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Foundation: the connection projects with society carried out by Ecuadorian universities are an opportunity for service and an alternative to bring their students closer to the community.Objective: to describe the grant value by teachers on the link between university and community in the dental students training process.Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of dentistry teachers at the Los Andes Regional Autonomous University from January to June 2022. The population of 15 teachers at the Santo Domingo campus.Results: 100% of the teachers considered that the university-community connection allows the application of the acquired knowledge. The short duration of the periods (100%) and the lack of empowerment of teachers (100%) were indicated as weaknesses; and as positive elements the promotion of microenterprises among students (100%) and comprehensive development in the professional future (100%). Feedback between the university and the community (100%) and changes in training paradigms (100%) were identified as needs.Conclusions: teachers identify the university-community link as an opportunity of great value in the dental students training, preparing them based on the social problems solution typical of professional practice. The lack of empowerment and the conception of short-term projects are recognized as weaknesses, which demands transformations in current teaching dynamics, based on feedback between academia and society.

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Foundation: the connection projects with society carried out by Ecuadorian universities are an opportunity for service and an alternative to bring their students closer to the community. Objective: to describe the grant value by teachers on the link between university and community in the dental students training process. Methods: observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study of dentistry teachers at the Los Andes Regional Autonomous University from January to June 2022. The population of 15 teachers at the Santo Domingo campus. Results: 100% of the teachers considered that the university-community connection allows the application of the acquired knowledge. The short duration of the periods (100%) and the lack of empowerment of teachers (100%) were indicated as weaknesses; and as positive elements the promotion of microenterprises among students (100%) and comprehensive development in the professional future (100%). Feedback between the university and the community (100%) and changes in training paradigms (100%) were identified as needs. Conclusions: teachers identify the university-community link as an opportunity of great value in the dental students training, preparing them based on the social problems solution typical of professional practice. The lack of empowerment and the conception of short-term projects are recognized as weaknesses, which demands transformations in current teaching dynamics, based on feedback between academia and society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to reveal the tensions perceived by community actors in the settlement and conformation of the territory during the internship of the School of Medicine of Universidad de Antioquia in the rural settlement Granizal between 2009 and 2018. Methods: Hermeneutic study that used Grounded Theory techniques to collect and analyze data. Eleven in-depth interviews with leaders were conducted and two focus groups with community mothers, teachers and leaders were carried out which were analyzed with open, axial and selective coding techniques. Results: there is a permanent tension between leadership with different shades and the community unity which receives various threats due to the permanent eviction of their vital spaces by outlaw actors linked to drug trafficking, to the absence of the State and to internal interests for power. This tension seeks to be overcome through the collective effort to learn to survive and through the links that are born from the trust generated with the University and the internship of the Faculty of Medicine that has supported the progressive understanding of the social determination of the health-disease process which has allowed for greater wellbeing. Conclusions: There are constant community struggles in Granizal to overcome the deprivations of subsistence vital minimums, in which autonomy and human development are debated between hope and despair to maintain firmness in the construction of the social fabric and in the search for solutions that make life and wellbeing possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: permanence in university careers continues to present shortcomings, a fact that also reaches Cuban higher medical education. This problem, in direct relation to vocational guidance, can be mitigated with actions such as the promotion of university outreach activities to school populations, which in turn allow the integral development of university students.Objective: to implement a vocational extension strategy oriented to the professional training of stomatological careers students.Methods: an intervention research was carried out at the Camagüey University of Medical Sciences, Cuba, between January 2015 and January 2020. Primary school students, their parents or guardians, and assistant students of the Stomatology and of Technology in Stomatological Attention, directed by assistant professors of the Faculty of Stomatology participated. The level of information about the dental profession, oral-hygiene habits of infants and oral hygiene; degree of satisfaction of the participants; and opinions of the students were analyzed.Results: female sex predominated among the schoolchildren enrolled in the group of interest. At the end of the intervention, an adequate level of information (98.1%) and oral hygiene (98.1%) were evidenced, unlike what was initially observed. Future stomatologists and technologists recognized the personal and professional enrichment provided by the actions developed.Conclusion: the activities of vocational guidance, promotion and prevention of oral health, executed as part of the extension strategy, contributed to the development of interprofessional education and professional training of the university students involved.

