[The profile of fragility and associated factors among the elderly registered in a Family Health Unit].

abstract：:This study sought to investigate the perception of quality of life and the importance of the physical, psychological, social relationships and environmental domains for overall quality of life for elementary education teachers in Florianópolis in the State of Santa Catarina. The sample was composed of 349 teachers of ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Pereira EF,Teixeira CS,Lopes Ada S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this paper is to discuss how so-called "new professionalism" can help in how the education of physicians is conducted, by taking into account the effects of globalization both on the situation of health and on the needs of health professionals with particular emphasis on European Union countries, which ar...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Campos AI

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to evaluate the data on the health of the elderly population available in the Brazilian information system and their correspondence with the North American statistics using the Internet. The North American publication "Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being" was used as a...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rebouças M,Galera SC,Pereira SR,Pereira MG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article seeks to investigate the relationship between income and educational level and health and nutritional conditions among the morbidly obese. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 79 patients at first appointment, with Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2 and age ≥ 20 years. The following data was collected...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rodrigues AP,Da Silveira EA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:the level and evolution of income inequality among adults in Brazil between 2006 and 2012. OBJECTIVES:to calculate the level of inequality, its trend over the years and the share of income growth appropriated by different social groups. METHODOLOGY:We combined tax data from the Annual Personal Income Tax Retur...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Medeiros M,de Souza PH,de Castro FÁ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article seeks to analyze contraceptive practices of Brazilian adolescents and to discuss associated vulnerability situations. A cross-sectional study was conducted, using the database of the National Survey on Demography and Health of Women and Children _ PNDS 2006. Factors associated with the current use of cont...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rozenberg R,da Silva KS,Bonan C,Ramos EG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to understand the social representations of health and immunization for elderly individuals vaccinated and unvaccinated with influenza vaccine. The theoretical benchmark adopted was the Theory of Social Representations of a qualitative nature. The research was carried out with thirty elderly individu...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Costa e Silva SP,Menandro MC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the determinants of low birth weight (LBW) amongst children of adolescent mothers through a hierarchical approach in a cross-sectional study of 751 adolescents attended at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Sociodemographic data, prenatal care, and biological and maternal obstetric condi...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Belfort GP,Santos MMAS,Pessoa LDS,Dias JR,Heidelmann SP,Saunders C

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 analyses the process on the psychiatric reform, with a focus on the interdisciplinary work developed by the health professionals from the health service "Dr. Candido Ferreira"in Campinas, Brazil. This is a philanthropic institution which contributes significantly to public mental health network in this ci...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Queiroz Mde S,Delamuta LA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of effective and safe nanotechnology medication with a high cost-benefit ratio is a strategic imperative for public health in Brazil. The lack of information demands sanitary regulation geared to protecting health and the environment. This study seeks to assess the current stage of development, the reg...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Batista Ade J,Pepe VL

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the main entomological triatomine-related indicators in the western mesoregion of Rio Grande do Norte. This is a descriptive cross-sectional retrospective study developed on a historical analysis of information on the triatomine capture carried out by the Chagas Disease Control Program, fr...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Barreto MAF,Cavalcanti MAF,Andrade CM,Nascimento EGCD,Pereira WO

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to have an epidemiological understanding of oral diseases among indigenous persons, in order to contribute with the organization of health services for these populations. The SB Brasil 2010 database was used to compare the prevalence of dental caries among 308 self-identified indigenous and 37,211 non-...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Miranda KCO,Souza TAC,Leal SC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with qualitative research conducted in the Therapeutic Residency Service in the municipality of Campina Grande, State of Paraíba, Brazil, the objective being to ascertain the difficulties encountered by the professionals in the healthcare practices defined by the aforementioned service and identify th...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Silveira Mde F,Santos HP Jr

