines among primary care physicians (PCP) of Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.Methods: 336 PCPs (Brazil 109, Paraguay 127, Uruguay 100) answered a questionnaire about personal and professional data and knowledge on RA and the ARIA guidelines; the Google Forms tool was used.Results: There was a predominance of females (73, 50.4 and 70 % in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, respectively); 124 worked in the community and 75 in emergency departments. Brazil and Uruguay PCPs recognized AR symptoms; 67 % of those from Uruguay did not ask about a history of AR diagnosis, 93 % about an asthma diagnosis and 90 % about rhinitis interference with daily activities. Intranasal corticosteroids use: 78, 92 and 54 % of Brazilian, Paraguayan and Uruguayan doctors; 100, 73.4 and 78 % of Paraguayan, Brazilian and Uruguayan PCPs, respectively, did not refer the patient to a specialist; 26.6, 62 and 6 % of PCPs in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, respectively, knew the ARIA guidelines.Conclusions: AR is commonly looked after by PCPs, but the recognition of symptoms and knowledge about ARIA guidelines are low and treatment is not always optimal.
Spaces of health and culture: The experience of the world social forum and the tents of popular education in health Thaís Maranhão, Osvaldo Peralta Bonetti, Vanderleia Laodete Pulga Daron, Odete Messa Torres Interface Communication Health Education, 2014 Na busca de identificar possíveis contribuições para o campo da saúde coletiva, o artigo analisa os Espaços de Saúde e Cultura realizados nos Fóruns Sociais Mundiais no Brasil. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa, de abordagem descritiva, com uso de pesquisa documental, utilizando documentos, relatórios, vídeos e anotações em diário de campo. Os resultados apontam que os Espaços de Saúde e Cultura inovaram ao aproximar diversos atores da saúde coletiva, articulados ao Movimento de Educação Popular em Saúde, trabalhadores da saúde, gestores e movimentos de juventude. A Educação Popular é apontada como referencial político-metodológico da formulação dos espaços, os quais potencializaram a construção de rede multicultural com proposição de novas formas de produzir saúde. Afirma-se o “Espaço Che” como fonte de inspiração para as Tendas Paulo Freire, realizadas em eventos da área, congressos científicos, encontros e seminários.
