Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city.

abstract：:The present paper reports data on secular trends in the stature of Brazilian Navy recruits born from 1940 to 1965. The final sample included 3269 individuals aged 18.00-18.99. Statistics performed were: ANOVA (one-way and two-way), Sheffe test, simple linear regression between stature and year of birth, and multiple l...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kac G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to discuss the main characteristics of the scientific literature on abortion in Brazil. Data were collected from 88 literature bases, and 2,109 documents from 1987 to 2008 were retrieved. Based on the findings, the field of abortion in Brazil is dominated by female researchers affiliated with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Diniz D,Corrêa M,Squinca F,Braga KS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated influenza vaccine coverage among elderly individuals (≥ 60 years) living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2015, and analyzed associated factors. This was a cross-sectional population-based study of data from the SABE Study (Health, Well-Being, and Aging). The dependent variable was influenza v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sato APS,Andrade FB,Duarte YAO,Antunes JLF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative clinical study investigated the impact of moderate intellectual disability on family dynamics and quality of life. The data were collected using individual interviews with 15 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities, as a convenience sample, and examined with categorical thematic content ana...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomaz RVV,Santos VA,Silva de Avó LRD,Germano CMR,Melo DG

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Ministry of Health's mortality and live birth information systems (SIM and SINASC) are valuable tools for measuring population health status. The purpose of this study was to assess the adequacy of vital information systems from 1999-2001 to 2008-2010 in the States and major geographic regions of Brazil....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Frias PG,Szwarcwald CL,Lira PI

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This epidemiological study focused on meningococcal meningitis in the Municipality of Manaus, Brazil from 1998 and 2002, considering the following aspects: incidence and case-fatality, age, sex, clinical manifestations, evolution, diagnostic criteria, and predominant meningococcal strains. The mean incidence rate for ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santos ML,Ruffino-Netto A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the significance of linear childhood growth retardation in relation to classroom performance. It began with a Height Census carried out in the 1989 school year, involving children attending the first grade of all public and private schools in Osasco (Greater S o Pa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lei DL,Chaves SP,Lerner BR,Stefanini ML

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates factors associated with non-adherence to continuous drug therapy in individuals 40 years and older. A population-based survey was conducted in Cambé, Paraná State, Brazil. Treatment adherence was assessed with the four-item Morisky et al. medication adherence scale. The study also assessed soci...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Remondi FA,Cabrera MA,Souza RK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study describes the relationship between anthropometric status, socioeconomic conditions, and quality of home environment and child cognitive development in 320 children from 20 to 42 months of age, randomly selected from 20,000 households that represent the range of socioeconomic and environmental conditions in S...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Marques dos Santos L,Neves dos Santos D,Bastos AC,Assis AM,Prado MS,Barreto ML

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public-private mix in the Brazilian health system favors double coverage of health services for individuals with private health plans and may aggravate inequities in the use of services. The aim of this study was to describe trends in the use of medical and dental services and associations with schooling and priva...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pilotto LM,Celeste RK

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the prevalence of non-submittal to Pap smears according to socioeconomic, demographic, and health-related behavioral variables in women 40 years or older in Campinas, São Paulo State. This was a cross-sectional population-based study with a sample of 290 women. Based on multivariate analysis, facto...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Amorim VM,Barros MB,César CL,Carandina L,Goldbaum M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the effectiveness of weekly iron supplementation on hemoglobin concentration, nutritional status, and mental and motor development of infants at four public daycare centers in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. This was a before-after intervention study conducted with weekly iron supplementation for...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Eickmann SH,Brito CM,Lira PI,Lima MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent pregnancy is associated with poor health and socioeconomic factors. The adolescent pregnancy rate in Mexico is the highest among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We aimed to explore the factors associated with pregnancies and births in adolescent and young adult w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Hubert C,Villalobos A,Abreu AB,Suárez-López L,Castro F

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay aims to suggest food for thought on discrepancies between scientific evidence on physical inactivity and the associated factors and determinants and information communicated by the media on this topic. We specifically examine a case in which "laziness" was used as the "explanatory" factor for the high level...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Loch MR,Guerra PH

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an analysis of the opinions of different groups from: scientists, international regulatory bodies, non-governmental organizations and industry; with an interest in the problem of identifying chemical substances with endocrine disrupting activity. There is also discussion of the consequences that ex...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Olea-Serrano N,Fernández-Cabrera MF,Pulgar-Encinas R,Olea-Serrano F

