[Use of the Grade of Membership method to identify consumption patterns and eating behaviors among adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil].

abstract：:Elevated arterial blood pressure varies substantially in relation to social and cultural variables. Early work on acculturation, socioeconomic status, and blood pressure documented this variation, which could not be explained entirely by conventional factors such as diet, physical activity, or access to medical care. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dressler WW,Santos JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study analyzed meanings associated with tuberculosis (TB) in children. Interviews were conducted with lay caregivers and health professionals in six health situations in a vulnerable territory. Data collection was followed by thematic content analysis and interpretation in consultation with the litera...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Machado Dde C,Moreira MC,Sant'Anna CC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and determinants of antidepressant use among adults in a city in southern Brazil. The cross-sectional study was based on interviews with adults 40 years or older living in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 2006. The chi-squared test w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Garcias CM,Pinheiro RT,Garcias Gde L,Horta BL,Brum CB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the quality of care provided in the cities with full health system management, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by means of the rate of hospitalizations for primary care sensitive conditions, between 1995 and 2005. The following were considered as hospitalizations for sensitive conditions: diabetes...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias-da-Costa JS,Büttenbender DC,Hoefel AL,Souza LL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been identified worldwide. In Brazil, although homeopathy was recognized as a specialist medical area in 1980, few medical schools offer courses related to it. In a previous study, 176 resident doctors at the Universit...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barros NF,Fiuza AR

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to construct an etiological model of disordered eating behaviors in Brazilian adolescent girls. A total of 1,358 adolescent girls from four cities participated. The study used psychometric scales to assess disordered eating behaviors, body dissatisfaction, media pressure, self-esteem, mood, depressiv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fortes Lde S,Filgueiras JF,Oliveira Fda C,Almeida SS,Ferreira ME

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of common mental disorders and the association with social support in a community located in the Zona da Mata, a sugar cane plantation area in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. A household survey was carried out and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20), t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa AG,Ludermir AB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of the spread of the AIDS epidemic ranges according to the characteristics of each geographical region in different population groups. The aim of this study was to evaluate spatial and temporal trends of the AIDS epidemic among the elderly in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A retrospective study usin...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rodrigues NC,Almeida AS,Braga JU,O'Dwyer G,Apratto Junior PC,Daumas RP,Lino VT,Andrade MK,Monteiro DL,Barros MB

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article debates the principal guidelines and procedures that shape HIV/AIDS prevention in Portugal, focusing on risk reduction in the two major scenarios for spread of the epidemic: sexuality and injection drug use. The analysis views the risks of infection as expressions of practices that are densely interwoven ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sacramento O

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides information on the spatial distribution of schistosomiasis, correlating snail foci with human cases using spatial analysis. The locations studied were Merepe III, Pantanal, Salinas, and Socó, comprising 70% of the populated area of Porto de Galinhas. Malacological and parasitological surveys by a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Araújo KC,Resendes AP,Souza-Santos R,Silveira Júnior JC,Barbosa CS

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:This study aimed to shed light on the meanings ascribed to chronic pain in medical discourse and clinical practice in two Pain Clinics located in University hospitals in Salvador (Bahia) and São Paulo, Brazil. An ethnographic approach used participant observation and semi-structuralized interviews with attending and m...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima MA,Trad LA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is based on a medical audit of the Vila Municipal Health Clinic, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. We collected data from family medical records in 1992,1993, and 1994. The data concerned the Women's Integral Health Care Program. We collected information on age, visits for medical and non-medical reasons, blood p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa JSD,Roman VR,Luz RM,Manzolli PP,Correa P,Recuero LF

