[Health and environment: an analysis of intra-urban differences focusing on the city of São Paulo, Brazil].

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 conduct the cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (GSLTPAQ) and to assess its content validity, practicability, acceptability and reliability. METHODS:The stages of translation, synthesis, back translation, expert committee review a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： São-João TM,Rodrigues RC,Gallani MC,Miura CT,Domingues Gde B,Godin G

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nascimento RCRMD,Álvares J,Guerra AA Junior,Gomes IC,Silveira MR,Costa EA,Leite SN,Costa KS,Soeiro OM,Guibu IA,Karnikowski MGO,Acurcio FA

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of extreme anthropometric measurements in children indicative of their nutritional status. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a random sample of 1,386 children under five in the state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The prevalence of deficits (z <-2; WHO...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ferreira Hda S,Luciano SC

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 examine the association between tooth loss and general and central obesity among adults. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study with 1,720 adults aged 20 to 59 years from Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. Home interviews were performed and anthropometric measures were taken. Information on sociodemo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bernardo Cde O,Boing AF,Vasconcelos Fde A,Peres KG,Peres MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the reliability, magnitude and direction of the resulting bias in the application of a screening instrument for mental disorders by considering proxy informants in comparison to primary informants. METHODS:Data are taken from a general morbidity community-based survey carried out in 520 randomly...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santana VS,de Almeida Filho N,da Rocha CO,Matos AS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze serological data collected in two different periods, from the late 1960's to 1983, when these data was first added to the available information about vector triatomines found in the state of São Paulo, and from 1984 to 1999, a period when serology was used to describe endemic Chagas' disease in the...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho ME,da Silva RA,Barata JM,Domingos Mde F,Ciaravolo RM,Zacharias F

更新日期：2003-02-01 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 this study was to identify the use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors among university students from the city of Sao Paulo (SP) in Brazil. Male students (n=350) replied to a questionnaire about diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, the frequency and reason for the use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freitas VM,Menezes FG,Antonialli MM,Nascimento JW

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:A collection of adult Culicidae was carried out during the period from May 1984 to September 1985, in a rice field in the polder of the Experimental Station of Pariquera-Açú, in the Ribeira Valley (S. Paulo State, Brazil). CDC miniature traps, supplemented with dry ice, were used. A total of 2,686 mosquitoes were coll...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP,Gomes Ade C,Kakitani I

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell anemia is the most prevalent hereditary disease in Brazil. However, the Brazilian literature registers no investigations into the public health aspects of the disease. This present study investigates the way of life of 80 adult patients (49 women and 31 men) with a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, at a blo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Paiva e Silva RB,Ramalho AS,Cassorla RM

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the audiometric profile of civilian pilots according to the noise exposure level. METHODS:This observational cross-sectional study evaluated 3,130 male civilian pilots aged between 17 and 59 years. These pilots were subjected to audiometric examinations for obtaining or revalidating the functiona...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Falcão TP,Luiz RR,Schütz GE,Mello MG,Câmara Vde M

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze age as a prognostic factor in early breast cancer. METHODS:Retrospective study analyzing the clinical profile and disease-free survival in a group of 280 subjects aged 25 to 81 years with stage I and II breast cancer followed-up in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, from 1995 to 2000. Clinical, pathol...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Garicochea B,Morelle A,Andrighetti AE,Cancella A,Bós A,Werutsky G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between concentrations of air pollutants and admissions for respiratory causes in children. METHODS Ecological time series study. Daily figures for hospital admissions of children aged < 6, and daily concentrations of air pollutants (PM10, SO2, NO2, O3 and CO) were analyzed in the ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza JB,Reisen VA,Santos JM,Franco GC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results obtained with Anopheles albitarsis s.l. catches mainly performed through human bait at the Ribeira Valley region, SP (Brazil), are reported. Two species of the complex were recognized, namely An. albitarsis s.s. and species B. This latter predominated both in the rice fields and in the dwelling environments. T...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP,Kakitani I,Massad E,Marucci D

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To analyze, stratifield by gender, trends of the new case leprosy detection rates in the general population and in children; of grade 2 disability, and of proportion of multibacillary cases, in the state of Bahia, Brazil from 2001 to 2014. METHODS A time series study based on leprosy data from the National I...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza EA,Ferreira AF,Boigny RN,Alencar CH,Heukelbach J,Martins-Melo FR,Barbosa JC,Ramos AN Jr

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Investigate the association between exposure to green spaces and mortality from ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases, and the role of socioeconomic status in this relationship, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS Ecological study, with the census tracts as unit of analysis. This study used ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silveira IHD,Junger WL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the methods employed in the longitudinal and follow-up studies of children born in Pelotas (Southern Brazil) in 1982. METHODS:The cohort began with a perinatal health survey that included all 6,011 children born in maternity wards in Pelotas in 1982. The 5,914 children born alive in the city were...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barros FC,Victora CG,Horta BL,Gigante DP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty small farms of Botucatu County, S. Paulo, Brazil, given over to cattle breeding were studied. These farms account for 15% of the total of 402 farms that exist in the county. The sample was drawn by simple probabilistic technique. There were found to be one hundred and thirteen drinking places located on the farm...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Souza LC,Iaria ST,Paim GV

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aims to identify children who are not benefited by local health programs, looking for to characterize the excluded segment of the population in order to broaden the access to and use of the main actions provided by local health programs. METHODS:A sample of 465 children aged less than 1 year was st...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： da Silva NN,Pedroso GC,Puccini RF,Furlani WJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess dietary patterns by socioeconomic gradient of Brazilian infants and young children in 2006 and 2013. METHODS:Data from the National Demographic Survey (2006) and the National Health Survey (2013) were used. Food intake were described by wealth index, age range and survey year. Dietary patterns were...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Rinaldi AEM,Conde WL

更新日期：2019-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess Brazilian Unified Health System outpatient services delivering care to adults living with AIDS in 2007 and to compare with the assessment conducted in 2001. METHODS:The 636 health services registered in the Ministry of Health in 2007 were invited to respond to a previously validated questionnaire (...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nemes MI,Alencar TM,Basso CR,Castanheira ER,Melchior R,Alves MT,Caraciolo JM,Santos MA

更新日期：2013-02-01 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 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 analyze the reliability and performance of the Portuguese version of questionnaires used to evaluate adherence to hypertensive treatment. METHODS:Hypertensive patients attending a primary healthcare unit in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, from January to September 2010, were randomly selected (n = 206). To...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ben AJ,Neumann CR,Mengue SS

更新日期：2012-04-01 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 examine whether religiousness mediates the relationship between sociodemographic factors, multimorbidity and health-related quality of life of older adults. METHODS:This population-based cross-sectional study is part of the Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging (SABE). The sample was composed by 911 old...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Abdala GA,Kimura M,Duarte YA,Lebrão ML,dos Santos B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00