Contributions from the systematic review of economic evaluations: the case of childhood hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil.

abstract：:The need to evaluate treatment outcomes in mental health services from the user's perspective has been highlighted in the literature. The objective of this study was to compare the perceptions of patients and their families regarding treatment outcomes, in terms of perceived changes in the patient's life. The Percepti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa CS,Bandeira M,Cavalcanti RL,Scalon JD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study for the control of Bancroftian filariasis transmission was developed in two areas of Recife, Brazil, where microfilaraemic prevalence was 10% in 1991. Mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) using low and spaced doses was employed in both areas. In one such instance, DEC therapy was associated with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Regis L,Furtado AF,Oliveira CM,Bezerra CB,Silva LR,Araújo J,Maciel A,Silva-Filha MH,Silva SB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to improve the health of rural Amazonian communities through the development and application of a participatory ecosystem approach to human health assessment. In the study area marked seasonal fluctuations dictate food availability, water quality and disease outbreak. Determining the causal linkages be...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Murray TP,Sánchez-Choy J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates factors associated with non-adherence to continuous drug therapy in individuals 40 years and older. A population-based survey was conducted in Cambé, Paraná State, Brazil. Treatment adherence was assessed with the four-item Morisky et al. medication adherence scale. The study also assessed soci...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Remondi FA,Cabrera MA,Souza RK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study was carried out between August 2011 and July 2012 in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Dried blood spot samples were collected on filter paper from 919 individuals between the ages of 1 and 19 and were tested for antibodies against the hepatitis A virus (anti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kury CM,Pinto MA,Silva JP,Cruz OG,Vitral CL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the first health service to which patients turned for tuberculosis diagnosis in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009. Eighty-one patients in treatment were interviewed with a questionnaire based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool adapted to TB care and used as a r...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ponce MA,Wysocki AD,Scatolin BE,Andrade RL,Arakawa T,Ruffino Netto A,Monroe AA,Scatena LM,Vendramini SH,Villa TC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil has reported an increase in the incidence of both gestational and congenital syphilis, posing a serious public health problem in the country. The study aimed to analyze the relationship between the supply of syphilis diagnosis and treatment in primary care and the incidence rates of gestational and congenital s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Figueiredo DCMM,Figueiredo AM,Souza TKB,Tavares G,Vianna RPT

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to check for any significant differences in perceived quality of life, specifically aspects of a physical nature, among volunteers who are more physically active and those less physically active in a university community. The sample consisted of 1,966 volunteers in a university community in Brazil. To...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maciel Eda S,Vilarta R,Modeneze DM,Sonati JG,Vasconcelos JS,Vilela Junior GB,Oetterer M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are vectors of arboviruses that can cause encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers in humans. Aedes serratus (Theobald), Aedes scapularis (Rondani) and Psorophora ferox (Von Humboldt) are potential vectors of arboviruses and are abundant in Vale do Ribeira, located in the Atlantic Forest in the southeast of the ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Laporta GZ,Ribeiro MC,Ramos DG,Sallum MA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the quality of official data on mortality due to external causes. It examines the agreement in the underlying cause of death by accidents and violence in children and adolescents under 18 years of age in the Municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State. Codings based on death certificates ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simões EM,Reichenheim ME

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research note is the result of a qualitative study in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, aimed at exploring traffic accident risk from the motorcycle couriers' point of view. The research results highlight the importance of accident prevention and health promotion for these workers. The study was based on s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Veronese AM,de Oliveira DL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify changes in knowledge and practices learned to prevent dengue fever in two areas of Catanduva, São Paulo State, from 1999 to 2001: a study area and a control area. The study included an initial quantitative survey, qualitative research, a preliminary diagnosis presented to the community to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chiaravalloti Neto F,Fiorin AM,Conversani DT,Cesarino MB,Barbosa AA,Dibo MR,Morais MS,Baglini V,Ferraz AA,Rosa RS,Battigaglia M,Cardoso RP Jr

