title: [The nurses' perceptions regarding health promotion in the Intensive Care Unit].
abstract: The objective of this study was to report the nurses' perceptions regarding health promotion, describe health promotion activities, and identify difficulties in performing health promotion activities in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This descriptive, exploratory study was performed with 31 nurses from two adult ICUs and one neonatal ICU of a reference hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, between July and August 2009, using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed and categorized using Bardin's content analysis. The following categories and subcategories emerged: the concept of health promotion: biomedical and holistic view of health promotion; health promotion activities; communication and emotional support for patients/family; health promotion in the ICU; health promotion focusing on health education; and the difficulties in developing health promotion activities.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. adrianaufc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Adriana Sousa Carvalho
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: de Aguiar
authors.forename: Monaliza Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mariano
authors.forename: Lívia Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira Leitão
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Lorita Marlena Freitag
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pagliuca
authors.forename: Cristiana Brasil de Almeida
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Rebouças
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires