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The present study aimed to research the intra-school difficulties for effectiveness of the culture of peace in the school. The methodological course based on the object of study was exploratory and descriptive with a qualitative approach. A case study was developed at the Municipal School of Fortaleza-Ceará, established in Regional V. The target public of the study was the management group and teachers of this public school. The data collection occurred from February to June 2015.The production of the data was carried out through semi-structured interviews. The analysis and organization of the data were performed through Content Analysis. There was communication failure, attrition and demotivation of teachers, lack of preparation for activities that contemplate peace, as well as the absence of municipal and governmental partnerships

This qualitative study aimed to know the perception of the teacher as educator of adolescents about sex and sexuality. Data were collected through semi structured interviews and analyzed according to Bardin’s content analysis. Emerging categories: “sexuality at school: perceptions and practices of the teacher”; “factors which make sexual education in school difficult”; “family and school partnership for the development of sexual education in school. “ The results revealed that some teachers perceive themselves as important in sexual education for students, but others transfer it to other institutions. It is concluded that the school is a privileged place for the sexual education of adolescents, however teachers face challenges in developing this activity.

In this descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach, the aim was to investigate the violence perception of children who live on the outskirts of Fortaleza, Ceará State - Brazil, in order to contribute to the debate on health care for the child and family. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, recorded and transcribed. Study participants were 20 children of both sexes, aged between 5 and 11 years. We adopted the analysis of content and thematic analysis technique, the emerged categories: Concept of violence; Practice of robberies in the community, and Drug because it’s addictive. We concluded that to understand the life quotidian of the child susceptible to violence can be considered one of the pillars in order to minimize the situation of public security.

An exploratory qualitative study aiming to know mothers’ perception of quality of life of the child withcerebral palsy was developed. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 mothers of children aged 2-7 years who were in attendance at the Center for Treatment and Early Stimulation, where this research was developed. Theresults were analyzed based on thematic analysis techniques, emerging the categories “Perception of Quality of Life” and“Quality of Life of the Son with Cerebral Palsy”. It was evident that the perception is associated with financial aspects, aswell as the development of activities of daily living. Mothers refer to a poor quality of life of the child, placing themselvesas responsible; they are affected by prejudice and denial process of the child with a disability, which interferes in carewithin the family. The study contributes as a reflection on the stigma imposed for children with cerebral palsy.

The research aimed to develop educational strategies on diet during the complementary feeding and use ofregional food. Exploratory qualitative study developed in a Family Health Program in Maranguape - Ceará - Brasil. Datawere collected through a semi-structured interview with 13 mothers of children aged less than six months that wereenrolled to receive complementary feeding. The results were analyzed through Bardin’s thematic analysis, and the emergedcategories were: biological needs of the child, Feeding; and Innovating feeding with regional food. Therefore, promotinghealth of children in supplementary feeding through the use of regional food is a subject that should be disseminated,especially in the group of families that suffer with inequality in terms of social injustice

We aimed to identify mothers’ knowledge on breastfeeding, and to investigate maternal feelings regardingthis practice. Descriptive exploratory study, with qualitative approach, carried out at the Teaching Maternity HospitalAssis Chateaubriand , in Fortaleza-Ceará State/Brazil. The subjects were 10 mothers assisted by the hospital professionals.Data collection was held from July to August/2005, with participant observation and semi-structured interview. Thecontent was grouped in the categories: Received guidance by the service; Advantages x disadvantages; Breastfeedingduration; Breastfeeding feeling. The gathered data to apprehend that the women are aware of the benefits but complainthat breastfeeding is difficult, contributing for the complementary food introduction, thus impairing child growth anddevelopment. We conclude that health education strategies are important, as they enable to develop educational activities

This is a descriptive exploratory study, qualitative approach, aiming to: know the meaning of the Neonatal Care Unit -NCU setting for mothers of newborns and identify their beliefs and feelings towards their children admitted to a Neonatal Care Unit.It was carried out in the Neonatal Care Unit of a large public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceara State/ Brazil. The subjects were 11 mothersof newborns hospitalized in the Neonatal Care Unit of the aforementioned hospital. Data were collected in August and September/2005by means of a semi-structured interview. In the data analysis, the following categories were identified: neonatal care unit, feelingconcerning their children’s hospitalization in the Neonatal Care Unit, received guidance x technological apparatus and reception in theNeonatal Care Unit. It was concluded that: the lack of information about the baby’s health condition, procedures and devices presentin the Neonatal Care Unit may cause the mother’s detachment from the unit and, consequently, from her child.

Aimed to investigate the socio-familiar context of undernourished children, residents in the outskirts of Fortaleza–CE/Brazil, and to identify their Basic Human Needs (BHN”s). Qualitative research, in three phases: exploratory, family selection, datacollection and analysis and conclusion. It was carried out with a family assisted by the Family Development Center – CEDEFAM/Fortaleza. Data were collected through observation during home visits as well as mother’s accounts. The analysis of the apprehendednursing diagnoses was grounded on the BHNs. The most evident problems result from the low socio-economic and cultural level, as wellas unknowing the undernourishment problematic reflects on the illness evolution. It can be concluded that educational actions need tobe implemented, involving family participation, pointing out illness prevention, thus reducing child death rate.

Adescriptive study was carried out, with a quantitative approach that aimed to verify playing as a facilitator for the carehumanization of hospitalized children. Ten (10) children between 3 and 6 years of age, conscious and in conditions to play, were thesubjects. Data collection was performed through workshops involving playing and the observation of the children’s behaviors afterparticipating in it; a check list called “Register form of behavioral reactions” was used. The data were analyzed and interpreted bygraphs. As a result, it was observed that playing promotion in child hospitalization can facilitate, opening possibilities for more creative and humanized care delivery, reducing the stress effects. Thus,it was verified the importance of playing use in health professionals’ daily practice, facilitating care rendering to the hospitalized child

The meanings of the theories for the nursing profession raise in the theorists an alert posture and committed with the scientific intention that is directed to a self-understanding, feedback and presuppositions analysis and the theoretical-philosophical bases of statement of the nursing as body of knowledge to serve the formation, exercise and professional updating for the mankind benefit. Thus, the reflection in nursing, goes by the concern with its ‘scientificity’ and the conscious elaboration of this reflection. Criticalreflexive study that aimed the following objectives: answer the Theory of the Diversity and Universality of the Care is simple; to verify the complexity degree checked by the theory to an empiric research in nursing. In the treatment of the data, it was considered the analysis model and basic route of subjects suggested by Chinn and Kramer (1995) to proceed with the “critical reflection of the nursing theories”. The conclusion is that the high number of concepts, subconcepts, presupposed and developed terms, as well as the a lot of existent interrelations among them, give the Theory of the Diversity and Universality of the Care high Cultural complexity degree. In other hand, an empiric research was verified inside of the nursing sciences, that uses the theory without, however, let contaminate for its complexity.

Relate about an experience of integrate activities from the pos graduation with the graduation. Has the aim to analise the contribution of the pos graduation students for the Research Methodology I, discipline offer in the second period of the Nursing Course at the Federal University of Ceará. The dates were collected through questionaries and observations during the second semmester of 1997 with 33 students in theoric class and posterior with 19 students in the orientation of research project and the discipline teacher. The results showed that this experience resulted in the largest for the research and for professional formation committed with the triad teaching-attendance-researches.The experience provides improvement in the quality of the teaching and consequently better knowledge base for practice of the profession.