[(Mis)information on drugs: the double standard practiced by pharmaceutical companies].

abstract：:This article aims to analyze the characteristics in the creation and utilization of self-knowledge by physicians and "laypersons" involved in assisted reproductive technologies, based on a comparison of their respective discursive practices concerning expectations, uncertainties, and responsibilities associated with t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva SM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to construct an etiological model of disordered eating behaviors in Brazilian adolescent girls. A total of 1,358 adolescent girls from four cities participated. The study used psychometric scales to assess disordered eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, media pressure, self-esteem, mood, depressiv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fortes Lde S,Filgueiras JF,Oliveira Fda C,Almeida SS,Ferreira ME

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare the avoidability of infant deaths according to different classification methods. This was a descriptive comparative study from 2006 to 2013 in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, focusing on the classification of 5,316 infant deaths according to five different methods. The methods ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias BAS,Santos ETD Neto,Andrade MAC

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A and D serum concentrations and risk factors for their deficiencies were investigated in children participating in a government-sponsored fortified milk program. The study used multivariate linear regression analysis with hierarchical selection of independent variables: socio-demographic conditions, children'...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kurihayashi AY,Augusto RA,Escaldelai FM,Martini LA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional population-based study of determinants of growth retardation in under-five children (3,389) in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil estimated odds ratios (OR) for stunting, defined as height-for-age < -2 zeta-scores of the NCHS standards. Hierarchical modeling based on a framework of t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Aerts D,Drachler Mde L,Giugliani ER

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an analysis of AIDS cases among the Xokléng Indians in 1988, this article relates the illness phenomenon to socio-cultural disruptions and transformations in this indigenous group's universe, focusing on the history of their contact with Brazilian national society. The analysis and interpretation of this rela...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Wiik FB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents gender and age-specific selected anthropometric data for a representative sample of elderly Brazilians in the city of São Paulo. This was a cross-sectional, population-based household survey. A total of 1,894 older adults (men and women, > 60 years) were examined from January to March 2001. Data w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa AR,Souza JM,Lebrão ML,Laurenti R,Marucci Mde F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA) was validated for the Brazilian context in 2004. Since then, the scale has evaluated and measured the experience of food insecurity in rural and urban households, initially in the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey and later in the Brazilian National Survey of Demogra...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Athila AR,Leite MS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness ratio of new versus reprocessed coronary artery catheters in a Federal public hospital. This was an analytical decision-making model prepared to estimate the cost-effectiveness ratio between two strategies in the use of materials in coronary artery catheteriz...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Veras BM,Simões e Senna KM,Correia MG,Santos MS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to describe the prevalence and factors associated with uterine cervical cancer (CA) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 702 sexually active adolescents treated at a general hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1993 to...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Monteiro DL,Trajano AJ,da Silva KS,Russomano FB

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the implementation of dental care in the Family Health Program (FHP) in the State of Paraná, Brazil, one year after Ministry of Health (MoH) Ruling 1,444 went into effect. A qualitative and quantitative study was designed, focusing on the 136 municipalities which had included oral ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Baldani MH,Fadel CB,Possamai T,Queiroz MG

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze aspects of the physician-patient and pharmacist-patient relationship, based on patients' opinions. It consists of community-based research performed in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, where 957 persons were interviewed; 904 answered questions about the last visit to the physi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Arrais PS,Barreto ML,Coelho HL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frailty is a syndrome that leads to practical harm in the lives of elders, since it is related to increased risk of dependency, falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, and death. The objective of this systematic review was to identify the socio-demographic, psycho-behavioral, health-related, nutritional, and lif...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mello Ade C,Engstrom EM,Alves LC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the perception, knowledge, and use of generic drugs by adults in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, using two cross-sectional population-based studies from 2002 and 2012. Study outcomes were: (a) prevalence of use of generics; (b) generics as a proportion of all medication; (c) users' percep...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guttier MC,Silveira MP,Luiza VL,Bertoldi AD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is an endemic disease in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and presents a broad diversity of exposure routes, reservoirs, etiological agents, and clinical features. The main objective of this work is to identify transmission areas and possible ecological components of leptospirosis transmission. Th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barcellos C,Lammerhirt CB,de Almeida MA,dos Santos E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human albumin is frequently used without regard for the relationship between its pharmacological properties and the respective disease. We investigated the prescription of human albumin in a Brazilian public hospital with emphasis on adherence to international guidelines. Data were gathered from pharmacy and medical r...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Matos GC,Rozenfeld S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify changes in knowledge and practices learned to prevent dengue fever in two areas of Catanduva, São Paulo State, from 1999 to 2001: a study area and a control area. The study included an initial quantitative survey, qualitative research, a preliminary diagnosis presented to the community to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chiaravalloti Neto F,Fiorin AM,Conversani DT,Cesarino MB,Barbosa AA,Dibo MR,Morais MS,Baglini V,Ferraz AA,Rosa RS,Battigaglia M,Cardoso RP Jr

