Background Chagas Disease (CD) affects 6-7 million people worldwide and is related to poverty-promoting conditions. Chronic asymptomatic cases are mostly invisible to health systems. Aiming (1) to ...translate CD discoveries into education/information practices to raise alertness and empowerment of affected people; and (2) to perform an active search of CD cases, articulating intersectoral actions to improve the access of infected people to the local health service for the treatment of CD; our research group developed and tested under field conditions as innovative social technology: an itinerant education interdisciplinary setting named "Chagas Express XXI" (CE21). Methodology CE21 was created as an "imaginary train" with ~40 ArtScience workshops, games, laboratory activities and conversation circles. An entry/exit plus six activity modules combined associations of affected people, microscopic observations, One Health education, and wellness activities. CE21 was conceived as a social technology, since all the processes were co-created with CD patients and inter-sector local partners. Descriptive statistics showed quantitative data collected throughout the expeditions (CD knowledge, serological results). Qualitative data accessed the public perceptions about the education activities. Principal findings CE21 was exhibited in local educational institutions (schools, universities) in four cities, engaging 2,117 people that evaluated the 41 activities carried out. Citizens and health professionals enjoyed acquisition of information related to blood, parasites, vectors, reservoirs, environmental changes, and social determinants of CD. Further, local legacies of 600 participants volunteer for health promotion groups and CD associations, local empowerment groups to fight for better health conditions, and 05 mural paintings. We observed that 81% of the participants ignored the possibility of treating CD while 52% of the participants requested a blood test for CD showing seropositivity in 20% of them. Conclusions CE21 is a social technology potentially useful for health and science education and active search of asymptomatic CD chronic cases. Moreover, this technology may be adapted to understand and to cooperate in other potentially epidemic situations, especially NTDs related.
Arts and Health Promotion Corbin, J. Hope; Sanmartino, Mariana; Hennessy, Emily Alden ...
2021, 2021-03-29
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This open access book offers an overview of the beautiful, powerful, and dynamic array of opportunities to promote health through the arts from theoretical, methodological, pedagogical, and critical ...perspectives. This is the first-known text to connect the disparate inter-disciplinary literatures into a coherent volume for health promotion practitioners, researchers, and teachers. It provides a one-stop depository for using the arts as tools for health promotion in many settings and as bridges across communities, cultures, and sectors. The diverse applications of the arts in health promotion transcend the multiple contexts within which health is created, i.e., individual, community, and societal levels, and has a number of potential health, aesthetic, and social outcomes. Topics covered within the chapters include: Exploring the Potential of the Arts to Promote Health and Social Justice Drawing as a Salutogenic Therapy Aid for Grieving Adolescents in Botswana Community Theater for Health Promotion in Japan From Arts to Action: Project SHINE as a Case Study of Engaging Youth in Efforts to Develop Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategies in Rural Tanzania and India Movimiento Ventana: An Alternative Proposal to Mental Health in Nicaragua Using Art to Bridge Research and Policy: An Initiative of the United States National Academy of Medicine Arts and Health Promotion is an innovative and engaging resource for a broad audience including practitioners, researchers, university instructors, and artists. It is an important text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, particularly in program planning, research methods (especially qualitative methodology), community health, and applied art classes. The book also is useful for professional development among current health promotion practitioners, community nurses, community psychologists, public health professionals, and social workers.
Toxicidade de extratos vegetais a Scutellonema bradys Coimbra, João Luiz(Universidade Estadual da Bahia Dep. de Ciências Humanas Campus IX); Soares, Ana Cristina Fermino(Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Agronomia Dep. de Fitotecnia); Garrido, Marlon da Silva(Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Agronomia Dep. de Fitotecnia) ...
Pesquisa agropecuaria brasileira,
2006, Letnik:
41, Številka:
7
Journal Article
Recenzirano
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito nematostático e nematicida de extratos aquosos de bulbilhos de alho (Allium sativum L.), folhas de mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz), folhas e ...sementes de mamão (Carica papaya L.), folhas de hortelã (Mentha piperita L.) e casca de gliricídia (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.) em Scutellonema bradys, agente causal da casca-preta do inhame (Dioscorea cayennensis Lam.). Todos os extratos vegetais inibiram a mobilidade e causaram mortalidade ao fitonematóide. Os extratos de hortelã e de mandioca causaram menos de 45% de mortalidade a S. bradys. As maiores porcentagens de mortalidade são causadas pelos extratos de sementes e folhas do mamoeiro e pelos bulbilhos de alho.
The objective of this work was to evaluate the nematostatic and nematicide effect of aqueous extracts from garlic bulbs (Allium sativum L.), cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaves, papaya (Carica papaya L.) leaves and seeds, mentha (Mentha piperita L.) leaves, and gliricídia (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.) tree bark to Scutellonema bradys, the causal agent of yam (Dioscorea cayennensis Lam.) dry rot. All plant extracts inhibited the mobility and caused mortality to S. bradys. Mentha and cassava extracts cause less than 45% mortality to S. bradys. The highest percentages of mortality are caused by extracts from papaya seeds and leaves, and garlic bulbs.
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