[Tuberculosis among adolescents in two Brazilian State capitals].

abstract：:This study was undertaken using a case-control, prevalence survey design, aimed at verifying the effects of socioeconomic, environmental, and biological/morbidity variables on the growth of schoolchildren from low-income families. The study focused on schoolchildren whose height/age (H/A) ratio was < or = 2SD (NCHS). ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Corso AC,Buralli KO,Souza JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an analysis of the opinions of different groups from: scientists, international regulatory bodies, non-governmental organizations and industry; with an interest in the problem of identifying chemical substances with endocrine disrupting activity. There is also discussion of the consequences that ex...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Olea-Serrano N,Fernández-Cabrera MF,Pulgar-Encinas R,Olea-Serrano F

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze social representations of sexual violence against women, as constructed and reproduced in prenatal care settings in three municipal maternity hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This qualitative research explored two themes: ideas about and explanations of sexual violence comm...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cavalcanti LF,Gomes R,Minayo MC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of dental caries in the central western region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on 12-year-old children by gender, comparing the DMFT index in fluoridated and non-fluoridated cities. The study used data from the Epidemiological Surveys in the State of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sales-Peres SH,Bastos JR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper focuses on specific aspects of male sexuality and how this sexual identity is built in the Aids era, based on conversations with low-income youth, ages 14-21 years, living in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro. We examine how Aids is perceived and investigate sexuality in this epidemic context. The goal is...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mota MP

更新日期：1998-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a cross-sectional study on 193 mothers of children 6 to 18 months of age in an African-Colombian community, with the objectives: (1) to adapt and validate the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project scale, the DUKE-UNC-11 social support scale, and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Developme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alvarado BE,Zunzunegui MV,Delisle H

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:The study analyzed variations in energy and nutrient intake by adolescents enrolled in public schools, examined in two school-based cross-sectional surveys, in 2003 and 2008. Food consumption was assessed with three food records. Weight was classified according to World Health Organization criteria. A total of 433 ado...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vasconcelos TM,Veiga GV,Sichieri R,Pereira RA

更新日期：2016-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The study analyzed the use of the Paideia Method for training professionals that use matrix support in Curitiba (Paraná State), Uberlândia (Minas Gerais State), and Campinas (São Paulo State), Brazil. An 18-month training process (Specialization Course) was developed for this purpose with matrix support professionals....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Viana MMO,Campos GWS

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of primary care to population health and health systems organization has been well documented, but some authors have highlighted that in Third World countries it has gained more ground in discourse than in facts and practices, with different possible configurations. The objectives of the current study...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Medina MG,Hartz ZM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1999 and 2000, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Pelotas, southern Brazil, to describe the population distribution of abdominal adiposity according to "action level points" and to identify risk factors. The study included a sample of 1,935 adults (20-69 years) residing in urban areas. Ab...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Olinto MT,Nácul LC,Dias-da-Costa JS,Gigante DP,Menezes AM,Macedo S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine smoking prevalence and associated factors among older adults (> 60 years). The study was conducted in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte and Bambuí town, both located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the former, 1,774 subjects were selected, and in the latter, 1742. In Belo Horizonte...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peixoto SV,Firmo JO,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea is an important cause of hospitalization among infants. There are many complex factors that influence hospital use: socioeconomic and cultural characteristics, access, medical needs, and supply. The objective was to measure hospitalization rates from diarrhea among infants in Rio de Janeiro in 1996 and the as...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bittencourt SA,Leal Mdo C,Santos MO

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is one of the countries with the lowest intergenerational income mobility. This article aimed to analyze intergenerational income mobility in the 1982 Birth Cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State. Two methods were used, intergenerational income elasticity and quantile regressions, in order to measure hetero...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tejada CA,Bertoldi AD,Carraro A,Ribeiro FG,Motta JV,Barros FC,Horta BL,Barros AJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze mortality trends from breast cancer and uterine cervical cancer in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The mortality time series from the Mortality Information System of the Brazilian Ministry of Health was used. Age-related specific mortality rates were calculated and standa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rodrigues AD,Bustamante-Teixeira MT