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to describe childhood tuberculosis incidence in Southeast Brazil in 1996. It is a descriptive study based on secondary records from the Tuberculosis Division of the Sao Paulo State Health Department. The study area includes 40 cities, has some 1,800,000 inhabitants, and is located between Sao Paulo and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento LF

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines renal care from the perspective of kidney transplant patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as their families. A qualitative study was performed in three cities of Uruguay. Using theoretical sampling, we selected 25 persons with CKD that were living with kidney transplants, in addition...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mercado-Martínez FJ,Levin-Echeverri R

更新日期：2017-10-26 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：:The aim of this cross-sectional study nested in a cohort was to describe the targeting and coverage of the Family Income program in children 13 to 35 months of age. Data were obtained from the BRISA Birth Cohorts in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, and São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. The cohorts started in 2010 with...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva FS,Queiroz RCS,Branco MDRFC,Habenschus MIAT,Scorzafave LG,Saraiva MDCP,Bettiol H,Barbieri MA,Rodrigues MAFR,Barbosa YC,Simões VMF,Silva AAMD

更新日期：2019-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual and reproductive health is a major public health concern, since it involves individual health and wellbeing and affects the socioeconomic level of societies. Socially underprivileged groups like immigrants may be more exposed to sexual and reproductive health problems. The current study examines key aspects of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rocha CM,Dias SF,Gama AF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on elderly members of community groups, specifically their physical, social, psychological, and economic conditions. A descriptive cross-sectional study included 197 individuals, using the modified Brazilian Old Age Schedule, with questions on physical health, medical services, activities of daily l...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges PL,Bretas RP,Azevedo SF,Barbosa JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the quality of care provided in the cities with full health system management, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by means of the rate of hospitalizations for primary care sensitive conditions, between 1995 and 2005. The following were considered as hospitalizations for sensitive conditions: diabetes...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias-da-Costa JS,Büttenbender DC,Hoefel AL,Souza LL

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:This study analyzed the effectiveness of weekly iron supplementation on hemoglobin concentration, nutritional status, and mental and motor development of infants at four public daycare centers in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. This was a before-after intervention study conducted with weekly iron supplementation for...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Eickmann SH,Brito CM,Lira PI,Lima MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, mental disorders, and alcoholism in bisexuals, lesbians, and gays in Mexico City and analyze the possible relationship between violence, discrimination, and the mental health of these population groups. A questionnaire...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ortiz-Hernández L,García Torres MI

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:The authors investigated the association between the reported frequency of breast self-examination and five dimensions of social support (material, emotional, affective, information, and positive social interaction) among 2,240 female employees from a university in Rio de Janeiro who were participants in Phase 1 of a ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade CR,Chor D,Faerstein E,Griep RH,Lopes CS,Fonseca Mde J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a substantial increase in the survival of people living with AIDS, despite heterogeneities among individuals from different socioeconomic strata. The present paper analyzes AIDS deaths in Brazil during a period in which HAART became a key treatment regimen, explo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca MG,Lucena Fde F,Sousa Ad,Bastos FI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the Federal implementation of primary health care policy in Brazil from 2003 to 2008, considering the government functions of health planning, regulation, financing, and health services delivery. The methodology included literature and document review, interviews with key policy actors, budget an...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Castro AL,Machado CV

更新日期：2010-04-01 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 Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) is a pioneering study that aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including metabolic syndrome components in Brazilian adolescents. This study aims to describe the methodological aspects related to blood collection as well as to report per...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cureau FV,Bloch KV,Henz A,Schaan CW,Klein CH,Oliveira CL,Giannini DT,Leon EB,Abreu GA,Telo GH,Dias GM,Carvalho KMB,Barufaldi LA,Kuschnir MCC,Szklo M,Montenegro R Jr,Silva TLND,Ekelund U,Schaan BD

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a critical reflection on quality of information concerning violence in Brazil, emphasizing some of the main sources of primary data: Public Law Enforcement Departments, Police, and Municipal and State Secretaries of Health. The city of Rio de Janeiro is taken as a typical "case" in this analysis. The hypoth...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Njaine K,Souza ER,Minayo MC,Assis SG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00