Studies on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and anthropic environment. 4--Survey of resting adults and synanthropic behaviour in south-eastern, Brazil.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data from three household surveys undertaken in the city of S. Paulo, Brazil, from mid-80s to mid-90s allow to characterize and analyse secular trends in malnutrition and obesity among infants and children. METHODS:The three surveys included random population samples aged from zero to 59 months (1,008 childr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Monteiro CA,Conde WL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare cancer hospital morbidity among the local population and the immigrant population in Chile. METHODS:This is a prevalence study based on the analysis of hospital discharges of all the health centers of Chile. Cancer hospital discharges were characterized in 2012 according to the migratory status. T...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Oyarte M,Delgado I,Pedrero V,Agar L,Cabieses B

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the intensity of Pediculus capitis infestation (abundance) among Argentinean schoolchildren. Children's sex and social stratum were analyzed as modifiers of the general prevalence and degree of parasitism. METHODS:The study included 1,370 schoolchildren (692 girls, 678 boys) from 26 schools of t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Catalá S,Junco L,Vaporaky R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the advantages and disadvantages of using segments compared to a complete address list, for the selection of households in a multistage cluster sampling in slums. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:A qualitative study was performed in four slums selected by the São Paulo Municipal Health Survey of 2008, a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Alves MC,Morais Mde L,Escuder MM,Goldbaum M,Barros MB,Cesar CL,Carandina L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To update estimates of sodium intake in Brazil. METHODS:We used data from the Brazilian Household Budget Survey of 2008-2009. Records of food purchases of households were converted into nutrients using food composition tables. Mean sodium availability per person per day and mean adjusted availability for a 2...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sarno F,Claro RM,Levy RB,Bandoni DH,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles aquasalis has shown local variations in blood-host preference in Brazil: it seems to be anthropophilic in the northeast and zoophilic or opportunistic in the Amazon and other regions. A study was carried out in Guapimirim county, State of Rio de Janeiro, from May to November 1992, for the purpose of identify...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Flores-Mendoza C,Cunha RA,Rocha DS,Lourenço-de-Oliveira R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate health status of the elderly in Mexico through their self-perception and to describe social, organizational and health-related factors. METHODS:A study was carried out on secondary data from the 2000 National Health Survey in Mexico. Multiple logistic regression models were used. The dependent va...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gallegos-Carrillo K,García-Peña C,Duran-Muñoz C,Reyes H,Durán-Arenas L

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precision medicine has been announced as a new health revolution. The term precision implies more accuracy in healthcare and prevention of diseases, which could yield substantial cost savings. However, scientific debate about precision medicine is needed to avoid wasting economic resources and hype. In this commentary...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Rey-López JP,Sá TH,Rezende LFM

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was conducted in the municipality of Londrina, a medium-sized city of southern Brazil. Analysis was performed in the characteristics of road accidents that had occurred during the first semester of 1996, resulting in 3,643 victims. Car or small truck collisions were the most common type of accident. The rate...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Andrade SM,Jorge MH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the risks of severe acute maternal complications associated with cesarean section without medical indication. METHODS:A systematic review was carried out with meta-analysis. The literature search was performed systematically, in multiple stages, in the PubMed, Lil...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Mascarello KC,Horta BL,Silveira MF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and health in Brazil. METHODS:The analysis of the impact of employment and income on mortality in Brazil was based on panel data from Brazilian states between 1981 and 2002. Mortality rates obtained from the national mortality database was used as ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Jacinto Pde A,Tejada CA,Sousa TR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invention of roentgenphotography by Manoel de Abreu and its consequent widespread use in Brasil are described. Due to legal requirements, children, young people and pregnant womem are submitted repeatedly and, very often, to unnecessary examinations. After the atomic explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the kn...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gikovate F,Nogueira DP

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze factors associated with persistence to breast cancer hormone therapy in order to contribute to the quality of care improvement. METHODS:Retrospective longitudinal study, based on secondary data. A cohort of 5,861 women with breast cancer registered in different datasets of the Brazilian National C...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Brito C,Portela MC,Vasconcellos MT

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lower extremity amputation is an increasing problem among diabetic patients and an important public health problem. The study purpose was to identify factors associated with lower extremity amputation. METHODS:A matched case-control study was carried out among diabetic patients. Cases were selected in public...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gamba MA,Gotlieb SL,Bergamaschi DP,Vianna LA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with the lack of active father involvement in infant care at four months of age. METHODS:Cross-sectional study involving families of 153 infants at four months of age, interviewed in their homes by two family therapists. In addition to father involvement in infant care, sociode...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Falceto OG,Fernandes CL,Baratojo C,Giugliani ER