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The objective was to report the experience of students who participated in the Interdisciplinary League in Mental Health. This is an experience report carried out with 35 students who participated in the League. The statements were organized into five categories of analysis: experiences lived by the League members; potentialities of academic leagues in the student training process; articulation among the three university tripod axes: extension, teaching, and research; development of social and emotional skills; and project deadlocks and limitations. League members explained everything from intricate learning regarding mental health to experiences through the League's community extensions. The reports express great academic development, acquiring skills and competencies built from teaching, research, and extension. We can conclude that academic leagues contribute effectively to the training and qualification of future professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Pathology is a discipline that allows students of medicine to integrate their knowledge learned in the initial years of graduation with clinical practice. Objective: To report the experience of the “Comunidade de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Técnico-Científico dos Campos Gerais (CEDTEC-CG)”. Methodology: Data were collected from extension testimonials and informational data, focusing on the importance of the project in the academic training, and the potential benefits of the activity for the local community, correlated with the scientific literature. Results and discussion: CEDTEC-CG is a project created in 2012, with the main objective of working in university extension, and is an initiative involving teachers, students and researchers in order to generate accessible scientific knowledge and promote health education. The project has several aspects of action, such as the availability of online content, high-level scientific production, and the promotion of health in the community in general, revealing an opportunity for improvement in student learning and social integration. The project tries to better integrate the undergraduate education strand, bringing the student closer to medical practice, increasing scientific production with dissemination of results, and acting directly with the community, bringing improvements in health promotion and production. Resumen: Introducción: La patología es una disciplina que permite a los estudiantes de medicina integrar su conocimiento aprendido en los primeros años de graduación con la práctica clínica. Objetivo: Informar la experiencia de la «Comunidade de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Técnico-Científico dos Campos Gerais (CEDTEC-CG)». Metodología: Datos recopilados de testimonios de extensionistas y datos informativos, centrados en la importancia del proyecto en la formación académica y los beneficios potenciales de la actividad para la comunidad local, correlacionados con la literatura científica. Resultados y discusión: La CEDTEC-CG es un proyecto creado en 2012, con el objetivo principal de trabajar en la extensión universitaria, es una iniciativa que involucra a docentes, estudiantes e investigadores para generar conocimiento científico accesible y promover la educación para la salud. El proyecto tiene varios aspectos de acción, como la disponibilidad de contenido en línea, producción científica de alto nivel y la promoción de la salud en la comunidad en general, revelando una oportunidad para mejorar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes y la integración social. El proyecto trata de integrar mejor la rama de la educación universitaria, acercando al estudiante a la práctica médica, aumentando la producción científica con la diseminación de resultados, y actuando directamente con la comunidad, trayendo mejoras en la promoción y la producción de la salud.

Background: permanence in university careers continues to present shortcomings, a fact that also reaches Cuban higher medical education. This problem, in direct relation to vocational guidance, can be mitigated with actions such as the promotion of university outreach activities to school populations, which in turn allow the integral development of university students. Objective: to implement a vocational extension strategy oriented to the professional training of stomatological careers students. Methods: an intervention research was carried out at the Camagüey University of Medical Sciences, Cuba, between January 2015 and January 2020. Primary school students, their parents or guardians, and assistant students of the Stomatology and of Technology in Stomatological Attention, directed by assistant professors of the Faculty of Stomatology participated. The level of information about the dental profession, oral-hygiene habits of infants and oral hygiene; degree of satisfaction of the participants; and opinions of the students were analyzed. Results: female sex predominated among the schoolchildren enrolled in the group of interest. At the end of the intervention, an adequate level of information (98.1%) and oral hygiene (98.1%) were evidenced, unlike what was initially observed. Future stomatologists and technologists recognized the personal and professional enrichment provided by the actions developed. Conclusion: the activities of vocational guidance, promotion and prevention of oral health, executed as part of the extension strategy, contributed to the development of interprofessional education and professional training of the university students involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The increase of non-transmissible diseases and complications - multifactorial diseases, which have in common modifiable and non-modifiable behavioral risk factors -, in addition to the aging process, the need for caregivers to assist in health promotion and recovery or palliative care. In this sense, the caregiver becomes central to public health policies and also needs to be taken care of by professionals. A university extracurricular project developed in