[Infestation by Pediculus humanus (Anoplura: Pediculidae) in a metropolitan area of southeast Brazil].

abstract：:A study was undertaken in an urban area of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina, in a housing complex of 768 flats distributed in buildings of 3 and 7 floors each surrounding an abandoned central winery. A total of 329 Triatoma infestans were captured, 293 on 4 terraces of seven-floor-towers and 36 ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vallvé SL,Rojo H,Wisnivesky-Colli C

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a systematic framework for modeling several classes of illness-sickness-disease named as Holopathogenesis. Holopathogenesis is defined as processes of over-determination of diseases and related conditions taken as a whole, comprising selected facets of the complex object Health. First, a conceptu...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Almeida Filho N

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the Escala de Autoeficácia para a Autodireção na Saúde (EAAS - Self-efficacy for Self-direction in Health Scale). METHODS:Non-experimental quantitative study of EAAS validation, by confirmatory factorial analyses, evaluating a sample of 508 older adults from the north and the center of Portugal w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Oliveira AL,Silva JT,Lima MP

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing evidence on the association between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, obesity and other chronic diseases has highlighted the need to implement policy actions that go beyond programs exclusively focused on individual responsibility. In order to protect their commercial goals in Latin America, the su...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gómez L,Jacoby E,Ibarra L,Lucumí D,Hernandez A,Parra D,Florindo A,Hallal P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of confirmed cases of yellow fever whose patients were hospitalized in a general hospital for infectious diseases in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from March 11, 2017 to June 15, 2018, during a recent outbreak and factors associated with death. METHODS...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Escosteguy CC,Pereira AGL,Marques MRVE,Lima TRA,Galliez RM,Medronho RA

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons were made among the erythroimmunoadsorption by capture (C-EIA), the immunoenzymatic (ELISA) and passive haemaglutination (P.H.A.) tests used in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. The three tests, two of them routine by in diagnosis, and the third one (C-EIA) recently, standardised were compared for the d...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pialarissi CS,Nitrini SM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A description of infant mortality in children of less than one year of age on the basis of official systems of information. METHODS:The data were obtained from two official information systems of the Health Ministry: of mortality and live-births. Health service and home visits were carried out to complete th...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bohland AK,Jorge MH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search for a possible source...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fernandes EG,Oliveira ME,Fred J,Carelli LA,Lima GD,Sato HK,Yu AL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the meanings attributed to self-assessment of health by the elderly. METHODS:Qualitative study performed with 17 elderly individuals (> 70 years of age) of both sexes, living in the city of Bambuí, Southeastern Brazil, in 2008. An anthropological approach based on the model of signs, meanings a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fonseca Md,Firmo JO,Loyola Filho AI,Uchôa E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess life histories of alcohol consumption among women in specialized treatment center for alcohol dependency. METHODS:A qualitative study using a life-history approach was carried out in a sample comprising 13 women being treated in an alcohol and drug treatment and research outpatient clinic from May ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nóbrega Mdo P,Oliveira EM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the assistance, management and workers' education models of a network of psychosocial healthcare services (CAPS). METHODS:This is a qualitative evaluation research, supported by the Gadamerian hermeneutics, carried out in the city of Campinas, Southeastern Brazil, in 2006-2007. Data were collected...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Campos RT,Furtado JP,Passos E,Ferrer AL,Miranda L,Gama CA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify determinants of protein-energy malnutrition resulting in weight and linear growth deficits in children. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out among 1,041 children (under two years of age) from 10 municipalities in Bahia, Northeastern Brazil, during 1999-2000. Both logistic regression an...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Oliveira VA,Assis AM,Pinheiro SM,Barreto ML

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess costs and consequences of prenatal care on perinatal morbidity and mortality. METHODS:Evaluation study using two types of analysis: implementation and efficiency analysis, carried out at 11 Family Health Units in the Recife, Northeastern Brazil, in 2006. The costs were calculated by means of the ac...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vidal SA,Samico IC,Frias PG,Hartz ZM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease continues to be a great health problem on all continents and the meningococcal vaccines have been proposed for their prevention and epidemic control. The polysaccharide A and C vaccines are relatively efficacious with distinct immunological behavior with regard to the different age groups, howeve...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Requejo HI

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe situations of alcohol and other drug use involving tourists, and their implications regarding vulnerability to HIV. METHODS:This was an exploratory qualitative study conducted in communities that host tourism in the Vale do Ribeira, State of São Paulo, from October 2002 to February 2003. In the f...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santos Ade O,Paiva V

