[Caseload of poisoning among children treated by the Rio Grande do Sul State Toxicology Information Center (CIT/RS), Brazil].

abstract：:The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of the local canine population in the Krenak indigenous community to detect parasites of the genus Leishmania and identify the circulating species and the proportion of asymptomatic dogs, while investigating associations between canine infection and the dogs' sex, age, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Antônio EG,Malacco MA,Gontijo CM,Moreira EF,Caldas IS,Pena JL,Machado-Coelho GL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses key relations between psychological distress and bank tellers' working conditions in various bank offices in Rio de Janeiro. Different theoretical models are discussed: stress, the psychodynamics of the work, and the psychopathology of the work. The aim of this case study was to elucidate the ro...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Palacios M,Duarte F,Camara Vd Vde M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis persists as a serious public health problem in Brazil. Prevalence rates are alarming in certain social groups, including indigenous peoples. This article presents an epidemiological analysis of records in the Rondonia State Tuberculosis Control Program, identifying the disease's profile among indigenous g...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Escobar AL,Coimbra CE Jr,Camacho LA,Portela MC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional surveys were performed in 1993 and 2000 on Japanese-Brazilians (n = 328) of both sexes, aged 40 to 79 years in 1993, living in Bauru, São Paulo State. Both surveys examined food intake using food frequency questionnaires. Dietary intake in both surveys was compared to Wilcoxon tests according to gender...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Castro TG,Bertolino CN,Gimeno SG,Cardoso MA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on elderly members of community groups, specifically their physical, social, psychological, and economic conditions. A descriptive cross-sectional study included 197 individuals, using the modified Brazilian Old Age Schedule, with questions on physical health, medical services, activities of daily l...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges PL,Bretas RP,Azevedo SF,Barbosa JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to translate into Portuguese and validate the Pharmacy Services Questionnaire (PSQ). The instrument includes 20 questions that measure user satisfaction with pharmacy services, and is organized according to two factors. It uses a Likert scale of answers from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). The PSQ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Correr CJ,Pontarolo R,Melchiors AC,Paula e Souza RA,Rossignoli P,Fernández-Llimós F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify factors associated with psychological well-being among young people 18 to 24 years of age in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. In a population-based cross-sectional study, 1,621 subjects answered a structured questionnaire on socio-demographic data, religion, employment, and substa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza LD,Maragalhoni Tda C,Quincoses MT,Jansen K,Cruzeiro AL,Ores L,Silva RA,Pinheiro RT

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to validate the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for a river population in the Brazilian Amazon. The original English version of AUDIT was translated into Portuguese, using the procedure recommended by the World Health Organization. The text was then back-translated and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moretti-Pires RO,Corradi-Webster CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two districts in Recife (Santo Amaro and Campo Grande) and two districts in Olinda (Sapucaia and Salgadinho), were selected for a comparative study of bancroftian filariasis in Greater Recife. Selection parameters included similar socio-economic, demographic, and endemic levels of lymphatic filariasis. In the district...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maciel MA,Marzochi KB,Silva EC,Rocha A,Furtado AF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian AIDS epidemic is undergoing important changes in its third decade. The present article reviews some central findings: the proportional reduction in cases related to injection drug use; the stability, in recent years, of new cases in the male homosexual/bisexual population; and the relative and absolute i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca MG,Bastos FI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents part of the results from the Baseline Study on the PROESF. The objective was to evaluate primary health care in the cities of Cuiabá, Várzea Grande, and Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, based on the inter-subjectivity in human relations (among health workers, users of health services, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Melo EM,Paiva L,Alvares J,Flecha AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 aims to identify risk factors associated with episodes of diarrhea among infants under six months from the Southern Zona da Mata region in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. This was a case-control study nested in a cohort. A total of 397 infants were studied, with 239 infants classified as cases and 158 as c...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva GA,Lira PI,Lima Mde C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Sucre State, Venezuela, and its association with epidemiological risk factors. The cluster sampling design allowed selecting 96 villages and 576 dwellings in the State's 15 municipalities. A total of 2,212 serum samples were anal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： García-Jordán N,Berrizbeitia M,Rodríguez J,Concepción JL,Cáceres A,Quiñones W

