Ecos do mundo dos artistas: memória e articulações comunicacionais / Echoes of the world of artists: memory and communicational articulations / Ecos del mundo de los artistas: memoria y articulaciones comunicacionales

O trabalho apresenta as reflexões iniciais do projeto de pós-doutorado desenvolvido no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Cultura da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, que pretende ouvir artistas idosos de dois grupos distintos: no primeiro os sujeitos acometidos por patologias que afetam a memória, entre elas o Alzheimer, em suas fases iniciais; e no segundo sujeitos que se constroem e são construídos identitariamente como idosos, com base em seu lugar etário. Por meio de entrevistas, usando metodologicamente uma técnica que cruza os modos de fazer da história oral com os da entrevista clínica, realizaremos encontros com artistas (músicos, atores, artistas plásticos etc.) procurando perceber as vozes desses indivíduos como sujeitos de comunicação afetados pelo tempo (e, em alguns casos, pela doença).

The work presents the initial reflections of the postdoctoral project developed on the Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, which intends to listen to old artists of two different groups: in the first, subjects affected by pathologies that affect the memory, includin Alzheimer's, in its early stages; and in the second subjects who build and are built identically as old based on their age. Based on interviews, using the foundations of psychological clinic and oral history, we will hold meetings with artists (musicians, actors, visual artists, etc.) seeking to perceive the voices of these individuals as subjects of communication affected by time (and often by the disease).

El trabajo presenta las reflexiones iniciales del proyecto posdoctoral desarrollado con el Programa de Posgrado en Comunicación y Cultura de la Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro, que pretende escuchar a artistas antiguos de dos grupos diferentes: en el primero, los sujetos afectados por patologías que afectan la memoria, incluido el Alzheimer, en sus primeras etapas; y el segundo sujetos que construyen y se construyen de manera idéntica a los ancianos, en función de su su edad. Mediante el uso de entrevistas, utilizando metodológicamente una técnica que cruza las formas de hacer historia oral con las de la entrevista clínica psicológica, mantendremos reuniones con artistas (músicos, actores, artistas visuales etc.) para percibir las voces de estas personas como sujetos de comunicación afectados por el tiempo (y a menudo por la enfermedad).

Clinical Work Experience of Korean Immigrant Nurses in U.S. Hospitals

PURPOSE: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the meaning of the experience of Korean immigrant nurses working in US hospitals. METHODS: Purposive sampling yielded 15 Korean immigrant nurses who had more than one year of clinical experience in US hospitals. Data were collected from March to August 2012 through in-depth interviews and thematic analysis was conducted using van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach. RESULTS: The findings were classified into eight themes: 'struggling from staff at workplace being territorial to outsiders', 'feeling oppressed due to language barrier', 'accepting rational and horizontal relationships at work', 'staying alert in the environment where lawsuits are rife', 'feeling a sense of stability from the social system that values human dignity', 'maintaining self-confidence from prominent nursing practices and senior Korean nurses' professional reputation', 'performing essential comprehensive nursing care', 'promoting self-development to be equipped with professionalism.' CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that the Korean immigrant nurses were able to excel in their workplace when their clinical experience at US hospitals was combined with the lived space in US politics and environment, lived time of patience, lived body to be alert, and lived others with multi cultural characteristics.

Retrospective analysis of language-related cultural disparity trends in acute rehabilitation: Implications for health communication / Análisis retrospectivo de las tendencias en las desigualdades relacionadas con el idioma y la cultura en la rehabilitación aguda: Implicaciones para la comunicación en salud

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine retrospective data to determine if disparities existed in physical therapy outcomes for acute rehabilitation patients. Materials and Methods: Patients from different ethnic/language groups were compared and disparities were measured by comparing Functional Independent Measures® (FIM) scores. Results: Records of three thousand one hundred and ninety-seven patients admitted to a large acute rehabilitation center in the United States over a six year period were analyzed. Of the 23 language groups represented, the largest three language groups, English, Spanish, and South East (SE) Asian (Hmong, Khmer, Laotian, and Cambodian) languages were analyzed with a total of2,253 subjects. It was found that the three groups were not significantly different, in terms of their length of stay in the rehabilitation setting (F=2.30, p=.101), age (F=2.52, p=.081), or number of comorbidities (F=2.93, p=.054). However, admission FIM® (F=54.94, p<.001), projected FIM® goal (F=56.67, p<.001) and discharge FIM® (F=44.81, p<.001) were all significantly different, with the non-English speakers scoring lower at all three rating points by therapists. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrate the importance of the effect of cultural and linguistic barriers on health communication interactions. In addition, this study provides insights to international health professionals on the issues of cross-cultural variations in the presentation of language barriers and their impact on potential research outcomes.

Objetivo: El propósito de este estudio fué el examinar retrospectivamente los datos para determinar si las disparidades existen en los resultados de la Fisioterapia para pacientes en rehabilitación aguda. Materiales y Métodos: Se hizo una comparación entre los pacientes de diferentes grupos étnicos o lingüisticos y las disparidades se midieron a través de un test conocido como Functional Independent Measures® (FIM). Resultados: En este estudio fueron analizados los registros de tres mil ciento noventa y siete pacientes admitidos a un centro de rehabilitación en los Estados Unidos en un periodo de seis años. De los veintitres grupos lingüisticos representados, los grupos más grandes y que se tomaron para el analisis fueron el Inglés, el Español y las lenguas del Sureste Asiatico (Hmong, Khemer, Laotian, y Cambodian) con un total de 2.253 sujetos. Se encontró que los tres grupos no tenian diferencias estadisticas significativas en términos de la duración de su estadia en el centro de rehabilitación (F=2.30, p=.101), edad (F=2.52, p=.081), o número de co-enfermedades (F=2.93, p=.054). Sinembargo el test FIM® de admisión (F=54.94, p<.001), el FIM® proyectado (F=56.67, p<.001) y el test FIM® de salida (F=44.81, p<.001) reportaron diferencias significativas, siendo los de habla Inglesa los que tuvieron puntajes más bajos en los tres puntos de medición de los terapistas. Conclusiones: Los resultados de este estudio demuestran la importancia de las barreras culturales y lingüisticas que afectan las interacciones de la communicación en salud. Además, este estudio provee áreas de reflexión para los profesionales en salud internacional sobre las variaciones interculturales en las barreras lingüisticas y su efecto en los resultados de los estudios.

Analysis of Results of Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential In 79 Cases of Language-Impaired Children / 医学研究杂志

Objective To study the change and its application of the brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) in language -impaired children. Methods We used evoked potentials Denmark Wedy Keypoint device to analysis the BAEP test results of the 79 cases of children in our hospital from August 2006 to December 2008. Rsults The total rate of BAEP abnormalities in children was 64.6% , of which 15.7% for one of the bilateral BAEP wave disappeared, 11.8% for the unilateral BAEP wave disappeared with the other side of the wave being abnormal BAEP,and 72.5% for the wave latency (PL) and wave interphase (IPL) abnomal. Conclusion BAEP is a sim-ple, noninvasive, threshold stability, results reliable and reproducible method of examination. For language -impaired children of hearing damage and abnormal neural pathway ,it can provide valuable objective indicators.