[Conflicts and impasses in the judicialization of the supply of medicines: circuit court rulings on claims brought against the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2005].

abstract：:This study was undertaken using a case-control, prevalence survey design, aimed at verifying the effects of socioeconomic, environmental, and biological/morbidity variables on the growth of schoolchildren from low-income families. The study focused on schoolchildren whose height/age (H/A) ratio was < or = 2SD (NCHS). ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Corso AC,Buralli KO,Souza JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes recent changes in the Canadian health system through a case study of Quebec. As the last Province to adopt federal principles of universal coverage, comprehensiveness, and public management, its reform, conducted in 1971, met these objectives by means of key innovations. In the 1980s and early 90s,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Conill EM

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis persists as a serious public health problem in Brazil. Prevalence rates are alarming in certain social groups, including indigenous peoples. This article presents an epidemiological analysis of records in the Rondonia State Tuberculosis Control Program, identifying the disease's profile among indigenous g...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Escobar AL,Coimbra CE Jr,Camacho LA,Portela MC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to summarize studies on adolescents' body satisfaction, focusing on the use of silhouette scales. A systematic review was carried out on MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, and in unpublished papers. The final analysis included 36 studies. The majority adopted the scale proposed by Stunkard et al., ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Côrtes MG,Meireles AL,Friche AA,Caiaffa WT,Xavier CC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prevent or mitigate an AIDS epidemic among injecting drug users (IDUs), effective activities need to be implemented on a large enough scale to reach and assist sufficient numbers of drug users and thereby change their risk behaviors related to drug use and sex. Recent work by UNAIDS on "high coverage sites", adopti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Burrows D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to water and sanitation services by the population of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, has been marked by processes of socio-spatial segregation and social exclusion. Considering the recognition, in 2010, of the human rights to water and sanitation by the United Nations, we se...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nahas MIP,Moura ASA,Carvalho RC,Heller L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional surveys were performed in 1993 and 2000 on Japanese-Brazilians (n = 328) of both sexes, aged 40 to 79 years in 1993, living in Bauru, São Paulo State. Both surveys examined food intake using food frequency questionnaires. Dietary intake in both surveys was compared to Wilcoxon tests according to gender...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Castro TG,Bertolino CN,Gimeno SG,Cardoso MA

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:This study aimed to analyze the trend in the number of fatalities, severe injuries, and minor injuries from traffic accidents on Brazil's federal highways according to the country's major geographic regions before and after the start of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (DARS). This was an interrupted time series s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade FR,Antunes JLF

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alarming trends in the resurgence of vector-borne diseases are anticipated to continue unless more effective action is taken to address the variety of underlying causes. Social factors, anthropogenic environmental modifications and/or ecological changes appear to be the primary drivers. The ecological dimension of vec...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ellis BR,Wilcox BA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute poisoning with medicines in Brazil has various causes, including a deficient national drug policy. The current study thus aimed to analyze socioeconomic variables, prescription characteristics, and forms of purchase or acquisition and storing of medicines by victims of acute unintentional poisoning. The data wer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Margonato FB,Thomson Z,Paoliello MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the under-five population of the Alto Xingu region in Brazil, with the following objectives: (1) to evaluate height and weight increment from the first through the fourth years of life and (2) to compare nutritional status in 1980 and 1992. Height and weight increases were evaluated in 81 childre...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Morais MB,Fagundes Neto U,de Mattos NP,Baruzzi RG

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to evaluate the current operation of Brazilian syringe exchange programs (SEP). After consulting national and regional networks of people working in projects/programs aiming to reduce drug-related harm, we identified 134 potential participant programs. Unfortunately, only 45 SEPs answered a surv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca EM,Ribeiro JM,Bertoni N,Bastos FI

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional population-based study of determinants of growth retardation in under-five children (3,389) in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil estimated odds ratios (OR) for stunting, defined as height-for-age < -2 zeta-scores of the NCHS standards. Hierarchical modeling based on a framework of t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Aerts D,Drachler Mde L,Giugliani ER

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, leprosy has been mainly an urban disease, with an uneven geographical distribution related at least partially to the way urban space has been occupied and transformed. Spatial analysis may thus become an important tool to establish an epidemiological surveillance system for leprosy....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lapa T,Ximenes R,Silva NN,Souza W,Albuquerque M,Campozana G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cohorts of children born in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 1993 and 2004, were compared in terms of neuro-psychomotor development at the age of 12 months. Children were evaluated using the Denver II screening test. Analyses were performed using the Poisson regression technique. The prevalence of suspecte...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Halpern R,Barros AJ,Matijasevich A,Santos IS,Victora CG,Barros FC

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 study analyzed social representations of institutional eating and nutritional patterns among residents of long-term homes for the elderly, in order to identify conditioning factors for eating behavior that may interfere in their nutritional status. A qualitative exploratory study was performed in five homes for t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santelle O,Lefèvre AM,Cervato AM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper, the second in a series, reports on a study designed to assess how physicians operate selective mechanisms to sort out relevant and/or reliable information from what is presented to them. Twenty-four professors of internal medicine from two leading medical schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, answered open-en...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Camargo KR Jr

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomach cancer, the worl&dacute;s most common malignant neoplasia in 1980, has shown a decrease in death and incidence rates in several countries. Still not totally elucidated, the decline in incidence and death rates has been attributed to environmental factors. It is unlikely that the decline has stemmed primarily f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Abreu Ed

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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 focused on barriers to dental care for pregnant women registered with the Health Family Program in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. A qualitative approach using three focal groups was adopted. Each focal group included four to nine pregnant women. The information was analyzed by means of content...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Albuquerque OM,Abegg C,Rodrigues CS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted with 521 undergraduate health sciences students from the Federal University in Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. Lifetime alcohol consumption was reported by 87.7% students, as compared to 30.7% for tobacco, with the latter reported more frequently by males (39.7%). The most common illicit drugs were so...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lucas AC,Parente RC,Picanço NS,Conceição DA,Costa KR,Magalhães IR,Siqueira JC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, nonprofit or charitable organizations are the oldest and most traditional and institutionalized form of relationship between the third sector and the state. Despite the historical importance of charitable hospital care, little research has been done on the participation of the nonprofit sector in basic heal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Canabrava CM,Andrade EI,Janones FA,Alves TA,Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This study assesses the quality of official data on mortality due to external causes. It examines the agreement in the underlying cause of death by accidents and violence in children and adolescents under 18 years of age in the Municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State. Codings based on death certificates ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simões EM,Reichenheim ME

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country. In order to identify factors associated with dengue-related death, this study evaluated quality of care according to the degree of implementation of s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Figueiró AC,Hartz ZM,Brito CA,Samico I,Siqueira Filha NT,Cazarin G,Braga C,Cesse EÂ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a new interpretation of Geografia da Fome [The Geography of Hunger], by Josué de Castro, focusing on the convergence of three fields of knowledge: geography, clinical science, and epidemiology. Although there is a certain commonality in the methodological procedures, the book offers multiple conf...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Melo Filho DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the implementation of WHO guidelines for managing severely malnourished hospitalized children, a case-series study was performed with 117 children from 1 to 60 months of age. A checklist was prepared according to steps in the guidelines and applied to each patient at discharge, thus assessing the procedures ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Falbo AR,Alves JG,Batista Filho M,Cabral-Filho JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00