Physical abuse of older people reported at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil.

abstract：:The article addresses Brazil's historical development in the use of vital data, incorporating procedures for the evaluation of such data and research with active search of births and deaths, resulting in the proposal of methods for calculating birth and mortality indicators through the use of continuous records. In ad...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Frias PG,Szwarcwald CL,Morais OL Neto,Leal MD,Cortez-Escalante JJ,Souza PR Junior,Almeida WD,Silva JB Junior

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1997 to 1999, the Chilean Ministry of Health conducted studies on the health care networks in each of the country's 13 regions in order to help plan regional health sector development and define investment projects. Health insurance coverage displayed major geographic, age, and gender variations. Out-patient and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Arteaga O,Astorga I,Pinto AM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article contends that the distinction between clinical care (illness) and prevention of future disease is essential to the practice of quaternary prevention. The authors argue that the ongoing entanglement of clinical care and prevention transforms healthy into "sick" people through changes in disease classificat...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tesser CD,Norman AH

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA) was validated for the Brazilian context in 2004. Since then, the scale has evaluated and measured the experience of food insecurity in rural and urban households, initially in the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey and later in the Brazilian National Survey of Demogra...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Athila AR,Leite MS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An external quality assessment in coproparasitology was carried out in 77 laboratories from Havana City. A questionnaire and ten plastic vials with different intestinal parasites in a small nylon bag, duly sealed, were sent to each laboratory. Answers were collected during the 72 hours after delivery. Results were ana...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Angel Núñez F,Ginorio DE,Finlay CM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study explores the illness experiences, the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation as perceived by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their rationale for improvements in health. 23 patients participated in a daily, three-month home-based pulmonary rehabilitation. A pre-post s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pinto JM,Martín-Nogueras A,Nations M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the implementation of dental care in the Family Health Program (FHP) in the State of Paraná, Brazil, one year after Ministry of Health (MoH) Ruling 1,444 went into effect. A qualitative and quantitative study was designed, focusing on the 136 municipalities which had included oral ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Baldani MH,Fadel CB,Possamai T,Queiroz MG

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to systematize the profile of cocaine and crack users in Brazil. The study adopted a literature review of the MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane Library databases and CAPES thesis/dissertation database. Data were grouped in thematic categories: national household surveys, surveys of specific population groups...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duailibi LB,Ribeiro M,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology's conceptual and methodological shortcomings have placed constraints on the study of health phenomena related to human communities, thus posing a challenge to the field. This paper presents some basic principles resulting from the observation of the field of geography in defining its object - space - and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento Costa MD,Lima Cruz Teixeira MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate factors associated with overweight among adults living in urban areas, with the income of the census tract as a context variable. The survey assessed individuals from two health districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Excess weight was determined by body mass index ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade RG,Chaves OC,Costa DA,Andrade AC,Bispo S,Felicissimo MF,Friche AA,Proietti FA,Xavier CC,Caiaffa WT

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:This article presents part of the results from the Baseline Study on the PROESF. The objective was to evaluate primary health care in the cities of Cuiabá, Várzea Grande, and Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, based on the inter-subjectivity in human relations (among health workers, users of health services, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Melo EM,Paiva L,Alvares J,Flecha AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to analyze the association between accessibility to public spaces for leisure activities, availability of equipment for physical exercise in these spaces, and leisure-time physical activity (PA) in adults. A household survey was conducted with 699 adults from 32 census tracts selected according to inco...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Hino AAF,Rech CR,Gonçalves PB,Reis RS

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to describe the demand for health services by adolescents and to identify associated factors. The study analyzed data from the National School Health Survey 2012 and calculated prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Data analysis used age-adjusted logistic regression. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira MM,Andrade SS,Campos MO,Malta DC

