[Functionality and disability in old age: to stay still or not to stay still].

abstract：:The study aimed to measure use of medication and polypharmacy among the elderly in Carlos Barbosa, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and to compare socio-demographic, economic, and health characteristics in relation to area of residence (urban versus rural) in a random sample of 811 persons 60 year of age or older. Int...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dal Pizzol Tda S,Pons Eda S,Hugo FN,Bozzetti MC,Sousa Mda L,Hilgert JB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical picture of dengue is characterized by a maximum duration of 14 days despite frequent complaints of longer symptoms. This study evaluated the occurrence of persistent symptoms (> 14 days) and its impact on daily life. A hundred eighteen patients were interviewed, and the main symptoms at diagnosis were mia...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Teixeira Lde A,Lopes JS,Martins AG,Campos FA,Miranzi Sde S,Nascentes GA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure to some pesticides, and particularly DBCP and chlordecone, may adversely affect male fertility. However, apart from the therapeutic use of diethylstilbestrol, the threat to human reproduction posed by "endocrine disrupting" environmental contaminants has not been supported by epidemiological evid...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cocco P

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a widely used screening instrument. One- and two-factor structures have been identified in some countries. In Brazil, the best factor structure is still unclear. This study aimed at knowing its factorial validity and reliability, and testing the one-factor and two-f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gouveia VV,Barbosa GA,Oliveira Andrade Ed,Carneiro MB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of smoking and associated factors in a nationally representative sample of 6,510 Brazilian schoolteachers. Data were obtained from telephone interviews using a questionnaire on sociodemographic information, health status, work absenteeism, and the characteristics ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barbosa REC,Fonseca GC

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal health policy planning can include exemplary practices for expanding the population's access to health services. The current study seeks to analyze the limits and possibilities of planning practices for policy implementation by a municipal health department. The empirical data were analyzed based on a concep...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilasbôas AL,Paim JS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was an analytical, descriptive, cross-sectional study to establish the profile of poisonings among children 0 to 4 years of age reported to the Rio Grande do Sul State Toxicology Information Center (CIT/RS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2003. A total of 1,311 cases were selected and data were extracted on children who...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ramos CL,Targa MB,Stein AT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1987 the University of Guadalajara performed a seroepidemiological survey on the prevalence of Chagas disease in the 124 counties of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, arriving at a rate of 21.6 per 100 inhabitants. From December 1993 to June 1994, we studied 2238 individuals from 32 rural counties in this State. Of th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Trujillo-Contreras F,Yerenas MA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article focuses on the Brazilian National AIDS Program and its policy of distributing and producing antiretroviral drugs, emphasizing links between local decisions and global HIV/AIDS policies. Emphasizing recent developments in the Brazilian and international scenario with regard to access to treatment for peopl...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Galvao J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to pose a public health problem worldwide. Men who have sex with men are still at differential risk of infection. Although there is evidence to claim that HIV can be transmitted by oral sex, the perception of this risk is ambiguous and relates par...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Funari SL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, the Unified National Health System (SUS) is responsible for the majority of kidney transplants. To maintain these interventions, the guidelines recommend the use of cyclosporine or tacrolimus, associated with corticosteroids and azathioprine or mycophenolate. Taking the perspective of the National Health Sy...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guerra Junior AA,Acúrcio Fde A,Andrade EI,Cherchiglia ML,Cesar CC,Queiroz OV,Silva GD

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:In Brazil, nonprofit or charitable organizations are the oldest and most traditional and institutionalized form of relationship between the third sector and the state. Despite the historical importance of charitable hospital care, little research has been done on the participation of the nonprofit sector in basic heal...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Canabrava CM,Andrade EI,Janones FA,Alves TA,Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the nematodes Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, and Wuchereria bancrofti. The disease occurs in developing countries and is more frequent in urban areas. An estimated 4 billion people live in at-risk areas. In Brazil the endemic is caused by W. bancrofti and was first documented in 1878. ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maciel A,Furtado AF,Marzochi KB

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the process and costs of comprehensively implementing two tests to decentralize the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in an endemic city in Brazil: a rapid test (IT LEISH) and a direct agglutination test (DAT-LPC). The implementation began by training health professionals to perform the tests....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assis TS,Guimarães PN,Oliveira E,Peruhype-Magalhães V,Gomes LI,Rabello A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the inter-rater reproducibility of the Portuguese version of the PEDro Scale. Seven physiotherapists rated the methodological quality of 50 reports of randomized controlled trials written in Portuguese indexed on the PEDro database. Each report was also rated using the English v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Shiwa SR,Costa LO,Costa Lda C,Moseley A,Hespanhol Junior LC,Venâncio R,Ruggero C,Sato Tde O,Lopes AD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the methodology of data collection on physical activity using accelerometry in two birth cohorts (2004 and 1993) in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, at the 6-7 and 18-year follow-up visits, respectively. During visits to the study headquarters for a health evaluation,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Knuth AG,Assunção MC,Gonçalves H,Menezes AM,Santos IS,Barros AJ,Matijasevich A,Ramires VV,Silva IC,Hallal PC

更新日期：2013-03-01 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 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：: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 is a descriptive study to assess the leprosy control program in the municipality of Buriticupu in Maranhão State, Brazil. The records of 214 patients with different forms of leprosy were studied. Patients were treated at a health center of the Federal University in Maranhão located in the above-mentioned municipa...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Aquino DM,Santos JS,Costa JM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses methodologies for analyzing relations between social inequalities, marginalization, prejudice, and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, highlighting current difficulties and alternative research strategies. It also reviews the international and Brazilian literature, emphasizing: economic and macropolitical ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bastos FI,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the profile of physical abuse against older people who underwent forensic examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. The cases, with data from 1,027 forensic reports, were described according to characteristics of the incident, v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Abath Mde B,Leal MC,Melo Filho DA,Marques AP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on an exploratory analysis of potential associations between snakebite incidence and environmental and socioeconomic variables in Rio de Janeiro from 1990 to 1996. Specific geographic locations in the State of Rio de Janeiro, the percentage of working children aged 10 to 14 years, illiteracy, low ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bochner R,Struchiner CJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:This study aimed to verify the effects of buying television advertised food in schoolchildren eating behaviors. We performed a cross-sectional study with fourth grade students of an elementary education in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We analyzed anthropometric data, the habit of buying television adver...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fraga RS,Silva SLR,Santos LCD,Titonele LRO,Carmo ADS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify critical health care areas along the Brazilian border. The distribution of health resources was analyzed by municipality and border area in 1999-2000 and subsequently analyzed according to living conditions, health status, geographic accessibility, and other aspects of the border ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Peiter PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive qualitative study had the following objectives: identify the content and structure of social representations of quality of life and AIDS for persons living with the disease and analyze the structural relations between such representations. The sample included 103 persons with HIV in a municipality (co...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa TL,Oliveira DC,Formozo GA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the association between the reported frequency of breast self-examination and five dimensions of social support (material, emotional, affective, information, and positive social interaction) among 2,240 female employees from a university in Rio de Janeiro who were participants in Phase 1 of a ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Andrade CR,Chor D,Faerstein E,Griep RH,Lopes CS,Fonseca Mde J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00