[Methodology to prevent mercury exposure among adolescents from goldmine areas in Mariana, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil]
The main objective of this study was to promote the evaluation of an educational method to identify health risks among adolescents exposed to mercury by their work in gold mining production.The project was carried out with adolescents from a public school from the District of Monsenhor Horta, Municipality of Mariana, state of Minas Gerais. Statistical evaluation of the results revealed a significant increase in the amount of correct answers between the first and fifth stage concerning the definition of work accidents and its importance in relation to work-related diseases, accidents on route to and from the work place and violence at work site itself.DESCRIPTION: (provided by the applicant) Depression is a serious mental health issue. The World Health Organization has predicted that by the year 2010 depression will be the second leading cause of disability in the world. Women are diagnosed with depression at twice the rate of men. Within the population of women is a subgroup of lesbians. Lesbians? lives are considerably different from the lives of heterosexual women because their sexual orientation leads to marginalization and stigmatization. Though extensive research has been conducted investigating higher rates of depression in women, little research has been conducted on the psychological effects of living as a member of a sexual minority. The experience of depression in lesbians is even less studied. This proposed study will use grounded theory methodology to describe the