[Unawareness of hypertension and its determinants among 'quilombolas' (inhabitants of 'quilombos' - hinterland settlements founded by people of African origin) living in Southwest Bahia, Brazil].

abstract：:This study sought to identify the perception of the family caregivers regarding care provided by them and the ESF to the elderly with dementia. This qualitative, analytical and descriptive research was carried out through semi-structured interviews, with five family caregivers users of a primary care facility organize...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Nascimento HGD,Figueiredo AEB

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the factors associated with dementia in the elderly attended at a memory outpatient clinic of the University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL). This is a cross-sectional study with data analysis of medical records from January 2013 to April 2016. The outcome was the clinical diagnosis of dementia. The co...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Santos CSD,Bessa TA,Xavier AJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to estimate the prevalence and violence-associated factors in the work environment of female correctional officers in Brazil. A cross-sectional, analytical study was conducted in 15 female correctional facilities in Brazil's five regions. Pearson's chi-square test was performed. The Odds Ratio and Co...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ferreira MJM,Macena RHM,Mota RMS,Pires RDJ Neto,Silva AMCD,Vieira LJES,Kendall BC,Kerr LRFS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic spinal diseases, including deformities and muscular pain, are significant causes of morbidity among adults and the elderly. The scope of this study is to assess the life expectancy of Brazilians with chronic spinal diseases by sex and age between 2003 and 2008. The Sullivan method was used, combining the morta...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Camargos MC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is a public health problem that affects about 30% of Brazilian women, which may cause deleterious effects on the health and quality of life of mother and child. This article seeks to evaluate the healthcare and gestational factors associated with anemia among mothers receiving care at a human milk bank (HMB) of...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ferreira LB,Melo LF,Melo MEF,Sousa TM,Miranda C,Pereira SCL,Notaro KAM,Santos LCD

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study was to assess attitudes of dietitians in relation to obesity; involving beliefs about the characteristics attributed to obese people, the reasons that lead to obesity and obesity itself. Dietitians (N = 344; 97.1% women) were contacted via their professional council and filled out the online su...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Cori Gda C,Petty ML,Alvarenga Mdos S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an observational cross-sectional survey which included 707 individuals from a south Brazilian city (Joaçaba, in Santa Catarina State) aiming to know the alcohol user prevalence as well as the profile of the user. The results showed that 45.5% (322) of that population consume alcohol on regular basis and had us...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Bortoluzzi MC,Traebert J,Loguercio A,Kehrig RT

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study sought to reflect on the applicability of Kurt Lewin's psychological field theory to the conception of aging. It involved a reflexive approach to the use of Kurt Lewin's field theory to define and legitimize the experience of aging, and as a strategy for qualifying health professionals as mediators in the dy...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Beleza CMF,Soares SM

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study was to establish the profile of caregivers of pediatric patients diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and prospective study in which the caregivers of fibrocystic patients were interviewed during pharmaceutical consultation in a reference center of a Univer...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Alves SP,Bueno D

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study deals with perceptions of beneficiaries of the 'Bolsa Familia' Program, in Curitiba, southern Brazil, about their feeding habits. OBJECTIVE:To understand the perceptions of participants of the 'Bolsa Família' Program on the quality of their food. METHOD:A qualitative study based on the critica...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Uchimura KY,Bosi ML,Lima FE,Dobrykopf VF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the nutritional status of children and women of an indigenous Yanomamigroup, and seeks to clarify associated factors. It was a cross-sectional study, carried out in 17 villages, in 2014. For evaluation of nutritional status we used 2006 growth standards to assign height-for-age (stunting)Z-scores ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Orellana JDY,Marrero L,Alves CLM,Ruiz CMV,Hacon SS,Oliveira MW,Basta PC

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the meanings attributed to practices that promote adolescent health by 47 professionals from the Family Health Program in Fortaleza in the State of Ceará. It is a qualitative study in which semi-structured interviews enabled the production of data, subsequently organized according to content anal...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Santos AA,Silva RM,Machado Mde F,Vieira LJ,Catrib AM,Jorge HM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to analyze the perception of managers of the Councils of Municipal Health Secretariats (COSEMS) and their contributions to the health regionalization process. We conducted thorough interviews with presidents of COSEMS of the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Ceará, Tocantins and Minas Gerais. Data ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Shimizu HE,Cruz MS,Bretas N Júnior,Schierholt SR,Ramalho WM,Ramos MC,Mesquita MS,Silva EN

