Abstract In this interview, Sonia Guajajara, the executive coordinator of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples Articulation (APIB), addresses analyzis and strategies developed by movement to face COVID-19 pandemic. Among other topics, she highlights some movement’s concerning communication, surveillance, monitoring COVID-19, as well its actions support territories, initiatives carried out in Legislative...

Background. We investigated the concurrent use of conventional rehabilitations and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for the long-term management of children with developmental disorders (DDs). Methods. The parents or caregivers of 533 children with DDs (age range, 1-19 years) who visited the rehabilitation centers were surveyed using in depth face-to-face interviews. Resul...

hospital committees play an important role in programming, organization and coordinating hospital activities. this study was conducted to evaluate hospital committees’ situation in kashan educational hospitals.  hospital committees’ meeting reports and face-to-face interview were used to data collection. there were 402 meeting reports with average 7 members attendance at the each meeting.  1292...

Although malocclusions represent a serious public health issue, there is insufficient information about this problem in adolescents in Brazil, especially in poorer areas. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of facial alterations, dental malocclusions, and deleterious oral habits (DOH) among adolescents in a developing area in northeastern Brazil and to test ...

PURPOSE To prospectively examine relations between maternal DSM-IV-TR anxiety and depressive disorders and excessive infant crying. METHODS Based on the prospective longitudinal Maternal Anxiety in Relation to Infant Development Study, n=306 expectant mothers were enrolled during early pregnancy and repeatedly interviewed until 16 months post partum. Lifetime and prospective information on ma...

We use Goffman’s characterization of "front" and "backstage" interaction practices to analyze how the use of instant messaging in both face-to-face and technology-mediated meetings alters the spatial, temporal, and social configurations of meetings. In an interview study of workers in two organizations, we found that workers used instant messaging during face-to-face meetings and telephone co...

This research gauged nursing staff acceptance of a videoconferencing system within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and identified a set of recommendations to be integrated into system design to maximize usability of the system by nursing end users. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected through interview and questionnaire methods, designed to elicit system requirements from ...

The experiences of students taking the same course by distance learning were compared when tutorial support was provided conventionally (using limited face-to-face sessions with some contact by telephone and email) or online (using a combination of computer-mediated conferencing and email). Study 1 was a quantitative survey using an adapted version of the Course Experience Questionnaire and the...