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Introduction: The approach to suicide prevention is sometimes disregarded due to the taboo that still exists in society, fear or lack of knowledge of educators and health professionals. Therefore, it is considered a serious public health problem, especially among young people and university students, not only in Brazil. Materials and methods: A qualitative descriptive exploratory research was conducted at a Federal University in the Northeast of Brazil. Fifteen undergraduate nursing students who were part of the intervention project “Being, Knowing, Listening, Living” participated in the study. The analysis of the textual data was performed using the IRaMuTeQ software. Results: The study addressed the personal growth of the project members during the actions, the students’ motivation in the search for the value of life, the students’ experience in dialogues and conversation circles as a way to prevent suicide, interventions as a prevention strategy and the changes that the project brought about in the lives of the participants. Discussion: The intervention project on suicide prevention and the value of life enabled students to learn more about the topic of suicide and its surrounding factors. It also brought the academic community around the discussions, conversation circles and moments of reflection involving the topic. Conclusions: The project provided students with a new perspective, drawing attention to the importance of developing projects aimed at the university community given the need and discussion on the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze the occurrence of leave of absence due to depression among workers. Method: census, descriptive-analytical study, with retrospective collection. Population composed of 2,267 workers on leave due to depression with data from the Unified Benefits Information System. The independent variables were: sex, age group, income; county, origin, number of leaves of absence and type of benefit. For data analysis, descriptive statistics were used and the chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were applied. The variables that presented a value of p≤0.20 were submitted to logistic regression. Results: there was a predominance of females, age ≥50 years, from the capital, with income of one to two minimum wages, urban origin and single removal. Single leaves of absence occurred mainly due to a mild depressive episode and the benefit granted to the significant majority was social security sickness benefit. Among those who were on leave of absence more than once, the main cause was recurrent depressive disorder, a current mild episode and, in terms of benefit, social security sickness benefit. There was a statistical association between total time and absence from work. In logistic regression, it was found that the time ≥60 days, was 3.1 times longer in recurrent depressive disorder. Conclusion: there were an expressive quantitative number of absences due to depression, in which it was observed, especially, that the absence time remained long. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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