Iniquities in the access to renal transplant for patients with end-stage chronic renal disease in Brazil.

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a genetic disease of broad clinical spectrum, characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme iduronate2-sulfatase. The aim of this study was to assess whether enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with idursulfase (IDS) for MPS II is effective and safe. PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, LILACS,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alegra T,Eizerik DP,de Cerqueira CC,Pereira TV,Dornelles AD,Schwartz IV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

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：:In the early 1990s, a group of British researchers developed a new methodology for healthcare resource allocation based on need. The methodology's main characteristics are to draw on the theoretical model for healthcare services demand and apply data on health services utilization to estimate needs-based use. The obje...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Porto S,Martins M,Travassos C,Viacava F

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a cross-sectional study of the local canine population in the Krenak indigenous community to detect parasites of the genus Leishmania and identify the circulating species and the proportion of asymptomatic dogs, while investigating associations between canine infection and the dogs' sex, age, and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Antônio EG,Malacco MA,Gontijo CM,Moreira EF,Caldas IS,Pena JL,Machado-Coelho GL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to analyze the characteristics in the creation and utilization of self-knowledge by physicians and "laypersons" involved in assisted reproductive technologies, based on a comparison of their respective discursive practices concerning expectations, uncertainties, and responsibilities associated with t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva SM

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：:A total of 72 postmenopausal patients presenting no risk factors for cardiovascular disease nor osteoporosis, were studied. The study evaluated total serum cholesterol and fractions and bone mass by densitometry of the lumbar spine and femur using a Lunar-DPX. There was no association between lipid profile variables a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zabaglia SF,Pedro AO,Pinto Neto AM,Guarisi T,Paiva LH,Lane E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capture-recapture methodology is used in Ecology to estimate the total size of wild animal populations. This method can be used in Epidemiology to estimate the incidence and prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases in a relatively inexpensive and quick way. Surveillance systems based on the use of this...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coeli CM,Veras RP,da Silva Freire Coutinho E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes Brazil's tobacco control policy from 1986 to 2016, seeking to describe the policy's history and discuss its achievements, limits, and challenges. The study adopted a political economics approach and contributions from public policy analysis. Data were based on a search of the literature, documents,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Portes LH,Machado CV,Turci SRB

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to assess the contribution of selected chronic diseases to the prevalence of disability in elderly Brazilians, based on data from the National Health Survey (PNS 2013). Disability was defined as some degree of difficulty in performing ten activities, considering three levels: (i) without dis...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa Filho AM,Mambrini JVM,Malta DC,Lima-Costa MF,Peixoto SV

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the simultaneous effect of individual and contextual factors on the occurrences of anemia. This study aims to evaluate the variability of children's hemoglobin levels from municipalities in social vulnerability and its association with factors of individual and municipal nature. This is a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva DLF,Höfelmann DA,Taconeli CA,Lang RMF,Dallazen C,Tietzmann DC,Moreira JD,Silva SAD,Nilson EAF,Gonçalves VSS,Crispim SP

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a methodological proposal for studying suicide and suicide attempts from a combined socio-anthropological, epidemiological, and psychosocial perspective. This interdisciplinary and complex research model simultaneously examined individual, socioeconomic, historical/cultural, and population data as ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Minayo MC,Cavalcante FG,de Souza ER

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic and the sanitary measures of social distance brought impasses to Social Research and its future. Research in digital environments was already booming, but now that face-to-face activities are temporarily suspended, it becomes an alternative to enable the continuity of studies. Understanding it be...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Deslandes S,Coutinho T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on an exploratory analysis of potential associations between snakebite incidence and environmental and socioeconomic variables in Rio de Janeiro from 1990 to 1996. Specific geographic locations in the State of Rio de Janeiro, the percentage of working children aged 10 to 14 years, illiteracy, low ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bochner R,Struchiner CJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to validate two versions of CPITN for periodontitis diagnosis. A sample of 400 individuals underwent full mouth periodontal examination including Clinical Attachment Loss, Periodontal Pocket Depth, and Sub-gingival Calculus. Full and partial CPITN versions were derived from this exam (...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bassani DG,da Silva CM,Oppermann RV

