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Illnesses due to respiratory problems are considered one of the main causes of hospital admissions in children, who in turn are considered more likely to develop serious respiratory diseases. There are many causes and risk factors, but in child populations, in children under two years of age, many of the factors and causes of death are associated with a lack of knowledge of warning signs, the first symptoms, irregularity in the vaccination schedule, poor hygiene and unsanitary conditions that are inadequate for the treatment of the disease. It is also necessary for parents to be guided in the crucial care of children who have respiratory problems, as well as for the health program at school to become more effective and vigilant, as the school period is the period considered to be the time when illnesses are most common and the health of children is reduced. children's immunity. Therefore, simple attitudes that were left aside due to routine, must be considered so that data can be changed and the quality of life of this public can be restored. The incidence and prevalence of these respiratory problems may vary according to factors such as geographic location, socioeconomic conditions, access to healthcare, vaccination rate and season. It is important to highlight that the respiratory system of children under two years of age is still developing, which makes this group more susceptible to respiratory infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Brazilian Way ("jeitinho brasileiro", in Potuguese) is a social strategy that aims to solve problems through negotiations. Despite the importance of developing this skill from childhood, there is a lack of assessment tools for children. The objective of this study is to adapt the Questionnaire on the Brazilian Way - Individual Version for children by presenting evidence of validity and accuracy. Initially, we have worked with a sample of 131 participants. However, in an effort to primarily access children, eight participants were excluded due to being over the age of 13. Thus, the study works with a sample of 123 children, with a majority being girls (61.2%), with a mean age of 10.5 years (SD = 1.78), distributed from 1st to 7th grade of Elementary School, as follows: 7.4% from 1st and 2nd; 39.9% from 3rd and 4th; 37.4% from 5th and 6th; and 15.4% from 7th grade. After conducting exploratory factors analysis, the results indicate a coherent structure composed of two factors, whose content related to understanding the Brazilian Way ("jeitinho") runs through antisocial behaviors (11 items) and creativity (5 items). Together, these factors explain 37.5% of the variance and show satisfactory internal consistency, providing a useful measure for research and assessment of the construct with children samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the Child Regulation Work on socioemotional skills, behavior problems and on scores of symptoms of anxiety and depression in children aged 7 to 9 years. This is a quasi-experimental study, in which the experimental group was compared with the waiting list group, before and after the intervention in the school environment. Those responsible answered the Social Skills Rating System and the Emotional Regulation Checklist. Children answered the Social Skills Rating System, Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders and Children Depression Inventory. Significant results were identified in increase of social skills and levels of emotional regulation, and a significant decrease in behavior problems and symptoms of anxiety and depression, in the experimental group. The significant difference between the groups occurred only in levels of social skills and emotional regulation scores. Given the results, it is concluded that the Child Regulation Work can be a proposal for the prevention of emotional and behavioral problems at school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze how the conception of childhood and adolescence adopted by the social actors of the Protection Network guides the performance in guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents. In this article, Vygotsky's historical-cultural theory is adopted. 10 social actors that are part of the System of Guarantees of Rights of a city in Tocantins participated. This is an exploratory study, in which a qualitative approach was chosen, using semi-structured interviews for data collection. For data analysis, Bardin's Thematic Content Analysis was used. The results showed that the concept of childhood and adolescence is rooted in a naturalizing and developmental conception. The subjects are treated in a homogeneous manner, disregarding their particularities. It is noticed that the peculiar criterion of the developing subject is questioned and seen as an error of the law, and that it should consider adults and children with the same obligations and penalties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to identify the history of violence in childhood and adolescence of homosexual Brazilian men. It is a mixed and sequential study. A total of 101 homosexual men with an average age of 26.37 years (SD = 6.84) participated in the first stage of the study, with a quantitative approach. The second stage, with a qualitative approach, was composed of seven men with an average age of 25.4 years (SD = 4.42). The instruments used were: Sociodemographic Questionnaire; Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure Scale (MACE); Semi-structured interview. The most frequent forms of violence identified among participants in the first stage of the study were emotional abuse by peers, non-verbal emotional abuse, and parental physical abuse. Through the analysis of the interviews, three main themes were identified: 1) Contexts of violence; 2) Gender non-conformity; 3) Emotions attributed to the experiences of violence. It is essential that parents and educators understand the role of emotional support they must play in the development process of children and adolescents. In this sense, psychologists