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research is based on epidemiological records of toxicological occurrences in individual records of investigation into pesticide poisoning at the Maringá Intoxication Control Center at the Regional University Hospital of Maringá. The intoxications in patients poisoned from 2002 to 2011, in towns that comprise the ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Neves PD,Bellini M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the commercial approve in 1996, the global area of transgenic crops has raised more than 50 times. In the last two decades, governments have been planning strategies and protocols for safety assessment of food and feed genetically modified (GM). Evaluation of food safety should be taken on a case-by-case analysi...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Costa TE,Dias AP,Scheidegger EM,Marin VA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to present the theory, propose the practice and evaluate the difficulties of the new food classification system that was presented in the second edition of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population. The questionnaire used included a list of 30 foods divided into four groups: in...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Menegassi B,Almeida JB,Olimpio MYM,Brunharo MSM,Langa FR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aimed to analyze the coverage of the Program of Environmental Surveillance in Health in the city of Olinda, Pernambuco State and the factors that interfered in not achieving the number of properties established by the National Program of Dengue's Control to be visited by the environmental surveillance agents...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pimentel FC,Albuquerque PC,Acioli RM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study was to present the participation of caregivers in creating strategies for disclosure of their condition to HIV-positive children, as well as discussing the interventions that might contribute to overcoming the difficulties that commonly prevent family members from accepting this process. The pa...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Galano E,De Marco MA,Succi RC,Silva MH,Machado DM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiology plays a strategic role at this stage of the policy cycle, contributing to goal setting, resource allocation and use of information systems. In 2009, the Municipal Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro initiated a reform of the health care model under the main influence the Primary Health Care concept. This...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Soranz D,Pinto LF,Camacho LA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study correlated the impact of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) on the labor activity of individuals of working age on their quality of life (QOL) and that of their relatives/caregivers. It involved qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative (descriptive) research. Forty-eight individuals with ABI and 27 relative...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ponte AS,Fedosse E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the incompleteness in filling out death certificates (DC) in the regional health offices of the State of Pernambuco a descriptive study was conducted on data for infant mortality information on deaths of children under one year of age in the municipalities of Pernambuco in the 1999-2001 and 2009-201...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ramalho MO,de Frias PG,Vanderlei LC,de Macêdo VC,de Lira PI

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a cross-sectional study to verify the prevalence and associated factors related to exclusive breastfeeding in adolescent mothers between 14 and 16 years of age with 6-month-old or younger babies, born in Porto Alegre in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2009. The sample was based on 50% of the newborn...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Gusmão AM,Béria JU,Gigante LP,Leal AF,Schermann LB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is a strategy for community development endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labor Office (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It is designed to promote rehabilitation, equal opportunity and social in...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Díaz-Aristizabal U,Sanz-Victoria S,Sahonero-Daza M,Ledesma-Ocampo S,Cachimuel-Vinueza M,Torrico M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify an association between the most frequent multimorbidities in Brazilian older adults and socioeconomic and lifestyle variables. National Health Survey's data were used. The Chi-square test and the Poisson multiple regression were used to analyze data. A total of 5,575 older adults with mult...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Melo LA,Lima KC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article looks to the objects and physical environments destined to teaching and research in health from a different perspective. It addresses the communication between the designers and the people that use their projects and investigates in which ways the designer can contribute to a positive transformation of th...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Grossman E,de Araújo-Jorge TC,de Araujo IS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent crisis and conflicts in African countries, the Middle East and the Americas have led to forced population migration and rekindled concern about food security. This article aims to map in the scientific literature the implications of forced migration on food and nutrition of refugees. Scoping Review, and databas...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Guerra JVV,Alves VH,Rachedi L,Pereira AV,Branco MBLR,Santos MVD,Schveitzer MC,Carvalho BF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional Health Planning is a health services' hierarchization strategy that allows actions and services decentralization. Nonetheless, some challenges to implementing regional health planning are identified, such as difficulties in coordinating actions and services in different geographic locations, with different ma...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Flexa RGC,Barbastefano RG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and some characteristics associated with the use of motorcycle helmets in two Colombian cities. The researcher used quantitative and qualitative techniques. The prevalence of the use of a motorcycle helmet among motorcyclists was greater in Ibague (98.1%) than in Va...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Hernández JM,Tovar FA,Ruiz LK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the Constitutional Amendment 95 and the economic crisis, we discussed the possible effects of austerity measures on the achievement of the goals established for the control of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. The trends of NCDs and risk factors were analyzed, according to data from epidemi...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Malta DC,Duncan BB,Barros MBA,Katikireddi SV,Souza FM,Silva AGD,Machado DB,Barreto ML

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Health Survey is a household-based nationwide survey carried out by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The scope of the survey is to establish the health status and lifestyles of the population - as well as how they look after their health - wit...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Szwarcwald CL,Malta DC,Pereira CA,Vieira ML,Conde WL,Souza Júnior PR,Damacena GN,Azevedo LO,Azevedo E Silva G,Theme Filha MM,Lopes Cde S,Romero DE,Almeida Wda S,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00