Assessing construct structural validity of epidemiological measurement tools: a seven-step roadmap.

abstract：:This study describes the trend of the coefficients of mortality due to cerebrovascular diseases (CbVD) among the elderly in São Paulo State, Brazil, from 1980 to 2012, before and after influenza vaccination campaigns, and identifies change points. It is an ecological, time-series study carried out with death data from...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bacurau AGM,Ferraz RO,Donalisio MR,Francisco PMSB

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the efficiency of the galactosemia add-on test in neonatal screening performed on regular Guthrie card blood spots. Based on estimated average incidence of galactosemia (1:19,984 newborns) in São Paulo State, Brazil, the study develops a cost-benefit analysis model, using a B/C ratio and a 9.25% an...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Camelo Junior JS,Fernandes MI,Jorge SM,Maciel LM,Santos JL,Camargo AS Jr,Passador CS,Camelo SH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems resulting from alcohol consumption by drivers have been studied worldwide, and epidemiological research points to high injury and death rates related to drinking-and-driving. However, equivalent data are limited in Brazil. In this study, 913 drivers were stopped on public roads with heavy traffic and high con...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Campos VR,Salgado R,Rocha MC,Duailibi S,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine construct validity, internal consistency, and reproducibility of the Body Change Questionnaire (BCQ). A total of 439 female and male adolescents (13-22 years of age) were evaluated. Construct validity was assessed by exploratory factor analysis and correlation between the scores of the BCQ ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Meireles JF,Amaral AC,Neves CM,Conti MA,Ferreira ME

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of hospitalizations in Brazil (excluding hospital admissions related to childbirth, pregnancy, and postpartum). To analyze the trend and seasonality of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009, a time trend study was performed usin...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Antunes FP,Costa Mda C,Paim JS,Vieira-da-Silva LM,Santos CA,Cruz AA,Barreto ML

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate excess mortality from dengue in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during an epidemic in 2007-2008. A Poisson dynamic model was tested to predict the number of deaths during these epidemic years. Inference was conducted with a Bayesian approach. Excess mortality was d...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Malhão TA,Resende CM,Gamerman D,Medronho Rde A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an analysis of individual claims for provision of medicines brought by users of the Unified National Health System (SUS) against the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the year 2005, this study aims to discuss the action and behavior of the court system in ruling on these suits. The study adopted a semi-qual...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges Dda C,Ugá MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article was based on the results of research concerning health policy in municipalities that achieved the most extensive development of decentralization and innovation in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The study applied a questionnaire for health system users' representatives in Municipal Health Councils. T...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gerschman S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted to identify age at menopause and its associated factors as well as socio-cultural, demographic, and economic characteristics of climacteric women in Campinas, São Paulo State. Subjects were 456 Brazilian women between 45 to 60 years of a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pedro AO,Pinto Neto AM,Paiva LH,Osis MJ,Hardy E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the phenomenological approach, observing a phenomenon through the perspective of those who lived it may be necessary to acquire fully comprehension of it. Therefore, to fully understand the eating behavior during anorexia nervosa and during its recovery, this study investigated individual perceptions and ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Petry N,Vasconcelos FAG,Costa LDCF

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based survey to provide information on the prevalence of hepatitis viral infection and the pattern of risk factors was carried out in the urban population of all Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, between 2005 and 2009. This paper describes the design and methodology of the study which inv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ximenes RA,Pereira LM,Martelli CM,Merchán-Hamann E,Stein AT,Figueiredo GM,Braga MC,Montarroyos UR,Brasil LM,Turchi MD,Fonseca JC,Lima ML,Alencar LC,Costa M,Coral G,Moreira RC,Cardoso MR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a health education project targeting a rural community and health professionals from counties undergoing epidemiological surveillance for Chagas disease vectors in the State of Paraná, Brazil. A group of technicians from the Brazilian National Health Foundation (FUNASA) was trained, together with ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Falavigna-Guilherme AL,Costa AL,Batista O,Pavanelli GC,de Araujo SM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the reactions of construction workers to educational materials (posters, folders, and leaflets) produced by the Brazilian Ministries of Health and Labor. The authors conducted two focal groups at construction sites in the city of Rio de Janeiro to analyze four educational materials, employing the...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kelly-Santos A,Rozemberg B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the spatial distribution of homicide rates in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using data from the Ministry of Health Mortality Information System (SIM/MS) from 1996 to 2000. Population data used to calculate rates were also obtained from the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Minas Gerais has a large terr...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Castro MS,Silva BF,Assunção RM,Beato Filho CC