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a Spanish version of the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) for the Chilean population. METHODS:Descriptive, transversal, non-experimental validity and reliability study. Four translators, three experts and 92 Chilean children, from five to 10 years, students from a primary school in Santia...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cano-Cappellacci M,Leyton FA,Carreño JD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of the Family Health Strategy on infant mortality surveillance. METHODS:An ecologic study was performed with a multiple group design, and the unit of analysis was municipalities in Bahia state (Northeastern Brazil) in 2008. The 3,947 deaths analyzed were obtained from the Mortality Inf...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santana M,Aquino R,Medina MG

更新日期：2012-02-01 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 temporal trend, identify the factors related and elaborate a predictive model for unfavorable treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). METHODS:Retrospective cohort study with all cases diagnosed with MDR-TB between the years 2006 and 2015 in the state of São Paulo. The...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arroyo LH,Ramos ACV,Yamamura M,Berra TZ,Alves LS,Belchior AS,Santos DT,Alves JD,Campoy LT,Arcoverde MAM,Bollela VR,Bombarda S,Nunes C,Arcêncio RA

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the fact that information about how teachers and students conceptualize illness and their ideas of health preservation have important implications of health education, these two concepts were studied in a sample population of teachers and pupils, of a school course of up to 14-year-olds, representative of t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Boruchovitch E,Felix-Sousa IC,Schall VT

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of several health behaviors among students of public and private schools in S. Paulo, Brazil. METHODS:An epidemiological survey about health behaviors among high school students was carried out in S. Paulo in 1998. Seventh to eleventh graders from ten public and seven private sc...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carlini-Cotrim B,Gazal-Carvalho C,Gouveia N

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tobacco among school children in ten Brazilian cities, by means of statistical techniques such as bivariate and multivariate analysis (Logit Model), was analyzed. Bivariate analysis revealed a positive association between the use of tobacco and the school child's non-academic occupation, evening course atte...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barbosa MT,Carlini-Cotrim B,Silva-Filho AR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the influence of the socioeconomic context of the community on chronic child malnutrition in Colombia. METHODS:We estimated multilevel logistic models using data from the National Demographic and Health Survey in Colombia in 2010. The final sample included 11,448 children under the age of five gat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Osorio AM,Romero GA,Bonilla H,Aguado LF

更新日期：2018-07-26 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 spatially delimit cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) human contact risk zones (CoRZ) using remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques. METHODS:A total of 27 CL cases reported from 1992 to 1997 in the municipality Itapira, Brazil, were studied. The influence of some important environmental variables related to ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Aparicio C,Bitencourt MD

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the second half of 1986 the health and nutritional status of 254 children aged up to six years was studied, as well as the socio-economic situation of their parents in two favelas (shantytowns) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The nutritional status of the children was characterized by stunting (Z-score: 20.1% less t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Molina MC,Gross R,Schell B,Cuelho Leão MA,Strack U,Brunken B

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the contributions of the socioeconomic, hygienic, and sanitation improvements in reducing the prevalence of diarrhea in a city of the Amazon. METHODS:In this population-based cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from surveys conducted in the city of Jordão, Acre. In 2005 and 2012, these surveys...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Imada KS,Araújo TS,Muniz PT,Pádua VL

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the BCG scar as a marker of BCG vaccination status. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 53,348 schoolchildren aged 6-14 years who underwent BCG scar examination as part of a large BCG vaccine trial taking place in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Results of BCG scar reading were com...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pereira SM,Bierrenbach AL,Dourado I,Barreto ML,Ichihara MY,Hijjar MA,Rodrigues LC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of exposure to magnetic fields generated by transmission lines (TL) and characterize the exposed population. METHODS:Information about TL in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, was provided by the electricity companies and mapped out using geographic informat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Habermann M,Marcílio I,Lopes M,Prado R,Souza M,Gouveia N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess (1) the consistency between self-classified and interviewer-classified color/race according to socioeconomic and demographic variables and (2) the magnitude of the ethnic-racial inequalities of income and socioeconomic status using self-classified and interviewer-classified color/race. METHODS:A cr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bastos JL,Peres MA,Peres KG,Dumith SC,Gigante DP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00