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the association between the reported frequency of breast self-examination and five dimensions of social support (material, emotional, affective, information, and positive social interaction) among 2,240 female employees from a university in Rio de Janeiro who were participants in Phase 1 of a ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade CR,Chor D,Faerstein E,Griep RH,Lopes CS,Fonseca Mde J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently confirmed several cases of acute schistosomiasis in Porto de Galinhas beach, Northeast Brazil. A total of 662 patients were diagnosed by parasitological and clinical examinations. The infection likely occurred during the September 7 national holiday, when heavy rainfall flooded the Ipojuca River and people...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa CS,Domingues AL,Abath F,Montenegro SM,Guida U,Carneiro J,Tabosa B,Moraes CN,Spinelli V

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dyad comprising eye anomalies and congenital heart defects in the same newborn has been proposed as the best sentinel phenotype for the early detection of rubella embryopathy. Time-space birth prevalence distributions of the eye-heart dyad were described in 36 Brazilian hospitals from the Latin-American Collaborat...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Orioli IM,Camelo JS,Rittler M,Castilla EE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines have been proposed for assessing the quality of clinical trials, observational studies and validation studies of diagnostic tests. More recently, the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) initiative extended those in regards to epidemiological measurement too...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Reichenheim ME,Hökerberg YH,Moraes CL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was a comparison of neonatal mortality rates in four maternity hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study population consisted of newborns with birth weight below 1,500 g. The research instrument was a questionnaire with data reported by the mother and collected from the patient record. For ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte JL,Mendonça GA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most childbirth care in Brazil is financed by the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS), there are out-of-pocket expenditures (private personal costs) involved in births. This study aims to compare maternal out-of-pocket expenditures in births of children from the Pelotas Birth Cohorts of 2004 and 20...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guttier MC,Tejada CAO,Wehrmeister FC,Silveira MF,Domingues MR,Barros AJD,Santos IS,Matijasevich A,Bassani DG,Bertoldi AD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an analysis of individual claims for provision of medicines brought by users of the Unified National Health System (SUS) against the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the year 2005, this study aims to discuss the action and behavior of the court system in ruling on these suits. The study adopted a semi-qual...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges Dda C,Ugá MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the 3rd percentile (P3), 50th percentile (P50 = median age at menarche = MAM), and amplitude between the extremes (P97 and P3) of age at menarche among schoolgirls in the county of Barrinha, São Paulo, Brazil. Values were correlated with socioeconomic conditions such as socia...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tavares CH,Haeffner LS,Barbieri MA,Bettiol H,Barbieri MR,Souza L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) are currently considered potentially carcinogenic to humans. In Brasil, severe soil contamination by HCHs has been identified at Cidade dos Meninos, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, where an old HCH factory was abandoned 40 years ago, leaving 1,700 local residents at risk. Calcium oxide t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Oliveira RM,Bastos LH,de Oliveira e Dias AE,da Silva SA,Moreira JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few Brazilian studies have addressed the use of mental health services for children and adolescents. This study aimed to characterize the national distribution of Psychosocial Care Centers for Children and Adolescents (CAPSi) and describe the patient profile in this age group between 2008 and 2012. An ecological study...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Garcia GY,Santos DN,Machado DB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to evaluate the effect of a healthy eating intervention targeting adolescent mothers and maternal grandmothers on compliance with dietary recommendations in the first year of life. This was a randomized clinical trial involving 320 adolescent mothers, their infants, and 169 maternal grandmothers (whe...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nunes LM,Vigo Á,Oliveira LD,Giugliani ERJ

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco is the leading modifiable cause of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases and is thus a serious global public health problem. In 2006, Uruguay implemented the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) and achieved a decrease in the smoking rate and improveme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Paolillo-Cabrera E,Torres F,Machado F,Scasso A,Alvarado A,Genta D,Tort P,Tortorella S,Laluz S,Cabrera D,Sandoya E

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This article concerns the first phase of the cross-cultural equivalence of Section A in the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly-Revised Version (CAMDEX-R), a clinical interview for dementia diagnosis. Evaluating conceptual and item equivalencies involved a literature review and expert groups. Sem...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima DA,Lourenço RA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed social representations of institutional eating and nutritional patterns among residents of long-term homes for the elderly, in order to identify conditioning factors for eating behavior that may interfere in their nutritional status. A qualitative exploratory study was performed in five homes for t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santelle O,Lefèvre AM,Cervato AM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-rated health in a sample of adults living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, was studied by comparing a group of residents in census tracts without social vulnerability, identified using an indicator developed by the SEADE Foundation, and a group of residents in census tracts with middle, high or very ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barata RB,Ribeiro MC,Cassanti AC,Grupo do Projeto Vulnerabilidade Social no Centro de São Paulo.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00