Transdisciplinary research strategies for understanding socially patterned disease: the Asthma Coalition on Community, Environment, and Social Stress (ACCESS) project as a case study.

abstract：:The article addresses the elaboration of a method for analysis/intervention in the sphere of public health policies. It describes the introduction of the National Humanization Policy of the Unified Health System (SUS) in a general hospital. It proposes institutional support expressed as a method for doing things that ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Barros ME,Guedes CR,Roza MM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents reflections originating from a series of meetings with community health workers over a period of ten years. It identifies the consolidation of two existential territories, which are sometimes closer and at other times more distant from each other, namely the territory of technical knowledge about...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： da Costa SL,de Carvalho EN

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the emergence of the neurodiversity movement in the context of studies about disabilities and the political organization of disabled people. The neurodiversity movement is organized by the so-called high functioning autists, who believe that autism is not a disease to be treated and, if possible,...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ortega F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article seeks to diagnose the profile of food handlers in the households of the city of Santa Maria in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. By geographical division of the city, a sample of 15 households per neighborhood was chosen, totaling 615 households. For the diagnosis of the profile of handlers in the household...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Deon BC,Medeiros LB,Hecktheuer LH,Saccol AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intensification of agriculture in countries of the Southern Cone of Latin America has led to a significant rise in the use of agrochemicals. Scientific output in the field of health has concentrated on the epidemiological aspects of this issue and studies addressing the social dimensions of exposure to these subst...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： González NR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and some characteristics associated with the use of motorcycle helmets in two Colombian cities. The researcher used quantitative and qualitative techniques. The prevalence of the use of a motorcycle helmet among motorcyclists was greater in Ibague (98.1%) than in Va...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Hernández JM,Tovar FA,Ruiz LK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary practices of college students were described and examined according to the means by which they were admitted to the university (quota and non-quota students). A cross-sectional study was conducted with undergraduates (n = 1336) at a public university using a self-administered and identified questionnaire that ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Perez PM,de Castro IR,Franco Ada S,Bandoni DH,Wolkoff DB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the emphasis on primary care for the health system and the consolidation of Family Healthcare Strategy, it is important that information on attended demand be updated to assist in administration of the Unified Health System (UHS). The study compared the profile of attended demand in basic healthcare units (...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Tomasi E,Facchini LA,Thumé E,Piccini RX,Osorio A,Silveira DS,Siqueira FV,Teixeira VA,Dilélio AS,Maia Mde F

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even after the publication of Law 8213 in 1991, which established quotas for employing disabled persons, their inclusion in the workplace still presents a challenge for Brazilian society. In order to understand the main barriers that hamper this process a qualitative research study was conducted in the municipality of...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Neves-Silva P,Prais FG,Silveira AM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Floods are among the most frequent natural disasters and they affect the lives of approximately 102 million people each year, mainly in developing countries and in major urban areas with a tendency to grow further over the coming decades. The scope of this paper is to provide input for a clearer understanding of these...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Freitas CM,Ximenes EF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study presents the current profile of Peruvian nursing, its professional construction and its dilemmas, emphasizing its socio-cultural features. To this end, an extensive literature was reviewed, interviewing nurses in key positions and analyzing secondary source data. This study keeps its distance from other stud...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Arroyo-Laguna J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the information about breast self examination available on the Internet. METHODS:A descriptive documental study was performed via a search on the Google® and Yahoo® websites using the phrase "breast self examination" in Portuguese, and the first 50 results from each site were analyzed using the cr...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Cubas MR,Felchner PC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to characterize the teams and the inter-professional work process of Matrix Support developed and practiced in primary healthcare provided by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. This is an exploratory descriptive study involving a questionnaire that was appli...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Castro CP,Oliveira MM,Campos GW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used ethnographic methods to examine the perception of mercury contamination by adolescents in the mining community of Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. In Phase I, 53 students aged 13 to 16 years in six schools presented theatrical sketches about community health risks to generate key terms for a pile sorting a...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Novais G,Câmara Vde M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to present the theory, propose the practice and evaluate the difficulties of the new food classification system that was presented in the second edition of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population. The questionnaire used included a list of 30 foods divided into four groups: in...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Menegassi B,Almeida JB,Olimpio MYM,Brunharo MSM,Langa FR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article seeks to identify the association between nutritional status and functional dependence in institutionalized elderly interns in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. It involved a cross-sectional study with 233 elderly interns in which sociodemographic variables, nutritional status and degree of dependency were assess...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Sousa KT,Mesquita LA,Pereira LA,Azeredo CM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aims to assess through analysis of data suggested by the Social Behavior Schedule (SBS) quantitatively and qualitatively distinguishing between the limitations of social interaction presented by users of substitute services. Analyses were performed of 385 instruments applied to users of Ther...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Jardim VM,Kantorski LP,de Oliveira MM,Treichel CA,Rodrigues CG,Dias LV

