Falls, cuts and burns in children 0-4 years of age: 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort.

abstract：:This study aimed at establishing the cross-cultural equivalence of scales used to evaluate physical activity level and measure cardiorespiratory fitness, for further application in elderly subjects. Three scales were identified after systematic review: Veterans Physical Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ), Rating of Perceiv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Maranhão Neto Gde A,Ponce de Leon AC,Farinatti Pde T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis persists as a serious public health problem in Brazil. Prevalence rates are alarming in certain social groups, including indigenous peoples. This article presents an epidemiological analysis of records in the Rondonia State Tuberculosis Control Program, identifying the disease's profile among indigenous g...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Escobar AL,Coimbra CE Jr,Camacho LA,Portela MC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, leprosy has been mainly an urban disease, with an uneven geographical distribution related at least partially to the way urban space has been occupied and transformed. Spatial analysis may thus become an important tool to establish an epidemiological surveillance system for leprosy....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lapa T,Ximenes R,Silva NN,Souza W,Albuquerque M,Campozana G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluative, descriptive, time series study was conducted to evaluate the completeness of data on certificates of live birth. The study population consisted of all live births of residents in Pernambuco State, Brazil, from 1996 to 2005, contained in the database of the Live Birth Information System (SINASC), provide...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Costa JM,de Frias PG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the main advances in health coverage and health services demand in Colombia using the 1997 and 2003 living standards surveys. The study showed an increase in health coverage associated with expansion of the subsidized care system, although a large proportion of the population is still not entitled ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Zambrano A,Ramírez M,Yepes FJ,Guerra JA,Rivera D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses dental fluorosis as a relevant public health problem, using a review of epidemiological studies published in the last 10 years on the disease's prevalence, severity, and risk factors. The results suggest that there are already more cases than expected, although few studies refer to major severity....

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cangussu MC,Narvai PC,Castellanos Fernandez R,Djehizian V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral interventions have been essential components of HIV prevention approaches, especially those aimed to promote safe sexual practices. We conducted a comprehensive literature search without language restrictions between 1980 and July 2014 to identify randomized controlled trials or controlled studies investiga...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves TR,Faria ER,Carvalho FT,Piccinini CA,Shoveller JA

更新日期：2017-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS epidemic has spread and reached various population groups differently. The epidemic's dynamics have also differed according to the characteristics of different areas within cities, related to the principal modes of spread. This study analyzes the AIDS epidemic in women in the city of Rio de Janeiro using the ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomazelli J,Czeresnia D,Barcellos C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic status and age at menarche among indigenous and non-indigenous girls in the Araucanía Region of Chile, controlling for nutritional status and mother's age at menarche. A total of 8,624 randomly selected girls from 168 schools were screened, resulting ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Amigo H,Vásquez S,Bustos P,Ortiz G,Lara M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latin American countries made the political decision to eliminate human rabies transmitted by dogs by the year 2005. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate to what extent this goal has been reached. The epidemiological situation and control measures were analyzed and broken down within the countries by georef...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Schneider MC,Belotto A,Adé MP,Hendrickx S,Leanes LF,Rodrigues MJ,Medina G,Correa E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between use of misoprostol and other drugs to induce menstruation, and congenital anomalies. A sample of 4,856 pregnant women 20 years and older were enrolled consecutively in prenatal services in the Unified National Health System, in six Brazilian State capitals. Data on socio-de...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dal Pizzol Tda S,Sanseverino MT,Mengue SS

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:This study aimed to describe the temporal-spatial patterns of dengue epidemics in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, from 1996 to 2002 and to analyze residential address as a proxy for exposure. Reported dengue cases were analyzed according to week of onset of symptoms and residential census tract. Local Mora...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Almeida MC,Assunção RM,Proietti FA,Caiaffa WT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with negative self-rated oral health. Elderly subjects from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's oral health survey (2002-2003) who rated their own oral health as bad or very bad were compared to those who rated their oral health as excellent, good, or fair, us...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Martins AM,Barreto SM,Pordeus IA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-rated health in a sample of adults living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, was studied by comparing a group of residents in census tracts without social vulnerability, identified using an indicator developed by the SEADE Foundation, and a group of residents in census tracts with middle, high or very ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Barata RB,Ribeiro MC,Cassanti AC,Grupo do Projeto Vulnerabilidade Social no Centro de São Paulo.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban climate changes, excessive air pollution, and increasing social inequalities have become determinant factors in the high risk of hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases. The current study thus aimed to understand how meteorological factors (air temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation) and air poll...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moraes SL,Almendra R,Santana P,Galvani E