a city in the South of Brazil has programmed actions with caregivers of patients of the Home Care Service in a hospital. Among extracurricular actions, we highlight the sensibilization of community people to care. This article consists of an experience report on the event "Caregiver's Parade: A moment for you" held in 2019. The aim is to report survey results about the experience of caring developed with people from this community that participated in the event. Of the 25 people that answered the survey, 13 (52%) have already taken care of someone. Of these 13, 11 (85%) pointed it as a positive experience. Most of them, 16 (64%) have already met a caregiver, which shows, in a way, a certain recognition of a person that takes such a role and of providing care. However, the information collected still indicates the need to recognize and support caregivers, a challenge still overlooked by Brazilian public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extension work is one of the pillars of the university, constituting an important activity that benefits students and the community. This extension project aimed to provide knowledge, information, and assistance for health promotion, in a community of rural settlers in the interior of Santa Catarina state, with the participation of students from the areas of Nursing and Dentistry. Activities including health guidance, analysis of anthropometric data for adults and children, and games designed to promote health were performed between 2016 and 2017. It was concluded that communities living in settlements need greater public investment in health, since problems of hygiene, oral health, and poor food quality were observed. The university extension proved to be an excellent opportunity to bring students and society together, strengthening health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: Colombia es un país multiétnico y multilingüe con seis millones (14%) de habitantes que pertenecen a grupos étnicos minoritarios, por lo que la situación actual de las comunidades indígenas ha sido precaria por las limitantes de acceso a los planes de salud. Objetivo: realizar una exploración de la comunidad uitoto ubicada en la ciudad de Bogotá D.C., Colombia, del contexto y las necesidades de educación frente al cáncer del cuello uterino y la salud sexual y reproductiva. Materiales y métodos: estudio cualitativo de enfoque etnográfico (prueba piloto) en la comunidad uitoto con una observación participante, registrado en un diario de campo. Resultados: las personas de la comunidad uitoto manifiestan que muchos de sus integrantes no cuentan con un servicio de salud contributivo, sino subsidiado por condiciones de desplazamiento. Discusión: se reconoce la existencia latente de las barreras de salud en comunidades indígenas en estado de vulnerabilidad en las áreas urbanas. Conclusión: se destaca la importancia de integrar en la medicina occidental y tradicional en los procesos de salud para esta comunidad.

University extension projects aimed at the health area should act integrated with the health care services to promote teaching-related assistance. This study aims to describe an experience of articulation between an academic health extension (Bandeira Científica Project of the University of São Paulo) and the Primary Health Care (APS) of the assisted city. This is a descriptive study about the experience of developing a referral and counterreferral system with the city's Basic Health Units (UBS) teams. This action was composed of students and professionals with different health formations and divided into 4 stages: attendance scheduling; attendance and hierarchy of counter-references; its delivery; process evaluation. For the evaluation, a questionnaire was applied to the UBS's professionals 4 months after the expedition, in addition an objective analysis of the counter-references delivered was made. In most of the 45 cases evaluated, it was in the medical record and from the responses to the questionnaire, it was understood that the attendance provided by the Bandeira Científica (BC) brought novelties for the care of the assisted population. In summary, this action was a strategy to approach the local health system that contributed to the continuity of care and had a meaningful impact on the learning of those involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The actions showed in this paper looked to educate the population about bacterial meningitis and antimicrobial resistance (AR), neurocysticercosis and botulism, as well as to research knowledge about etiology, risk factors, incidence and measures to be taken in such situations. This is a non-probabilistic quantitative cross-sectional, through objective questionnaires, public exhibition of banners and active approach of passers-by with informational leafleting. In 2011, under the theme of AR, we obtained a total of 100 interviews. 74 have already used antibiotics (ATB) at least once and 3 did not know (DNK). Of these, 47 did not have a medical prescription and 23 did not respect the dosage (DNK = 5). 78 believe that the inappropriate use of ATB generates AR (DNK = 13). In 2014, from a total of 63 respondents, 76.2% have never even heard about neurocysticercosis. Only 14.2% of respondents knew how neurocysticercosis is acquired and only 7.9% knew how to recognize the symptoms. In 2015, only 21 respondents answered the questionnaire, from which, when asked if they had already heard about botulism, only 33% answered yes. All the interviewees said that they had never developed botulism and did not know anyone else that had. The activity results made clear the need for intervention at primary prevention level by university extension projects, since there is still much to be publicized and taught the population to reduce the various risk factors and incidence of diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To understand the contribution of academic leagues to nursing formation. Methodology: Exploratory-descriptive study, with qualitative approach, fulfilled with 31 students from five Academic Leagues of the Nursing course at Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú in Sobral - Ceará - Brazil, in the period of March to May 2017. Data were collected through focus group and analyzed through Minayo thematic analysis. Results: The main results show that the methodology adopted by the leagues contributes to the strengthening of teaching, research and extension, as well as, that students are motivated to participate by the desire to have other experiences in the field of nursing, early insertion into the territory, curriculum qualification and reinforcement in teaching and learning. Conclusions: Academic leagues are potent experiences in changing the health care scenario, mediated by teaching, research, extension, assistance and social transformation actions, thus contributing to nursing formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: To describe the educational and preventive action of oral health with construction workers in the municipality of Ponta Grossa/PR, which took place at the workplace with 27 workers. Report: The action was carried out by the extensionist's project " Us in the network", aimed at educational practices in oral health and carried out by dental students, with a duration of four hours and different methods and educational resources utilized such as: banners with explanatory illustrations, oral macromodels and oral hygiene instruments for guidance, group conversation about the health practices in the work environment and the moment of clearing doubts, there was also an explanation based on the booklet "did you know? 10 curiosities about oral health" and the pamphlet "Worker's oral health" which were handed out. At the end, an evaluation of the oral health condition and arterial blood pressure was carried out. Conclusion: There was a lack of worker's information about preventive and curative aspects in the field of oral health, and relevance of the application of the scenario of the extensionist's action in the field of oral health was concluded, thus, training more critical and sensitive students to the health needs of the working class, at the same time, acts and benefits the prevention and health education for this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The teaching of some areas of medicine in medical schools, such as clinical urgencies and emergencies, can sometimes be unsatisfactory. In this context, the constitution of academic leagues is suggested as an alternative method to fill curricular gaps and to complement the theoretical and practical training of the students. The aim of this work is to present the results of the "Clinical Urgency And Emergency League" (LUEC), of the State University of Ponta Grossa, over its four years of existence. This league is based upon the academic triad of teaching, research, and extension, and aims to capacitate its members and to improve the services provided to the local community requiring emergency care. Data were collected in the form of individual reports from the students, focusing on the relevance of the project in their academic training and on the potential benefits of this activity to the community. In order to join the League, the interested students must first undertake an introductory course named "MedEmerg", which provides the basic knowledge and skills to deal with the most common clinical emergencies of medical practice. The LUEC members must perform daily supervised shifts at the University Hospital of Campos Gerais, where they have the opportunity to get to know how this type of medical care works. Besides that, biweekly meetings are held in order to discuss cases, answer doubts, and exchange experiences with the participating academics. By performing these activities, several students have reported improvements in theoretical and practical knowledge in conducting emergency cases, as well as gaining more confidence to deal with such situations. In addition, the local community has also been benefited, since it is now provided with much more qualified professionals. In conclusion, LUEC has provided positive results, contributing to the training of general physicians who are human, ethical, reflective, and critical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Understand the quotidian relationships of accompanying family members in an environment of care, which are close to the metaphor of a tribe in hospital environment. METHODQualitative study with data gathered from semi-structured interviews and observations with 16 family members accompanying hospitalized individuals with dependence on self-care. Data were submitted to thematic analysis, and analyzed through the metaphor of "tribe" proposed by comprehensive sociology. RESULTS Family members build up social clusters around caring, where we find traits typical of tribes: emotional ambience; solidarity based on links of sympathy and mutual assistance; an affectual nebula in the process of interaction; a logic of fusion in tactile relations; and communion/religiosity in the process of connecting in a collective identity. CONCLUSION In the presence of tragedy, families build social clusters similar to tribes having care as a totem.

Esta reflexión pedagógica surge de una experiencia académica que se ha desarrollado desde 2004 en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia, está enmarcada en el trabajo comunitario con los habitantes de la vereda Granizal (Bello, Antioquia). Se propone avanzar en la estructuración de un currículo integrado teniendo en cuenta las limitaciones del currículo actual. Para lograrlo se plantea la formación profesional de los médicos en los escenarios extramurales diferentes a los tradicionales como el salón de clase y el hospital. Se busca desarrollar en el estudiante habilidades clínicas, reflexivas, pensamiento crítico, actitud investigativa y de comunicación, reforzando la competencia de aprender a aprender y el aprendizaje significativo. Adicionalmente se favorece la interdisciplinariedad, la integración entre básicas-clínicas y teoría-práctica para resolver las necesidades sociales y generar conciencia ético-política y valores de los estudiantes en formación.

