Social vulnerability and health status: a household survey in the central area of a Brazilian metropolis.

abstract：:Victora et al. (1998) proposed the use of low weight-for-age prevalence to estimate the prevalence of height-for-age deficit in Brazilian children. This procedure was justified by the need to simplify methods used in the context of community health programs. From the same perspective, the present article broadens this...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Reichenheim ME,Best NG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between inadequate nutrient intake, oral health and family cohesion. This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 887 non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Oral examination was performed by trained and calibrated ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Andrade FB,Caldas Junior Ade F,Kitoko PM,Zandonade E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional epidemiological study aimed to calculate the potential years of life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2003-2007. A database was used from the Operational Division for Information on Births and Deaths under the Recife Municipal Health Department. All death cer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva LS,Menezes ML,Lopes CL,Corrêa MS

更新日期：2011-09-01 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 study was conducted in a rural area endemic for schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The objective was to determine the relationship between an environmental and health education program for schistosomiasis, implemented for teachers and students from the state secondary school in the village of Boa União, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gazzinelli MF,Gazzinelli A,Santos RV,Gonçalves LA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) aims at standardization, but its applicability requires consistent instruments. In Brazil, invasive therapeutic approaches are frequent, leading to functional alterations. The current study thus aimed to identify and discuss instruments capa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Carvalho FN,Koifman RJ,Bergmann A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article compares food intake by women 35 years or older in two population-based cross-sectional studies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1995-1996 (n = 1,014) and 2004-2005 (n = 1,001). Food intake was assessed with a food-frequency questionnaire, and nutritional status was defined according to body mass index (BMI ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira RA,Andrade RG,Sichieri R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, work accidents in Brazil have been categorized in government documents and legal and academic texts as typical work accidents and commuting accidents. Given the increase in urban violence and the increasingly precarious work conditions in recent decades, this article addresses the conceptual inadequacy ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R

更新日期：2018-02-19 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：:This study evaluated the schistosomiasis control program implemented in Taquaraçu de Minas, Minas Gerais, from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, we measured the prevalence and intensity of infection for a retrospective comparison with the data from 1985. The local health team was trained to manage all the program activities. The...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coura-Filho P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to analyze the relationship between health, work characteristics, education, and skills on the work ability of teachers in basic education in Brazil. This was a cross-sectional, population-based study using data from the Brazilian National Survey on Health, Work Conditions, and Absences in Schoolteache...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alcantara MA,Medeiros AM,Claro RM,Vieira MT

更新日期：2019-05-06 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：: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：:We performed a case study on a company focusing on the form of management and the shop floor workers, in order to identify the possible effects of participant work strategies on workers' health. Data on the company included its history, type of management, and organization of both production and the work process. Data...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Monteiro MS,Gomes JR

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:This study aimed to assess the coverage and reliability of the Hospital Admissions Information System (SIH/SUS) in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data for women who gave birth in hospitals belonging to the Unified National Health System (SUS) were compared with data from medical records and interviews fro...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bittencourt SA,Camacho LA,Leal Mdo C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to measure the occurrence of multimorbidity and to estimate the number of individuals in the Brazilian population 50 years or older at risk for severe COVID-19. This was a cross-sectional nationwide study based on data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-201...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nunes BP,Souza ASS,Nogueira J,Andrade FB,Thumé E,Teixeira DSDC,Lima-Costa MF,Facchini LA,Batista SR

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a poverty infectious disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Evidences suggest that social protection strategies (SPS) can improve TB treatment outcomes. This study aimed to synthesize such evidences through systematic literature review and meta-analysis. We searched for studies conduct...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade KVF,Nery JS,Souza RA,Pereira SM

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The central theme of the 5th National Congress on Social and Human Sciences in Health held by ABRASCO in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2011 was The Place of Social Sciences in Public Health, fostering a broad process of reflection on the scope and importance of this area's contributions to the field of public health. The arti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Trad LA

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：:This paper presents an analysis of the opinions of different groups from: scientists, international regulatory bodies, non-governmental organizations and industry; with an interest in the problem of identifying chemical substances with endocrine disrupting activity. There is also discussion of the consequences that ex...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Olea-Serrano N,Fernández-Cabrera MF,Pulgar-Encinas R,Olea-Serrano F

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:In Brazil, the trade union structure created by authoritarian corporatism in the 1930's began to change when the cycle of the military regime installed in 1964 came to an end. With redemocratization, the trade union movement began to coexist with the organization of pluralistic interests, a process which has influence...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical cohort of children born between January 2000 and December 2002 from low-income families attending a primary health care facility on the periphery of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was studied in relation to prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding. Analysis was based on a life table focusing on interrup...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Faleiros JJ,Kalil G,Casarin DP,Laque PA Jr,Santos IS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the practice of infanticide in indigenous communities in Brazil. Taking as a reference point a specific case involving two children of the Zuruahá people, it takes a broader look at the issue and discusses how infanticide is understood among other indigenous peoples. A debate focusing specificall...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Feitosa SF,Garrafa V,Cornelli G,Tardivo C,Carvalho SJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the relationship between school trajectory and incidence of teenage pregnancy. A cross-sectional residence-based questionnaire was applied, interviewing 4,634 youth ages 18 to 24 years, selected through a stratified three-stage sample. For the present study, young people ages 20 to 24 years (65.6%...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Almeida Mda C,Aquino EM,de Barros AP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the impact of night work from a gender perspective, through a field study at a factory employing men and women on the night shift. It is based on data for hours of sleep over the course of several weeks, socio-demographic data, and job information, using a semi-structured interview. The methodolo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rotenberg L,Portela LF,Marcondes WB,Moreno C,Nascimento CP

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was conducted to investigate risk factors for hysterectomy among women using the public health system in Northeast Brazil. The cases were 373 women aged 30-54 years that had undergone elective hysterectomy for benign pelvic conditions. Controls were 742 women with preserved uterus selected from pu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Araújo TV,Aquino EM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study is to explore some characteristics of women's perspectives on their sexuality, as there is information that associates the population's sexual culture with the incidence of cervical cancer. The value of sexual pleasure, sexual activity after menopause, and ways of preventing cervical cancer ar...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alvarez SL

更新日期：1998-03-30 00:00:00