Cadernos de saúde pública
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Cadernos de saúde pública · Jan 2015
[Hand hygiene: health professionals' knowledge and areas for improvement].
The objective of this study was to analyze knowledge on hand hygiene among staff workers in the Andalusian Public Health System (Spain). This was a cross-sectional study with surveys (2011) using the Hand Hygiene Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire for Healthcare Workers with the latent class analysis technique. The average number of questions answered correctly was 17.51±3.68. ⋯ Workers with lower knowledge tended to be younger, males, and non-healthcare workers. Having received previous training did not necessarily ensure excellent knowledge. The study concludes that hand hygiene training programs need to be revised in order to improve knowledge on conceptual characteristics involved in the transmission of microorganisms via the hands.
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Cadernos de saúde pública · Dec 2014
Biography Historical Article[We have never been Flexnerians: Anísio Teixeira and higher education in health in Brazil].
The aim of the current article is to explore central features of Anísio Teixeira's "thought-action" approach in order to help overcome the current crisis in health personnel training. First, the article summarizes Teixeira's life and work, assessing his institutional legacy and its impact on the historical scenario in Brazil's educational system. ⋯ Third, the article assesses the potential contribution of Teixeira's work to the current political and pedagogical debates on professional and academic training in health, focusing on similarities with Flexnerian models for university reform. Finally, it raises the hypothesis that the conceptual and pragmatic convergence between Abraham Flexner and Anísio Teixeira allows understanding the absence or invisibility of Teixeira's thinking in the academic literature on Health Education, in the institutional discourse, or in human resources training practices in Brazil.