[Knowledge obtained in the master's program of public health nursing at the Nursing School of Ribeirao Preto - USP and its relationship with health practices]. / O conhecimento produzido no programa de mestrado de enfermagem em saúde pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto-USP e suas relações com as práticas de saúde.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the research objects of the theses produced in the Master Program on Public Health offered by the Department of Maternal-Infant Nursing and Public Health--University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing and their relationship with the problems originated from health care practice. These practices were classified within six major areas: Health Care Organization, Health Promotion, Health-Disease Process, Nutrition-Feeding, Professional Practice and Immunology. The contribution of works focussing on the crisis of health paradigms, gender relations and Social Movements in Health were emphasized. Authors concluded that the themes are closely related to the students' professional context, enabling them to present suggestions regarding interventions in health practices.

[A program of adult health promotion by health care workers]. / Um programa sobre promoção da saúde do adulto para trabalhadores em saúde.

The purpose of this work is to evaluate an alternative methodology of education in adult health care undertaken with health care workers. The evaluation was made by the directional question: what did the Adult Health Course mean to you? The analysis consisted of detecting in the responses, the affirmatives that were respective and grouping them in seven categories: 01. Learning new things. 02. Learning to orient people who goes to the basic Health Unit. 03. Interaction with colleagues. 04. Feeling professionally appraned. 05. Worrisome with sons. 06. Improving way of life. 07. Suggestions. The results refers to the presuppositions presented in the introduction of the article, as well as, with the Epidemiologic Model proposed by BLUM.