Implicações da pouca preocupação e percepção familiar no sobrepeso infantil no município de Curitiba, PR, Brasil / The implications of family lack of concern and perception of obesity in childhood in the city of Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil

Resumo O presente trabalho propôs relacionar o sobrepeso infantil com a percepção familiar da silhueta da criança e a preocupação com o excesso de peso na infância. Foi realizado um estudo transversal com crianças de 20 a 48 meses de idade usuárias de Unidades de Saúde ou centros de ensino infantil de Curitiba, no período de junho a dezembro de 2014. Fez-se uso de questionário para coletar dados referentes a renda familiar, peso, altura, percepção da silhueta da criança e verificar a preocupação com o excesso de peso. O sobrepeso e a obesidade não foram percebidos corretamente pelos responsáveis (kappa =0,11) e grande parte destes não sabiam o peso e altura da crianças e nem estavam preocupados com excesso de peso. Na população estudada, as crianças de famílias de menor renda apresentaram mais chance de desenvolver sobrepeso na infância (p = 0,02). Se faz necessário investir na sensibilização das famílias, pois é de extrema importância a atenção à obesidade desde a infância prevenindo assim novos casos e evitando agravos na vida adulta.

Abstract The scope of this study was to relate child obesity with the family’s perception of the child’s silhouette’s and concern with excess weight in childhood A cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged between 20 and 48 months who frequent Health Units or are preschoolers in the city of Curitiba from June to December 2014. A questionnaire was used to collect data relating to family income, weight, height, perception of child silhouette’s and assess concern about obesity by parents. Overweight and obesity was not correctly perceived by relations (kappa = 0,11) and the vast majority of parents did not know the child’s height and weight and were not even concerned with childhood obesity. In the population studied, children from lower income family were more likely to suffer from overweight in childhood (p = 0,02). It is necessary to invest in the sensitization of families, since it is extremely important to pay attention to obesity from childhood onwards, thus preventing new cases and avoiding problems in adult life.

How Do Male and Female Medical Students Perceive Their Own Career? Implications from a Student Viewpoint / 日本プライマリ・ケア連合学会誌

<b>Introduction</b>: The aim of this study is to explore career perceptions of male and female medical students.<br><b>Methods</b>: Semi-structured interviews to 16 medical students (9males, 7 females) were undertaken.<br><b>Results</b>: Qualitative data analysis showed that development of their career perceptions were affected by “gender view”, “interests in medicine” as well as their “perceptions of family”. Specifically, female students in the lower grades felt difficulty in making decisions on career choices due to the conflict between carrying out family responsibilities (e.g., housework and childcare) and interests in medicine. After clinical clerkships, their perceptions of a career were formed in one of two ways: giving priority to family responsibilities or interest in medicine. On the other hand, male students in lower and higher grades consistently gave priority to their interests in medicine for their career choices.<br><b>Conclusion</b>: Differing career perceptions between male and female medical students emerged from this study, and supports the need for undergraduate education on gender-equality in society.

A Comparative Study on Family Perception between Abused Children and Normal Children by Kinetic Family Drawing / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: The study attempted to find family perception differences between abused children and normal children by Kinetic Family Drawing. METHOD: The subjects of the study consisted of two groups, 143 abused who were in the upper 25th percentile, and 150 normal who were in the lower 25th percentile. Collected Kinetic Family Drawings were divided into five dimensions such as actions, human figure characteristics, dynamics, styles and symbols, and they was analyzed with SPSS/WIN 10.0. RESULTS: In the perception about their family in action dimension, their family in figure characteristics dimension, their family in dynamics dimensions, and their family in symbols dimension, there is a sharp contrast between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Putting these results together, abused children feel lower self-esteem and feel more sense of alienation in their family than normal children do. In addition, abused children perceive their parents as negative and aggressive people.