Illness experiences of persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: self-perceived efficacy of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation.

abstract：:Health professionals view medical ethics as a discipline that provides the basis for more adequate patient care. In recent years the concepts of quality of care and human rights - with their attending discourses - have joined the concept of medical ethics among the paradigms to consider in care for humans both at the ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Miranda JJ,Yamin AE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin (HPFH) is a benign clinical condition characterized by the synthesis of HbF and which continues without hematological alterations during adult life. Since the function of HPFH in many hemoglobinopathies is that of a severity modulator, it is important to learn its frequency. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa VA,Acedo MJ,Polimeno NC,Bertuzzo CS

更新日期：2002-09-01 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 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：:This paper analyses the challenges of building the Welfare State in late democracies in Latin America. The author shows how the literature has identified different social protection patterns in the region and how recent reform models have transformed institutions, in an unfavorable socioeconomic context. The results p...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fleury S

更新日期：2017-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance autoethnography is qualitative research methodology that aims to problematize resistances between the "self" (auto-) and the collective (ethno-) in the act of writing (-graphy). The article thus aims to discuss the theoretical and practical construction of performance autoethnography and its applicability ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Raimondi GA,Moreira C,Brilhante AV,Barros NF

更新日期：2020-12-18 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：:Given the characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited tools for orienting interventions in surveillance, control, and clinical care, the current article aims to identify areas with greater vulnerability to severe cases of the disease in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city characterized by huge social and spati...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santos JPCD,Siqueira ASP,Praça HLF,Albuquerque HG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular-skeletal disorders of the upper limbs resulting from work involving repetition strain (RSI) are now the most frequent work-related diseases in early or late industrialized countries. The author maintains that in addition to being work-related diseases, RSIs are symbolic illnesses revealing the contradictions ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro HP

更新日期：1997-01-01 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 paper describes the relationship between school trajectory and incidence of teenage pregnancy. A cross-sectional residence-based questionnaire was applied, interviewing 4,634 youth ages 18 to 24 years, selected through a stratified three-stage sample. For the present study, young people ages 20 to 24 years (65.6%...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Almeida Mda C,Aquino EM,de Barros AP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the epidemiological characterization of malaria following implementation of a program to control the endemic in a gold-mining area in northern Amapá State. The study focuses on total malaria cases in Amapá and the impact of the disease on the population, as represented by the Mineração Novo Astro...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Couto AA,Calvosa VS,Lacerda R,Castro F,Santa Rosa E,Nascimento JM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate key characteristics of structure in a sample of maternity hospitals in Brazil. Structure was evaluated according to Ministry of Health criteria and included: geographic location, obstetric volume, presence of ICU, teaching activities, staff qualifications, and availability of equipment and...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Azevedo Bittencourt SD,Costa Reis LG,Ramos MM,Rattner D,Rodrigues PL,Neves DC,Arantes SL,Carmo Leal Md

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the simultaneous effect of individual and contextual factors on the occurrences of anemia. This study aims to evaluate the variability of children's hemoglobin levels from municipalities in social vulnerability and its association with factors of individual and municipal nature. This is a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva DLF,Höfelmann DA,Taconeli CA,Lang RMF,Dallazen C,Tietzmann DC,Moreira JD,Silva SAD,Nilson EAF,Gonçalves VSS,Crispim SP

更新日期：2021-01-11 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

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to estimate respiratory morbidity and its determinants for premature infants aged 12 to 36 months. The population comprised 84 infants from a cohort of very low birth weight premature infants. The outcome was the respiratory morbidity incidence rate. The relationship between the independent v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chalfun G,Mello RR,Dutra MV,Andreozzi VL,Silva KS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigates the use of health services and associated factors in individuals > or = 14 years of age in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 1,954 persons were interviewed in 40 census tracts. One-year prevalence of hospital admissions was 9.4%. Adjusted data analysis showed that hospitalizati...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Garbinato LR,Béria JU,Figueiredo AC,Raymann B,Gigante LP,Palazzo Ldos S,Aerts DR

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This article concerns the first phase of the cross-cultural equivalence of Section A in the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly-Revised Version (CAMDEX-R), a clinical interview for dementia diagnosis. Evaluating conceptual and item equivalencies involved a literature review and expert groups. Sem...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima DA,Lourenço RA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and determinants of antidepressant use among adults in a city in southern Brazil. The cross-sectional study was based on interviews with adults 40 years or older living in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 2006. The chi-squared test w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Garcias CM,Pinheiro RT,Garcias Gde L,Horta BL,Brum CB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral impairments can affect overall health and life expectancy in older adults. Our study evaluates the life expectancy with negative physical oral health impact on quality of life (POHIQoL) among older adults. Life expectancy with negative POHIQoL was estimated by the Sullivan method, using the prevalence of POHIQoL ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira EJP,Alves LC,Duarte YAO,Andrade FB

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural equation modeling (SEM) is an important statistical tool for evaluating complex relations in several research areas. In epidemiology, the use and discussion of SEM have been limited thus far. This article presents basic principles and concepts in SEM, including an application using epidemiological data anal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Amorim LD,Fiaccone RL,Santos CA,Santos TN,Moraes LT,Oliveira NF,Barbosa SO,Santos DN,Santos LM,Matos SM,Barreto ML

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:To examine changes in the time spent in each mode of transportation used for going to school by gender and age among adolescents from Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Two school-based surveys were performed in 2001 (N = 5,028) and 2011 (N = 6,529) in high school students (15-19 years old). The mode of transportation (on ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva KS,Lopes AD,Silva RC,Costa FF,Assis MA,Nahas MV

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human albumin is frequently used without regard for the relationship between its pharmacological properties and the respective disease. We investigated the prescription of human albumin in a Brazilian public hospital with emphasis on adherence to international guidelines. Data were gathered from pharmacy and medical r...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Matos GC,Rozenfeld S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study with university students examined the prevalence of regular consumption of fruits and vegetables and associated factors among students at a Federal university in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil. 863 undergraduates were interviewed in 2010. Overall prevalence of regular consumption of fruits a...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ramalho AA,Dalamaria T,Souza OF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article was based on an analysis of three hundred articles from mainstream Brazilian periodicals over a period of eighteen months, beginning with the announcement of the Dolly case in February 1997. There were two main objectives: to outline the moral constants in the press associated with the possibility of clon...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa SI,Diniz D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the first year of activity of the Ceará State Pharmacovigilance System (SIFACE) as a strategy to discuss practical and methodological problems related to developing pharmacovigilance in Brazil. Siface is being structured by the Group for the Prevention of Improper Use of Pharmaceuticals (GPUIM), ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Coêlho HL,Arrais PS,Gomes AP

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The public-private mix in the Brazilian health system favors double coverage of health services for individuals with private health plans and may aggravate inequities in the use of services. The aim of this study was to describe trends in the use of medical and dental services and associations with schooling and priva...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pilotto LM,Celeste RK

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00