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:This paper describes the sample design used in the Brazilian application of the World Health Survey. The sample was selected in three stages. First, the census tracts were allocated in six strata defined by their urban/rural situation and population groups of the municipalities (counties). The tracts were selected usi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vasconcellos MT,Silva PL,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate public knowledge on the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of diabetes and hypertension, and the factors associated with such knowledge. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Pelotas, southern Brazil, including 972 adults aged 20 to 69 ye...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Knuth AG,Bielemann RM,Silva SG,Borges TT,Del Duca GF,Kremer MM,Hallal PC,Rombaldi AJ,Azevedo MR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently confirmed several cases of acute schistosomiasis in Porto de Galinhas beach, Northeast Brazil. A total of 662 patients were diagnosed by parasitological and clinical examinations. The infection likely occurred during the September 7 national holiday, when heavy rainfall flooded the Ipojuca River and people...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa CS,Domingues AL,Abath F,Montenegro SM,Guida U,Carneiro J,Tabosa B,Moraes CN,Spinelli V

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the trend in the number of fatalities, severe injuries, and minor injuries from traffic accidents on Brazil's federal highways according to the country's major geographic regions before and after the start of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (DARS). This was an interrupted time series s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade FR,Antunes JLF

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes HIV-related behaviors recorded through a questionnaire applied to 570 individuals in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who were not regular drug users. Mean age was 30.3 years, 51.1 % were male, and most were low-income (59.1%). The HIV seropositive rate was 9.9% (13.1% for males, 6.9% for ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pechansky F,von Diemen L,Kessler F,De Boni R,Surrat H,Inciardi J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to identify people's knowledge on dengue and its vector biology, aimed at promoting a communications channel between technical and lay reasoning in order to foster community involvement in dengue and dengue vector control activities. A survey was conducted in an Aedes aegypti-infested area with dengu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lefèvre AM,Ribeiro AF,Marques GR,Serpa LL,Lefèvre F

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：: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：:A descriptive analysis of systems and forms of payment for medical labor was carried out based on an intentional sample of hospitals, according to preestablished criteria. Hospital administrators, physicians, and representatives of medical and entrepreneurial corporations were interviewed. The results were analyzed ac...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to present the contributions of the systematic review of economic evaluations to the development of a national study on childhood hepatitis A vaccination. A literature review was performed in EMBASE, MEDLINE, WOPEC, HealthSTAR, SciELO and LILACS from 1995 to 2010. Most of the studies (8 of 10...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： De Soárez PC,Sartori AM,Santos A,Itria A,Novaes HM,Martelli CM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Ministry of Health launched its Family Health Program (FHP) in 1994 as a new strategy aimed at reorganizing the healthcare system starting from the primary care level. The Program prioritizes delivery of care to groups identified as presenting increased risk, such as diabetic and hypertensive individuals...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Paiva DC,Bersusa AA,Escuder MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents a critical view of the interaction between prescribers, dispensers, and patients, considering information one of the key issues in enhancing the qualitative aspects involved in this complex relationship. It describes the acquisition of information by health professionals, possible sources of this ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pepe VL,Castro CG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (OPR) has shown positive results. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of home or community-based pulmonary rehabilitation (HCPR) in individuals with COPD. This ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Neves LF,Reis MH,Gonçalves TR

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic and the sanitary measures of social distance brought impasses to Social Research and its future. Research in digital environments was already booming, but now that face-to-face activities are temporarily suspended, it becomes an alternative to enable the continuity of studies. Understanding it be...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Deslandes S,Coutinho T

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00