[Analysis of the work process of environmental surveillance agents in the city of Olinda, Pernambuco State].

abstract：:This is a cross-cut study that was carried out with the objective of investigating the causes through which adolescents have provoked abortion, relating it to age and the type of school attended. The sample was calculated by taking into account the number of hospital admissions for post-abortion curettage. A semi-stru...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Correia DS,Cavalcante JC,do Egito ES,Maia EM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative burden due to non communicable diseases (NCD) is increasing worldwide and has been shown to be generally greater for men than women. The objective of this paper is to describe gender differences in NCD mortality rates and trends in Brazil. Standardized mortality rates for the years 1991-2010 were correcte...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Stevens A,Schmidt MI,Duncan BB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant women constitute a risk group for any infection due to their low immunity condition. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, grounded in the Theory of Social Representations that sought to understand the reasons why pregnant women did not vaccinate against influenza A (H1N1). The study includ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pereira BF,Martins MA,Barbosa TL,e Silva CS,Gomes LM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although administrators unanimously agree that the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) is underfunded, it is also unanimous that there are problems in the efficiency of expenditures management. From this perspective, this study assessed the health technical efficiency in the seven cities of the Rota dos Bandeirantes...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Santos-Neto JAD,Mendes ÁN,Pereira AC,Paranhos LR

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adolescence is considered a healthy stage of life and therefore little studied. This study described mortality over time in teenagers in Uruguay and analysed the burden of disease at this stage of life by the measure of Years of Life Lost by Premature Death in Uruguay and by comparison with rates in Latin ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Aleman A,Colistro V,Colomar M,Cavalleri F,Alegretti M,Buglioli M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to estimate the prevalence and violence-associated factors in the work environment of female correctional officers in Brazil. A cross-sectional, analytical study was conducted in 15 female correctional facilities in Brazil's five regions. Pearson's chi-square test was performed. The Odds Ratio and Co...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ferreira MJM,Macena RHM,Mota RMS,Pires RDJ Neto,Silva AMCD,Vieira LJES,Kendall BC,Kerr LRFS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the social and geographical inequalities in the performance of prenatal medical care in the Unified Health System (SUS) in the Metropolitan Region of Grande Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,209 puerperae living in this region, admitted for childbirth f...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Esposti CDD,Santos-Neto ETD,Oliveira AE,Travassos C,Pinheiro RS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People with physical disabilities may, in interaction with facilitators and barriers, modify their participation in society. The environment, in the panorama of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), plays a relevant role in health and in the expression of functioning. Thus, the ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Athayde F,Mancuzo EV,Corrêa RA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study sought to analyze the meanings attributed to domestic violence against the elderly by professionals in Primary Healthcare. A total of 10 health professionals from different backgrounds from a renowned health unit for care of the elderly took part, and the data was collected through semi-structur...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Wanderbroocke AC,Moré CL

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to verify the association between chronic diseases and handgrip strength (HS) in the older adults of Florianópolis, SC. This is a cross-sectional analysis of a longitudinal population-based study. HS was measured by dynamometer. Independent variables included 10 chronic diseases and falls. Simple and m...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Confortin SC,Danielewicz AL,Antes DL,Ono LM,d'Orsi E,Barbosa AR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of the study was to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with falls among the elderly registered in a Primary Healthcare Unit (PHU) in Natal, State of Rio Grande do Norte. It involved a cross-sectional study conducted with 280 elderly individuals with data collected at the primary healthcare unit. T...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： dos Santos RK,Maciel ÁC,Britto HM,Lima JC,de Souza TO

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to examine the association between the food (in)security and nutritional status of preschool children attended in daycare centers. Food security was assessed using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. The nutritional status was evaluated using the weight/height, weight/age, height/age, hemoglobin, se...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pedraza DF,Queiroz Dd,Paiva Ade A,Cunha MA,Lima ZN

