[Female mortality in Brazil: the weaker sex or stronger sex?].

abstract：:This article examines the role of States in mental health policy in Brazil from 1990 to 2009. The methods included the use of an electronic questionnaire on State coordination of mental health in 24 Brazilian States, document review, and analysis based on official data. The results showed that the States use various s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simon AG,Baptista TW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

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：:This study was conducted in a rural area endemic for schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The objective was to determine the relationship between an environmental and health education program for schistosomiasis, implemented for teachers and students from the state secondary school in the village of Boa União, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gazzinelli MF,Gazzinelli A,Santos RV,Gonçalves LA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to summarize studies on adolescents' body satisfaction, focusing on the use of silhouette scales. A systematic review was carried out on MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, and in unpublished papers. The final analysis included 36 studies. The majority adopted the scale proposed by Stunkard et al., ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Côrtes MG,Meireles AL,Friche AA,Caiaffa WT,Xavier CC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, work accidents in Brazil have been categorized in government documents and legal and academic texts as typical work accidents and commuting accidents. Given the increase in urban violence and the increasingly precarious work conditions in recent decades, this article addresses the conceptual inadequacy ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study in a sample of 887 primigravidae in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil aimed to analyze factors associated with the use of medicines during the first pregnancy. Information was obtained from interviews and prenatal cards. Medicines were classified according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade AM,Ramalho AA,Koifman RJ,Dotto LM,Cunha Mde A,Opitz SP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this present study is to analyze individual and contextual factors associated with access to renal transplant in Brazil. An observational, prospective and non-concurrent study was carried out, based on data from the National Database on renal replacement therapies in Brazil. Patients undergoing dialys...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Machado EL,Caiaffa WT,César CC,Gomes IC,Andrade EI,Acúrcio Fde A,Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article proposes a model for quality evaluation of oral health care in children. The conceptual framework for the evaluation matrix consisted of evaluation studies on oral health care services in Brazil and other countries and a survey and review of prevailing public policies for children's health in Brazil. Two ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Martins LG,de Lacerda JT,Nickel DA,Traebert J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on barriers to dental care for pregnant women registered with the Health Family Program in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. A qualitative approach using three focal groups was adopted. Each focal group included four to nine pregnant women. The information was analyzed by means of content...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Albuquerque OM,Abegg C,Rodrigues CS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken using a case-control, prevalence survey design, aimed at verifying the effects of socioeconomic, environmental, and biological/morbidity variables on the growth of schoolchildren from low-income families. The study focused on schoolchildren whose height/age (H/A) ratio was < or = 2SD (NCHS). ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Corso AC,Buralli KO,Souza JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:A survey was conducted with 521 undergraduate health sciences students from the Federal University in Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. Lifetime alcohol consumption was reported by 87.7% students, as compared to 30.7% for tobacco, with the latter reported more frequently by males (39.7%). The most common illicit drugs were so...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lucas AC,Parente RC,Picanço NS,Conceição DA,Costa KR,Magalhães IR,Siqueira JC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article begins by discussing the concept of social capital and its applications and limitations. Second, it examines these theoretical contributions as approaches actually used by scholars to analyze the disenchantment with the fragile political institutions and citizens' apathy that emerged together with re-demo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Labra ME

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Ministry of Health launched its Family Health Program (FHP) in 1994 as a new strategy aimed at reorganizing the healthcare system starting from the primary care level. The Program prioritizes delivery of care to groups identified as presenting increased risk, such as diabetic and hypertensive individuals...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Paiva DC,Bersusa AA,Escuder MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to analyze trends in different domains of physical activity in Brazilian adults according to sex, age bracket, and schooling. The data were from the Risk and Protective Factors Surveillance System for Chronic Non-Comunicable Diseases Through Telephone Interview (Vigitel) from 2006 to 2016 in all the st...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ide PH,Martins MSAS,Segri NJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the health-disease-healthcare process in immigrants settled in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, have revealed a complex web of relations in the demands by immigrants and the actions conceived and planned by health services. In this context, intermediation by health workers in the relationship between immigran...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silveira C,Goldberg A,Silva TB,Gomes MH,Martin D

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a widely used screening instrument. One- and two-factor structures have been identified in some countries. In Brazil, the best factor structure is still unclear. This study aimed at knowing its factorial validity and reliability, and testing the one-factor and two-f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gouveia VV,Barbosa GA,Oliveira Andrade Ed,Carneiro MB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the challenges of building the Welfare State in late democracies in Latin America. The author shows how the literature has identified different social protection patterns in the region and how recent reform models have transformed institutions, in an unfavorable socioeconomic context. The results p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fleury S

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate male participation in the use of contraceptive methods and to identify relevant variables. A secondary data analysis was conducted, and the sample size was estimated at 175 men using contraceptives methods that require male participation. The study used the qui-square test to evaluate diff...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte GA,de Alvarenga AT,Osis MJ,Faúndes A,de Sousa MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to explore the distribution of reproductive outcomes following dengue virus infection during pregnancy (2001-2005). An ecological epidemiological study was conducted in all counties with more than 80,000 inhabitants in Southeast Brazil. The study explored the correlation between dengue incide...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mota AK,Miranda Filho AL,Saraceni V,Koifman S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess dietary patterns in Brazilian children and factors associated with better diet. The authors used data for 2,477 children 6 to 36 months of age from the Brazilian National Survey of Demographic and Health in 2006-2007. Diet was assessed and classified using a composite index. T...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bortolini GA,Vitolo MR,Gubert MB,Santos LM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of universal targets for HIV/AIDS control and the implementation of treatment as prevention reinforce the need for on-going clinical follow-up of persons living with HIV/AIDS as an essential element of their care, where retention in care is both a need and a challenge. This study aimed to create a pr...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Miranda WA,Medeiros LB,Nascimento JAD,Ribeiro KSQS,Nogueira JA,Leadebal ODCP

更新日期：2018-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of negative self-rated oral health and associated factors among adults in rural settlements. The probabilistic sample consisted of 557 adults 20 to 59 years of age in rural settlements in Pernambuco State, Brazil. The dependent variable was self-rated oral health, with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moura C,Gusmão ES,Santillo PM,Soares Rde S,Cimões R

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the first health service to which patients turned for tuberculosis diagnosis in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009. Eighty-one patients in treatment were interviewed with a questionnaire based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool adapted to TB care and used as a r...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ponce MA,Wysocki AD,Scatolin BE,Andrade RL,Arakawa T,Ruffino Netto A,Monroe AA,Scatena LM,Vendramini SH,Villa TC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article debates the principal guidelines and procedures that shape HIV/AIDS prevention in Portugal, focusing on risk reduction in the two major scenarios for spread of the epidemic: sexuality and injection drug use. The analysis views the risks of infection as expressions of practices that are densely interwoven ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sacramento O

更新日期：2016-06-20 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：:The cesarean section rate in municipal public maternity hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the year of 2000 was 30.1%. With such a high rate, our hypothesis is that attending obstetricians in these units are indicating cesarean sections for reasons not restricted to clinical factors. The article aims to analyz...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias MA,Deslandes SF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00