This study is aimed at verifying the utilization of toys, games and play as technique supporting in the treatment of children with Cerebral Paralysis (CP). It’s a exploratory descriptive study, of qualitative descriptive nature. The studied population was composed by professionals of the area of Physical Therapy, chosen in a random intentional way who worked on the treatment of children with confirmed diagnosis of CP, in clinics and hospitals of the cities of Jequié, Itapetinga and Salvador, in the state of Bahia. The data were collected with a survey made by the authors of the study and analyzed in a descriptive way. Most of the Physical Therapists (94,4%) utilize the playing games and symbolic in the treatment of children with CP. The fit toys (66,6%) and sound toys (55,5%) where the more cited ones, the larger importance was a better interaction therapist patient (61,1%), the contributions were making treatment more dynamic and the best answer therapist/patient. The most cited advantage was make the treatment easier (53,54%) and the disadvantage was the dispersion of the treatment (30,76%) the utilization of playing games and symbolic as supporting technique in the treatment of children with CP, as long as utilized the right way are of paramount importance to support the neuropsychomotor growing process, motor coordination and children’s attention, as well as acting in a way that improves the interaction therapist/patient, and makes the treatment more dynamic

cerebral palsy --- playthings --- physical therapy

The present study left of the interest in researching on one of the more affected workers' groups for the modifications that it is happening in the world of the work. Starting from this, the objective was to identify as the behaviors related to the health (smoking, consumption of alcoholic drink, stress level, alimentary habits) they are related with the level of those workers' habitual physical activity. The sample selected by convenience it was composed of 30 workers bank clerks of the municipal district of Ipiaú-BA, with the average of 42,6 year-old age (DP=10,5), being 20 women and 10 men. For collection of the information an interview was used, applied in an individual way in the interviewee's home. The results indicated that most of the interviewees was classified as physically assets (average of 23,6 METs diaries) and with behaviors related to the health inside of the parameters recommended to the health, and of the analyzed variables, only the alimentary habits were associated as the level of habitual physical activity (2=6,16 p=0,01). It is necessary that the information the about of such a problem they continue being transmitted to several population groups, besides to the bank workers for these are motivated always to obtain and to maintain healthy lifestyles.

physical activity --- behaviors in health --- bank

In this study we objectify: to inquire the physiological modifications of the menopause that influence the sexual standard of the woman; to know if the frequency of the sexual activity changed the menopause after and to investigate the factors aggravations or extenuating circumstances in the sexual life during this phase. One is about a study of quanti-qualitative nature, had as scene the Center of Health Almerinda Lomanto, having as informing 16 women. The data had been collected using the form. The data had been submitted to the Technique of Analysis of Content of Bardin, of where categories and subcategorias had emerged: Changes observed in the sexual relationship after the menopause (Reduction of the libido, Incompreensão of the friend, did not have alteration, positive Change); Reasons that had favored the changes (physiological Alterations in the sexual act, menorragia Chronic headache nauseas fogacho/, Lack or psychological reduction of the pleasure, Alterations). We conclude that during the climatério and after the menopause, can occur physiological modifications that influence the standard of the sexual act, fits professional we while of health, to search to promote attitudes and behaviors that aim at the disruption of myths and taboos and the promotion of the sexual health.

Breastfeeding --- pregnant woman --- community

Although esquistossomosis is a disease that devastates the human organism since the most remote times, untill today, there´s a big number of people attacked by this illness. Man social, cultural and environmental mains contribute to acquisition or not of the referred disease. Therefore, it´is believed that it is not responsibility of the sections of public health to create means that help control cases of esquistossomosis in a certain places. This work had as main objective observe if managers of the district of Itororó as, health secretary, education, and social work, managers of the Program of Control Esquistossomosis (PCE) and epidemiological surveillance work in partnership and intentioned in promote actions to minimize the index of people infected by the Schistosoma mansoni, as well as the increase comprehension of the related population to this infections. In order to the proposed objective in this work, was verified, were applied questionnaires to the mentioned managers to the community and distributed at five different places in the district of Itororó-Bahia. Acording to results was contacted that, at present, there are no interactive actions among refered managers with the intention in decrease the number of infected people by esquistossomose, and that the population use contaminated water even knowing about the risks. However, being the disease linked to social, cultural and environmental, characteristics of the individual, an interactive work with structural actions, becomes essencial to control the number of infected person.

esquistossomosis --- administraction --- interaction --- control

The purpose of this paper was to describe the physiotherapy treatment after combined reconstruction of the cruciate ligaments of the knee. In order to do so a literature review was made and the articles from Medline and Lilacs databases were selected, published between 1997 and 2006, in English and Portuguese. The articles that featured any of the following keywords were chosen: “rehabilitation”, “anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)”, “posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)”, “combined reconstruction”, “multiple-ligament injuried”, “knee dislocations” as well as its correlates in Portuguese. From 11 selected articles, 6 had been excludedby being descriptive studies, not having application of the protocol considered in groups of patients. Five articles were included in this study that descrived a protocol of physiotherapy treatment of combined reconstruction of the cruciate ligaments. It was observed that, despite the divergences related in the progression of the treatment, the protocols gave priority to protection of reconstruction tissues, given a bigger emphasis in the PCL graft.

dislocation --- cruciate ligament --- physiotherapy