and other health professionals must carry out interventions to contribute to the deconstruction of gender stereotypes and heteronormative logics that support prejudice and violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with the influences that the contemporary lifestyle is capable of imprinting on the formation of subjectivities, it is questioned how children's ways of suffering can be reflections of the various pillars that sustain today's society. Thus, this article aims to describe the conceptions of psychology students from a public university in the interior of Piauí about contemporary child suffering. For this, open interviews were carried out, which underwent content analysis, with five students in the final stage of graduation. Four categories emerged that showed that the undergraduates' conceptions consider capitalist values, consumer culture, the pathologization of life and the "absence of parents" as key points for children's suffering. In view of this, a critical view of the students was perceived when analyzing the problem in a more comprehensive way and not being restricted only to the interpretation of suffering as a chemical imbalance. In addition, the conceptions give scope for reflection on the influences of the current lifestyle and its need for change, as well as warning about the need for a professional practice that does not conform uncritically with the strength of the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exposure to social networks and the internet has grown significantly, being more frequent among children and adolescents for different purposes and representing a challenge for parenting. The strategies that parents use to deal with this behavior can constitute risk or protective factors. Considering the challenges commonly faced by parents in order to monitor and protect their children from certain risks, this theoretical article aimed to describe and discuss the use of social networks and internet in childhood and adolescence, as well as the impact of this use on parenting. From the review carried out, it was observed that studies on the subject indicate out the importance of mediation and parental monitoring on the exposure of children and adolescents to social networks and electronic games, resulting in a protective factor for development. In addition, it was observed that parents and children may differ regarding the perception of parental control exercised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work aims at presenting a historically-based discussion of the notion of childhood protection in Brazil. Furthermore, the notion of protection is presented in the scope of intergenerational relations, between adults and children, in order to answer the question: How does the idea of childhood protection shape the intergenerational relations between adults and children in the contemporary Brazil? As elements of this discussion, we present the racialized and class-oriented constitutive bias of the emergence of the notion of protection in the country, producing two main consequences: its difficulty to guide, nowadays, practices of child care which are compatible with the notion of the child as a subject of rights; its difficulty to consolidate childhood as a universal generational category including all children in this unity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Asthma and obesity are associated from both the epidemiological and pathophysiological point of view. Longitudinal studies indicate that, in general, obesity precedes asthma, and that relative risk for asthma increases with obesity. Furthermore, weight reduction in obese asthmatics results in decreased severity of the disease. The so-called "obese phenotype" of childhood asthma has distinct characteristics of lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, non-eosinophilic airway inflammation and worse control of symptoms with inhaled corticosteroids. More recently, it has also been observed the association between asthma and metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components such as insulin resistance, hyperglycemia and hypertension, regardless of body mass index. Oxidative dysfunction of the bronchial epithelium and systemic inflammation associated with MS appear to contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma. This review article discusses the current scientific evidence about the pathophysiological mechanisms of the association between asthma and components of the metabolic syndrome, as well as future prospects in the management of patients with these chronic diseases of high prevalence and morbidity in childhood and adolescence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to investigate the development of creative play in a public playground located in the city of Salvador (BA). It is considered as creative use all the variations of its original use. This is an exploratory, descriptive and analytical study, divided into two stages, in which they identified the most common creative play before and after the playground reform. The data was collected through the plays observation sessions and it was analyzed qualitatively. It was found that the creative play was used by the children before and after the playground's reform. Before the reform, the creative use happened as soon as they started to play. After the reform, this type of exploration occurred after the functional use of the space and equipments, since they were in better conditions to be used. It emphasizes the need to build more attractive public playgrounds and encourage creativity in a safe manner, considering the dangers that a damaged space can bring to the health of children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work had as objective to research, from the analysis in medical files of children and adolescents in the mental health service, the main characteristics that population with complaints related with learning difficulties and behaviors problems at school, with special attention to aspects related the diagnostic classification: school forwarding, sex and age