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most widely used cognitive screening test around the world. In Brazil, different MMSE versions and many cut-off points have been used. A systematic review of papers indexed in Scielo was conducted in order to analyze use of the MMSE in Brazilian empirical studies with el...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： de Melo DM,Barbosa AJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the data recorded in the Hiperdia system assessed by geographical area, type of field and information consistency between related variables. It involved an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation. The sample of 287 registration forms was rand...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Correia LO,Padilha BM,Vasconcelos SM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to categorize elderly non-frail (NF), pre-frail (PF) and frail (FF) as to fast and slow gait speed. Compare NF, PF and FF, and analyze associations between fast or slow gait speed with clinical, functional and mental factors. 5,501 elderly (65 years or over; to the Frailty in Brazilian Older People S...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Guedes RC,Dias R,Neri AL,Ferriolli E,Lourenço RA,Lustosa LP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the palliative care of terminal patients, examining the tensions between the humanization of care and the progressive medicalization at the end-of-life situation. The research upon which the article is based adopts a qualitative methodological approach derived from interviews with professionals and...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Alonso JP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents and discusses the epistemological and methodological challenges related to the empirical study of first-person experience in mental health research. Considering the field of qualitative research, the methodological principles of phenomenology and medical anthropology are examined from a historica...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Leal EM,de Serpa OD Jr

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This paper analyses small hospitals (less than fifty beds) in Brazil, in terms of their geographical distribution, legal status, types of wards and units, structures and service production. Under a directive published in April 2004, the Ministry of Health contracts and encourages these hospitals to adapt the...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Ugá MA,López EM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on recently published research findings on abortion rates, this paper re-examines original ethnographic data on abortion in order to open a discussion on the dissemination of abortion, its possible cultural configurations and its social legitimacy among low-income populations in Brazil. It refers retrospectively...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Leal OF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope of this study is to evaluate the spatial distribution of live births (LB) in the Municipality of São Paulo (MSP), verify if there is spatial dependence, identify possible differences in birth profiles and evaluate the distances between homes and delivery hospitals. LB occurring in high complexity hospitals w...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： dos Santos PC,da Silva ZP,Chiaravalloti Neto F,de Almeida MF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoption of principles of equality and universality stipulated in legislation for the sanitation sector requires discussions on innovation. The existing model was able to meet sanitary demands, but was unable to attend all areas causing disparities in vulnerable areas. The universal implementation of sanitation re...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Juliano EF,Feuerwerker LC,Coutinho SM,Malheiros TF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to assess differences between men and women in the likelihood of exposure to traffic as drivers of cars and motorcycles, and in the risk of dying from a car or a motorcycle crash, in order to verify the extent to which Darwin's Sexual Selection Theory could have predicted the findings and can help to inter...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Medeiros AL,Nadanovsky P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the association between environmental factors and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in public schools. It was studied 480 students, by means of anthropometric measurements evaluation, weight and height--BMI by sex and age and in accordance with the parameters of WHO and IOTF. Environmental i...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Rodrigues PA,Marques MH,Chaves Md,de Souza CF,de Carvalho MF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psycho-social Care Centers (PCC) are also designed to coordinate actions in mental health care in Brazil, mainly at Primary Health Care (PHC) level. Matrix support is one of the pillars of the program, as it aims to ensure assistance of specialized back-up staff to the health teams. In this respect, this research seek...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Quinderé PH,Jorge MS,Nogueira MS,Costa LF,Vasconcelos MG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Prenatal Care and Birth Humanization Program (PHPN) establishes a minimum number of procedures to be provided to all pregnant women during prenatal care. This study aimed to analyze the quality of prenatal care in Sergipe based on the PHPN recommendations. This is a cross-sectional study, with a descriptive and an...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Mendes RB,Santos JMJ,Prado DS,Gurgel RQ,Bezerra FD,Gurgel RQ

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:BRICS, the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is the first multilateral group created and run by non-western developed countries. The group aims to influence world geopolitics and market based on the right of developing and emerging countries to participate equitably in development. The social ...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Lobato LVC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During physician's consultation, the lack of adequate information on medication to the patient is a major problem to reach the correct pharmacotherapy. This study aims at assessing the patient knowledge about prescribed drugs. In order to proceed the investigation, interviews were performed about type of medication, d...

journal_title：Ciencia & saude coletiva

authors： Portela Ada S,Simões MO,Fook SM,Montenegro Neto AN,da Silva PC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00