Abstract Objective: To understand how the participation of nursing students with a group of pregnant women and couples contributes to their training and professional practice. Method: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. Data were collected using individual and semi-structured interviews held in 2017 with nursing students holding scholarships for extension work and working with a group of pregnant women and couples, implemented in a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The interviews were recorded and analyzed using Minayo's operational proposal. Results: The analysis revealed the reasons nursing students applied for a position in the extension project; the perceptions they held of the group of pregnant women; and how their experience with this extension project contributed to their academic and professional lives. Conclusion: The extension project positively impacts the lives of students, assisting both with curricular subjects and after graduation.

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Health education is understood as a social practice that advocates the gradual change in thinking, feeling, and acting through participatory teaching methods. This work shows the performance of the extension project "We at the Network: Contributions of Dentistry in Education, Prevention, and Health Maintenance," linked to the Department of Dentistry in the State University of Ponta Grossa-PR, which has health education as a requirement in dental practice. One of the nominated activities is a smartphone game that promotes and disseminates basic information related to oral health for adolescents. The game favoring the construction of new knowledge, habits, and care. It consists of an interactive system of questions that are distributed in three different stages with different levels of difficulty. Using the game requires a compatible electronic device and Internet access. Themes such as dental caries, periodontal disease, halitosis, oral lesions, tooth brushing, flossing, mouthwash, the relationship between oral and systemic health, the use of drugs, oral piercings, and myths and truths that affect the dental field are explored at the game. The conclude that the game acts as a facilitator for sharing information and motivating the population in search for healthier behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Com objetivo de avaliar a contribuição da extensão universitária na formação e história de vida de estudantes de Odontologia, realizou-se um estudo qualitativo, de caráter descritivo-exploratório, utilizando a técnica do grupo focal. O material foi analisado com a técnica de análise do discurso do sujeito coletivo. Os resultados referiram-se ao impacto exercido pela vivência acadêmica em atividades extensionistas nos campos pessoal, profissional e da cidadania. As percepções dos sujeitos revelaram a oportunidade de desenvolvimento e aprimoramento de suas habilidades profissionais, por meio do reconhecimento de distintas realidades de vida, da ruptura do modelo tradicional de ensino e do profícuo relacionamento entre acadêmico, universidade e sociedade. Foram relatados sentimentos de satisfação, realização pessoal, reconhecimento, e de ser um cidadão ativo e crítico. Conclui-se ser a experiência no campo da extensão um importante agente para o processo individual e coletivo de formação acadêmica.

The Itinerant Festival is held by the Tutorial Education Program Connections of Knowledge of the Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha and Mucuri (PET-connection of Knowledge / UFVJM) in partnership with employees, associations, agencies and public and private institutions - seeking to meet the demands of rural populations and Maroons, in the Serro / MG city, through educational activities. This work it is an account of descriptive experience, in order to report the experience of undergraduate students of Dentistry Nursing and Biological Sciences courses, at, Federal University of Vales do Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, in the Project Itinerant Festival, using active methodology of teaching learning process. It has benefited about five thousand people directly or indirectly. This project contributes at building mutual understanding between students and community, strengthening the process of citizenship of the involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Student leagues (undergraduate student groups) are student associations that aim to integrate the activities of teaching, research, and university extension. However, they may reinforce academic biases. Hence, there have been proposals for regulating and promoting student leagues. This paper describes the implementation of a process of regulation of leagues at Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul and the experience obtained with the first four proposed leagues. We observed that the regulation of these leagues enabled the students to acquire competences in administration and leadership (as prescribed in the Brazilian National Curriculum Guidelines). The students also discussed current aspects of professional training, such as interdisciplinarity, evaluation, and university extension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The "VIGIEPI Hospitalar" is an extension program registered at the Dean of Student Affairs and Extension Office of the Federal University of Roraima (UFRR). It has been developed since 2014, and seeks to provide students of the UFRR Nursing