Socioeconomic status and age at menarche in indigenous and non-indigenous Chilean adolescents.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify different profiles in the AIDS epidemic in Brazil by relating them to the health sector's organization, situations involving increased risk of infection, and the degree of implementation of the response by health services. The Brazilian municipalities (counties) were grouped accor...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Grangeiro A,Escuder MM,Castilho EA

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Stomach cancer, the worl&dacute;s most common malignant neoplasia in 1980, has shown a decrease in death and incidence rates in several countries. Still not totally elucidated, the decline in incidence and death rates has been attributed to environmental factors. It is unlikely that the decline has stemmed primarily f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Abreu Ed

更新日期：1997-01-01 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 study aimed to identify the cutoff points for inflammatory markers that best discriminate the occurrence of metabolic syndrome in community-dwelling older adults. Baseline data were used from the elderly cohort in the city of Bambuí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The target exposure was presence of metabolic syndrom...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Neves CVB,Mambrini JVM,Torres KCL,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Martins-Filho OA,Lima-Costa MF,Peixoto SV

更新日期：2019-03-25 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：:Based on experiences and reflections reported by health professionals, the aim of this study was to critically analyze the actions, situations, and decisions in healthcare services that involve breastfeeding, examining aspects that favor or limit its possibilities. This was a qualitative study based on the conceptual ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza SN,Mello DF,Ayres JR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study analyzed meanings associated with tuberculosis (TB) in children. Interviews were conducted with lay caregivers and health professionals in six health situations in a vulnerable territory. Data collection was followed by thematic content analysis and interpretation in consultation with the litera...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Machado Dde C,Moreira MC,Sant'Anna CC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the implementation of dental care in the Family Health Program (FHP) in the State of Paraná, Brazil, one year after Ministry of Health (MoH) Ruling 1,444 went into effect. A qualitative and quantitative study was designed, focusing on the 136 municipalities which had included oral ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Baldani MH,Fadel CB,Possamai T,Queiroz MG

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify factors associated with psychological well-being among young people 18 to 24 years of age in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. In a population-based cross-sectional study, 1,621 subjects answered a structured questionnaire on socio-demographic data, religion, employment, and substa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Souza LD,Maragalhoni Tda C,Quincoses MT,Jansen K,Cruzeiro AL,Ores L,Silva RA,Pinheiro RT

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main focus of this study was the effect of chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, lung disease, cancer, and arthropathy) on the functional status (activities of daily living - ADL, instrumental activities of daily living - IADL) among the elderly, controlling for age, gender, living arran...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alves LC,Quinet Leimann BC,López Vasconcelos ME,Sá Carvalho M,Godoi Vasconcelos AG,Oliveira da Fonseca TC,Lebrão ML,Laurenti R

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a case study on a company focusing on the form of management and the shop floor workers, in order to identify the possible effects of participant work strategies on workers' health. Data on the company included its history, type of management, and organization of both production and the work process. Data...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Monteiro MS,Gomes JR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latin American countries made the political decision to eliminate human rabies transmitted by dogs by the year 2005. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate to what extent this goal has been reached. The epidemiological situation and control measures were analyzed and broken down within the countries by georef...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Schneider MC,Belotto A,Adé MP,Hendrickx S,Leanes LF,Rodrigues MJ,Medina G,Correa E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the health of Kaingáng women in the Faxinal indigenous territory in Paraná State, Brazil, with regard to risk factors for breast cancer. A descriptive and exploratory investigation was undertaken that included 95.4% of females 20 years or over. Data showed that 92.3% of Kaingáng women reported brea...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva EP,Pelloso SM,Carvalho MD,Toledo MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article debates the principal guidelines and procedures that shape HIV/AIDS prevention in Portugal, focusing on risk reduction in the two major scenarios for spread of the epidemic: sexuality and injection drug use. The analysis views the risks of infection as expressions of practices that are densely interwoven ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sacramento O

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the prevalence of overweight in public school first graders and the association between overweight and socio-environmental factors in a city in Greater Metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil. Children enrolling in public school first grade in Cajamar in 2005 were assessed. Overweight was defined according ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mondini L,Levy RB,Saldiva SR,Venâncio SI,de Azevedo Aguiar J,Stefanini ML