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the trend in the number of fatalities, severe injuries, and minor injuries from traffic accidents on Brazil's federal highways according to the country's major geographic regions before and after the start of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (DARS). This was an interrupted time series s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade FR,Antunes JLF

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifications of the landscape by human activity and migratory movements contribute to the emergence or reemergence of zoonotic and human diseases, particularly those transmitted by insects which often escape the changing environmental conditions, adapting and modifying their trophic networks and morphology, including...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Romaña C,Emperaire L,Jansen AM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the practice of infanticide in indigenous communities in Brazil. Taking as a reference point a specific case involving two children of the Zuruahá people, it takes a broader look at the issue and discusses how infanticide is understood among other indigenous peoples. A debate focusing specificall...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Feitosa SF,Garrafa V,Cornelli G,Tardivo C,Carvalho SJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the ten leading causes of disability-adjusted life years, seven are mental disorders. Primary health care centers are crucial to public mental health policies, according to the World Health Organization. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of mental disorders among individuals seeking care at the referral ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves DM,Kapczinski F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with negative self-rated oral health. Elderly subjects from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's oral health survey (2002-2003) who rated their own oral health as bad or very bad were compared to those who rated their oral health as excellent, good, or fair, us...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Martins AM,Barreto SM,Pordeus IA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the control mechanisms used in a telemarketing call center and compares them with workers' complaints previously filed through the respective trade union. Such complaints related to fatigue, mental exhaustion, and powerlessness in the face of a rigid work organization. The work in various division...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilela LV,Assunção AA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country. In order to identify factors associated with dengue-related death, this study evaluated quality of care according to the degree of implementation of s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Figueiró AC,Hartz ZM,Brito CA,Samico I,Siqueira Filha NT,Cazarin G,Braga C,Cesse EÂ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive qualitative study had the following objectives: identify the content and structure of social representations of quality of life and AIDS for persons living with the disease and analyze the structural relations between such representations. The sample included 103 persons with HIV in a municipality (co...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa TL,Oliveira DC,Formozo GA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes HIV-related behaviors recorded through a questionnaire applied to 570 individuals in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who were not regular drug users. Mean age was 30.3 years, 51.1 % were male, and most were low-income (59.1%). The HIV seropositive rate was 9.9% (13.1% for males, 6.9% for ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pechansky F,von Diemen L,Kessler F,De Boni R,Surrat H,Inciardi J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between obesity and emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescents. We studied 4,325 individuals 11 to 15 years of age who were members of the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Information on body mass index (BMI), maternal assessment of the adole...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assunção MC,Muniz LC,Schäfer AA,Meller Fde O,Carús JP,Quadros Lde C,Domingues LR,da Silva VL,Gonçalves H,Hallal PC,Menezes AM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the dimensional structure and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ-BR) for measurement of functional capacity in the elderly, based on the informant's report. This was a cross-sectional study with 525 non-institutionalized elderly info...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Jomar RT,Lourenço RA,Lopes CS

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the methodology of data collection on physical activity using accelerometry in two birth cohorts (2004 and 1993) in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, at the 6-7 and 18-year follow-up visits, respectively. During visits to the study headquarters for a health evaluation,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Knuth AG,Assunção MC,Gonçalves H,Menezes AM,Santos IS,Barros AJ,Matijasevich A,Ramires VV,Silva IC,Hallal PC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to understand how physicians at the largest emergency department in a large Brazilian city orient care for critical patients with suspected brain death and who are potential organ donors. This ethnographic study was conducted in an emergency care hospital, a reference in traumatology in...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Aredes JS,Firmo JOA,Giacomin KC

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00