undergraduate program with a rich field of interaction between teaching, research and extension, concerning the knowledge of epidemiology and surveillance of diseases, injuries and public health events of mandatory reporting. Moreover, the extension projects aim at developing strategies for the consolidation of epidemiological surveillance at a large hospital in the state of Roraima, through the strengthening of its Hospital Epidemiology Center (HEC). Thus, this study reports the experience of a university program developed under the hospital epidemiological surveillance center, which is part of a program entitled "VIGIEPI Hospital: strengthening epidemiological surveillance of notifiable diseases in General Hospital Roraima". The university extension program is currently developed by one professor and two undergraduate Nursing students of the UFRR, with the support of managers and staff of the hospital. Among the actions developed during the extension, we highlight: health education for HEC professionals, in respect to diseases and illnesses of compulsory notification; active search and notification of disease cases through service records for review at the emergency department, review of records and interviews with patients in the various hospital departments; as well as notification, investigation and conclusion of cases of disease and illnesses of compulsory notification, in standardized documents of the Ministry of Health. These actions are intended to increase knowledge about the reporting of diseases that require hospitalization in Boa Vista and Roraima, being an action developed in a reference hospital for the entire state. Furthermore, this extension is an important tool that is providing an exchange of information between the service of the HEC and nursing undergraduates developing the projects, promoting an excellent theoretical and practical interaction where knowledge is both built and shared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies frequently recommend educative health interventions as the first strategy for preventing and controlling helminthiasis, especially in poor communities. Based on the knowledge of parasitology, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of educative strategies on primary students in public schools. This activity is part of the Extension program entitled "The path of Helminths in the human body: an integrated view of parasitology and physiology for health promotion in public schools in João Pessoa, PB, Brazil." This is a quasi-experimental study design with both pre-test and post-test evaluations, respectively, before and after the intervention. Children from 6th to the 9th grades attended the study. All the activities developed handled the subjects: classification, etiologic agent, morphology, biological cycle (including physioloy concepts), transmission, clinical aspects, epidemiological data and prevention. Each activity followed a sequence: presentation; lesson; entertainment time; knowledge building; final evaluation. The tests were graded from 0 to 10 and were analyzed by means of the statistics program GraphPad Prism 6, using Paired Student's t-test, for analysis of means between the two samples. Questions were analyzed by using the EPI INFO 7 program and computing the 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI). The educative activities were presented to 79 students for hookworm infections intervention and to 76 students for ascariasis intervention. These students were aged between 10 and 15 years. For ascariasis, the average grades of pre-tests intervention were 3.35±1.78 (mean ± SD) and post-tests intervention were 6.96±2.27 (mean ± SD). For hookworm infections, pre-test and post-test intervention grades were 2.54±1.37 (mean ± SD) and 7.04 ±2.06 (mean ± SD), respectively. The results were statistically significant. Difficulties were identified concerning the classification of parasites, once the percentage of correct answers in pre-test were 16.5% for Ascaris lumbricoides and 11.84% for Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. The results showed positive impacts in the methodological strategies applied in the comprehension of geohelminthiasis, which are contextualized in primary education. From this perspective, it is essential to highlight the importance of adding extension programs in schools, allowing university and community to build strategies that contribute to the knowledge of schoolchildren and the professional development of university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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OBJETIVO: O estudo teve como objetivo conhecer as repercussões do Programa de Educação pelo Trabalho para a Saúde/PET-Saúde na formação de estudantes da área da saúde. METODOS: Configura-se como exploratório-descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa.Fizeram parte do estudo, vinte estudantes participantes do PET-Saúde. A técnica de coleta de dados foi a entrevista semi-estruturada e o método de análise dos dados empregado, a análise de conteúdo temática. RESULTADOS: Os dados sinalizam que o PET-Saúde configura-se como um programa facilitador para a busca da integralidade e que proporciona articulação teórica-prática entre estudantes, serviço de saúde e comunidade, o que é imprescindível para a reorientação da formação em saúde. CONCLUSÃO: Conclui-se que o desafio centra-se na formação crítico-reflexiva de profissionais da área da saúde, apontando para novos comportamentos e atitudes.

