Abstract This paper is a preliminary study about health services in shelters that receive children in circumstances of social abandonment. Its objective is to identify the health professionals who act in these entities and the kind of health attendance that children obtain. This research was conducted through data collection during interviews with representatives of fifteen shelters in São Paulo city. It revealed not only that those health professionals who act in shelters develop voluntary work, but also that although children […]

Abstract The aim of this job was the analysis of the scientific literature on nursing regarding the experience of brothers of sick and hospitalized children. Sixteen articles were accessed, most of them being North American studies. The analysis of the results enabled the identification of the following themes: “Feelings and behavior of brothers of sick children”, “The needs of the brothers of sick and hospitalized children”, “Coping strategies put forth by the brothers of sick and hospitalized children” and “Behavior […]

Abstract This study, of qualitative approach, aimed to describing the mother’s conceptions about the kangaroo method and discussing the expression ways in implementing it. The data were collected by means of a semi-structured interview with ten mothers of premature babies. The mothers have two conceptions about kangaroo method: a scientific one, transmitted by the professionals, and a subjective one, which concerns what she learned in the relations she began to establish at that moment, and her psychological involvement is essential […]