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- Title
Knowledge of the teachers about the management of the diabetic children.
- Authors
Simões,, Ana Lúcia de Assis; Stacciarin, Thaís Santos Guerra; Dal Poggetto, Márcia Tasso; Maruxo, Harriet Bárbara; Soares, Helga Marízia; Simões, Ana Carolina de Assis
- Abstract
This is a descriptive and sectional study that aimed to verify the teachers' knowledge about the diabetes mellitus and the difficulties found in the management of children with diabetes. Participated 184 teachers of infant education in municipal schools of the city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, between the months of April to July 2009. Data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that investigates teachers had denoted knowledge about what is diabetes (58.15%), however, showed disregard the clinical manifestations (27.72%), therapeutic approaches (33.70%) and the main procedures to be adopted in adverse situations (42.40%). This study contributed to emphasize the need to train teachers of the infant education in thematic diabetes in the subject, to enable the approach to children with knowledge and safety.
- Publication
Texto & Contexto Enfermagem, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 4, p651
- ISSN
0104-0707
- Publication type
Journal Article