[Spatial analysis of Biomphalaria glabrata foci and human cases of mansoni schistosomiasis in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in the year 2000].

abstract：:This article provides a new interpretation of Geografia da Fome [The Geography of Hunger], by Josué de Castro, focusing on the convergence of three fields of knowledge: geography, clinical science, and epidemiology. Although there is a certain commonality in the methodological procedures, the book offers multiple conf...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Melo Filho DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in classification systems related to color/race and the contextual dependence of their utilization are two challenges for researchers conducting health studies within an ethnic/racial framework. A comparison was made between the results obtained by two distinct approaches to racial self-classification -- a ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maio MC,Monteiro S,Chor D,Faerstein E,Lopes CS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS epidemic has spread and reached various population groups differently. The epidemic's dynamics have also differed according to the characteristics of different areas within cities, related to the principal modes of spread. This study analyzes the AIDS epidemic in women in the city of Rio de Janeiro using the ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomazelli J,Czeresnia D,Barcellos C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air pollution is a widely recognized hazard to human health. In industrial cities the emission of toxic gases and particulate matter into the atmosphere compounds the pollution problem caused by circulation of vehicles, often creating hazardous public health situations. The goal of this study was to analyze patterns i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peiter P,Tobar C

更新日期：1998-07-01 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 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 study aimed to identify changes in knowledge and practices learned to prevent dengue fever in two areas of Catanduva, São Paulo State, from 1999 to 2001: a study area and a control area. The study included an initial quantitative survey, qualitative research, a preliminary diagnosis presented to the community to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chiaravalloti Neto F,Fiorin AM,Conversani DT,Cesarino MB,Barbosa AA,Dibo MR,Morais MS,Baglini V,Ferraz AA,Rosa RS,Battigaglia M,Cardoso RP Jr

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with dynapenia in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and older. A cross-sectional study was performed with baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Dynapenia was defined as low muscle strengt...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges VS,Lima-Costa MFF,Andrade FB

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction prior to and during the first pregnancy. This was a cross-sectional study using postpartum interviews with 778 primigravidae who were married or in stable unions and had given birth at the two maternity hospitals in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil, from ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima AC,Dotto LM,Mamede MV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of hypovitaminosis A among children of the peripheral districts of the city of Campinas, S o Paulo, Brazil, was estimated by determining serum retinol levels by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) in a sample of 131 children aged between three and ten years, between April 1991 and February 199...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves-Carvalho CM,Amaya-Farfan J,Wilke BC,Vencovsky R

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：:The objectives of this study were to investigate: (a) multiple relations between socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health variables and quality of life in the elderly and (b) the model's validity through correlation with depressive symptoms. The sample included 339 elderly individuals from 60 to 98 years of age (M ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira SE,Von Hohendorff J,Müller Jde L,Bandeira DR,Koller SH,Fleck MP,Trentini CM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from Brazilian national surveys conducted since the 1970s have indicated an increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity. The two most frequently cited causes of this trend have been dietary changes and reduction in physical activity, characterizing a "contemporary Western lifestyle". The objective of this pa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mendonça CP,dos Anjos LA

更新日期：2004-05-01 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 study's objective was to assess the contribution of selected chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in elderly Brazilians, based on data from the National Health Survey (PNS 2013). Disability was defined as some degree of difficulty in performing ten activities, considering three levels: (i) without dis...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa Filho AM,Mambrini JVM,Malta DC,Lima-Costa MF,Peixoto SV

更新日期：2018-02-05 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：:The text De Profundis: Valsa Lenta (De Profundis: Slow Waltz), by Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires, describing the aphasia he experienced after a stroke, was used as a starting point to study the different approaches writers and physician have regarding the disease. The differences in form and content of texts des...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Scliar M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the prevalence of non-submittal to Pap smears according to socioeconomic, demographic, and health-related behavioral variables in women 40 years or older in Campinas, São Paulo State. This was a cross-sectional population-based study with a sample of 290 women. Based on multivariate analysis, facto...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Amorim VM,Barros MB,César CL,Carandina L,Goldbaum M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the effectiveness of ferrous sulfate supplementation in the prevention of anemia in children under five. The database search included PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, and SciELO. Articles published between 1980 and 2011 in Spanish, English, or Portuguese were...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cembranel F,Dallazen C,González-Chica DA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consensus has been reached concerning the definition of criteria and standards for evaluating the decentralization of actions by municipal health surveillance systems. With the aim of developing and validating an objective image for municipal health surveillance that would correspond to an appropriate system for th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ferraro AH,Costa EA,Vieira-da-Silva LM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an analysis of AIDS cases among the Xokléng Indians in 1988, this article relates the illness phenomenon to socio-cultural disruptions and transformations in this indigenous group's universe, focusing on the history of their contact with Brazilian national society. The analysis and interpretation of this rela...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Wiik FB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 to 1999, the Chilean Ministry of Health conducted studies on the health care networks in each of the country's 13 regions in order to help plan regional health sector development and define investment projects. Health insurance coverage displayed major geographic, age, and gender variations. Out-patient and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Arteaga O,Astorga I,Pinto AM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated Pap smear coverage (at least one test in the lifetime and one in the last three years) among women aged 15 to 49 years old. The study also discusses whether the women received the results of their last test, as well as self-reported reasons for and against submitting to the test. A population-base...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pinho Ade A,França Junior I,Schraiber LB,D'Oliveira AF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between anemia and physical functional capacity in a cross-sectional population-based sample of 709 hospitalized elderly patients aged 60 years and over admitted to the Madre Teresa Hospital, Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Mann-Whitney or "t" test, and chi-squar...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bosco Rde M,Assis EP,Pinheiro RR,Queiroz LC,Pereira LS,Antunes CM

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:This article discusses the work of some key players in the current debate on the construction of the notion of sexual difference in modernity, taking as the focus of analysis and illustration the theses submitted at the School of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the 19th century. The objective is to confront...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rohden F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the first health service to which patients turned for tuberculosis diagnosis in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009. Eighty-one patients in treatment were interviewed with a questionnaire based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool adapted to TB care and used as a r...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ponce MA,Wysocki AD,Scatolin BE,Andrade RL,Arakawa T,Ruffino Netto A,Monroe AA,Scatena LM,Vendramini SH,Villa TC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) is based on combating the vector and eliminating the domestic reservoir of the focus area - defined as 200 meters around human or canine cases. This paper discusses the use of spatial analysis techniques in the epidemiological surveillance of AVL in Araçatuba, São P...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Camargo-Neves VL,Katz G,Rodas LA,Poletto DW,Lage LC,Spínola RM,Cruz OG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different survey modalities have been developed to assess alcohol consumption and related problems. Research that compares data quality between survey modalities is scarce in Latin America. The aim of this study was to assess data quality in three survey modalities on alcohol consumption: self-administered online, sel...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Conde K,Cremonte M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00