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Objective: To analyze the prevalence and associated factors with chronic diseases among women of reproductive age in primary health care., Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with 397 women of reproductive age living in northern Paraná, Brazil. Data were collected from July 2019 to September 2020. The Women's Clinical Record was used to collect sociodemographic data, risk behaviors, diagnosis of chronic diseases and medication use. Chi-Square test was performed for association analysis, and Logistic Regression estimating Odds Ratio and 95% confidence intervals., Results: The prevalence of chronic diseases among women of reproductive age was 38.53% and the associated factors were: age group from 31 to 40 years old (OR=3.67; p=0.001) and from 41 to 49 years (OR =9.7; p=0.001), incomplete high school education (OR= 2.7; p=0.001), obesity (OR= 2.25; p=0.001) and smoking (OR=2.23; p=0.001)., Conclusion: Age at the end of the reproductive phase, obesity and smoking were associated with the presence of chronic diseases. Knowledge of these factors can assist in screening, monitoring and health education actions provided to women of childbearing age.

Objective: To understand the meanings attributed to pregnancy in the context of Lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome by women and healthcare professionals., Method: Qualitative research, using Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical framework and Grounded Theory, a constructivist perspective. Data were collected between January and August 2022, through online interviews with 27 women with Lupus located on the social network Facebook and in-person or remote interviews with 12 healthcare professionals., Results: The theoretical model constructed has two categories: "Equal conditions, distinct experiences: experiencing the gestational process" shows that obstetric complications and lack of connection with healthcare professionals trigger negative meanings to the experience; and "Therapeutic management interfering in the attribution of meanings to the experience", demonstrates that the way women interact with healthcare professionals and how they manage treatment favors a positive reframing., Final Considerations: The meanings attributed to pregnancy are elaborated and modified according to the interpretation of previous and current experiences, healthcare trajectory and interactions with healthcare professionals. Previous guidance, planning, bonding and trust in healthcare professionals enable positive meanings, while obstetric complications, unqualified assistance and lack of bonding with professionals provide negative meanings.

Objective: To know the perspective of health professionals working in specialized care regarding the assistance offered to children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome in the Health Care Network., Method: Qualitative study carried out in Campo Grande-MS through semi-structured interviews, between September and October 2020, with 12 professionals working in a reference service for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. Minayo's thematic analysis and the theoretical subsidies of the care model for chronic conditions were used for interpretation., Results: Assistance in the network is weakened by aspects related to access, monitoring and integration between different professionals/services. The potential involves the implementation of the referral and counter-referral system, the communication/integration between these services and the training of professionals., Final Considerations: The participants perceive that assistance is influenced by the availability of trained professionals to work in a network and the optimization of access and follow-up at different points of care.

Objective: to understand how health professionals perceive the shared care between the teams of Primary Health Care and Home Care Service., Method: descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with 17 professionals, in the municipality of Campo Grande, MS. Data were collected from August to October 2019, through semi-structured audio-recorded interviews and submitted to content analysis., Results: lack of knowledge, lack of qualification, lack of ordering of care and weakness in counter-referral were some of the challenges mentioned for shared care. However, interinstitutional visits, communication, discussion of cases, action planning, were perceived as strategies to carry it out., Final Considerations: professionals perceive that home care is permeated by limitations and weaknesses in relation to the effectuation of shared care between the different health teams.

Objective: To develop a conceptual framework that explains how elderly people from different cultures experience aging, formulate concepts and assign values to the process of aging., Method: Qualitative research conducted with 33 elderly people in a municipality of the triple border. The data were collected between February and August of 2011, using Symbolic Interactionism and the Grounded Theory as the theoretical and methodological strategy., Results: The central theme identified was: "Having to age: sociocultural practices guiding aging in different ethnicities", which was made up of sub processes that characterize the study's structural concepts: aging conceived as multifactorial (physical, biopsychic and sociocultural); Experiencing aging in the process of cultural adaptation; Experiencing aging as the continuation of life; Redefining social roles; and The culture influencing habits and customs in healthcare., Conclusion: The experience of aging proved to be a unique process for each individual and the values assigned to it are influenced by one's own culture.

The aim of the study was to understand how residents of a condominium Aging realize the quality and conditions of life in this new housing modality. This is an exploratory qualitative study of 20 elderly residents of the condominium Maringá. Data were collected in February 2012 in the household were semistructured and subjected to content analysis interviews. The results indicate the factors valued by the elderly in their perception of quality of life such as independence, autonomy, having an occupation, developing leisure and acceptance of the aging process activities. Also valued the structure and characteristics of this housing method due to the possibility of social interaction. We conclude that the identification of these aspects allows the planning of strategies for integrated care for the elderly and it is suggested that nurses recognize and value the aspects highlighted in the planning of care with elderly people in general.