更新日期：1998-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A and D serum concentrations and risk factors for their deficiencies were investigated in children participating in a government-sponsored fortified milk program. The study used multivariate linear regression analysis with hierarchical selection of independent variables: socio-demographic conditions, children'...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kurihayashi AY,Augusto RA,Escaldelai FM,Martini LA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss autonomy in medical work as resulting from two basic moments: as social work consuming and producing goods and services, reproducing the dominant mode of production and its ethical foundations; and as a service in which autonomy, limited as social work, expresses some attributes acquired by medical work (te...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro JM,Schraiber LB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents data on morbidity and mortality due to "external causes" among the Brazilian elderly and a review of the Brazilian and international literature on the theme. The data refer to the period from 1980 to 1998. The main sources were the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Hospital Information S...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Minayo MC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Ministry of Health launched its Family Health Program (FHP) in 1994 as a new strategy aimed at reorganizing the healthcare system starting from the primary care level. The Program prioritizes delivery of care to groups identified as presenting increased risk, such as diabetic and hypertensive individuals...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Paiva DC,Bersusa AA,Escuder MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to verify the validity of secondary data in the investigation of the food environment and to analyze the characteristics of the community environment and consumers in territories covered by a health promotion service. This was an ecological study in 18 units of the Health Academy Program in Belo Horizo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa BVL,Freitas PP,Menezes MC,Guimarães LMF,Ferreira LF,Alves MDSC,Lopes ACS

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify critical health care areas along the Brazilian border. The distribution of health resources was analyzed by municipality and border area in 1999-2000 and subsequently analyzed according to living conditions, health status, geographic accessibility, and other aspects of the border ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peiter PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.6% were men. The origin of the patients reflected the migratory ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guariento ME,Camilo MV,Camargo AM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infant mortality rate (IMR) is considered a good indicator of living conditions. It is simple to calculate and reflects the health conditions of the most vulnerable segment of the population: children less than one year of age. Official Brazilian data indicating a decrease of 31% in the IMR seem surprising, consid...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte CM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine smoking prevalence and associated factors among older adults (> 60 years). The study was conducted in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte and Bambuí town, both located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the former, 1,774 subjects were selected, and in the latter, 1742. In Belo Horizonte...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peixoto SV,Firmo JO,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) are currently considered potentially carcinogenic to humans. In Brasil, severe soil contamination by HCHs has been identified at Cidade dos Meninos, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, where an old HCH factory was abandoned 40 years ago, leaving 1,700 local residents at risk. Calcium oxide t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Oliveira RM,Bastos LH,de Oliveira e Dias AE,da Silva SA,Moreira JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of dental caries in the central western region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on 12-year-old children by gender, comparing the DMFT index in fluoridated and non-fluoridated cities. The study used data from the Epidemiological Surveys in the State of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sales-Peres SH,Bastos JR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population aging and declining birth rate have significantly altered the Brazilian age structure pyramid. In parallel with demographic transition, epidemiological transition is altering morbidity-mortality profiles, without adequate health support for the elderly population group. By searching databases, the objective...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moreira Rda S,Nico LS,Tomita NE,Ruiz T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The few studies on health and nutrition in indigenous peoples in Northeast Brazil point to some differences with indigenous peoples in the North and Central of the country. This study estimated the prevalence rates and risk of overweight and excess weight in Xukuru children in the village of Ororubá, Pernambuco State,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fávaro TR,Ferreira AA,Cunha GMD,Coimbra CEA Jr

更新日期：2019-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors for genital infection with HPV in women from rural and urban areas in two different regions of the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. A cross-sectional survey was performed in Pap screening programs, with a total sample of 444 women (233 urban and 211 rural). Uterine cerv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pinto Dda S,Fuzii HT,Quaresma JA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess whether physical intimate partner violence affects the nutritional status of adult women with different levels of body mass index (BMI). This was a population-based cross-sectional study with 625 women selected through complex multistage cluster sampling. Information on physical intimate par...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ferreira Mde F,Moraes CL,Reichenheim ME,Verly Junior E,Marques ES,Salles-Costa R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper offers a critical review of the theoretical literature on the relationship between the production of scientific knowledge and its use in policy formulation and implementation. Extensive academic output, using a diversity of approaches and analytical frameworks, has sought to systematize knowledge transfer c...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Almeida C,Báscolo E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00