[Universal health systems and territory: challenges for a regional policy in the Brazilian Legal Amazon].

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to discuss the main characteristics of the scientific literature on abortion in Brazil. Data were collected from 88 literature bases, and 2,109 documents from 1987 to 2008 were retrieved. Based on the findings, the field of abortion in Brazil is dominated by female researchers affiliated with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Diniz D,Corrêa M,Squinca F,Braga KS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of deaths from ill-defined causes in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1998, and reclassifies the groups of probable causes based on data from death certificates in the Mortality Information System and the Hospital Information System of th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Teixeira CL,Klein CH,Bloch KV,Coeli CM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue, a reemerging disease, is one of the most important viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. Climate is considered an important factor in the temporal and spatial distribution of vector-transmitted diseases. This study examined the effect of seasonal factors and the relationship between climatic variables and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gomes AF,Nobre AA,Cruz OG

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to analyze the peregrination of families of children treated in a Center for Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents in their search for mental health care. The study included participant observations at the clinic and focus groups with the children's families. The qualitative study used institution...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Delfini PSS,Bastos IT,Reis AOA

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reporting family violence against children has two main benefits: it protects the child from the violence and improves epidemiological control of violence. Health professionals play an important role in this area, since they are required to report any known or even suspected case of violence. Nevertheless, when and ho...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goncalves HS,Ferreira AL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a descriptive study to assess the leprosy control program in the municipality of Buriticupu in Maranhão State, Brazil. The records of 214 patients with different forms of leprosy were studied. Patients were treated at a health center of the Federal University in Maranhão located in the above-mentioned municipa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Aquino DM,Santos JS,Costa JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive analysis of systems and forms of payment for medical labor was carried out based on an intentional sample of hospitals, according to preestablished criteria. Hospital administrators, physicians, and representatives of medical and entrepreneurial corporations were interviewed. The results were analyzed ac...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been established as an important etiological factor for the development of cervical cancer. This DNA virus primarily infects the epithelium and can induce benign and malignant lesions of the mucous membranes and skin. Some HPVs are considered high risk due to their role in malignant prog...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rosa MI,Medeiros LR,Rosa DD,Bozzeti MC,Silva FR,Silva BR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are means to handle information, streamline communication, and contribute to patient care. This article describes the incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies in primary care and its association with quality, based on the Brazilian National Program f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santos AFD,Fonseca D Sobrinho,Araujo LL,Procópio CDSD,Lopes ÉAS,Lima AMLD,Reis CMRD,Abreu DMX,Jorge AO,Matta-Machado AT

更新日期：2017-06-05 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：:Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood can have lasting effects on health, but evidence is lacking from prospective studies concerning the effects of early poverty on abdominal obesity in adulthood. Cross-sectional studies in adults from middle and high-income countries show that current socioeconomic status is...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： González D,Nazmi A,Victora CG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to describe childhood tuberculosis incidence in Southeast Brazil in 1996. It is a descriptive study based on secondary records from the Tuberculosis Division of the Sao Paulo State Health Department. The study area includes 40 cities, has some 1,800,000 inhabitants, and is located between Sao Paulo and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento LF

更新日期：2004-11-01 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 schistosomiasis control program implemented in Taquaraçu de Minas, Minas Gerais, from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, we measured the prevalence and intensity of infection for a retrospective comparison with the data from 1985. The local health team was trained to manage all the program activities. The...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coura-Filho P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodological approach to infant mortality estimation in Brazil based on vital information provided by Ministry of Health systems is presented. The study evaluated the available data to establish criteria for identifying municipalities with serious data deficiencies, proposing an adequacy index. All municipalities ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Szwarcwald CL,Leal Mdo C,de Andrade CL,Souza PR Jr

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of AIDS cases in men who have sex with men (MSM) decreased in the initial years of the epidemic, but the percentage of cases in this group has remained unaltered in the last five years. This study, aimed to improve knowledge on the impact of AIDS in the daily lives of MSM, was conducted in Campo Grande, Mat...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Andrade SM,Tamaki EM,Vinha JM,Pompilio MA,Prieto CW,de Barros LM,de Lima LB,Chaguri Mde C,Pompilio SA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) are currently considered potentially carcinogenic to humans. In Brasil, severe soil contamination by HCHs has been identified at Cidade dos Meninos, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, where an old HCH factory was abandoned 40 years ago, leaving 1,700 local residents at risk. Calcium oxide t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Oliveira RM,Bastos LH,de Oliveira e Dias AE,da Silva SA,Moreira JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 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 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：:Knowledge concerning work-related hazards and accidents among adolescents enrolled in an elementary public school was evaluated through an analysis of their occupational profile and discussions concerning concepts of risk situations at work and individual and collective measures for accident prevention and control. Th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima MI,Camara Vd Vde M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was a comparison of neonatal mortality rates in four maternity hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study population consisted of newborns with birth weight below 1,500 g. The research instrument was a questionnaire with data reported by the mother and collected from the patient record. For ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte JL,Mendonça GA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the reliability of the DSM-III inventory of psychiatric symptoms in representative general population samples in three Brazilian cities. Reliability was assessed through two different designs: inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. Diagnosis of lifetime (k = 0.46) and same-year general...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Baxter Andreoli S,Blay SL,de Almeida Filho N,de Jesus Mari J,Torres de Miranda CT,da Silva Freire Coutinho E,França J,D'Arrigo Busnello E

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:This study estimated the prevalence of stroke among the elderly in Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, based on data from the Family Health Program (FHP). The elderly population was chosen since it is growing as a proportion of the general population, and since stroke risk increases with age. Data were screened f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira AB,Alvarenga H,Pereira RS Jr,Barbosa MT

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, the trade union structure created by authoritarian corporatism in the 1930's began to change when the cycle of the military regime installed in 1964 came to an end. With redemocratization, the trade union movement began to coexist with the organization of pluralistic interests, a process which has influence...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate public knowledge on the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and hypertension, and the factors associated with such knowledge. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Pelotas, southern Brazil, including 972 adults aged 20 to 69 ye...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Knuth AG,Bielemann RM,Silva SG,Borges TT,Del Duca GF,Kremer MM,Hallal PC,Rombaldi AJ,Azevedo MR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the role of States in mental health policy in Brazil from 1990 to 2009. The methods included the use of an electronic questionnaire on State coordination of mental health in 24 Brazilian States, document review, and analysis based on official data. The results showed that the States use various s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simon AG,Baptista TW

更新日期：2011-11-01 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