Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region, 2001-2014.

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：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：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：:Resting adults Culicidae were collected from January 1992 through January 1993 in several habitats of the Ribeira Valley region. The diversity of species found among them suggested that the vegetation remaining within human settlements favored the survival and the population increase of some mosquitoes. Among there ar...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

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

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze adherence to the Food Guide for the Brazilian Population. METHODS:Sample composed of participants in the Health Survey for Sao Paulo (n = 1,661) who completed two non-consecutive 24-hour recalls. A bivariate mixed model was created for the ratio of energy from a food group and total energy intake....

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Verly Junior E,Carvalho AM,Fisberg RM,Marchioni DM

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe trends in the incidence of Aids cases according to age and gender from 1986 to 2008. METHODS:Analyses of Aids trends according to age group and to gender was carried out Londrina, Southern Brazil. The timeframe was divided into two periods (1986-1995 and 1996-2008). Of the polynomial models, it w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lazarini FM,Melchior R,González AD,Matsuo T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the magnitude of morbidity and mortality and describe some of the characteristics of road accident victims. METHODS:The study population was composed of 3,643 victims of road accidents which occurred in Londrina, PR (Brazil), during the first semester of 1996. There were included victims from acc...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Andrade SM,Jorge MH

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of hearing complaints in outpatients attending an university ear, nose and throat clinic. A cross-sectional study was carried out in Canoas, Southern Brazil, from 1999 to 2002. Seven-hundred and ninety-five subjects who underwent the audiometric tes...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marini AL,Halpern R,Aerts D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the meanings of caring for people who seek assistance in mental health, from the perspective of psychologists engaged in their daily activities within public health services. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in the city of Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil, in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho LB,Bosi ML,Freire JC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the consumption of ultra-processed foods in the Colombian population across sociodemographic factors. METHODS:We used data from the 2005 National Survey of the Nutritional Status in Colombia. Food consumption was assessed using a 24-hour food recall in 38,643 individuals. The food items were class...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Khandpur N,Cediel G,Obando DA,Jaime PC,Parra DC

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the access to and use of medicines for high blood pressure among the Brazilian population according to social and demographic conditions. METHODS:Analysis of data from Pesquisa Nacional Sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM - National Survey on Access, Use and ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Mengue SS,Bertoldi AD,Ramos LR,Farias MR,Oliveira MA,Tavares NU,Arrais PS,Luiza VL,Pizzol TD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify spatial and space-time clusters with high incidence rates of AIDS in men living in the city of São Paulo since the first case of the disease in 1980. METHODS:HIV/AIDS notifications were obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (57,440 men) between January 1980 and June 2012. The ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pellini ACG,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,Zanetta DMT

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the estimation of the infant mortality rate in Brazil, in the 1980's, based only on the age distribution of registered deaths, is here proposed. Using this technique, it is possible to estimate the probabilities of dying in the first year of life in a continuous way, year by year, for different regions...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Szwarcwald CL,de Castilho EA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The evaluation of the quality of population data and coverage of death statistics for all Federal Brazilian Units by sex in 1990. METHODS:The population data came from censuses and the recorded death data from "Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística" and the Health Ministry. The population ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Paes NA,Albuquerque ME

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available information on organochlorines and the chronic effects of exposure to them are set out. Organochlorinated compounds are the most persistent pesticides and can be found in all ecosystems. Although they are generally efficient in pest control, they are also a potent environment pollutant and can provoke health...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nunes MV,Tajara EH

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Domestic violence against children has been a subject of concern to many Brazilian institutions, though there are few studies about the services offered to the community. The aim of this study is to evaluate administrative and operational aspects of the SOS Criança and provide insight to similar programs w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves HS,Ferreira AL,Marques MJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 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: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: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：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this paper is to investigate mortality related to tuberculosis in the state of S o Paulo, southeastern Brazil, according to multiple causes of death and their interrelation with other underlying causes. METHODS:The study investigated deaths related to tuberculosis that occurred in the state of S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santo AH,Pinheiro CE,Jordani MS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the main socioeconomic, demographic, anthropometric and behavioral characteristics, and pregnancy outcomes of adolescent pregnancy and to assess health services used by pregnant adolescents. METHODS:Data were collected from a cross-section of 2,429 deliveries by women residing in the municipality...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Simões VM,da Silva AA,Bettiol H,Lamy-Filho F,Tonial SR,Mochel EG

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic tests for American tegumentary leishmaniasis were performed on blood samples of patients living in two endemic municipalities in the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. DNA was extracted from 119 samples and used as template for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The tests used primers specific...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Martins L,Alexandrino A,Guimarães G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the magnitude and trends of mortality due to external causes in specific age groups, from 0 to 19 years old in a population living in the city of Recife, Brazil, from 1979 to 1995. METHODS:Data from the Mortality Data System of the Ministry of Health and Health Department of Pernambuco State was u...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barros MD,Ximenes R,de Lima ML

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The emergence of moral dilemmas in health care practices, in view of the rapid demographic transition in developing countries, and skyrocketing public health care costs, is discussed. The focus is on two aspects of health care that have occupied an important place in the generation of these dilemmas. On the one hand, ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Guimarães R

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between dietary patterns and oral cancer. METHODS:The study, part of a Latin American multicenter hospital-based case-control study, was conducted in São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, between November 1998 and March 2002 and included 366 incident cases of oral cancer and 469 controls...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marchioni DM,Fisberg RM,Francisco de Góis Filho J,Kowalski LP,Brasilino de Carvalho M,Abrahão M,Latorre Mdo R,Eluf-Neto J,Wünsch Filho V

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of an obesity prevention program on the dietary practices of public school adolescents. METHODS:An intervention was conducted with 331 students aged between 11 and 17 years, enrolled in the 5th and 6th grades of two state public schools in the city of Niterói, Southeastern Brazil, in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vargas IC,Sichieri R,Sandre-Pereira G,da Veiga GV

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00