更新日期：2006-02-01 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

abstract：:Knowledge concerning work-related hazards and accidents among adolescents enrolled in an elementary public school was evaluated through an analysis of their occupational profile and discussions concerning concepts of risk situations at work and individual and collective measures for accident prevention and control. Th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima MI,Camara Vd Vde M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess Mini-Mental State Examination norms of a functionally normal sample of community-dwelling elderly. Illiterate and low-educated subjects who scored less than 5 on the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ) [n = 397; female = 269; mean age = 72.15 (SD = 7.24) years] ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Laks J,Baptista EM,Contino AL,de Paula EO,Engelhardt E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article proposes a model for quality evaluation of oral health care in children. The conceptual framework for the evaluation matrix consisted of evaluation studies on oral health care services in Brazil and other countries and a survey and review of prevailing public policies for children's health in Brazil. Two ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Martins LG,de Lacerda JT,Nickel DA,Traebert J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to describe several chronological milestones in institutionalizing the evaluation of public programs and policies in France from a governmental perspective and in the health sector, situating such references in the international context. The institutional nature of evaluation implies int...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Hartz ZM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify socio-demographic correlates of leisure time physical activity among Portuguese adults. Subjects aged 31-60 years (1,076 males, 1,383 females) were categorized into two groups according to recommended physical activities ranging from ≥ 10 or < 10 MET.hours.week-1. Leisure time physical act...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Marques A,Martins J,Sarmento H,Ramos M,Diniz J,Costa FC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of job satisfaction and work impact among psychiatric staff is highly useful for policymakers and mental health professionals. Since there are few studies on this issue in Brazil, a cross-sectional study was carried out among mental health professionals. Data were collected for 133 professionals from 4 menta...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rebouças D,Abelha L,Legay LF,Lovisi GM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author analyzes the underlying theoretical aspects in the construction of the molecular watershed of epidemiology and the concept of genetic risk, focusing on issues raised by contemporary reality: new technologies, globalization, proliferation of communications strategies, and the dilution of identity matrices. H...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Castiel LD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at establishing the cross-cultural equivalence of scales used to evaluate physical activity level and measure cardiorespiratory fitness, for further application in elderly subjects. Three scales were identified after systematic review: Veterans Physical Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ), Rating of Perceiv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maranhão Neto Gde A,Ponce de Leon AC,Farinatti Pde T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reporting family violence against children has two main benefits: it protects the child from the violence and improves epidemiological control of violence. Health professionals play an important role in this area, since they are required to report any known or even suspected case of violence. Nevertheless, when and ho...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goncalves HS,Ferreira AL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to air pollutants and low birth weight in a medium-sized city. An ecological study was performed, using live birth data from São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil. The environmental data were obtained from the São Paul State Environme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento LF,Moreira DA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine changes in the time spent in each mode of transportation used for going to school by gender and age among adolescents from Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Two school-based surveys were performed in 2001 (N = 5,028) and 2011 (N = 6,529) in high school students (15-19 years old). The mode of transportation (on ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva KS,Lopes AD,Silva RC,Costa FF,Assis MA,Nahas MV

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of sedentary behavior and investigate associated factors in adolescents 11 years of age from the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Sedentary behavior was investigated with a questionnaire, and was defined as spending more than two hours ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dumith SC,Hallal PC,Menezes AM,Araújo CL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to estimate respiratory morbidity and its determinants for premature infants aged 12 to 36 months. The population comprised 84 infants from a cohort of very low birth weight premature infants. The outcome was the respiratory morbidity incidence rate. The relationship between the independent v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chalfun G,Mello RR,Dutra MV,Andreozzi VL,Silva KS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00