[Factors associated with women's failure to submit to Pap smears: a population-based study in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil].

abstract：:This essay aims to suggest food for thought on discrepancies between scientific evidence on physical inactivity and the associated factors and determinants and information communicated by the media on this topic. We specifically examine a case in which "laziness" was used as the "explanatory" factor for the high level...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Loch MR,Guerra PH

更新日期：2018-11-29 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：:This study aims to analyze the oral health care network in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, in municipalities with 100,000 inhabitants or more, focusing on the identification and integration of the network's essential elements. Primary data were obtained through a structured questionnaire applied to oral health care admi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Godoi H,Mello AL,Caetano JC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of positive respiratory symptomatics among patients seeking treatment at primary health clinics in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. This cross-sectional study included 603 individuals that answered a questionnaire with socio-demographic data and a question on cough ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moreira CM,Zandonade E,Lacerda T,Maciel EL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic and the sanitary measures of social distance brought impasses to Social Research and its future. Research in digital environments was already booming, but now that face-to-face activities are temporarily suspended, it becomes an alternative to enable the continuity of studies. Understanding it be...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Deslandes S,Coutinho T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a methodological proposal for studying suicide and suicide attempts from a combined socio-anthropological, epidemiological, and psychosocial perspective. This interdisciplinary and complex research model simultaneously examined individual, socioeconomic, historical/cultural, and population data as ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Minayo MC,Cavalcante FG,de Souza ER

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to analyze the effectiveness of Psychosocial Care Centers (PCCs) for persons with mental disorders in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. This was a prospective cohort study with users of the centers, based on two home visits. Three treatment exposure variables and two health status variables w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomasi E,Facchini LA,Piccini RX,Thumé E,Silva RA,Gonçalves H,Silva SM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to verify the influence of pressure from sociocultural agents on dissatisfaction with face and body in young women mediated by the internalization of the lean and muscular body and to identify the contribution of individual characteristics to this model. A total of 612 university female studen...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva WRD,Barra JV,Neves AN,Marôco J,Campos JADB

更新日期：2020-12-18 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：:Occupational exposure to some pesticides, and particularly DBCP and chlordecone, may adversely affect male fertility. However, apart from the therapeutic use of diethylstilbestrol, the threat to human reproduction posed by "endocrine disrupting" environmental contaminants has not been supported by epidemiological evid...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cocco P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary health care model implemented by the Family Health Program in Brazil still lacks systematized, validated mechanisms for its monitoring and evaluation. Based on an actual experience, the current study sought to understand experiences and explore concepts held by staff and managers in the Ceará State Health ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vasconcelos SM,Bosi ML,Pontes RJ

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 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：:Acute poisoning with medicines in Brazil has various causes, including a deficient national drug policy. The current study thus aimed to analyze socioeconomic variables, prescription characteristics, and forms of purchase or acquisition and storing of medicines by victims of acute unintentional poisoning. The data wer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Margonato FB,Thomson Z,Paoliello MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:The aim of this study was to identify critical health care areas along the Brazilian border. The distribution of health resources was analyzed by municipality and border area in 1999-2000 and subsequently analyzed according to living conditions, health status, geographic accessibility, and other aspects of the border ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peiter PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The few studies on health and nutrition in indigenous peoples in Northeast Brazil point to some differences with indigenous peoples in the North and Central of the country. This study estimated the prevalence rates and risk of overweight and excess weight in Xukuru children in the village of Ororubá, Pernambuco State,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fávaro TR,Ferreira AA,Cunha GMD,Coimbra CEA Jr

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the results of a study in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, aimed at estimating the frequency of induced abortion among women 15 to 49 years of age. The objective was to characterize the occurrence of induced abortion by comparing the ideal number of children, age, and contraceptive use between marr...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza e Silva Rd,Vieira EM

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：:In less than four months, the total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 1,684,833 worldwide. Outcomes among the public of pregnant women with COVID-19 are still unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze whether COVID-19 in pregnant women is related to premature birth and birth weight, and t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Melo GC,Araújo KCGM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify different profiles in the AIDS epidemic in Brazil by relating them to the health sector's organization, situations involving increased risk of infection, and the degree of implementation of the response by health services. The Brazilian municipalities (counties) were grouped accor...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Grangeiro A,Escuder MM,Castilho EA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the prevalence of overweight in public school first graders and the association between overweight and socio-environmental factors in a city in Greater Metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil. Children enrolling in public school first grade in Cajamar in 2005 were assessed. Overweight was defined according ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mondini L,Levy RB,Saldiva SR,Venâncio SI,de Azevedo Aguiar J,Stefanini ML

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships were studied between daily life, work, and mental disorders in female health workers from the Mexican Health Insurance Institute. The study sample (n = 170) included female physicians, nurses, laboratory workers, and medical assistants. Primary data were obtained through an interview which had been p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Noriega M,Gutiérrez G,Méndez I,Pulido M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current article aimed to verify the degree of agreement in classification of nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) and corrected body mass index (BMIc). Data were used from a cross-sectional study of Japanese-Brazilians. Statistical analysis provided prevalence rates for chronic diseases, kappa sta...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro AB,Gimeno SG,Andreoni S,Ferreira SR,Japanese Brazilian Study Group.

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility and test its intra- and inter-examiner reliability for Brazilian elderly living in the community and diagnosed with dementia, with severity classified according to the Clinical Dementia Rating. The instrument was applied...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira LS,Marra TA,Faria CD,Pereira DS,Martins MA,Dias JM,Dias RC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of iodine deficiency in children aged 6 to 71 months in Novo Cruzeiro, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 475 children, allocated by stratified probability sampling, were analyzed with respect to the iodine concentrations in the salt consumed by the family and u...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Macedo Mde S,Teixeira RA,Bonomo E,Silva CA,Silva ME,Sakurai E,Carneiro M,Lamounier JA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to estimate prevalence of self-reported arthritis or rheumatism and associated factors. This was a cross-sectional population-based study in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with 1,720 adults ranging from 20 to 59 years of age. Presence of self-reported arthritis or rheumatism was analyzed ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gomes RS,Peres KG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study describes the eco-epidemiological aspects of arbovirus diseases in the municipalities (counties) of Novo Progresso and Trairão, Para State, Brazil, in the area affected by highway BR-163. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies to different arboviruses were detected, with monotypic reactions to M...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nunes MR,Barbosa TF,Casseb LM,Nunes Neto JP,Segura Nde O,Monteiro HA,Pinto EV,Casseb SM,Chiang Jde O,Martins LC,Medeiros DB,Vasconcelos PF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological research still rarely uses causal diagrams, despite growing recognition of their explanatory potential. One possible reason is that many research programs involve themes in which there is a certain degree of uncertainty as to mechanisms in the processes that generate the data. In this study, the relati...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cortes TR,Faerstein E,Struchiner CJ

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the work performed by garbage collectors in the Rio de Janeiro City Street Cleaning Company (COMLURB) (Rio Comprido division) and its consequences for their health. Data were collected through interviews and on-site video documentation. A detailed description of the work process was performed. In ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Velloso MP,Santos EM,Anjos LA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00