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to: (1) describe the work process in Brazil's oral health teams, based on the essential attributes of primary health care, according to geographic region, type of team, and the municipality's socioeconomic characteristics and (2) verify whether the data in the work process of the oral health teams in t...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fagundes DM,Thomaz EBAF,Queiroz RCS,Rocha TAH,Silva NCD,Vissoci JRN,Calvo MCM,Facchini LA

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This article takes an interdisciplinary qualitative approach to the problem of traffic accidents in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The authors begin by analyzing the "municipalization" (i.e., decentralization to the municipal level) of transport and traffic management in Campinas based on social representations by membe...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Queiroz MS,Oliveira PC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in classification systems related to color/race and the contextual dependence of their utilization are two challenges for researchers conducting health studies within an ethnic/racial framework. A comparison was made between the results obtained by two distinct approaches to racial self-classification -- a ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maio MC,Monteiro S,Chor D,Faerstein E,Lopes CS

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 methodological approach to infant mortality estimation in Brazil based on vital information provided by Ministry of Health systems is presented. The study evaluated the available data to establish criteria for identifying municipalities with serious data deficiencies, proposing an adequacy index. All municipalities ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Szwarcwald CL,Leal Mdo C,de Andrade CL,Souza PR Jr

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the majority of chemical carcinogens are not capable of causing hazardous effects per se, the metabolism of these compounds is a crucial part of the initial host response to the environmental exposure. Disturbances in the balance between activation and detoxification may thus explain the individual variations in...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Conforti-Froes N,el-Zein R,Au W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed the prevalence of secondary breast cancer prevention and associated factors in women 40 to 69 years of age in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil. Prevalence was 64.5% for breast self-examination, 71.5% for clinical examination, and 79% for mammography. The data suggest that age, schooling, ethnicity, so...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Matos JC,Pelloso SM,Carvalho MD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the decision on whether to include deaths of HIV+ pregnant women in the classification of maternal mortality. The study focuses on deaths of childbearing-age women in S o Paulo in 1998, investigated by the State's Central Committee on Maternal Mortality (CCMM). Working from a social constructionist...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bonciani RD,Spink MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:In the late 2000s, the expansion of Emergency Care Units (UPAs) in Brazil's policy for provision of urgent healthcare included hiring a large contingent of health professionals. This article analyzes government strategies for workforce management and the profile of these professionals in the UPAs in the State of Rio d...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Machado CV,de Lima LD,O'Dwyer G,de Andrade CL,Baptista TW,Pitthan RG,Ibañez N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis is an emerging and neglected disease that is currently expanding to urban areas. The incidence of human disease is related to canine infection. Araçatuba and Birigui are municipalities (counties) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with 8-10% seroprevalence of canine infection and that employ con...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa DNCC,Codeço CT,Bermudi PMM,Rodas LAC,Nunes CM,Hiramoto RM,Tolezano JE,Chiaravalloti Neto F

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the schistosomiasis control program implemented in Taquaraçu de Minas, Minas Gerais, from 1985 to 1995. In 1995, we measured the prevalence and intensity of infection for a retrospective comparison with the data from 1985. The local health team was trained to manage all the program activities. The...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coura-Filho P

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The public budget in Brazil has undergone significant changes since enactment of the 1988 Federal Constitution. Mechanisms for integration of planning activities and budget execution have been created, and Legislative participation in budgeting has increased. Congressional amendments appeared in this context. The arti...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Baptista TW,Machado CV,Lima LD,Garcia M,Andrade CL,Gerassi CD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary factors associated with oral cancer were investigated in a case-control hospital-based study in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, from 1998 to 2002. A total of 835 subjects, 366 with histologically confirmed incident cases of oral-cavity or pharyngeal cancer and 469 controls participated in the study. Dietary dat...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Marchioni DM,Fisberg RM,Góis Filho JF,Kowalski LP,Carvalho MB,Abrahão M,Latorre Mdo R,Eluf Neto J,Wünsch-Filho V

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00