[Socio-demographic factors and leisure-time physical activity among men and women of Duque de Caxias / RJ].

abstract：:The medication leaflets represent the main source of written information supplied to the patients, in special to the elderly. This study aimed to analyze the content of the leaflets of drugs often prescribed for elderly people with hypertension, as well as their adequacy to the sanitary regulations and possible health...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Lyra Junior DP,Balisa-Rocha BJ,Mesquita AR,da Rocha CE

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is considered the most important nutritional disorder due to a rapid increase in its prevalence in recent years. The scope of this study was to estimate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in students aged 11 to 14 (boys and girls) from a town in the mountains of southern Brazil, and to verify t...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pedroni JL,Rech RR,Halpern R,Marin S,Roth Ldos R,Sirtoli M,Cavalli A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to evaluate the data on the health of the elderly population available in the Brazilian information system and their correspondence with the North American statistics using the Internet. The North American publication "Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being" was used as a...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rebouças M,Galera SC,Pereira SR,Pereira MG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research involves a school-based cross sectional study to evaluate the association between food insecurity (FI) and inadequate food intake (IFI), among 782 children (mean age of 6.9±0.5) of the 1st year of primary school in the municipal schools of São Leopoldo in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were gathere...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ruschel LF,Henn RL,Backes V,Melo Pd,Marques LA,Olinto MT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify factors associated with dissatisfaction with dental services among adults. It analyzed 830 adult participants of an epidemiological survey of oral health. The dependent variable was dissatisfaction with the dental service, and the independent ones were selected according to the theoretical...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Roberto LL,Martins AMEBL,Paula AMB,Ferreira EFE,Haikal DSA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to verify health self-perception, its prevalence and associated factors in institutionalized elderly. A cross-sectional study is presented herein, conducted in 10 Long-Term care Institutions for the Elderly (LTIE) in the city of Natal (Northeast Brazil), between October and December 2013. Sociodemogra...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Jerez-Roig J,Souza DL,Andrade FL,Lima BF Filho,Medeiros RJ,Oliveira NP,Cabral SM Neto,Lima KC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyses the therapeutic process of Homeopathic Medicine. It highlights the relevance of its components in the construction of a space of interaction between doctors and patients, able to provide new meaning to the understanding of the nature of diseasing and the perspective of cure. The central position th...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Araújo EC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lawsuits with antineoplastic drugs generate high costs for governments and require careful analysis to ensure efficient and adequate health results. This study analyzed cases conducted by federal entities to a reference institute for the treatment of cancer for technical opinion. Data were collected from copies of...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Vidal TJ,Moraes EL,Retto MPF,Silva MJSD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1955 a population explosion of the slug Sarasinula linguaeformis (Semper, 1885) damaged crop plantations in the municipalities of Nova Itaberaba and Planalto Alegre, western of Santa Catarina State, Brazil. In this article we analyze the socioeconomic impacts caused by the emergence of this plague, which raised the...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Grisotti M,de Avila-Pires FD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study presents the professional profiles and work conditions of nutritionists who graduated from the Ouro Preto Federal University, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in their various spheres of action. A quanti-qualitative approach was adopted through questionnaires completed by all professionals graduating from this Un...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rodrigues KM,Peres F,Waissmann W

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work is to describe the agreement between body image (BI) and nutritional status (NS) as well as to verify the association of BI and NS with behaviors regarding body weight (BRBW) among Brazilian adolescents. In 2009, a random sample of students in 9th year at public and private schools from 26 B...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Castro IR,Levy RB,Cardoso Lde O,Passos MD,Sardinha LM,Tavares LF,Dutra SP,Martins A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the incompleteness in filling out death certificates (DC) in the regional health offices of the State of Pernambuco a descriptive study was conducted on data for infant mortality information on deaths of children under one year of age in the municipalities of Pernambuco in the 1999-2001 and 2009-201...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ramalho MO,de Frias PG,Vanderlei LC,de Macêdo VC,de Lira PI

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this article is the pact policy of the Unified Health System (SUS). The few works available in the literature about health pacts frequently relates them to the principles of SUS consolidation, specifically to the implantation of decentralization. Here, the roots of this policy are evidenced showing how t...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Guerreiro JV,Branco MA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This paper analyses small hospitals (less than fifty beds) in Brazil, in terms of their geographical distribution, legal status, types of wards and units, structures and service production. Under a directive published in April 2004, the Ministry of Health contracts and encourages these hospitals to adapt the...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ugá MA,López EM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the national planning of health policy between 2003 and 2010, in the light of the development of state planning in Brazil and Lula's administration. Firstly an historical overview is presented of the key moments for national planning, regarding its effects on health care. The governmental context ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Machado CV,Baptista TW,de Lima LD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the transmission mechanisms of psychosocial difficulties prompted by teenage mother and baby interactions. The hypothesis is that the quality of the mother-child exchanges relies on linked with the characteristics of the mother, such as being abused and poor preparation for motherhood, as well a...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Bigras M,Paquette D

