[Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008].

abstract：:Economic policies are changing Latin American health programs, particularly promoting decentralization. Numerous difficulties thus arise for the control of endemic diseases, since such activities traditionally depend on vertical, and centralized structures. Theoretical arguments in favor of decentralization notwithsta...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Schmunis GA,Dias JC

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:This study focused on the under-five population of the Alto Xingu region in Brazil, with the following objectives: (1) to evaluate height and weight increment from the first through the fourth years of life and (2) to compare nutritional status in 1980 and 1992. Height and weight increases were evaluated in 81 childre...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Morais MB,Fagundes Neto U,de Mattos NP,Baruzzi RG

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to analyze the association between accessibility to public spaces for leisure activities, availability of equipment for physical exercise in these spaces, and leisure-time physical activity (PA) in adults. A household survey was conducted with 699 adults from 32 census tracts selected according to inco...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Hino AAF,Rech CR,Gonçalves PB,Reis RS

更新日期：2019-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The current configuration of indigenous peoples' health in Brazil results from a complex historical trajectory, responsible for major delays for this population segment in the countrywide social advances seen in recent decades, particularly in the fields of health, education, housing, and sanitation. The main focus of...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Carlos EA Jr

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to translate into Portuguese and validate the Pharmacy Services Questionnaire (PSQ). The instrument includes 20 questions that measure user satisfaction with pharmacy services, and is organized according to two factors. It uses a Likert scale of answers from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). The PSQ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Correr CJ,Pontarolo R,Melchiors AC,Paula e Souza RA,Rossignoli P,Fernández-Llimós F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive smoking causes severe and lethal effects on health. Since 1996 Brazil has been moving forward in the implementation of anti-smoking legislation in enclosed public spaces. This article aims to evaluate the perceived enforcement of anti-smoking legislation in the cities of Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul State),...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mendes FL,Szklo AS,Perez CA,Cavalcante TM,Fong GT

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports data on secular trends in the stature of Brazilian Navy recruits born from 1940 to 1965. The final sample included 3269 individuals aged 18.00-18.99. Statistics performed were: ANOVA (one-way and two-way), Sheffe test, simple linear regression between stature and year of birth, and multiple l...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kac G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on fruits and vegetables consumption in Brazil in the three levels of dietary data was analyzed and compared. Data about national supply came from Food Balance Sheets compiled by the FAO; household availability information was obtained from the Brazilian National Household Budget Survey (HBS); and actual i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Claro RM,Jaime PC,Lock K,Fisberg RM,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the process and costs of comprehensively implementing two tests to decentralize the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in an endemic city in Brazil: a rapid test (IT LEISH) and a direct agglutination test (DAT-LPC). The implementation began by training health professionals to perform the tests....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assis TS,Guimarães PN,Oliveira E,Peruhype-Magalhães V,Gomes LI,Rabello A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of intestinal parasites and epidemiological aspects were evaluated in 238 workers from a fast food company and other individuals working in street markets and farmers' produce markets in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Parasitological techniques used in this study were: Lutz, Baer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nolla AC,Cantos GA

更新日期：2005-03-01 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 article provides a literature review of dental care models in Brazil, with a specific focus on the Incremental System. Other models that appeared in the research were the Inversion of Care, Early Dental Care, and Family Health Programs. The various authors analyzed the pros and cons, origins, program principles, ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nickel DA,Lima FG,Bidigaray da Silva B

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Despite being widely used in industry, the literature on tin and its effects in humans is scarce, especially regarding reference values in biological indicators such as blood and urine. Similarly, environmental limits are also rare. This study sought to assess the spatial distribution of hotspots in the environmental ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Azevedo SV,Sobral A,Moreira MFR

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1980s, during the military dictatorship, Chile was a forerunner in Latin America in radical health system reform, expanding the private sector's participation in health insurance and services provision and influencing reforms in other countries of the region. The article analyzes health policies in Chile from 2...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira SC,Machado CV,Hein AA,Almeida PF

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, package inserts provide key information on pharmaceuticals. The current study analyzes the evolution of package inserts and the impact on this process by scientific research and development, globalization of information, and various health policies. The study began with a retrospective review of Brazilian h...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Caldeira TR,Neves ER,Perini E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses dental fluorosis as a relevant public health problem, using a review of epidemiological studies published in the last 10 years on the disease's prevalence, severity, and risk factors. The results suggest that there are already more cases than expected, although few studies refer to major severity....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cangussu MC,Narvai PC,Castellanos Fernandez R,Djehizian V

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 deals with the distribution of financial resources allocated to the basic sanitary systems in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area during the 1975-1991 period. The study analyzes the investments allocated by the local utility company, known as Cedae, using a spatial model produced especially for this rese...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Marques EC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demographic changes occurring in underdeveloped countries due to intense rural-urban migration since the 1960s have resulted in overcrowded cities with multiple deficiencies, particularly in housing and basic sanitation. Some 20% of the population in large and medium-sized cities live in slums or under similar conditi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tauil PL

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：: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：:In the past year, the Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported and acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the media. This study hypothesized that crack use has not increased at the rate suggested by the Brazilian media. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 using a multis...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nappo SA,Sanchez ZM,Ribeiro LA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to describe the prevalence and factors associated with uterine cervical cancer (CA) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 702 sexually active adolescents treated at a general hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1993 to...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Monteiro DL,Trajano AJ,da Silva KS,Russomano FB

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:This article examines the role of States in mental health policy in Brazil from 1990 to 2009. The methods included the use of an electronic questionnaire on State coordination of mental health in 24 Brazilian States, document review, and analysis based on official data. The results showed that the States use various s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simon AG,Baptista TW

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents gender and age-specific selected anthropometric data for a representative sample of elderly Brazilians in the city of São Paulo. This was a cross-sectional, population-based household survey. A total of 1,894 older adults (men and women, > 60 years) were examined from January to March 2001. Data w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa AR,Souza JM,Lebrão ML,Laurenti R,Marucci Mde F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness ratio of new versus reprocessed coronary artery catheters in a Federal public hospital. This was an analytical decision-making model prepared to estimate the cost-effectiveness ratio between two strategies in the use of materials in coronary artery catheteriz...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Veras BM,Simões e Senna KM,Correia MG,Santos MS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00