[Work conditions and mental health among doctors from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil].

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 paper focuses on specific aspects of male sexuality and how this sexual identity is built in the Aids era, based on conversations with low-income youth, ages 14-21 years, living in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro. We examine how Aids is perceived and investigate sexuality in this epidemic context. The goal is...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mota MP

更新日期：1998-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal health policy planning can include exemplary practices for expanding the population's access to health services. The current study seeks to analyze the limits and possibilities of planning practices for policy implementation by a municipal health department. The empirical data were analyzed based on a concep...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilasbôas AL,Paim JS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines region-specific relations between prevalence of protection against sunlight and socio-demographic and behavioral variables in Brazil. Data were derived from a cross-sectional population-based random sample. Information on sunlight exposure was available for a total of 16,999 individuals 15 years ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Szklo AS,Almeida LM,Figueiredo V,Lozana Jde A,Azevedo e Silva Mendonça G,Moura Ld,Szklo M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paid work should not be an obstacle to women's breastfeeding. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months. In Brazil, women are legally entitled to 4 months of maternity leave, but in practice few women enjoy such benefits. How is it possible to practice exclusive breastfeeding ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vianna RP,Rea MF,Venancio SI,Escuder MM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the association between satisfaction with the neighborhood environment and self-rated health among older elderly, data from 814 participants of the eleventh wave of the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging were analyzed using robust Poisson regression analyses. Those elderly with higher satisfaction wi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Luz TC,César CC,Lima-Costa MF,Proietti FA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the reactions of construction workers to educational materials (posters, folders, and leaflets) produced by the Brazilian Ministries of Health and Labor. The authors conducted two focal groups at construction sites in the city of Rio de Janeiro to analyze four educational materials, employing the...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kelly-Santos A,Rozemberg B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article takes an ethical approach to briefly analyze current therapeutic guidelines in Brazil for cases diagnosed as "ambiguous genitalia" (one of the "disorders of sexual development", DSD) in intersex children. Except when there is clear risk to the infant's life, there is no medical or institutional consensus ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guimarães A,Barboza HH

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:The epidemiology of dengue in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, was studied in 1998 using a randomized sero-epidemiological survey. Epidemiological surveillance data from 1996-2003 were also analyzed, with an emphasis on virological surveillance. 1,260 individuals participated in the survey and had bloo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima VL,Rangel O,Andrade VR,Silveira NY,Oliveira SS,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to water and sanitation services by the population of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, has been marked by processes of socio-spatial segregation and social exclusion. Considering the recognition, in 2010, of the human rights to water and sanitation by the United Nations, we se...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nahas MIP,Moura ASA,Carvalho RC,Heller L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is the most important endemic parasitic disease in the world. Conditions are favorable for transmission of the disease in 60% of Brazil's territory. Over 500,000 cases per year are recorded in the country. However, the geographic distribution is uneven, which may explain differences in the efficacy and effecti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Freitas LF,Chaves GC,Wannmacher L,Osorio-de-Castro CG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited tools for orienting interventions in surveillance, control, and clinical care, the current article aims to identify areas with greater vulnerability to severe cases of the disease in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city characterized by huge social and spati...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santos JPCD,Siqueira ASP,Praça HLF,Albuquerque HG

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:This study aimed to describe the temporal-spatial patterns of dengue epidemics in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from 1996 to 2002 and to analyze residential address as a proxy for exposure. Reported dengue cases were analyzed according to week of onset of symptoms and residential census tract. Local Mora...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Almeida MC,Assunção RM,Proietti FA,Caiaffa WT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine the prevalence of lower back pain in adolescents and its relationship to sports and sedentary activities. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 5th to 8th-grade students (n = 1,236) in Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil. We used a structured protocol and the Nordic questionnaire for muscul...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： De Vitta A,Martinez MG,Piza NT,Simeão SF,Ferreira NP

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the implementation of WHO guidelines for managing severely malnourished hospitalized children, a case-series study was performed with 117 children from 1 to 60 months of age. A checklist was prepared according to steps in the guidelines and applied to each patient at discharge, thus assessing the procedures ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Falbo AR,Alves JG,Batista Filho M,Cabral-Filho JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is one of the countries with the lowest intergenerational income mobility. This article aimed to analyze intergenerational income mobility in the 1982 Birth Cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State. Two methods were used, intergenerational income elasticity and quantile regressions, in order to measure hetero...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tejada CA,Bertoldi AD,Carraro A,Ribeiro FG,Motta JV,Barros FC,Horta BL,Barros AJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of this study were to identify how community-dwelling elderly deal with the prospect of disability/functionality and to understand how the sociocultural context modulates this process. The study adopted a qualitative approach in which the signs, meanings, and actions model was used in the data collection and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira JK,Giacomin KC,Firmo JO

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alarming trends in the resurgence of vector-borne diseases are anticipated to continue unless more effective action is taken to address the variety of underlying causes. Social factors, anthropogenic environmental modifications and/or ecological changes appear to be the primary drivers. The ecological dimension of vec...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ellis BR,Wilcox BA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess knowledge on prenatal care and pregnancy risk among women in poor neighborhoods in the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Data were collected using a cross-sectional design. A standard questionnaire was applied to all pregnant women from poor neighborhoods. Trained...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mendoza-Sassi RA,Cesar JA,Ulmi EF,Mano PS,Dall'Agnol MM,Neumann NA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the impact of night work from a gender perspective, through a field study at a factory employing men and women on the night shift. It is based on data for hours of sleep over the course of several weeks, socio-demographic data, and job information, using a semi-structured interview. The methodolo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rotenberg L,Portela LF,Marcondes WB,Moreno C,Nascimento CP

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the median duration of breastfeeding and associated factors in a cohort of 531 infants in two municipalities in the Recôncavo region, Bahia State, Brazil. Breastfeeding duration was estimated by survival analysis and its associations by the Cox multivariate model. Median duration of exclus...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Demétrio F,Pinto Ede J,Assis AM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the under-five population of the Alto Xingu region in Brazil, with the following objectives: (1) to evaluate height and weight increment from the first through the fourth years of life and (2) to compare nutritional status in 1980 and 1992. Height and weight increases were evaluated in 81 childre...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Morais MB,Fagundes Neto U,de Mattos NP,Baruzzi RG

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of wheezing was studied in Guarani indigenous children hospitalized for acute lower respiratory tract infections in Southern and Southeastern Brazil, recruited by a surveillance routine established in villages from May 2007 to June 2008. Data were obtained from hospital records. Crude and adjusted prevalenc...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza PG,Cardoso AM,Sant Anna CC

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：:Domestic and peridomestic triatomine colonization, T. infestans infection rate and human seropositives to Trypanosoma cruzi in rural areas of Empedrado Department, Corrientes, Argentina, were carried out. Methods used in order to search the triatomines, to determine them systematically, to obtain their infection rates...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bar ME,Damborsky MP,Oscherov EB,Alvarez BM,Mizdraji G,Avalos G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of dental pain preventing the performance of routine tasks and to assess its association with socioeconomic factors, minor psychiatric disorders, number of missing teeth, and dental consultation patterns. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-complete...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alexandre GC,Nadanovsky P,Lopes CS,Faerstein E

更新日期：2006-05-01 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