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This paper analyses small hospitals (less than fifty beds) in Brazil, in terms of their geographical distribution, legal status, types of wards and units, structures and service production. Under a directive published in April 2004, the Ministry of Health contracts and encourages these hospitals to adapt the...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ugá MA,López EM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this article is to describe management practices in primary health care (PHC) in 49 small-scale municipalities (less than 20,000 inhabitants) in the north of the state of Paraná. The study conducted in 2011 adopts a quantitative approach with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire to 90 manage...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ohira RH,Cordoni Junior L,Nunes EF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of unawareness of arterial hypertension (AH) and associated factors among the quilombola population and to describe aspects of the non-pharmacological management of AH. It involved a cross-sectional study with a sample of 358 people with AH aged 18 years or more. AH was con...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Bezerra VM,Andrade AC,César CC,Caiaffa WT

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the profile of research conducted in the Federal District of Brazil funded through public calls for proposals issued by the Research for the SUS Program: shared health management/Federal District (PPSUS/DF) and a research support program run by the Superior School of Health Sciences, maintained b...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Novaes MRCG,Motta MLD,Elias FTS,Silva RED,Silva CCGD,Baliero VAT,Tenorio M

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most widely used cognitive screening test around the world. In Brazil, different MMSE versions and many cut-off points have been used. A systematic review of papers indexed in Scielo was conducted in order to analyze use of the MMSE in Brazilian empirical studies with el...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Melo DM,Barbosa AJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a ten-year literature review, this paper describes important aspects of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) among children in Brazil and worldwide. It presents VAD within a clinical and sub-clinical deficiency context, emphasizing this as a public health issue. VAD has been diagnosed in children from several parts of ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Milagres RC,Nunes LC,Pinheiro-Sant'Ana HM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused a diarrhea outbreak caused by rotavirus in a city of Piauí State aiming to identify the etiology, protocol of assistance to cases. A case series was carried out with 22 children assisted for acute diarrhea in 2006 in Health Units of Bom Jesus city. The data were collected by means of interviews util...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Araújo TM,Dantas JM,Carvalho CE,Costa MA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of effective and safe nanotechnology medication with a high cost-benefit ratio is a strategic imperative for public health in Brazil. The lack of information demands sanitary regulation geared to protecting health and the environment. This study seeks to assess the current stage of development, the reg...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Batista Ade J,Pepe VL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the challenges and difficulties in Work-related Mental Health (WMH) Surveillance in Brazil, based on a review of the bibliographic literature. From the compilation of identified academic research, it seeks to foster reflections about the current landscape of surveillance actions, its main obstacle...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Araújo TM,Araújo TM,Palma TF,Araújo NDC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this article is to assess the adequacy of the process of prenatal care provided to users of the Unified Health System in the city of Vitória, in accordance with criteria established by the Humanization of Prenatal and Birth Program (PHPN) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The information on the pre...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Polgliane RB,Leal Mdo C,Amorim MH,Zandonade E,dos Santos Neto ET

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::to provide an overview of occupational accidents among Brazil's adult population. Methods::descriptive study using data from the 2013 National Health Survey. Results::A total of 4.9 million workers mentioned having suffered some kind of work-related accident, which is equivalent to 3.4% (CI95% 4.6-5.6) of ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Malta DC,Stopa SR,Silva MM,Szwarcwald CL,Franco MD,Santos FV,Machado EL,Gómez CM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a greater number of elderly people with diseases which has led to a greater use in medication and complexity in pharmacotherapy. The aim of this study was to understand the level of understanding on pharmacotherapy amongst the elderly and associated factors. An analytical transversal study was carried out in...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pinto IV,Reis AM,Almeida-Brasil CC,Silveira MR,Lima MG,Ceccato MD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRICS, the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is the first multilateral group created and run by non-western developed countries. The group aims to influence world geopolitics and market based on the right of developing and emerging countries to participate equitably in development. The social ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Lobato LVC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00