更新日期：2019-07-29 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：:We conducted a cross-sectional study on 193 mothers of children 6 to 18 months of age in an African-Colombian community, with the objectives: (1) to adapt and validate the Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project scale, the DUKE-UNC-11 social support scale, and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Developme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alvarado BE,Zunzunegui MV,Delisle H

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:The study aims to describe body phenotypes estimated by multivariate technique for the assessment of nutritional status in adolescence during the process of sexual maturation. The sample consisted of 833 schoolchildren 10 to 15 years of age, selected by complex sampling in Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. Body phe...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cumpian-Silva J,Rinaldi AEM,Mazzeti CMDS,Conde WL

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge concerning work-related hazards and accidents among adolescents enrolled in an elementary public school was evaluated through an analysis of their occupational profile and discussions concerning concepts of risk situations at work and individual and collective measures for accident prevention and control. Th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima MI,Camara Vd Vde M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and youth are currently one of the population segments most heavily jeopardized by the worsening of social, economic, and cultural problems in Brazil. Factors such as lack of government support for a sound, universally accessible school system, income concentration, low wages, unemployment, and family dysfunc...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cruz Neto O,Moreira MR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the decision on whether to include deaths of HIV+ pregnant women in the classification of maternal mortality. The study focuses on deaths of childbearing-age women in S o Paulo in 1998, investigated by the State's Central Committee on Maternal Mortality (CCMM). Working from a social constructionist...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bonciani RD,Spink MJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify the association between emotional distress and social support networks with quality of life in primary care patients. This was a cross-sectional study involving 1,466 patients in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2009/2010. The General Health Questionnai...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Portugal FB,Campos MR,Correia CR,Gonçalves DA,Ballester D,Tófoli LF,Mari JJ,Gask L,Dowrick C,Bower P,Fortes S

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze aspects of the physician-patient and pharmacist-patient relationship, based on patients' opinions. It consists of community-based research performed in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, where 957 persons were interviewed; 904 answered questions about the last visit to the physi...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Arrais PS,Barreto ML,Coelho HL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes how space is employed in infectious disease epidemiology, with a brief retrospective of the various definitions of space and its implications. Emphasis is given to the theory of natural foci of infectious diseases formulated by Pavlovsky and the interactions of epidemiology and geography.The curr...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva LJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to systematize the profile of cocaine and crack users in Brazil. The study adopted a literature review of the MEDLINE, LILACS, Cochrane Library databases and CAPES thesis/dissertation database. Data were grouped in thematic categories: national household surveys, surveys of specific population groups...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duailibi LB,Ribeiro M,Laranjeira R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes expenditures backed by court rulings to ensure the public provision of medicines for treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), a rare disease that requires high-cost drugs not covered by the Brazilian government's policy for pharmaceutical care and which have disputed clinical efficacy. The methodo...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Diniz D,Medeiros M,Schwartz IV

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study included 20,084 students from urban schools (first to fourth-grade) in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Weight and height were measured, and nutritional status was classified according to the World Health Organization (height deficit) and International Obesity Task Force (overweight...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vieira Mde F,Araújo CL,Hallal PC,Madruga SW,Neutzling MB,Matijasevich A,Leal CM,Menezes AM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional epidemiological study aimed to calculate the potential years of life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2003-2007. A database was used from the Operational Division for Information on Births and Deaths under the Recife Municipal Health Department. All death cer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Silva LS,Menezes ML,Lopes CL,Corrêa MS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00