[Drug prescription and dispensing from the patient's perspective: a community-based study in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil].

abstract：:Among the ten leading causes of disability-adjusted life years, seven are mental disorders. Primary health care centers are crucial to public mental health policies, according to the World Health Organization. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of mental disorders among individuals seeking care at the referral ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves DM,Kapczinski F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the health of Kaingáng women in the Faxinal indigenous territory in Paraná State, Brazil, with regard to risk factors for breast cancer. A descriptive and exploratory investigation was undertaken that included 95.4% of females 20 years or over. Data showed that 92.3% of Kaingáng women reported brea...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva EP,Pelloso SM,Carvalho MD,Toledo MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents data on morbidity and mortality due to "external causes" among the Brazilian elderly and a review of the Brazilian and international literature on the theme. The data refer to the period from 1980 to 1998. The main sources were the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Hospital Information S...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Minayo MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frailty is a syndrome that leads to practical harm in the lives of elders, since it is related to increased risk of dependency, falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, and death. The objective of this systematic review was to identify the socio-demographic, psycho-behavioral, health-related, nutritional, and lif...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mello Ade C,Engstrom EM,Alves LC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The objective was to describe the governance system used in structuring the regionalized healthcare network in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, based on the Bipartite Inter-Managerial Commission (CIB), with a focus on structuring of oral healthcare. This was a qualitative, exploratory-descriptive documental study, base...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Godoi H,Andrade SR,Mello ALSF

更新日期：2017-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated arterial blood pressure varies substantially in relation to social and cultural variables. Early work on acculturation, socioeconomic status, and blood pressure documented this variation, which could not be explained entirely by conventional factors such as diet, physical activity, or access to medical care. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dressler WW,Santos JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated influenza vaccine coverage among elderly individuals (≥ 60 years) living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2015, and analyzed associated factors. This was a cross-sectional population-based study of data from the SABE Study (Health, Well-Being, and Aging). The dependent variable was influenza v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sato APS,Andrade FB,Duarte YAO,Antunes JLF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is among the countries of the world with the most dengue cases. Case reporting systems are essential for monitoring the disease's evolution, but few reporting forms are properly completed. Knowledge of the patients' schooling level is important for understanding the role of social inequality in the risk of illn...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guimarães LM,Cunha GMD

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess food consumption in Brazilian children 6 to 59 months of age by region of the country and area of residence. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 4,322 children in the National Demographic and Health Survey (2006-2007). The data showed low daily consumption of leafy veget...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bortolini GA,Gubert MB,Santos LM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of primary care to population health and health systems organization has been well documented, but some authors have highlighted that in Third World countries it has gained more ground in discourse than in facts and practices, with different possible configurations. The objectives of the current study...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Medina MG,Hartz ZM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past year, the Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported and acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the media. This study hypothesized that crack use has not increased at the rate suggested by the Brazilian media. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 using a multis...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nappo SA,Sanchez ZM,Ribeiro LA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study analyzed variations in energy and nutrient intake by adolescents enrolled in public schools, examined in two school-based cross-sectional surveys, in 2003 and 2008. Food consumption was assessed with three food records. Weight was classified according to World Health Organization criteria. A total of 433 ado...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vasconcelos TM,Veiga GV,Sichieri R,Pereira RA

更新日期：2016-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the nematodes Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, and Wuchereria bancrofti. The disease occurs in developing countries and is more frequent in urban areas. An estimated 4 billion people live in at-risk areas. In Brazil the endemic is caused by W. bancrofti and was first documented in 1878. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maciel A,Furtado AF,Marzochi KB

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess social inequalities in health status and use of health services according to level of schooling in women. This was a cross-sectional population-based study with a sample of 508 women from 20 to 59 years of age living in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil (ISA-Camp 2008). Women with l...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Senicato C,Barros MB

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:This paper discusses methodologies for analyzing relations between social inequalities, marginalization, prejudice, and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, highlighting current difficulties and alternative research strategies. It also reviews the international and Brazilian literature, emphasizing: economic and macropolitical ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bastos FI,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to fluoridated water is a known protective factor against dental caries. In 1974, fluoridation of the public water supply became mandatory by law in Brazil, resulting in improved coverage, especially in more developed regions of the country. Coverage increased across the country as a priority under the national...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alves RX,Fernandes GF,Razzolini MT,Frazão P,Marques RA,Narvai PC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the significance of linear childhood growth retardation in relation to classroom performance. It began with a Height Census carried out in the 1989 school year, involving children attending the first grade of all public and private schools in Osasco (Greater S o Pa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lei DL,Chaves SP,Lerner BR,Stefanini ML

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This evaluative study focused on expansion of the Family Health Strategy in large cities in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The study analyzed the functionality of health care modalities, performance, and supply of comprehensive care itself and its link to services at other levels. The thrust of the analysis was compreh...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tavares Mde F,Mendonça MH,Rocha RM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

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：: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 aim of this study was to investigate excess mortality from dengue in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during an epidemic in 2007-2008. A Poisson dynamic model was tested to predict the number of deaths during these epidemic years. Inference was conducted with a Bayesian approach. Excess mortality was d...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Malhão TA,Resende CM,Gamerman D,Medronho Rde A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article compares the food intake of overweight and normal-weight adolescents from 12 to 17.9 years of age (71.8% of the original sample). Data were obtained in a survey performed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1995-1996. Food intake was assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade RG,Pereira RA,Sichieri R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public-private mix in the Brazilian health system favors double coverage of health services for individuals with private health plans and may aggravate inequities in the use of services. The aim of this study was to describe trends in the use of medical and dental services and associations with schooling and priva...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pilotto LM,Celeste RK

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to systematize the profile of cocaine and crack users in Brazil. The study adopted a literature review of the MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane Library databases and CAPES thesis/dissertation database. Data were grouped in thematic categories: national household surveys, surveys of specific population groups...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duailibi LB,Ribeiro M,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most developing countries, HPV vaccines have been licensed but there are no national policy recommendations, nor is it clear how decisions on the introduction of this new vaccine are made. Decentralization processes in many Latin American countries favor decision-making at the local level. Through a qualitative stu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Piñeros M,Wiesner C,Cortés C,Trujillo LM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based survey to provide information on the prevalence of hepatitis viral infection and the pattern of risk factors was carried out in the urban population of all Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, between 2005 and 2009. This paper describes the design and methodology of the study which inv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ximenes RA,Pereira LM,Martelli CM,Merchán-Hamann E,Stein AT,Figueiredo GM,Braga MC,Montarroyos UR,Brasil LM,Turchi MD,Fonseca JC,Lima ML,Alencar LC,Costa M,Coral G,Moreira RC,Cardoso MR

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Performance assessment in health services is essential. The comparison of performance indicators requires the use of risk adjustment strategies. The objective of this paper was to assess variations in clinical performance, measured by hospital mortality and length of stay, between private and public hospitals, while t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Martins M,Blais R,Leite Ida C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigated the association between work conditions and minor psychological disorders (MPD) in a random sample of 350 doctors from Salvador City, State of Bahia, Brazil. Data were gathered using an individual, self-report questionnaire that incorporated the demand-control model (Job Content...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento Sobrinho CL,Carvalho FM,Bonfim TA,Cirino CA,Ferreira IS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00