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AIM: The aim of this work was to explore parents' and children's attitudes towards healthy eating and the free provision of a daily school meal in underprivileged areas of Greece. METHODS: Twenty focus groups were conducted in 14 schools. Eligible participants were children/adolescents and their parents, who were recipients of a food aid, healthy nutrition school-based programme. Their perceptions towards healthy eating and related barriers, experience of a school feeding programme, other nutrition intervention initiatives were qualitatively evaluated. RESULTS: Most of the parents referred to the Mediterranean diet as a healthy dietary pattern. Nearly all parents were aware of their effect as role models and commented on the benefits of eating together as a family, as well as on the importance of improving their own dietary habits. Parents reported using various methods to promote a healthy diet, as part of their parenting role. They perceived their role as difficult, as they have to deal with children's resistance, financial constraints arising from the current economic crisis in Greece and busy work schedules. All students perceived the school feeding programme as health-promoting, reflecting their parents' perceptions. CONCLUSION: The present findings indicate that although the traditional Mediterranean diet was perceived by the majority of the adults as a health and traditional dietary pattern, parents reported several barriers related to its adoption. In particular, the most common barriers included financial difficulties, limited time for food preparation and children's resistance to consume healthy foods.
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Comportamento Alimentar/psicologia , Serviços de Alimentação , Pais , Serviços de Saúde Escolar , Percepção Social , Populações Vulneráveis , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Grécia/epidemiologia , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Promoção da Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Estado Nutricional , Pais/educação , Pais/psicologia , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Serviços de Saúde Escolar/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
We found the following results in 30 patients with intraocular cysticercosis: (1) a higher incidence in the first two decades of life compared with neurocysticercosis, (2) living cysticerci concomitant with inflammatory reactions, (3) diseases related to immune dysfunction in 17% of the cases, (4) anticysticercus antibodies in 57% of cases, (5) blindness in 81% of patients despite proper surgery, and (6) adult Taenia solium infection in a higher frequency of cases than expected for the Mexican population. We discuss these findings in light of recent and established knowledge regarding this disease.
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Cisticercose , Infecções Oculares Parasitárias , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Animais , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cisticercose/cirurgia , Infecções Oculares Parasitárias/cirurgia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças Retinianas/parasitologia , Doenças Retinianas/cirurgia , Esclerostomia , Taenia/isolamento & purificação , Resultado do Tratamento , Acuidade Visual , Vitrectomia , Corpo Vítreo/parasitologiaRESUMO
Treatment of intraocular cysticercosis requires selection of the proper method, prevention of complications, and careful follow-up. Small subretinal cysticercus can be treated with xenon or argon photocoagulation. Macular cysticercus are extracted through a sclerochoroidal incision. Large cysticercus can be removed in selected cases with an outcome probe placed in the subretinal space. Cysticercus in the vitreous should be removed with a suction-cutter probe via the pars plana.