group. This research was realized in the health service in a city in the countryside of São Paulo, where were selected a random sample of the 121 medical files, in the age group between 6 to 15 years old, of female and male sex. The information shown that most of forwarding to the service, about 80%, have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity (ADHD). The most of that population, 88%, were in the age group between 6 to 10 years old and 90% are male sex. It concludes that this diagnosis determination is linked to hygienist medicine that, currently, through biological and neurochemical speeches related to the medicalization device, intended to address some of the conflicts in educational spaces and discards any understanding of the diversity and plurality of human existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The national mental health policies addressed to young people in Brazil constitute a complex system, which is still little explored as a locus of research, consideration and criticism. Thus, understanding the historical background of the mental health for children and young people in this country becomes a challenge that must also be undertaken in this paper. The National Health Conferences (NHCs) are the basic parameter in this article due to their pioneering in transforming Brazilian health policies into systematic and organized initiatives in favor of a democratic republic. Based on the examination of the reports generated by the holding of the 14 NHCs, it was possible to envisage a more faithful historical panorama related to proposed conceptions to meet demands on child mental health, or the ongoing vacuum regarding the problematization, and, by consequence, to have an overview of the actions that must be taken in order to contemplate its effective promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A school and our teaching bets are placed under review from the will of a boy:he wanted his name was Samuel. The teacher, the Boy and the supervisor will grope the floor of a school in Rio de Janeiro's suburb. The singularities of this geographic territory invade their bodies as well the school that is inhabited by Samuel and other girls and boys students of brazilian basic education. Samuel poses questions to the school and his geography teacher can not find answers. Teacher, Boy and supervisor will meet other potential presented for a pedagogy that suffocates more than makes living. Guimarães Rosa, Benjamin, Blanchot and Louro will assist us in this educational experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering our insertion in a social program held in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, this work aims at analyzing the range and limits of our professional action in treating children and teenagers victimized by violence and presenting antisocial demeanor, according to Winnicott's thinking. The project aims at the socialization of children and teenagers victimized by violence through activities such as: circus, playing, fashion creation, dancing and "capoeira" practice, while accompanied by a team of social workers, pedagogues and psychologists. The sessions evidenced several manifestations of violence taking place on children and teenagers' lives. Two case studies are presented. The conclusion was that, although all the efforts made by the teams, offering a listening and refuge space to those social actors, not all of them were able to find a creative way out to their lives, in face of their psychological suffering. The possibility of constructing and reconstructing was only possible whenever they could find hope within the social program called "Circus", that is, a place, a space or a "good enough continent" to their psychological demands and of their own lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Psychosocial analysis of the transexual process in childhood through the narratives of three male three female transgender two representatives of each generation - younger middle older. Identifies the historical production of the meanings of gender their felt experiences. Using the theoretical methodological quality of Social Psychology Gender Studies. Recounts the narratives of childhood three male transsexual and three female transexual two representatives of each generation - younger middle older. Conducts a content analysis of the descriptiveinterpretative life stories. Childhoods were marked by questions about themselves their difference from other children adapt to be accepted. We highlight the children's games strategies in disguise looks to be boys girls. These are ways to meet the standards and heteronormative aspects fossilized evidence of meaning. On the other hand the acceptance by the family indicates important element of rupture and the possibility of living difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Studies indicate a possible link between food insecurity (FI) and the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adults, and also the relationship between food deprivation in childhood and development of obesity in adulthood. However, the association between FI experienced in childhood and the occurrence of NCDs in adults has been little studied. This study aimed to investigate the association between past FI (PFI) and the occurrence of NCDs in adults from the Federal District (FD), Brazil. The sample is representative for the population of FD and included 291 individuals over 18 years old. To verify this association, the prevalence ratio of NCDs among individuals with previous food security and PFI was calculated. Of the analyzed sample, 56.4% presented IAP, and of these, 52.7% had overweight / obesity in adulthood. Although not significant, the PFI increased risk of cardiovascular disease by 14% (APR2 1.14, 95% CI: 0,65-2, 00), diabetes by 57% (APR2 1.57, 95% CI: 0,64-3, 88) and cancer by 52% (APR2 1.52, 95% CI :0,37-6, 29). Data show a tendency of PFI being associated with the occurrence of NCDs in adults. Further studies are needed to confirm this association. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]