Journal of Childhood and Health

MAPS OF ASSETS FOR HEALTH. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND CONCEPTUAL.

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In recent years there has been a shift in the approach to health from a deficit model to a model based on assets for health. This model proposes that people actively promote their well-being, esteem and health by drawing on their capacities, skills, talents and positive solutions.

A community asset map is an inventory of the talents, skills and capacities of the residents in a community. We want to emphasise that an asset map for health cannot be understood as a oneoff action or an end in itself. A key aspect of asset mapping is to ask the following questions at the beginning of the process: why? and what for? An asset map for health makes sense when it is done as part of a process with real community participation. It is very interesting to use the knowledge, resources, skills and talents of people and their associations to revitalise relationships, redesign communities and harness collective potential. The end of an asset map is action.

USE OF NITROUS OXIDE IN PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES

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Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated, or similar to that associated, with actual or potential tissue injury" (Vidal Fuentes, 2020). It is vital to control the pain before performing techniques that involve this painful experience, as well as the awareness of all health professionals to apply the different resources and respect the times of action of effect. Thus, it has been shown that the use of nitrous oxide (N2O) is an optimal alternative to mitigate painful effects with few recorded adverse effects, these being mostly mild and known. It is well accepted by parents, who would again accept the use of gas in future procedures (Capapé, 2008).

Bronchiolitis: What to do and what not to do?

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The management of bronchiolitis is well defined internationally. Guidelines recommend respiratory and hydration support, and discourage the use of chest radiography, salbutamol, glucocorticoids, antibiotics, and epinephrine. Despite evidence that these 5 therapies and management processes are ineffective and associated with harm, they continue to be widely used.