Desde 2003, desenvolve-se a Interação Universidade Serviço Comunidade (IUSC) na graduação médica de uma universidade pública do interior de São Paulo, Brasil, a partir da necessidade de vivências na Atenção Primária, visando à integralidade do cuidado. A visita domiciliar (VD) destacou-se como possibilidade para o estudante refletir sobre determinantes sociais do processo saúde-doença; desenvolver habilidades comunicacionais, prática educativa dialógica e vínculo com a comunidade; ampliar o raciocínio clínico e contribuir para a compreensão e resolução dos problemas familiares. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar essa proposta da VD na formação médica, utilizando pesquisa documental. Contextualizou-se o desenvolvimento da VD na IUSC, sua importância, abrangência e desafios para sua legitimação e incorporação como prática pertinente à formação médica. Concluiu-se que a VD pode fortalecer e ampliar vínculos, compromissos, e favorecer a comunicação, contribuindo para a mudança da educação médica no Brasil.

To evaluate, from the patient’s perspective, actions of orientation for the community and community participation carried out in tuberculosis control in health services in Ribeirão Preto - SP. This was an evaluative quantitative exploratory study which used part of the Primary Care Assessment Tool, adapted and validated for tuberculosis care, applied through interview, with 100 patients. Indicators of the instrument and analysis of variance were used. The realization of social partnerships for delivery of the sputum pot together with the community, the delivery of the sputum pot to the community by professionals, and the participation of the community to discuss the problem of tuberculosis were identified, 5%, 6% and 5%, respectively. The health services with fewer patients in treatment showed the best indicators. The actions of social partnerships, searching for respiratory symptomatics in the community and community participation in tuberculosis control are poorly incorporated by health services.El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar, bajo la perspectiva de los enfermos, las acciones de orientación para la comunidad y la participación comunitaria, realizadas en el control de la tuberculosis en servicios de salud de Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Se trata de una investigación de evaluación cuantitativa exploratoria que utilizó parte del Primary Care Assessment Tool, adaptado y validado para la atención a la tuberculosis, aplicado por medio de entrevista a 100 enfermos. Fueron utilizados indicadores del instrumento y el análisis de la variancia. Fueron identificadas: la realización de alianzas sociales para obtener el pote para recolección de esputo junto a la comunidad (5%); la entrega del pote para recolección de esputo en la comunidad por los profesionales (6%); y, la participación de la comunidad en la discusión del problema de la tuberculosis (5%). Los servicios de salud con menor número de enfermos en tratamiento presentaron los mejores indicadores. Se concluye que las alianzas sociales, la búsqueda de sintomáticos respiratorios en la comunidad y, la participación de la comunidad en el control de la tuberculosis son poco incorporadas por los servicios de salud.O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, sob a percepção dos doentes, ações de orientação para a comunidade e participação comunitária, realizadas no controle da tuberculose em serviços de saúde de Ribeirão Preto, SP. É pesquisa avaliativa quantitativa exploratória que utilizou parte do Primary Care Assessment Tool, adaptado e validado para atenção à tuberculose, aplicado por meio de entrevista a 100 doentes. Utilizaram-se indicadores do instrumento e análise de variância. Foram identificadas a realização de parcerias sociais para entrega do pote para coleta de escarro junto à comunidade, entrega do pote para coleta de escarro na comunidade pelos profissionais e a participação da comunidade para discutir o problema da tuberculose, 5, 6 e 5% respectivamente. Os serviços de saúde com menor número de doentes em tratamento apresentaram os melhores indicadores. Conclui-se que as ações de parcerias sociais, busca de sintomáticos respiratórios na comunidade e participação da comunidade no controle da tuberculose são pouco incorporadas pelos serviços de saúde.

