Challenges for conducting blood collection and biochemical analysis in a large multicenter school-based study with adolescents: lessons from ERICA in Brazil.

abstract：:This research note is the result of a qualitative study in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, aimed at exploring traffic accident risk from the motorcycle couriers' point of view. The research results highlight the importance of accident prevention and health promotion for these workers. The study was based on s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Veronese AM,de Oliveira DL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to test and assess the accuracy of a scoring method in probabilistic data linkage in order to enable automatic identification of true matches, dispensing with the manual inspection stage. Accuracy study using data from the Breast Cancer Information System (SISMAMA) base in Minas Gerais State, Brazil,...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte DAP,Corrêa CSL,Fayer VA,Nogueira MC,Bustamante-Teixeira MT

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute poisoning with medicines in Brazil has various causes, including a deficient national drug policy. The current study thus aimed to analyze socioeconomic variables, prescription characteristics, and forms of purchase or acquisition and storing of medicines by victims of acute unintentional poisoning. The data wer...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Margonato FB,Thomson Z,Paoliello MM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, family planning programs have targeted women almost exclusively. More recently it has become clear that men have a strong influence on their partners' use of contraception, either by opposing the use of any or one specific method, or by deciding that a woman has to either use a given method or be sterili...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Duarte GA

更新日期：1998-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the control mechanisms used in a telemarketing call center and compares them with workers' complaints previously filed through the respective trade union. Such complaints related to fatigue, mental exhaustion, and powerlessness in the face of a rigid work organization. The work in various division...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Vilela LV,Assunção AA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have emphasized that there is no justification for using the odds ratio (OR) as an approximation of the relative risk (RR) or prevalence ratio (PR). Erroneous interpretations of the OR as RR or PR must be avoided, as several studies have shown that the OR is not a good approximation for these measures w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Camey SA,Torman VB,Hirakata VN,Cortes RX,Vigo A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutional Amendment 29, passed in 2000, set the minimum percentages of budget resources that the Federal, State, and Municipal governments are required to spend on public health. Taking a descriptive approach, this article aims to verify the compliance with Amendment 29 at various levels of government, from 2000 ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Campelli MG,Calvo MC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the association between obesity and emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescents. We studied 4,325 individuals 11 to 15 years of age who were members of the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Information on body mass index (BMI), maternal assessment of the adole...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Assunção MC,Muniz LC,Schäfer AA,Meller Fde O,Carús JP,Quadros Lde C,Domingues LR,da Silva VL,Gonçalves H,Hallal PC,Menezes AM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of a fossil record, the evolution of protozoa has until recently largely remained a matter for speculation. However, advances in molecular methods and phylogenetic analysis are now allowing interpretation of the "history written in the genes". This review focuses on recent progress in reconstruction of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Stevens JR,Gibson WC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual and reproductive health is a major public health concern, since it involves individual health and wellbeing and affects the socioeconomic level of societies. Socially underprivileged groups like immigrants may be more exposed to sexual and reproductive health problems. The current study examines key aspects of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rocha CM,Dias SF,Gama AF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA) was validated for the Brazilian context in 2004. Since then, the scale has evaluated and measured the experience of food insecurity in rural and urban households, initially in the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey and later in the Brazilian National Survey of Demogra...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Athila AR,Leite MS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the health of Kaingáng women in the Faxinal indigenous territory in Paraná State, Brazil, with regard to risk factors for breast cancer. A descriptive and exploratory investigation was undertaken that included 95.4% of females 20 years or over. Data showed that 92.3% of Kaingáng women reported brea...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva EP,Pelloso SM,Carvalho MD,Toledo MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper's general objective is to evaluate the nutritional adequacy of the food consumed in an Integrated Center of Public Education in the city of Americana, state of Sao Paulo. The data on food consumption in the city of seven to 15 years old was obtained through a recordatory inquiry. To transform the food consum...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva MV

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Social inequalities in Brazil are reflected in women's search for abortion care, when they face individual, social, and structural barriers and are exposed to situations of vulnerability. Black women are the most heavily exposed to these barriers, from the search for the service to the care itself. The study aimed to ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goes EF,Menezes GMS,Almeida MC,Araújo TVB,Alves SV,Alves MTSSBE,Aquino EML

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between inadequate nutrient intake, oral health and family cohesion. This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 887 non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Oral examination was performed by trained and calibrated ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： de Andrade FB,Caldas Junior Ade F,Kitoko PM,Zandonade E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technical advances in neonatology have increased the life expectancy of children with serious health problems. Many of these children experience developmental delay (mental disability) and require special care. The family must adapt to better provide for the child's needs. This study aimed to identify mothers' reactio...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Bastos OM,Deslandes SF

更新日期：2008-09-01 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

abstract：:When the death causes are understood as a result of morbility process that may have been avoided with different kinds of economic, social and welfare services policies and the advance of scientific and technologic knowledges, there is clearly a structural determinism so that many population social sectors can't reach ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Molina CA,López MV

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Brazil is among the countries of the world with the most dengue cases. Case reporting systems are essential for monitoring the disease's evolution, but few reporting forms are properly completed. Knowledge of the patients' schooling level is important for understanding the role of social inequality in the risk of illn...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guimarães LM,Cunha GMD

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of dental caries in the central western region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on 12-year-old children by gender, comparing the DMFT index in fluoridated and non-fluoridated cities. The study used data from the Epidemiological Surveys in the State of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Sales-Peres SH,Bastos JR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the quality of official data on mortality due to external causes. It examines the agreement in the underlying cause of death by accidents and violence in children and adolescents under 18 years of age in the Municipality of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro State. Codings based on death certificates ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Simões EM,Reichenheim ME

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural tube defects are congenital malformations that occur during initial fetal development, leading to anencephaly and spina bifida; folic acid deficiency is the most important risk factor identified to date. Brazil has one of the world's highest neural tube defect rates. Food consumption surveys among pregnant Braz...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Santos LM,Pereira MZ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indigenous healthcare model in Brazil is premised on comprehensive care combined with the notion of differentiated care and provides for respect for cultural diversity, seeking to incorporate traditional therapeutic practices into the health services that serve indigenous peoples. This study aimed to determine how...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Novo MP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with dynapenia in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and older. A cross-sectional study was performed with baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Dynapenia was defined as low muscle strengt...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges VS,Lima-Costa MFF,Andrade FB

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A and D serum concentrations and risk factors for their deficiencies were investigated in children participating in a government-sponsored fortified milk program. The study used multivariate linear regression analysis with hierarchical selection of independent variables: socio-demographic conditions, children'...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Kurihayashi AY,Augusto RA,Escaldelai FM,Martini LA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reporting family violence against children has two main benefits: it protects the child from the violence and improves epidemiological control of violence. Health professionals play an important role in this area, since they are required to report any known or even suspected case of violence. Nevertheless, when and ho...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Goncalves HS,Ferreira AL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cesarean section rate in municipal public maternity hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the year of 2000 was 30.1%. With such a high rate, our hypothesis is that attending obstetricians in these units are indicating cesarean sections for reasons not restricted to clinical factors. The article aims to analyz...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias MA,Deslandes SF

更新日期：2004-01-01 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