Physical activity in adults from two Brazilian areas: similarities and differences.

abstract：:This article was based on the results of research concerning health policy in municipalities that achieved the most extensive development of decentralization and innovation in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study applied a questionnaire for health system users' representatives in Municipal Health Councils. T...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gerschman S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stillbirth rate is high in Brazil, and it is important to identify its determinants. A nested case-control was conducted to explore the determinants of fetal death in a population treated at public services in Rio de Janeiro from 2002 to 2004. Data were collected from mothers' interviews and medical records. A structu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca SC,Coutinho ES

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.6% were men. The origin of the patients reflected the migratory ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guariento ME,Camilo MV,Camargo AM

更新日期：1999-04-01 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 aim of this study was to verify whether two simplified Viegas indices, "Method One" and "Method Two", could be recommended for epidemiological surveys. The sample was obtained from secondary data for 29 cities, totaling 2,378 epidemiological tests in 12-year-old schoolchildren. Considering mean DMFT in each city, ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cypriano S,Sousa Mda L,Wada RS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 72 postmenopausal patients presenting no risk factors for cardiovascular disease nor osteoporosis, were studied. The study evaluated total serum cholesterol and fractions and bone mass by densitometry of the lumbar spine and femur using a Lunar-DPX. There was no association between lipid profile variables a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zabaglia SF,Pedro AO,Pinto Neto AM,Guarisi T,Paiva LH,Lane E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines recent research on the association between depression during pregnancy and preterm delivery. Dissemination of scientific information on this disease entity (depression) means that it is often present in common-sense discourse, although frequently used rather imprecisely. While various areas from th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zucchi M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the schistosomiasis control program implemented in Taquaraçu de Minas, Minas Gerais, from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, we measured the prevalence and intensity of infection for a retrospective comparison with the data from 1985. The local health team was trained to manage all the program activities. The...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coura-Filho P

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey on the prevalence of Chagas disease in the 124 counties of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, arriving at a rate of 21.6 per 100 inhabitants. From December 1993 to June 1994, we studied 2238 individuals from 32 rural counties in this State. Of th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Trujillo-Contreras F,Yerenas MA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article was based on an analysis of three hundred articles from mainstream Brazilian periodicals over a period of eighteen months, beginning with the announcement of the Dolly case in February 1997. There were two main objectives: to outline the moral constants in the press associated with the possibility of clon...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa SI,Diniz D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents data on morbidity and mortality due to "external causes" among the Brazilian elderly and a review of the Brazilian and international literature on the theme. The data refer to the period from 1980 to 1998. The main sources were the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Hospital Information S...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Minayo MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to pose a public health problem worldwide. Men who have sex with men are still at differential risk of infection. Although there is evidence to claim that HIV can be transmitted by oral sex, the perception of this risk is ambiguous and relates par...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Funari SL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the proportion of Brazilian women who have sex with women, considering three time periods. The data are from a national population-based survey from 1998. The proportion of the female population who reported having any same-sex relations during their lifetime decreased from 3% to 1.7% in the previo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa RM,Koyama MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Record linkage is the process of identifying and merging records across different databases belonging to the same entity. The health sector is one of the pioneering areas of record linkage techniques applications. In 1998 we began the development of a software package, called RecLink that implemented probabilistic rec...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Camargo KR Jr,Coeli CM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems resulting from alcohol consumption by drivers have been studied worldwide, and epidemiological research points to high injury and death rates related to drinking-and-driving. However, equivalent data are limited in Brazil. In this study, 913 drivers were stopped on public roads with heavy traffic and high con...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Campos VR,Salgado R,Rocha MC,Duailibi S,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular-skeletal disorders of the upper limbs resulting from work involving repetition strain (RSI) are now the most frequent work-related diseases in early or late industrialized countries. The author maintains that in addition to being work-related diseases, RSIs are symbolic illnesses revealing the contradictions ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro HP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes Brazil's tobacco control policy from 1986 to 2016, seeking to describe the policy's history and discuss its achievements, limits, and challenges. The study adopted a political economics approach and contributions from public policy analysis. Data were based on a search of the literature, documents,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Portes LH,Machado CV,Turci SRB

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The act of crossing an international border for healthcare is a reality in border areas and the flow is in the direction of the city with more human and healthcare resources. Although several prognostic factors related to HIV+ patients are known, the prognostic value of this type of mobility for long term care is stil...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zaslavsky R,Goulart BNG,Ziegelmann PK

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes antimicrobial prescription, clinical indications, and seasonal characteristics in primary health care. We performed a cross-sectional study in family health units in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, in July 2005 and January 2006. All medical prescriptions (n = 2,877) were analyzed, and the p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tavares NU,Bertoldi AD,Muccillo-Baisch AL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary changes in Western society highlight the need for individual and collective health providers to use their strategic positions to actively promote healthy eating habits. Using the research-action methodology in various clinics in the Federal District of Brazil, the present study aimed to identify what these pro...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva DO,Recine EG,Queiroz EF

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to describe the demand for health services by adolescents and to identify associated factors. The study analyzed data from the National School Health Survey 2012 and calculated prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Data analysis used age-adjusted logistic regression. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira MM,Andrade SS,Campos MO,Malta DC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical picture of dengue is characterized by a maximum duration of 14 days despite frequent complaints of longer symptoms. This study evaluated the occurrence of persistent symptoms (> 14 days) and its impact on daily life. A hundred eighteen patients were interviewed, and the main symptoms at diagnosis were mia...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Teixeira Lde A,Lopes JS,Martins AG,Campos FA,Miranzi Sde S,Nascentes GA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was an analytical, descriptive, cross-sectional study to establish the profile of poisonings among children 0 to 4 years of age reported to the Rio Grande do Sul State Toxicology Information Center (CIT/RS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2003. A total of 1,311 cases were selected and data were extracted on children who...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ramos CL,Targa MB,Stein AT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze associations between demographic factors, family psychosocial characteristics, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use, and adolescent motherhood. This was a case-control study in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, with 431 adolescents 14 to 16 years of age who gave birth ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Faler CS,Câmara SG,Aerts DR,Alves GG,Béria JU

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional epidemiological study aimed to calculate the potential years of life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2003-2007. A database was used from the Operational Division for Information on Births and Deaths under the Recife Municipal Health Department. All death cer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva LS,Menezes ML,Lopes CL,Corrêa MS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this cross-sectional study nested in a cohort was to describe the targeting and coverage of the Family Income program in children 13 to 35 months of age. Data were obtained from the BRISA Birth Cohorts in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, and São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. The cohorts started in 2010 with...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva FS,Queiroz RCS,Branco MDRFC,Habenschus MIAT,Scorzafave LG,Saraiva MDCP,Bettiol H,Barbieri MA,Rodrigues MAFR,Barbosa YC,Simões VMF,Silva AAMD

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated contraceptive use during first sexual intercourse among 2.790 young men and women. The GRAVAD household survey in three Brazilian capital cities involved interviews in a probabilistic sample. A hierarchical logistic regression analysis was used. Variables grouped as: macro-social, socialization...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Marinho LF,Aquino EM,Almeida Mda C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify dietary patterns and assess their association with abdominal fat. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Central West Region of Brazil with a probabilistic sample of 208 adults of both sexes. Data on food intake was obtained using a food frequency questionnaire and factor analysis (p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilela AA,Sichieri R,Pereira RA,Cunha DB,Rodrigues PR,Gonçalves-Silva RM,Ferreira MG

更新日期：2014-03-01 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