[Toxicology of toluene: aspects related to its abuse].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies on the evolution of infant mortality rate are very relevant. Nevertheless, lack of vital statistics in Brazil limits the temporal and spatial analysis of this indicator. This study aims to investigate the possible use of the Brazilian Hospital Information System as an alternative information source fo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Schramm JM,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting from a paper about closing the gap between sociology and medicine in Brazil and the United Kingdom that was published in 1971, a historical update was made with the aim of reflecting on the new shapes of health-related teaching and research within the social and human sciences, in these two countries. The met...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barros NF,Nunes ED

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze HIV/AIDS positive individual's perception and attitudes regarding dental services. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-four subjects (30.0% of women and 70.0% of men) from Nuevo León, Mexico, took part in the study (2014). They filled out structured, analytical, self-administered, anonymous questionnai...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Elizondo JE,Treviño AC,Violant D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the contribution of work-related diseases to sick leaves due to general and occupational health problems. METHODS:Sociodemographic, occupational and health data from 29,658 records of temporary disability benefits, granted on account of health problems by the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza NS,Santana VS,Albuquerque-Oliveira PR,Barbosa-Branco A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinguishing characteristics of the definitions of health promotion and health education are here examined. Two different planning frameworks, the PRECEDE-PROCEDE and the HELPSAM models are introduced. Solutions can be directed in two major directions are discussed: individual changes and organizational changes....

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Candeias NM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities: the presence of one adult in chicken house in Altaneira, one ad...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freitas SP,Freitas AL,Gonçalves TC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the validity of the Portuguese version of the Clinical Dementia Rating for classifying the cognitive function among the elderly. METHODS:The Mini Mental State Examination was utilized as a screening method for cognitive deficit among a cohort of 424 elderly. All those who scored <26 points (108 e...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Montaño MB,Ramos LR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elderly choose between utilizing private or public health care providers based on their socioeconomic, demographic, and epidemiological condition. The purposes of this study was to evaluate how these factors affect the choice of health care provider and to compare the impact of their choice on individual and ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bós AM,Bós AJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 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:Describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the "Explanatory Model Interview Catalog - Stigma Scale" for people affected by leprosy in Brazil. METHODS:After being authorized by the author of the scale to use it in the national context, we initiated the five steps process of cross-cultural adaptation...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Morgado FFDR,Silveira EMKXD,Sales AM,Nascimento LPRD,Sarno EN,Nery JADC,Oliveira AJ,Illarramendi X

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study of 354 children under two years of age was carried out in two periurban slums, with poor sanitary and socioeconomic conditions, located in Pelotas, southern Brazil. Most (79%) of the children studied were current users of pacifiers, 15% had never used one and the remaining 6% were ex-users. Amo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tomasi E,Victora CG,Post PR,Olinto MT,Béhague D

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess communications aspects related to pesticide use in a rural area of the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. METHODS:The study was carried out in the area of São Lourenço stream. It was based on methodological triangulation comprising: semi-structured interviews and observation of a local population sample...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Peres F,Rozemberg B,Alves SR,Moreira JC,Oliveira-Silva JJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the therapeutic practice of allopathic physicians and to evaluate the outpatient care provided to patients in healthcare facilities. METHODS:The study was conducted in Ribeirão Preto, southeastern Brazil. World Health Organization drug use indicators were used as a methodological basis. Our sampl...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santos Vd,Nitrini SM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze cause-specific mortality rates according to the relative income hypothesis. METHODS:All 96 administrative areas of the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, were divided into two groups based on the Gini coefficient of income inequality: high (≥0.25) and low (<0.25). The propensity score matchin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Chiavegatto Filho AD,Gotlieb SL,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some specific characteristics of the aging of the Brazilian population in different areas, states and communities all over the country, have shown significant variations. Historical series of demographic and health indicators for the population in their sixties and over in Brazil, state of S. Paulo and in the municipa...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Telarolli Júnior R,Machado JC,Carvalho F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To asses how people with mental disorders experience their special needs and interact with the community in public urban places. METHODOLOGY:The research was performed in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, using ethnography as the theoretical methodological approach. As of the study of one s...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Dalmolin BM,Vasconcellos Mda P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30) administered to adolescents. METHODS:The study included 750 adolescents: 375 aged 12 years and 375 aged 15-19 years, attending public and private schools in Campina Gra...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lima LCM,Neves ÉTB,Dutra LDC,Firmino RT,Araújo LJS,Paiva SM,Ferreira FM,Granville-Garcia AF

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of the distance between infested and non-infested areas in the geographical spread of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictuspopulations in the state of S. Paulo. Regional patterns were also studied, considering the determinants related to soil occupation. METHODS:Information related to the...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Glasser CM,de Castro Gomes A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A project concerned with the study of intra-urban health differentials in S. Paulo city, Brazil, is described. A brief outline of urban problems in the city is presented, followed by a review of the locally published literature on the subject of geographical differentials (stratification by socioeconomic status and en...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Akerman M,Stephens C,Campanario P,Maia PB

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditions for the emergence and development of health and social policy programs for children are discussed. The concepts of the child, health and health services prevalent in certain historical periods are expounded, as are the relationships of these proposals to the political and economic interest dominant in each ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gomes FZ,Adorno RD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The expense of acquiring antiretroviral drugs in Brazil has given rise to debate about the sustainability of the policy of universal access to AIDS medications, despite the evident benefits. The objective of this study was to analyze the evolution of the Ministry of Health's spending on acquiring antiretrovir...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Grangeiro A,Teixeira L,Bastos FI,Teixeira P

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of the first accident involving a scorpion Tityus serrulatus in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, that occurred in March, 2001. A 21-year-old male patient, while handling vegetables proceeding from other Brazilian states, was bitten by a scorpion Tityus serrulatus, developing local and systemic r...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Torres JB,Marques Mda G,Martini RK,Borges CV

更新日期：2002-10-01 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:To analyze the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated trans fatty acid intake among the general population. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted in São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2003, on a representative sample of 2,298 male and female subjects, including 803 adolescents (12 to 19 years), 713 adul...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Castro MA,Barros RR,Bueno MB,César CL,Fisberg RM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life in Brazil. METHODS:Systematic review of epidemiological studies conducted in Brazil with exclusive breastfeeding as outcome. Medline and LILACS databases were used. After the selection of articles, a hierarchical theo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Boccolini CS,Carvalho ML,Oliveira MI

更新日期：2015-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the temporal trend of leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic state of Brazil, from 2001-2015. METHODS:This is a time-series study of leprosy indicators in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern region of Brazil. The study used data from the Brazilian National System of Reportable Diseases, for the peri...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Anchieta JJS,Costa LMMD,Campos LC,Vieira MDR,Mota OS,Morais Neto OL,Souza MR,Guimarães RA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the steps involved in evidence-based decision making for the implementation of programs aimed at the promotion of physical activity. METHODS:It is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with quali-quantitative approach, held with municipal health secretaries chosen deliberately by regional health r...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Becker LA,Rech CR,Hino AAF,Reis RS

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between practice of physical activity and the perception of the community environment among adults. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 890 adults carried out in Ermelino Matarazzo district in São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, 2007. The dependent variables were the practice of at leas...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Florindo AA,Salvador EP,Reis RS,Guimarães VV

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00