EGovernment brings administration closer to its citizens and entrepreneurs, speeding up, facilitating, and increasing the transparency of administrative actions, consequently saving time and money and increasing efficiency. The study aims to explore the digital divide and digital citizenship in eGovernment usage in Slovakia and Norway according to their national statistics. The study adopted quantitative secondary data from Eurostat’s individual-level database, originating from the questionnaire ‘Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use in households and by individuals’. The analysis was applied to Norwegian and Slovak data from 2021, and the research sample consists of 2145 observations from Norway and 3252 observations from Slovakia. The results show that being a beneficiary of eGovernment services aligns with sociodemographic variables to a lower extent in Norway than in Slovakia. In Slovakia, the usage of the services varies not only according to the education of the user but also according to income, even if an individual has access to the Internet and sufficient skills. Due to the high level of development, and especially the inclusive nature of eGovernment, the Norwegian approach with the implementation of electronic identification (eID), digital mailbox, contact information, Altinn, and public common registers could serve as a benchmark for the further development of public digital services—not only in Slovakia but also for other countries. The conclusion shows that there is less inequity in the possibility to use eGovernment within individual social groups in Norway than in Slovakia. Norway manifests and emplaces strategies to guarantee critical judgment, ensuring the use of digital tools with safety. Slovakia, with lower levels of digital service users, tends to experience higher levels of digital divide which make the situation with eGovernment penetration even more difficult.

O presente artigo contempla um estudo sobre a correlação entre função e imagem corporal de mulheres submetidas à cirurgia bariátrica. Para tanto foi realizado um estudo qualitativo com base na metodologia de análise de conteúdo. Verificou-se, a partir das entrevistas com 20 pacientes, de um serviço especializado do Sistema Único de Saúde da cidade de Juiz de Fora / Minas Gerais, com idade média de 40 anos e que haviam realizado a cirurgia há 2,85 anos, tendo perda ponderal média de 74,1 Kg, a intrínseca relação entre função e imagem corporal. Sendo essa expressa pelas mudanças após a perda de peso, as quais foram emergiram nas seguintes categorias: recuperação das funções corporais, da autonomia para reassumir antigos papéis sociais (como exercer funções como cuidar da casa, trabalhar ou mesmo encarar os relacionamentos de diferentes formas), além de se arriscarem em novas experiências. Assim, o grupo pesquisado passou a experimentar sentimentos de satisfação e de autoestima positiva, até então não vivenciados. Este artículo incluye un estudio sobre la correlación entre la función y la imagen corporal de las mujeres que se sometieron a cirugía bariátrica. Para esto se hizo un estudio cualitativo basado en la metodología de análisis de contenido. Se ha comprobado desde las entrevistas realizadas con 20 pacientes de un servicio especializado del Sistema de Salud de la ciudad de Juiz de Fora / Minas Gerais, con edad media de 40 años y que se habían sometido a cirugía desde hace 2,85 años, con pérdida de peso de 74,1 Kg., la relación intrínseca entre la función y la imagen corporal. Esto se expresa por los cambios después de la pérdida de peso, que han surgido en las siguientes categorías: recuperación de las funciones corporales, de la autonomía de reanudar viejos roles sociales (como realizar tareas como la limpieza de casa, trabajar o incluso mirar a las relaciones de diferentes maneras), además de correr el riesgo de nuevas experiencias. Así, el grupo investigado ahora experimenta sentimientos de satisfacción y autoestima positiva, hasta ahora no experimentados. This article aims to encompass a study of function and body image of women who underwent bariatric surgery. Thus, were conducted a qualitative study based on the methodology of content analysis. It has been found from interviews with 20 patients from a specialized Public Health System Service from the city of Juiz de Fora / Minas Gerais, with mean age of 40 years old, who underwent surgery for 2.85 years and with mean weight loss of 74.1 kg, the intrinsic relationship between function and body image. This were expressed by the changes after weight loss, which were emerged in the following categories: recovery of bodily functions, autonomy to resume old roles (such as perform duties like housekeeping, work or face the same relationships in different ways), and risking new experiences. So, the research group began to experience feelings of satisfaction and positive self-esteem, not so far experienced

Post-traumatic stress disorder represents a substantial global mental health burden, particularly in the face of cumulative violence, forced migration, and structural inequities. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) configures a brief trauma-focused intervention that supports the reconstruction of autobiographical memory by the chronological narration of life events. By integrating fragmented traumatic experiences into a coherent narrative, NET facilitates emotional processing and restores continuity to disrupted life stories. This regional case series examines the integration of NET into the mental health systems in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Scandinavia. Drawing on diverse implementation experiences, the study identifies both enabling conditions and persistent challenges. Results highlight that NET is feasible and adaptable across different sociocultural and resource settings, especially when supported by sustained supervision, task-shifting strategies, and intersectoral collaboration. Embedding NET into existing service structures expanded access to evidence-based trauma care for populations often excluded from specialized treatment. These findings underscore the critical role of trauma-informed public policies in responding to the mental health consequences of violence on a global scale.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic crisis is ongoing, and the elderly are still affected by the virus, sometimes with fatal consequences. The political leaders are, inter alia, focussed on protecting citizens, including this vulnerable group. This article aims to describe the response of the Norwegian political leadership, with a focus on the public health measures enacted to protect the elderly during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic crisis in the years 2020 and 2021. This study has a descriptive qualitative research design using thematic-content analysis as a methodology to evaluate data collected from official documents, national statistics and public health documents from Norway. Statistics show that the elderly mortality rate per 100,000 person-weeks during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was 2.69 in Norway; during the second wave of the pandemic, it was 1.43. The public health measures the Norwegian political leadership instigated were more effective in containing the crisis when compared to other European countries, and this paper investigates the reasons. The results of our study provide public health policy decision-makers with insights into analytical material showing the usefulness of different measures enacted by the Norwegian government. The Norwegian government’s responses to the crisis, such as the public health measures, restrictions, social consequences for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, as well as cross-government and cross-community cooperation, will need further in-depth analysis.

Este trabalho se propôs a descrever a percepção de idosos institucionalizados sobre o papel do profissional psicólogo junto à população abrigada das Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPI) da cidade de Juiz de Fora-MG. O universo da pesquisa abrangeu as instituições cuidadoras e cadastradas junto ao Conselho Municipal do Idoso da referida localidade. Quanto à metodologia, procedeu-se a estudo qualitativo exploratório utilizando a Análise de Conteúdo na perspectiva de Bardin como ferramenta para o tratamento dos dados. Os critérios de inclusão utilizados foram: 1) ser residente em ILPI; 2) ter 60 ou mais anos de idade; 3) aceitar participar; e 4) ser capaz de responder às perguntas formuladas. Constitui-se amostra por conveniência de 34 idosos que apresentaram as seguintes representações acerca do papel do psicólogo: relevância e pertinência de seu trabalho, não percebendo a presença de pontos negativos no trabalho deste profissional nas ILPIs. Identificou-se ainda que as áreas de atuação psicológica mais apontadas foram as relacionadas à prevenção, diagnóstico e tratamento dos residentes naqueles locais.