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify type of service, frequency, and individual patient determinants associated with diagnostic test ordering in medical appointments. METHODS:A population-based study included 3,100 adults aged 20 years or older, living in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil. Sampling was carried out in multiple sta...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Capilheira MF,Santos IS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To review studies on the readability of package leaflets of medicinal products for human use. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature review between 2008 and 2013 using the keywords "Readability and Package Leaflet" and "Readability and Package Insert" in the academic search engine Biblioteca do Conheci...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pires C,Vigário M,Cavaco A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the normative data of WHODAS 2.0-BO for older Brazilians (World Health Disability Assessment Schedule - Brazilian version for older people) and its distribution according to sex, age, health, subjective health perception, performance in a mobility test and presence of chronic diseases and depressio...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ferrer MLP,Perracini MR,Rebustini F,Buchalla CM

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe functional capacity changes of elderly during hospitalization and to assess the correlation of these changes at the time of hospital discharge and sociodemographics and clinical variables. METHODS:There were studied 94 patients aged 65 to 94 years admitted to a geriatric-gerontological hospital u...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Siqueira AB,Cordeiro RC,Perracini MR,Ramos LR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the review was to emphasize the need for educational efforts aiming at the empowerment of slaughterhouse workers based on their major work-related conditions. Slaughterhouse work involves stressful and tiring tasks. These workers suffer from serious occupational injuries and health problems including ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tavolaro P,Pereira IM,Pelicioni MC,Oliveira CA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the influence of family income and food prices on the participation of fruits and vegetables in the food purchases of Brazilian households. METHODS:Data analyzed refers to the Household Budget Survey conducted by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística on a probabilistic sample of 48,4...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Claro RM,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A factory producing lead ingots, located in Caçapava, caused lead and cadmium contamination of the environment, in the Paraiba Valley region of Southeastern, Brazil, through the discharge of industrial waste and the recycling of batteries. The factory, set in a rural, dairy cattle breeding area, worried sa...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Okada IA,Sakuma AM,Maio FD,Dovidauskas S,Zenebon O

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An assessment of the evolution of the profile of mortality from avoidable diseases, in the municipality of Maringá, PR (Brazil), 1980 through 1993, as related to the quality of health attendance. METHODS:Based on the proposal to study caregiving results, eleven causes of avoidable deaths were selected. The e...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Scochi MJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the occurrence of deaths directly associated with urban violence among fatal work-related accidents. METHODS:Verbal autopsies were performed with the relatives and coworkers of residents of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, who died from external causes in 2015. We have also analyzed police r...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R,Luz VG,Hennington ÉA,Martins ACA,Tófoli LF

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A first step in the pilot-study undertaken as part of a research project on psychiatric morbidity--depression and organic brain syndrome--in the elderly population of Rio de Janeiro is described. The main objective is to "fine-tune" the instrument used (check list of DSM-III) and testing validity of the BOAS questionn...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Veras RP,Coutinho E,Ney G Júnior

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shared management put into effect by the "Ações Integradas de Saúde" (Integrated Health Actions) in the State of S. Paulo (Brazil), in the early 80s is analysed. The relevant data were collected from the minutes of the meetings of the "Comissão Interinstitutional de Saúde" (Interinstitutional Health Committee). Th...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tanaka OY,Escobar EM,Gimenez AS,Camargo KG,Lelli CL,Yoshida TM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a trend, with a view to achieving greater scientific visibility and international projection, that favors the adoption of the English language in Brazilian journals dealing with nosological problems. This argument is here questioned. Latin America is a large continent with characteristic health problems. Thus...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity of the epidemiological object has provoked discussion of the elements that have constituted it over time sometimes assuming the form of antinomies. By using as substract fundamental texts, the formulation and the proposal for a solution of the antinomies between the social-biological and the collective-...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Melo-Filho DA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe methods and initial findings of a surveillance system of risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) based on telephone interviews. METHODS:Interviews undertaken in a random sample of the adult population of the Municipality of Sao Paulo living in households with telephone. Samplin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Monteiro CA,de Moura EC,Jaime PC,Lucca A,Florindo AA,Figueiredo IC,Bernal R,da Silva NN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS:Child health quality of care and costs were compared in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Amorim DG,Adam T,Amaral JJ,Gouws E,Bryce J,Victora CG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00