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific literature on teachers' health is scarce, recent, and focuses predominantly on stress and burnout. This study describes the labor conditions of private school teachers in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia State, Brazil. Information on 250 teachers from the ten largest schools in the municipality was collected...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Delcor NS,Araújo TM,Reis EJ,Porto LA,Carvalho FM,Oliveira e Silva M,Barbalho L,de Andrade JM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted with 521 undergraduate health sciences students from the Federal University in Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. Lifetime alcohol consumption was reported by 87.7% students, as compared to 30.7% for tobacco, with the latter reported more frequently by males (39.7%). The most common illicit drugs were so...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lucas AC,Parente RC,Picanço NS,Conceição DA,Costa KR,Magalhães IR,Siqueira JC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Redemocratization in the 1970s brought about changes in the public health system in Brazil. The Unified National Health System (SUS) was implemented in 1988, based on local and regional administrative systems. This was an important step that resulted in greater local control and the introduction of new technologies. T...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva EM,Nozawa MR,Silva JC,Carmona SA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey on the prevalence of Chagas disease in the 124 counties of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, arriving at a rate of 21.6 per 100 inhabitants. From December 1993 to June 1994, we studied 2238 individuals from 32 rural counties in this State. Of th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Trujillo-Contreras F,Yerenas MA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various medicines are considered unsuitable for older adults due to alterations in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, lack of therapeutic efficacy, and/or increased risk of adverse events exceeding potential benefits. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication among o...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cassoni TC,Corona LP,Romano-Lieber NS,Secoli SR,Duarte YA,Lebrão ML

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between obesity and emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescents. We studied 4,325 individuals 11 to 15 years of age who were members of the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Information on body mass index (BMI), maternal assessment of the adole...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assunção MC,Muniz LC,Schäfer AA,Meller Fde O,Carús JP,Quadros Lde C,Domingues LR,da Silva VL,Gonçalves H,Hallal PC,Menezes AM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction prior to and during the first pregnancy. This was a cross-sectional study using postpartum interviews with 778 primigravidae who were married or in stable unions and had given birth at the two maternity hospitals in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil, from ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima AC,Dotto LM,Mamede MV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the results of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) conducted in 2012 with 277 final-year medical students from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The experiment tested students' preferences concerning future work as physicians in primary health care, based on hypothetical job scenarios aimed at measuring...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Girardi SN,Carvalho CL,Maas LW,Araujo JF,Massote AW,Stralen ACSV,Souza OA

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the inter-rater reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale. Seven physiotherapists rated the methodological quality of 50 reports of randomized controlled trials written in Portuguese indexed on the PEDro database. Each report was also rated using the English v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Shiwa SR,Costa LO,Costa Lda C,Moseley A,Hespanhol Junior LC,Venâncio R,Ruggero C,Sato Tde O,Lopes AD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study objective was to examine differentials in time trends and predictors of deaths assigned to symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions in comparison with other ill-defined conditions (ill-defined cardiovascular diseases, cancer and injury) in a population-based cohort study. Of 1,606 baseline participants age...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima-Costa MF,Matos DL,Laurenti R,Mello-Jorge MH,Cesar CC

更新日期：2010-03-01 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 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 evaluate the prevalence of iodine deficiency in children aged 6 to 71 months in Novo Cruzeiro, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 475 children, allocated by stratified probability sampling, were analyzed with respect to the iodine concentrations in the salt consumed by the family and u...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Macedo Mde S,Teixeira RA,Bonomo E,Silva CA,Silva ME,Sakurai E,Carneiro M,Lamounier JA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various strategies for eliminating leprosy as a public health problem have evolved in the last 20 years. In some countries, especially highly endemic ones, the WHO target rate for leprosy elimination fell far short. The current study aimed to analyze the impact of different strategies for reducing leprosy prevalence i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Cunha MD,Cavaliere FA,Hércules FM,Duraes SM,de Oliveira ML,de Matos HJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00