[The Unified National Health System and the third sector: Characterization of non-hospital facilities providing basic health care services in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil].

abstract：:Epidemiology's conceptual and methodological shortcomings have placed constraints on the study of health phenomena related to human communities, thus posing a challenge to the field. This paper presents some basic principles resulting from the observation of the field of geography in defining its object - space - and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento Costa MD,Lima Cruz Teixeira MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The present study aimed to review the literature on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescents (10-19 years old). The search was conducted in online databases (MEDLINE and SciELO), references from retrieved articles, and contacts with authors. Only original articles using either the criteri...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moraes AC,Fulaz CS,Netto-Oliveira ER,Reichert FF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco is the leading modifiable cause of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory diseases and is thus a serious global public health problem. In 2006, Uruguay implemented the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) and achieved a decrease in the smoking rate and improveme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Paolillo-Cabrera E,Torres F,Machado F,Scasso A,Alvarado A,Genta D,Tort P,Tortorella S,Laluz S,Cabrera D,Sandoya E

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes factors affecting the risk of malaria among individuals working in wildcat gold mining camps (garimpos) in northern Mato Grosso State in the Brazilian Amazon. Historically, such mining camps have the locations with the highest malaria prevalence in the Brazilian Amazon. However, little attention ha...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbieri AF,Sawyer DO

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Two cohorts of children born in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 1993 and 2004, were compared in terms of neuro-psychomotor development at the age of 12 months. Children were evaluated using the Denver II screening test. Analyses were performed using the Poisson regression technique. The prevalence of suspecte...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Halpern R,Barros AJ,Matijasevich A,Santos IS,Victora CG,Barros FC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gain- and loss-framed messages about smoking behavior have commonly been used to promote cessation. However, there are still no clear conclusions as to what kind of message is more effective for motivating smokers to quit. This study compared the effectiveness of loss- and gain-framed messages in the online recruitmen...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Machado NM,Gomide HP,Bernardino HS,Ronzani TM

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA) was validated for the Brazilian context in 2004. Since then, the scale has evaluated and measured the experience of food insecurity in rural and urban households, initially in the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey and later in the Brazilian National Survey of Demogra...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Athila AR,Leite MS

更新日期：2020-10-02 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：:This article analyzes the spatial distribution of homicide rates in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using data from the Ministry of Health Mortality Information System (SIM/MS) from 1996 to 2000. Population data used to calculate rates were also obtained from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Minas Gerais has a large terr...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Castro MS,Silva BF,Assunção RM,Beato Filho CC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify food patterns and eating behaviors among adolescents and to describe the prevalence rates, this study applied the Grade of Membership method to data from a survey on health risk factors among adolescent students in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (N = 1,632). The four profiles generated were: "A" (12.1%) more frequ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cardoso Lde O,Alves LC,Castro IR,Leite Ida C,Machado CJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 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 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 article provides a literature review of dental care models in Brazil, with a specific focus on the Incremental System. Other models that appeared in the research were the Inversion of Care, Early Dental Care, and Family Health Programs. The various authors analyzed the pros and cons, origins, program principles, ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nickel DA,Lima FG,Bidigaray da Silva B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a case study on a company focusing on the form of management and the shop floor workers, in order to identify the possible effects of participant work strategies on workers' health. Data on the company included its history, type of management, and organization of both production and the work process. Data...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Monteiro MS,Gomes JR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study was carried out in two localities in the semi-arid region of the State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil, with the aim of identifying the occurrence and nature of possible acute side effects subsequent to vitamin A megadose supplement given together with mass immunization in children 6-59 months old. The sa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assis AM,Santos LM,Prado MS,Martins MC,Barreto ML

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban climate changes, excessive air pollution, and increasing social inequalities have become determinant factors in the high risk of hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases. The current study thus aimed to understand how meteorological factors (air temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation) and air poll...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moraes SL,Almendra R,Santana P,Galvani E

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Creative and innovative strategies to recruit smokers are essential for improving tobacco control activities. Currently in Brazil, through health warning messages on cigarette packs, there is a permanent and intense spread of messages that provoke feelings of loss associated with smoking, which is important to encoura...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Szklo AS,Coutinho Eda S,Barros HM,Perez C,Moreira Tde C,Figueiró LR,Pinho M,Carvalho VF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the profile of physical abuse against older people who underwent forensic examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. The cases, with data from 1,027 forensic reports, were described according to characteristics of the incident, v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Abath Mde B,Leal MC,Melo Filho DA,Marques AP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the prevalence of interpersonal continuity of care and its determinants. A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted with 3,133 individuals 20 years or older in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Multivariate analysis used Poisson regression, with the first level representing so...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rosa Filho LA,Fassa AG,Paniz VM

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:In an experimental microcosm, an analysis was performed of the influence exerted by freshwater Mesocyclops longisetus copepods on the survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 serovar Inaba. In the State of Ceará, copepods are used in the control of Aedes aegypti larvae. The system consisted of water with a salinity of 0.27 per ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Araújo DB,Martins SC,Albuquerque LM,Hofer E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss autonomy in medical work as resulting from two basic moments: as social work consuming and producing goods and services, reproducing the dominant mode of production and its ethical foundations; and as a service in which autonomy, limited as social work, expresses some attributes acquired by medical work (te...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro JM,Schraiber LB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to characterize Giardia duodenalis infection among children living in sub-standard settlement areas in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cross-sectional epidemiological study included 590 children from 1 to 5 years of age. Data were collected from ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Teixeira JC,Heller L,Barreto ML

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:The article presents the methodology used in the Baseline Study that evaluated the effectiveness of the Family Health Strategy as compared to traditional primary health care units. The study included 41 municipalities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants each, 21 from the South and 20 from the Northeast of Brazil. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Facchini LA,Piccini RX,Tomasi E,Thumé E,Teixeira VA,Silveira DS,Maia MF,Siqueira FV,Rodrigues MA,Paniz VV,Osório A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to validate two versions of CPITN for periodontitis diagnosis. A sample of 400 individuals underwent full mouth periodontal examination including Clinical Attachment Loss, Periodontal Pocket Depth, and Sub-gingival Calculus. Full and partial CPITN versions were derived from this exam (...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bassani DG,da Silva CM,Oppermann RV

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic is a global phenomenon that does not respect geographic or socio-demographic boundaries. Thus, research on factors related to the obesity epidemic has focused on social and economic characteristics of modern societies. This article discusses obesity in Spain and trends in several associated factor...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gutiérrez-Fisac JL,Regidor E,López García E,Banegas Banegas JR,Rodríguez Artalejo F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have emphasized that there is no justification for using the odds ratio (OR) as an approximation of the relative risk (RR) or prevalence ratio (PR). Erroneous interpretations of the OR as RR or PR must be avoided, as several studies have shown that the OR is not a good approximation for these measures w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Camey SA,Torman VB,Hirakata VN,Cortes RX,Vigo A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00