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Breast cancer consists of a malignant tumor that develops from the rapid and disorderly proliferation of the organ cells, and may grow in the surrounding tissues or spread (metastasis) to distant areas of the body. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge of women about breast cancer prevention measures. This is a qualitative research in which 16 women attended in the Family Health Strategic (FHS) were interviewed, which applied a semi-structured script that allowed the realization of a thematic analysis divided into 3 categories: Women's knowledge on preventive measures, breast cancer prevention measures performed by women and guidelines of family health strategy professionals on breast cancer prevention. The study was of great importance, because it enabled us to re-pass information to the participants and thus, we could identify where there was a greater need for interventions. Therefore, this study is of great relevance to the process of professional development, which allows us to have a comparative view between the theory and the practice experienced by the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Breast cancer is the main neoplasm among women worldwide, accounting for 16% of all female cancers. This study aimed to analyze the scientific production on the prevention and control of breast cancer in primary health care. This is an integrative literature review, conducted in the period from February to May 2019, through the databases LILACS, MEDLINE and BDENF. Initially, 159 articles were found according to the descriptors used. The final sample consisted of 12 articles. After the thorough reading of the articles analyzed, these were classificados by semantic similarity in 02 thematic categories: "Considerations about the anatomy and physiology of the breast", "considerations about the definition, causes, clinical manifestations and Breast cancer risk Factors "and" breast cancer prevention levels ". It is necessary that measures be implemented in order to alert and train health professionals to practice the clinical examination of the breasts, as well as to perform actions that strengthen the knowledge of the population about the recognized risk factors and the expansion of the number of referrals to the realization of mammography are effective for prevention in their primary care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to describe the academic experience during a suicide prevention action in Primary Care. It is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, of the type of experience report, experienced by Nursing students of a private higher education institution. The action was set in the second half of 2017 in a Family Health Strategy located in the Eastern Zone of Teresina, state of Piauí. Twelve subjects of both sexes with different ages participated in the study. In order to facilitate the discussion on the theme, posters were presented and informational folders were distributed to the participants. The activity facilitated the analysis of the participants' various perceptions about the suicide issue, so that it revealed recurrent doubts, as well as demystified questions about the subject through scientific evidence, and informed about the free services available. It was verified the importance of actions of health education based on the promotion and acquisition of information on mental health and suicide issues, in order to promote practices for valuing life, prevention of new cases and attempts to self-exterminate and guarantee a real quality of life for users of Primary Health Care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Childcare is intended to fully assist the child and the family by promoting the health and prevention of Agra-Vos, correlating the physical, social and psychic determinants of the child with the environment in which it is inserted, with a view to reducingAdoecimentos, thus increasing the chances of the child growing and developing reaching their full potential. Analyze scientific production on childcare consultation in the basic attention and the importance of the nurse in monitoring the growth and development of the child in the basic attention. It is an integrative review of literature, with an exploratory, qualitative and descriptive approach, held in the period from November 2016 to May 2017, through the LILACS, SCIELO, and PUBMED databases, as well as books, magazines and periodicals on the Theme. The final sample was made up of 21 articles. After thorough reading of the articles analyzed, these were classificados by similar semantics in 02 thematic categories: "The nursing consultation to the child in the basic attention and the importance of the nurse in monitoring the growth and Development of the child in the basic attention "and" main dificuldades in the assistance of children in the basic attention ". The consultation of Nursing to the child in the basic attention is a very broad theme, it is essential that childcare is strengthened through innovative strategies that integrate the mothers and the Profissionais in the promotion of children's health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]