更新日期：2017-10-26 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 objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of air pollution on low birth weight in full term singleton newborns in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study adopted a cross-sectional design based on the year 2002. Data on live births were obtained from the Live Birth Information System of the Brazilian...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Junger WL,Leon AP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between inadequate nutrient intake, oral health and family cohesion. This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 887 non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Oral examination was performed by trained and calibrated ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Andrade FB,Caldas Junior Ade F,Kitoko PM,Zandonade E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to: (1) describe the work process in Brazil's oral health teams, based on the essential attributes of primary health care, according to geographic region, type of team, and the municipality's socioeconomic characteristics and (2) verify whether the data in the work process of the oral health teams in t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fagundes DM,Thomaz EBAF,Queiroz RCS,Rocha TAH,Silva NCD,Vissoci JRN,Calvo MCM,Facchini LA

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the epidemiological characterization of malaria following implementation of a program to control the endemic in a gold-mining area in northern Amapá State. The study focuses on total malaria cases in Amapá and the impact of the disease on the population, as represented by the Mineração Novo Astro...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Couto AA,Calvosa VS,Lacerda R,Castro F,Santa Rosa E,Nascimento JM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social inequalities in Brazil are reflected in women's search for abortion care, when they face individual, social, and structural barriers and are exposed to situations of vulnerability. Black women are the most heavily exposed to these barriers, from the search for the service to the care itself. The study aimed to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goes EF,Menezes GMS,Almeida MC,Araújo TVB,Alves SV,Alves MTSSBE,Aquino EML

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between size at birth and mental health problems at 11 years of age in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study. Newborns were weighed and measured, and anthropometric indices were calculated. At 11 years of age, mental health problems were assessed using the S...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gallo EA,Anselmi L,Dumith SC,Scazufca M,Menezes AM,Hallal PC,Matijasevich A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to evaluate treatment outcomes in mental health services from the user's perspective has been highlighted in the literature. The objective of this study was to compare the perceptions of patients and their families regarding treatment outcomes, in terms of perceived changes in the patient's life. The Percepti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa CS,Bandeira M,Cavalcanti RL,Scalon JD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at establishing the cross-cultural equivalence of scales used to evaluate physical activity level and measure cardiorespiratory fitness, for further application in elderly subjects. Three scales were identified after systematic review: Veterans Physical Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ), Rating of Perceiv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maranhão Neto Gde A,Ponce de Leon AC,Farinatti Pde T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rio de Janeiro State has one of the largest networks of psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, one of them the Dr. Eiras Paracambi Hospital (CSDE-P). In late 2000, the current Mental Health Advisory Division of the Rio de Janeiro State Health Department conducted a clinical and psychosocial census of patients hospitalized i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gomes MP,Couto MC,Pepe VL,de Almeida LM,Delgado PG,Coutinho Eda S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes factors associated with diabetes prevalence according to demographic and socioeconomic variables, health status, and lifestyle among 872 elderly living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in addition to health services utilization and control measures and practices. Reported diabetes prevalence among...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mendes Tde A,Goldbaum M,Segri NJ,Barros MB,Cesar CL,Carandina L,Alves MC

更新日期：2011-06-01 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 factors associated with physical violence against pregnant women were analyzed in a cross-sectional study of 1,446 pregnant women from a prenatal cohort who were interviewed in 2010 and 2011 in São Luís, Brazil. In the initial model, socioeconomic status occupied the most distal position, determining sociodemograp...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa DC,Ribeiro MR,Batista RF,Valente CM,Ribeiro JV,Almeida LA,Costa LE,Alves MT,Silva AA

更新日期：2017-01-23 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：:This article reports on smoking prevalence and associated factors in the elderly, based on a population-based cross-sectional study with multi-stage sampling including 1,954 individuals 60 years or older living in four areas of São Paulo State, Brazil. Overall smoking prevalence was 12.2%, and higher rates were associ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zaitune MP,Barros MB,Lima MG,César CL,Carandina L,Goldbaum M,Alves MC

更新日期：2012-03-01 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