Differential susceptibility according to gender in the association between air pollution and mortality from respiratory diseases.

abstract：:Problems resulting from alcohol consumption by drivers have been studied worldwide, and epidemiological research points to high injury and death rates related to drinking-and-driving. However, equivalent data are limited in Brazil. In this study, 913 drivers were stopped on public roads with heavy traffic and high con...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Campos VR,Salgado R,Rocha MC,Duailibi S,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of air pollution on low birth weight in full term singleton newborns in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study adopted a cross-sectional design based on the year 2002. Data on live births were obtained from the Live Birth Information System of the Brazilian...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Junger WL,Leon AP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the main advances in health coverage and health services demand in Colombia using the 1997 and 2003 living standards surveys. The study showed an increase in health coverage associated with expansion of the subsidized care system, although a large proportion of the population is still not entitled ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zambrano A,Ramírez M,Yepes FJ,Guerra JA,Rivera D

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：:This paper presents the perceptions of 250 women who requested contraceptive methods (CM) at a public health clinic in relation to their freedom of choice and the role of an educational activity and consultation in this degree of freedom. Satisfaction with the chosen method and continuation after 6 months were also st...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Osis MJ,Duarte GA,Crespo ER,Espejo X,Pádua KS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few Brazilian studies have addressed the use of mental health services for children and adolescents. This study aimed to characterize the national distribution of Psychosocial Care Centers for Children and Adolescents (CAPSi) and describe the patient profile in this age group between 2008 and 2012. An ecological study...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Garcia GY,Santos DN,Machado DB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from Brazilian national surveys conducted since the 1970s have indicated an increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity. The two most frequently cited causes of this trend have been dietary changes and reduction in physical activity, characterizing a "contemporary Western lifestyle". The objective of this pa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mendonça CP,dos Anjos LA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study included 20,084 students from urban schools (first to fourth-grade) in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Weight and height were measured, and nutritional status was classified according to the World Health Organization (height deficit) and International Obesity Task Force (overweight...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vieira Mde F,Araújo CL,Hallal PC,Madruga SW,Neutzling MB,Matijasevich A,Leal CM,Menezes AM

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:This paper aims to identify variables associated with suicidal ideation during the previous 12 months in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Using a case-control design, risk factors for suicidal ideation were investigated through analysis of independent variables related to the individual, family, and health. So...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva VF,de Oliveira HB,Botega NJ,Marín-León L,Barros MB,Dalgalarrondo P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a health education project targeting a rural community and health professionals from counties undergoing epidemiological surveillance for Chagas disease vectors in the State of Paraná, Brazil. A group of technicians from the Brazilian National Health Foundation (FUNASA) was trained, together with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Falavigna-Guilherme AL,Costa AL,Batista O,Pavanelli GC,de Araujo SM

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:A follow-up study was carried out in two localities in the semi-arid region of the State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil, with the aim of identifying the occurrence and nature of possible acute side effects subsequent to vitamin A megadose supplement given together with mass immunization in children 6-59 months old. The sa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assis AM,Santos LM,Prado MS,Martins MC,Barreto ML

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to identify people's knowledge on dengue and its vector biology, aimed at promoting a communications channel between technical and lay reasoning in order to foster community involvement in dengue and dengue vector control activities. A survey was conducted in an Aedes aegypti-infested area with dengu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lefèvre AM,Ribeiro AF,Marques GR,Serpa LL,Lefèvre F

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate trends of potential years of life lost (PYLL) rates in the Slovak population and analyze the average annual percent change (AAPC) of PYLL rates regarding the most common causes of death between 2004 and 2013. National mortality and demographic data were obtained from the Statistic...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Samohyl M,Argalasova L,Hirosova K,Jurkovicova J

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This article compares the food intake of overweight and normal-weight adolescents from 12 to 17.9 years of age (71.8% of the original sample). Data were obtained in a survey performed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1995-1996. Food intake was assessed by a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade RG,Pereira RA,Sichieri R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this study is mental health care in the Brazilian Family Health Program (FHP), with the complexity of such care as the main premise. The objectives were to analyze the actual conditions of mental health care in FHP services in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, describing the dynamics of such care and identifying...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lucchese R,Oliveira AG,Conciani ME,Marcon SR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproducibility and validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) was evaluated in 83 adults living in a State capital in southern Brazil. The reproducibility and validity were tested with intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). Mean nutrient intakes from three 24-hour dietary recalls (24hDR) were compared ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zanolla AF,Olinto MT,Henn RL,Wahrlich V,Anjos LA

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:In the services sector, the product of labor is not a commodity that can be traded easily. What is sold is a specialized service, basically through an exchange of information to meet the client's needs and expectations. What emerge are thus the social relations between individuals: professionals and clients/consumers....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maciel-Lima SM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between use of misoprostol and other drugs to induce menstruation, and congenital anomalies. A sample of 4,856 pregnant women 20 years and older were enrolled consecutively in prenatal services in the Unified National Health System, in six Brazilian State capitals. Data on socio-de...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dal Pizzol Tda S,Sanseverino MT,Mengue SS

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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 study analyzes expenditures backed by court rulings to ensure the public provision of medicines for treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), a rare disease that requires high-cost drugs not covered by the Brazilian government's policy for pharmaceutical care and which have disputed clinical efficacy. The methodo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Diniz D,Medeiros M,Schwartz IV

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological research still rarely uses causal diagrams, despite growing recognition of their explanatory potential. One possible reason is that many research programs involve themes in which there is a certain degree of uncertainty as to mechanisms in the processes that generate the data. In this study, the relati...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cortes TR,Faerstein E,Struchiner CJ

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an evident contrast between health education practices and theoretical reflection concerning them as models. Health education practices have undergone considerable development in terms of strategies, methods, and modalities, while theoretical models have remained deficient, reductionist, fragmentary, and focu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Merchán-Hamman E

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:This article discusses the work of some key players in the current debate on the construction of the notion of sexual difference in modernity, taking as the focus of analysis and illustration the theses submitted at the School of Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the 19th century. The objective is to confront...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rohden F

更新日期：2003-01-01 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