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses some issues related to Brazilian dental researches having the bioethics as the rationale for appraising the adequacy of the scientific production in relation to the social context, aiming to contribute to a shift of the professional health formation. From a search in journals database and CAPES ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Finkler M,Calvo MC,Caetano JC,Ramos FR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health or disease is shaped for all individuals by interactions between their genes and environment. Exactly how the environment changes gene expression and how this can lead to disease are being explored in a fruitful new approach to environmental health research, representative studies of which are reviewed here. We...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Edwards TM,Myers JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mário Magalhães da Silveira (1905-1986) was the main mentor of the school of thought known as "developmental public health" whose influence peaked at the III National Health Assembly. A critic of the adoption of North American models of public health organization, of the centralism and vertical organization of public ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Escorel S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents theoretical bases to facilitate participation and integration within an interdisciplinary research team. In order to achieve this, we will sketch fundamental notions related to the new conceptual field of self-organization of living beings. Subsequently, we will expose some ideas by Henri Atlan, ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Aleksandrowicz AM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to assess differences between men and women in the likelihood of exposure to traffic as drivers of cars and motorcycles, and in the risk of dying from a car or a motorcycle crash, in order to verify the extent to which Darwin's Sexual Selection Theory could have predicted the findings and can help to inter...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Medeiros AL,Nadanovsky P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the nutritional status of children and women of an indigenous Yanomamigroup, and seeks to clarify associated factors. It was a cross-sectional study, carried out in 17 villages, in 2014. For evaluation of nutritional status we used 2006 growth standards to assign height-for-age (stunting)Z-scores ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Orellana JDY,Marrero L,Alves CLM,Ruiz CMV,Hacon SS,Oliveira MW,Basta PC

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study proposes and analyzes the construct validity and internal consistency of the Leisure Practices Scale (EPL). This survey seeks to identify the preferences and involvement in in different leisure practices in adults. The instrument was formed based on the cultural leisure content (artistic, manual, physical, ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Andrade RD,Schwartz GM,Tavares GH,Pelegrini A,Teixeira CS,Felden ÉPG

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the challenges for work in emergency services of publicuniversity hospitals in Algeria, Brazil and France. The description and analysis are organized in three topics: context and trajectory of the health systems; hospitals and emergency services; and the challenges that are faced. The research carr...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Scherer MDDA,Conill EM,Jean R,Taleb A,Gelbcke FL,Pires DEP,Joazeiro EMG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study is to evaluate the spatial distribution of live births (LB) in the Municipality of São Paulo (MSP), verify if there is spatial dependence, identify possible differences in birth profiles and evaluate the distances between homes and delivery hospitals. LB occurring in high complexity hospitals w...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： dos Santos PC,da Silva ZP,Chiaravalloti Neto F,de Almeida MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The undue use of benzodiazepines particularly among women has raised concern in the public health area. This qualitative study aimed at understanding the beliefs and values associated with undue use of benzodiazepines among women. Thirty-three participants (aged between 18 and 60) with a history of undue use of benzod...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Souza AR,Opaleye ES,Noto AR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article substantiates the feminization of the odontology course starting from the case study of the Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - Unimontes, Brazil, and its relation with some explanations that can be found at specialized literature. Its subject of analysis is the empirical data about the number of peo...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Costa Sde M,Durães SJ,Abreu MH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to analyze how economic crises affect child health globally and between subgroups of countries with different levels of income. Data from the World Bank and the World Health Organization were used for 127 countries between 1995 and 2014. A fixed effects model was used, evaluating the effect of...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Tejada CAO,Triaca LM,Liermann NH,Ewerling F,Costa JC

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effects on school feeding habits in an educational intervention alternative to the conventional model of feeding promotion to a center with school canteens and ecological garden project. Cross-sectional and comparative descriptive observational study of 111 boys and gir...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rico-Sapena N,Galiana-Sanchez ME,Bernabeu-Mestre J,Trescastro-López EM,Vasallo JM

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective is to study the relation and impact of Socioeconomic Status (SES) on the subjective well-being in children and adolescents and the role of social and personal factors in this relation. Data was collected in 16 schools; 8 in the North and 8 in the Lisbon Region of Portugal. The questionnaires were fi...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Gaspar T,Balancho L

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：: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：:In Primary Health Care (PHC), access, and integrality are strongly influenced by the coordination of care, which in turn receives a positive impact from the articulation of telehealth actions for teleregulation of care. We created a teleregulation method (RegulaSUS Project) based on specific protocols firmly grounded ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Katz N,Roman R,Rados DV,Oliveira EB,Schmitz CAA,Gonçalves MR,Mengue SS,Umpierre RN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study was to conduct a critical analysis of the application of the Brazilian Healthy Eating Index - Revised (BHEI-R), to explain the ease and difficulties in its calculation, to suggest adaptations and to compare its distribution. This was done in accordance with sociodemographic variables among the ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pires RK,Luft VC,Araújo MC,Bandoni D,Molina MDC,Chor D,Cardoso LO

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00