[Contraceptive practices and sexual initiation among young people in three Brazilian State capitals].

abstract：:Structural equation modeling (SEM) is an important statistical tool for evaluating complex relations in several research areas. In epidemiology, the use and discussion of SEM have been limited thus far. This article presents basic principles and concepts in SEM, including an application using epidemiological data anal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Amorim LD,Fiaccone RL,Santos CA,Santos TN,Moraes LT,Oliveira NF,Barbosa SO,Santos DN,Santos LM,Matos SM,Barreto ML

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to verify the influence of pressure from sociocultural agents on dissatisfaction with face and body in young women mediated by the internalization of the lean and muscular body and to identify the contribution of individual characteristics to this model. A total of 612 university female studen...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva WRD,Barra JV,Neves AN,Marôco J,Campos JADB

更新日期：2020-12-18 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：:Exogenous obesity increases morbidity and mortality risk and has been associated with nutritional habits, which in turn can be affected by health education. Health education aims to promote patient participation in achieving behavior change and healthy lifestyles. The objective of this study is to show the advantages ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cabrera-Pivaral CE,González-Pérez G,Vega-López MG,Arias-Merino ED

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Redemocratization in the 1970s brought about changes in the public health system in Brazil. The Unified National Health System (SUS) was implemented in 1988, based on local and regional administrative systems. This was an important step that resulted in greater local control and the introduction of new technologies. T...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva EM,Nozawa MR,Silva JC,Carmona SA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows high potential receptiveness to the introduction, dissemination, and persistence of dengue transmission. The pattern of territorial occupation in the municipality produced a heterogeneous and diverse mosaic, with differential vector distribution between and within neighborhood...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Xavier DR,Magalhães MA,Gracie R,Reis IC,Matos VP,Barcellos C

更新日期：2017-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima LD,Carvalho MS,Coeli CM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to pose a public health problem worldwide. Men who have sex with men are still at differential risk of infection. Although there is evidence to claim that HIV can be transmitted by oral sex, the perception of this risk is ambiguous and relates par...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Funari SL

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:The current article aimed to verify the degree of agreement in classification of nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) and corrected body mass index (BMIc). Data were used from a cross-sectional study of Japanese-Brazilians. Statistical analysis provided prevalence rates for chronic diseases, kappa sta...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro AB,Gimeno SG,Andreoni S,Ferreira SR,Japanese Brazilian Study Group.

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continent of the Americas has the greatest number of people infected and deaths associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the world. Brazil occupies the 2nd position in numbers of infected cases and deaths, preceded only by the United States. Older adults and those with pre-ex...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Macinko J,Woolley NO,Seixas BV,Andrade FB,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2020-10-12 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：:Based on a recently-published article on the triad of drought, hunger, and mental illness, in which the main idea is that destitution may be leading to behavioral disorders in the drought-plagued population of the Brazilian Northeast, we reflect on what this so-called 'madness' may represent for this group of people. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rebello LM

更新日期：1998-07-01 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 study aimed to estimate prevalence of self-reported arthritis or rheumatism and associated factors. This was a cross-sectional population-based study in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with 1,720 adults ranging from 20 to 59 years of age. Presence of self-reported arthritis or rheumatism was analyzed ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gomes RS,Peres KG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes antimicrobial prescription, clinical indications, and seasonal characteristics in primary health care. We performed a cross-sectional study in family health units in Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, in July 2005 and January 2006. All medical prescriptions (n = 2,877) were analyzed, and the p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tavares NU,Bertoldi AD,Muccillo-Baisch AL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian AIDS epidemic is undergoing important changes in its third decade. The present article reviews some central findings: the proportional reduction in cases related to injection drug use; the stability, in recent years, of new cases in the male homosexual/bisexual population; and the relative and absolute i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca MG,Bastos FI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the demographic profile of the Boróro Indians from Mato Grosso State, Brazil, from 1993 to 1996. Data came from annual collection and registration of vital statistics conducted by the health service in three villages (Garças, Meruri, and Morada dos Boróro). The average annual population growth rate...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza LG,Pagliaro H,Santos RV

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents prevalence rates for malnutrition, intestinal parasitic infections, anemia, and iron deficiency in under-five children in a population-based cross-sectional survey performed in the urban area of two counties in the Western Brazilian Amazon, Assis Brasil (n = 200) and Acrelandia (n = 477). Availabl...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Muniz PT,Castro TG,Araújo TS,Nunes NB,da Silva-Nunes M,Hoffmann EH,Ferreira MU,Cardoso MA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cohort studies of mothers and children (1982 and 1993) were used to document changes in health care utilization patterns. The cohorts included all hospital deliveries in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, for the two years. Some 20% of the mothers and children were visited at home at a median interval of one ye...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa JS,Victora CG,Barros FC,Halpern R,Horta BL,Manzolli P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the majority of chemical carcinogens are not capable of causing hazardous effects per se, the metabolism of these compounds is a crucial part of the initial host response to the environmental exposure. Disturbances in the balance between activation and detoxification may thus explain the individual variations in...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Conforti-Froes N,el-Zein R,Au W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birth weight is associated with increased risk of dying in the first year of life. This study was motivated by recent changes in the determination of birth weight patterns with the advent of the perinatal epidemiological transition. We analyzed data from the Brazilian National Survey of Demographic and Health of C...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Viana Kde J,Taddei JA,Cocetti M,Warkentin S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article sought to measure lack of access and use of oral health services by elderly residents of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional population study carried out in 2014, in the city's urban zone, including individuals aged 60 years or more. Sociodemographic and self-reported needs...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sória GS,Nunes BP,Bavaresco CS,Vieira LS,Facchini LA

更新日期：2019-05-02 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：: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：:The aim of this article was to evaluate socio-environmental vulnerability by selecting and analyzing socioeconomic, demographic, and infrastructural indicators around the Fazenda Botafogo Industrial Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taking this work as a case study. The study aimed to determine whether there...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cartier R,Barcellos C,Hübner C,Porto MF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article evaluates the degree of implementation of ten urgent and emergency hospital services comprising the macro and micro-regional referral system in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil. The study analyzes criteria related to structure (physical and organizational, and material and human resources) and process (...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dubeux LS,Freese E,Reis YA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terrorist attacks launched on September 11, 2001, ignited fear of further aggression with biological weapons, leading to a discourse and allocation of resources for both defensive and dissuasive/ offensive use in order to counteract such threats. Many such measures involved the investigation and production of biol...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kottow M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative clinical study investigated the impact of moderate intellectual disability on family dynamics and quality of life. The data were collected using individual interviews with 15 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities, as a convenience sample, and examined with categorical thematic content ana...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomaz RVV,Santos VA,Silva de Avó LRD,Germano CMR,Melo DG

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the health-disease-healthcare process in immigrants settled in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, have revealed a complex web of relations in the demands by immigrants and the actions conceived and planned by health services. In this context, intermediation by health workers in the relationship between immigran...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silveira C,Goldberg A,Silva TB,Gomes MH,Martin D

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00