Stigma and shame have been features of past pandemics. The stigma associated with disease can be experienced as by those who spread it. In almost all human cultures, there is attached to being “contaminated”, the vulnerability inherent in illness, potentially spreading a others. As previous pandemics taught us, coming into contact with, or highly infectious deadly has social consequences. Hence...

OBJECTIVE To identify issues that promote agreement and disagreement among doctors, nurses, and health care professionals who integrate the Family Health Care Program team. METHODS A qualitative study using focus groups was carried out. The participants were male and female health care professionals, doctors and nurses from the Family Health Care Program team in Teresina, Brazil. Group sessio...

BACKGROUND Many youth victims of violence report for treatment at the health care facilities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It was unclear what the youth expected regarding how they could be led towards wellness by health care professionals following an incident of violence (R1.1). OBJECTIVES This study sought to explore and describe the expectations of the youth victims of vio...