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article was to reflect about the Free and Informed Consent (IC) in qualitative researches in the health field. Coming from the experience of being part of a CER (Committee for Ethic in Research) in the health area the authoresses place in debate some important questions, exploring them and conducting s...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Concone MH,Cerveny CM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses part of the results obtained from a study carried out in two cities of the so-called ABCD Paulista Region in the period 2010-2012, in an attempt to spot the existence of non-state regulatory rationale towards access and consumption of health care services. The first stage includes interviews carri...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Meneses CS,Cecilio LCO,Andreazza R,Carapinheiro G,Andrade MDGG,Santiago SM,Araújo EC,Souza ALM,Reis DO,Pinto NRDS,Spedo SM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is a monthly assessment of fluoride levels in the public water supply in Lages, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. This town was divided into ten regions, where water samples were collected from October 2004 to September 2005. Two samples were drawn from each region and sent to the Fluoride Health...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Toassi RF,Kuhnen M,Cislaghi GA,Bernardo JR

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to evaluate the contribution of Community DOTS, Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course, for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis actions in primary care in Brazil and Ethiopia, based on the perceptions and practice of the community health care workers. We employed the Symbolic Sites conceptua...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Cardoso GCP,Santos EMD,Alemayehu YK,Woldemichael K,Ereso BM,Lemma W

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to accomplish a critical analysis of two governmental important programs in health and environmental education - Health Education and Social Mobilization Program (PESMS) and Environmental Education and Sanitation Social Mobilization Program (PEAMSS), aiming at stimulate participative edu...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Moisés M,Kligerman DC,Cohen SC,Monteiro SC

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify an association between the most frequent multimorbidities in Brazilian older adults and socioeconomic and lifestyle variables. National Health Survey's data were used. The Chi-square test and the Poisson multiple regression were used to analyze data. A total of 5,575 older adults with mult...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Melo LA,Lima KC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this paper is to address some questions about Occupational Health Surveillance (VISAT) in Brazil based on various elements of analysis, in order to contribute to the debate on this theme at the Fourth National Conference on Occupational Health. The topics discussed in the article are: the role of Referenc...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Vasconcellos LC,Gomez CM,Machado JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of oral cancer self-examinationamong the elderly and confirm whether prevalence was higher among users of the dental services provided by Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS, acronym in Portuguese). A transversal study of elderly people aged between 65 and 74 years l...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Martins AM,Souza JG,Haikal DS,de Paula AM,Ferreira e Ferreira E,Pordeus IA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes three rationales used to understand the relationship between knowledge and practice. It acknowledges and criticizes the hegemony of the technological rationale, and points out that use of the concept of soft technology does not resolve the typical epistemological reduction of the technical rational...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Campos GW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study is to evaluate the spatial distribution of live births (LB) in the Municipality of São Paulo (MSP), verify if there is spatial dependence, identify possible differences in birth profiles and evaluate the distances between homes and delivery hospitals. LB occurring in high complexity hospitals w...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： dos Santos PC,da Silva ZP,Chiaravalloti Neto F,de Almeida MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the association of socioeconomic status and comorbidities of self-reported disability. Data were obtained from a population survey in Belo Horizonte from 2008 to 2009. The sample was probabilistic and stratified by conglomerates in three stages: census tracts, households and individuals....

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Felicíssimo MF,Friche AAL,Xavier CC,Proietti FA,Neves JAB,Caiaffa WT

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Federalism is basis of the Republic of Brazil which is made up of the union of states, municipalities and the Federal District, with the basic principle of political and administrative decentralization in all political, economic and social relations. In the health sector, the primary health care provider should be abl...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pinto LF,Soranz D,Scardua MT,Silva IM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article addresses the collective actions of participation in the municipal health councils. The underlying research sought to establish the performance of the councilors in the municipal health councils in the Metropolitan Region of Belém in the State of Pará. A survey of documents for the 2005-2010 period, struc...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Farias Filho MC,Silva AN,Mathis A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper aims to verify the association between chronic diseases and handgrip strength (HS) in the older adults of Florianópolis, SC. This is a cross-sectional analysis of a longitudinal population-based study. HS was measured by dynamometer. Independent variables included 10 chronic diseases and falls. Simple and m...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Confortin SC,Danielewicz AL,Antes DL,Ono LM,d'Orsi E,Barbosa AR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00