Objective: To describe adolescents’ everyday activities and emotional consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative study grounded in Alfred Schütz’s social phenomenology, involving 22 students at two public schools in a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Interviews were conducted, had their audio recorded, and were analyzed according to a thematic categorization. Results: Five categories emerged from the accounts: i) adolescents’ reaction before the COVID-19 pandemic; ii) emotional consequences; iii) concern about the family; iv) adolescents’ adaptation; and v) fragmentation of social support networks. Feelings such as uncertainty, fear, anguish, anxiety, and lack of motivation, depressive symptoms, and extreme suicidal ideation were reported. Conclusion: Paying attention to adolescents’ psychosocial needs is essential, especially in face of the possibility of post-traumatic stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health professionals’ technical competence combined with sensibility, strengthening of social support networks, and engagement of different community sectors are fundamental for promoting adolescent mental health in the current transition and resignification period following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Resumo Objetivo Descrever os óbitos maternos declarados e identificar o perfil epidemiológico das mulheres que foram a óbito em seu ciclo gravídico-puerperal e analisar as variáveis relacionadas à assistência no pré-natal e parto. Métodos Esta é uma pesquisa com delineamento retrospectivo com abordagem quantitativa do tipo levantamento. A população estudada foi constituída por mulheres que foram a óbito em seu período gravídico-puerperal, residentes em um dos 26 municípios da área de abrangência do Departamento Regional de Saúde de Ribeirão Preto, [...] Resumo Objetivo Descrever os óbitos maternos declarados e identificar o perfil epidemiológico das mulheres que foram a óbito em seu ciclo gravídico-puerperal e analisar as variáveis relacionadas à assistência no pré-natal e parto. Métodos Esta é uma pesquisa com delineamento retrospectivo com abordagem quantitativa do tipo levantamento. A população estudada foi constituída por mulheres que foram a óbito em seu período gravídico-puerperal, residentes em um dos 26 municípios da área de abrangência do Departamento Regional de Saúde de Ribeirão Preto,

The aim of study was to understand care strategies for homeless women, focusing on aspects of sexual and reproductive health from the perspective of Street Outreach Office strategy professionals. This is a qualitative study carried out in a large city in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected from December 2020 to April 2021 through semi-structured interviews, and the results were obtained through content analysis and thematic modality. Nine health professionals participated in this study, and the analysis of the interviews allowed identifying three thematic categories: (i) being female and sex on the streets (violence and oppression); (ii) gynecology as a gateway to comprehensive care for homeless women; and (iii) pregnancy, puerperium and motherhood in the context of the streets. This study contributes to the reflection of professional practices within the Street Outreach Office, allowing the understanding of challenges in assisting homeless women, aiming to raise awareness of professionals and services that make up the health care network.

Objectives: to describe the daily life of Brazilian women who work in mining. Methods: a descriptive, qualitative study, with analysis based on the theory of Symbolic Interactionism. Non-participant observations, field diary writing, sociodemographic form, non-directive interviews, recorded and transcribed in full, were carried out with 19 women who work in mining areas on the French-Brazilian Amazon border. Results: two categories emerged: Life trajectories: women’s work in mining; Woman, mother and prospector: the multiple facets of gender inequality on the Amazon border. Final Considerations: assessing the daily experiences of women in the Amazonian mines allowed identifying their health needs, evidencing the need to direct and implement public and social policies and health practices for comprehensive care of these women’s health.

Objectives: to understand nurse perspectives regarding homeless pregnant women’s accessibility to prenatal care. Methods: a qualitative study, with analysis based on the concept of accessibility. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 11 nurses who work at the Street Outreach Office in northern Brazil. Results: nurses are faced with geographic barriers and dangerous situations in border regions, recognizing that there is a context of physical, sexual and psychological violence that involves homeless pregnant women who seek care at the Street Outreach Office. Street Outreach Office nurses’ work occurs in conjunction with other services in the Health Care Network. The implementation of educational measures is a powerful strategy, as is establishing links with women. Final Considerations: the Street Outreach Office’s work provides meetings with pregnant women on site in the territory, which can provide geographic and socio-organizational accessibility to prenatal care.

RESUMO Objetivos: descrever o cotidiano de mulheres brasileiras que exercem atividades laborais em garimpos. Métodos: estudo descritivo, qualitativo, com análise baseada na teoria do Interacionismo Simbólico. Foram realizadas observações não participantes, tessitura de diário de campo, formulário sociodemográfico, entrevistas não diretivas, gravadas e transcritas na íntegra com 19 mulheres que trabalham em áreas de garimpos na fronteira amazônica franco-brasileira. Resultados: duas categorias emergiram: Trajetórias de vidas: a lida das mulheres no garimpo; Mulher, mãe e garimpeira: as múltiplas facetas da desigualdade de gênero na fronteira amazônica. Considerações Finais: a avaliação das vivências cotidianas das mulheres no garimpo amazônico permitiu a detecção de suas necessidades de saúde, evidenciando a necessidade de direcionamento e efetivação de políticas públicas e sociais e práticas de saúde para a atenção integral à saúde dessas mulheres.