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The text De Profundis: Valsa Lenta (De Profundis: Slow Waltz), by Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires, describing the aphasia he experienced after a stroke, was used as a starting point to study the different approaches writers and physician have regarding the disease. The differences in form and content of texts des...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Scliar M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the distribution of reproductive outcomes following dengue virus infection during pregnancy (2001-2005). An ecological epidemiological study was conducted in all counties with more than 80,000 inhabitants in Southeast Brazil. The study explored the correlation between dengue incide...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mota AK,Miranda Filho AL,Saraceni V,Koifman S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a critical reflection on quality of information concerning violence in Brazil, emphasizing some of the main sources of primary data: Public Law Enforcement Departments, Police, and Municipal and State Secretaries of Health. The city of Rio de Janeiro is taken as a typical "case" in this analysis. The hypoth...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Njaine K,Souza ER,Minayo MC,Assis SG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a cross-sectional study on 193 mothers of children 6 to 18 months of age in an African-Colombian community, with the objectives: (1) to adapt and validate the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project scale, the DUKE-UNC-11 social support scale, and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Developme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alvarado BE,Zunzunegui MV,Delisle H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social inequalities in Brazil are reflected in women's search for abortion care, when they face individual, social, and structural barriers and are exposed to situations of vulnerability. Black women are the most heavily exposed to these barriers, from the search for the service to the care itself. The study aimed to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goes EF,Menezes GMS,Almeida MC,Araújo TVB,Alves SV,Alves MTSSBE,Aquino EML

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:When the death causes are understood as a result of morbility process that may have been avoided with different kinds of economic, social and welfare services policies and the advance of scientific and technologic knowledges, there is clearly a structural determinism so that many population social sectors can't reach ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Molina CA,López MV

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to describe vulnerability profiles and to verify their association with non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among 295 HIV-patients receiving their first prescription in two public-referral centers in Minas Gerais States, Brazil. The cumulative incidence of non-adherence was 3...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bonolo Pde F,Machado CJ,César CC,Ceccato Md,Guimarães MD

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:This study characterizes the women receiving precarious prenatal care according to socio-demographic variables, mother's reproductive history, family support, satisfaction with pregnancy, and risk behavior during pregnancy. A total of 1,967 adolescents were interviewed in the immediate post-partum in public and outsou...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gama SG,Szwarcwald CL,Sabroza AR,Castelo Branco V,Leal Mdo C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public spaces could promote health equity by providing a place for people to engage in physical activity. Whereas most studies show a positive association between public spaces and physical activity, there are still mixed results, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The objectives of this mixed-methods stu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bojorquez I,Romo-Aguilar ML,Ojeda-Revah L,Tena F,Lara-Valencia F,García H,Díaz R,Aranda P

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify dietary patterns and assess their association with abdominal fat. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Central West Region of Brazil with a probabilistic sample of 208 adults of both sexes. Data on food intake was obtained using a food frequency questionnaire and factor analysis (p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilela AA,Sichieri R,Pereira RA,Cunha DB,Rodrigues PR,Gonçalves-Silva RM,Ferreira MG

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:This study aimed to identify the median duration of breastfeeding and associated factors in a cohort of 531 infants in two municipalities in the Recôncavo region, Bahia State, Brazil. Breastfeeding duration was estimated by survival analysis and its associations by the Cox multivariate model. Median duration of exclus...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Demétrio F,Pinto Ede J,Assis AM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consensus has been reached concerning the definition of criteria and standards for evaluating the decentralization of actions by municipal health surveillance systems. With the aim of developing and validating an objective image for municipal health surveillance that would correspond to an appropriate system for th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ferraro AH,Costa EA,Vieira-da-Silva LM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Sucre State, Venezuela, and its association with epidemiological risk factors. The cluster sampling design allowed selecting 96 villages and 576 dwellings in the State's 15 municipalities. A total of 2,212 serum samples were anal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： García-Jordán N,Berrizbeitia M,Rodríguez J,Concepción JL,Cáceres A,Quiñones W

更新日期：2017-10-26 00:00:00