A Terapia Comunitária vem surgindo como uma nova tecnologia de cuidado nos programas de inserção e apoio à saúde mental da população. Esta pesquisa exploratória tem como objetivo identificar o número de grupos de terapia comunitária com idosos no município de João Pessoa - PB, conhecer os principais temas apresentados pelos idosos e as estratégias utilizadas para o enfrentamento das dificuldades e revelar depoimentos relacionados à melhoria da qualidade de vida dos idosos. Os dados foram coletados nas fichas de registro das terapias, analisado numa abordagem quantitativa. Os resultados demonstraram que o problema mais freqüente nos idoso é o estresse, a estratégia de enfrentamento mais utilizada é a espiritualidade. A Terapia Comunitária vem contribuindo para saúde mental do idoso.La Terapia Comunitaria viene surgiendo como una nueva tecnología de cuidado en los programas de inserción y apoyo a la salud mental de la población como un todo. Esta investigación de carácter exploratorio tiene como objetivos: identificar el número de grupos de terapia comunitaria con ancianos en el municipio de João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil, conocer los principales temas que presentan los ancianos, así como las estrategias utilizadas para el enfrentamiento de las dificultades revelando las expresiones verbales relativas a la mejoría de la calidad de vida de los ancianos. Los datos fueron levantados en fichas de registro de las terapias, y analizados desde una perspectiva de abordaje cuantitativa. Los resultados demostraron que el problema más frecuente en los ancianos es el estrés, y la estrategia de enfrentamiento más utilizada es la espiritualidad. La Terapia Comunitaria viene contribuyendo para la mejora de la salud mental del anciano.The Communitarian Therapy comes appearing as a new technology of care in the programs of insertion and support to the mental health of the population. This exploratory research aims to identify the number of groups of community care with older people in the city of João Pessoa - PB, to know the main themes presented by the elderly and the strategies used to confront the difficulties and disclose evidence related to improving quality of life of older people. The data had been collected in the fiches of register of the therapies, analyzed in a quantitative boarding. The results had demonstrated that the problem most frequent in the aged one is stress it, the used strategy of confrontation more are the spirituality. The Communitarian Therapy comes contributing for mental health of the aged one.

Pesquisa qualitativa, cujo objeto foi a visibilidade do projeto de extensão "Orientando o Cliente em Situação Cirúrgica para Diferenciar o Cuidado" junto aos profissionais que compõem a equipe multidisciplinar de saúde. Objetivos: identificar o conhecimento da equipe multidisciplinar acerca das atividades desenvolvidas no projeto de extensão e analisar a relevância conferida pela equipe multidisciplinar acerca das atividades do projeto para a qualidade da assistência. Cenário: duas enfermarias cirúrgicas de um hospital universitário do Rio de Janeiro. As informações foram coletadas através de entrevista com 16 sujeitos. Após aplicar a análise de conteúdo, os resultados foram: a enfermagem e o serviço social conheciam as atividades do projeto, ao passo que médicos e nutricionistas desconheciam. Os sujeitos que conheciam o projeto conferiam-lhe relevância, pois propiciava bem-estar à clientela. Conclusão: o projeto tem visibilidade junto à equipe de enfermagem e serviço social, porém necessita traçar estratégias para alcançar visibilidade com médicos e nutricionistas.Investigación cualitativa, cuyo objeto fue la visibilidad del proyecto de extensión "Guiando el cliente en situación quirúrgica para diferenciar el cuidado" junto a los profesionales que integran el equipo multidisciplinario de salud. Objetivos: identificar el conocimiento del equipo multidisciplinario sobre las actividades desarolladas en el proyecto de extensión y analisar la importancia conferida por el equipo multidisciplinario sobre las actividades del proyecto para la calidad de la asistencia. Escenário: dos enfermerías quirúrgicas de un hospital universitario de Río de Janeiro. Fueron recopilados datos a través de una entrevista con 16 sujetos. Después de usar el analisis de contenido los resultados fueron: los profesionales del ofício de enfermera y servicio social conocian las actividades del proyecto, pero los medicos y los nutricionistas no lo conocian. Los sujetos que conocian el proyecto lo conferiran importancia, pues causava bien-estar a los clientes. Conclusión: el proyecto tiene visibilidad junto al equipo del ofício de enfermera y servicio social, pero es necesario planificar estrategias para alcanzar visibilidad con medicos y nutricionistas.Qualitative research, the purpose of the study was the visibility of the extension project "Guiding the client in surgical situation to care differentiate" within professionals that compose the health multidisciplinary team. Objectives: To identify the knowledge of multidisciplinary heath workers team regarding the activities developed at extension project and to analyze the importance given from multidisciplinary team about the project activities to assistance quality. Scenario: Two surgical nursing rooms at a university hospital at Rio de Janeiro. It has been collected data from 16 people through interview. After applying content analysis the results were: nursing and social service professionals were aware of the project activities, but doctors and the nutritionist were not. The individuals that were aware of the project have given it great importance, because it would cause welfare state to the clients. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the project has visibility within nursing and social service teams, but it is necessary to trace strategies in order to reach visibility within doctors and nutritionists.