El desarrollo adolescente depende de las fortalezas y vulnerabilidades de cada adolescente, como también de los contextos de vida en que ellos se desenvuelven. Este artículo amplía el foco de análisis desde lo individual a la comprensión de las características de los contextos de vida de los adolescentes, y de las oportunidades que estos ofrecen para desarrollar competencias y habilidades. Anal...

Objectives: to search for nursing interventions focused on the improvement of quality of life and promotion of self-care of adolescents suffering from the Cystic Fibrosis. Method: literature review. The inclusion criteria were: primary studies and studies with interventions developed by nurses in the adolescent population with Cystic Fibrosis, using Portuguese, Spanish, French and English wit...

1 Curso de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (FCM/ Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brasil 2 Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudos da Determinação e Diferenciação do Sexo (GIEDDS), FCM/ Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil 3 Departamento de Pediatria, FCM/ Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil 4 Departamento de Genética Médica, FCM/Unicamp,...

In the natural history of type 2 diabetes, pancreatic insulin secretion is progressively depleted and metabolic control worsens. Treatment of these patients usually starts with diet and exercise, with subsequent use of oral glucose-lowering drugs, finally ending with insulin therapy to achieve good metabolic control. When there is still endogenous insulin secretion, the combination of insulin a...

conclusions the results of this study suggested that parental monitoring and affiliation with deviant peers largely explained sexual risk taking among adolescents. therefore, prevention efforts aimed at reducing risky sex should compose of these factors. in fact, the results suggested that earlier prevention efforts may be warranted. results according to the results, about one-fifth of subjects...

a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Faculdade de Medicina (Famed), Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil b Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil c Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Instituto de Psicologia, Departamento de Saúde e Comunicação Humana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil d...

Le trichobezoard est une masse formée par l'accumulation des cheveux eu niveau du tube digestif, notamment dans l'estomac. Elle apparait chez la fille adolescente avec un profil psychologique particulier, présentant une trichomanie et une trichophagie. Nous rapportons le cas d'une patiente de 14 ans, qui consulte pour une masse abdominale sus ombilicale dure, indolore, fixe, mesurant environ 30...

A qualitative, phenomenological, hermeneutical study with the aim of explaining the experience of having a body deformity diagnosed as idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. A semistructured interview conducted with scoliosis patients admitted to the unit of spinal cord at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital was used. The youth defined their scoliosis based on how they perceived their deformity. They spoke of...