Geographical stratification by socio-economic status: methodology from a household survey with elderly people in S. Paulo, 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 analyze the direct medical costs of HIV/AIDS in Portugal from the perspective of the National Health Service. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of medical records was conducted for 150 patients from five specialized centers in Portugal in 2008. Data on utilization of medical resources during 12 months and ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Perelman J,Alves J,Miranda AC,Mateus C,Mansinho K,Antunes F,Oliveira J,Poças J,Doroana M,Marques R,Teófilo E,Pereira J

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the contraceptive methods used by adult women and the associated socioeconomic and demographic factors. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study with 20 to 49-year-old women from São Leopoldo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2015. Three outcomes were considered to analyze the association wit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves TR,Leite HM,Bairros FS,Olinto MTA,Barcellos NT,Costa JSDD

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence and severity of dental caries in Brazilian children and the association with individual and contextual factors. METHODS:Data were taken from the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil 2010) a sample of 7,247 12-year-olds. The data were collected using clinical examinations and inte...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freire Mdo C,Reis SC,Figueiredo N,Peres KG,Moreira Rda S,Antunes JL

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：: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：: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：:The susceptibility of field collected Aedes aegypti larvae was evaluated in terms of median lethal time (LT50) and final mortality, when treated with temephos, Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis as well as mixtures of these two agents. Third instar larvae were shown to be more susceptible than early and late fourt...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Andrande CF,Modolo M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between the pictorial graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and their impact on intention to quit smoking among women. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study among 265 women daily smokers in the State of Paraná in 2010. The sample size was calculated using cluster samp...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bittencourt L,Person SD,Cruz RC,Scarinci IC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this communication was to describe the detection of the coexistence of HIV-1 variant with dipeptide insertion between codons 69 and 70 of reverse transcriptase. These variants were isolated from a 16-year-old male patient, undergoing treatment in the city of Marilia, SP, Southeastern Brazil. After confirmat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tanikawa AA,Barreto SF,Grotto RM,Pardini MI

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To translate, adapt and validate the contents of the Brazilian version of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory. METHODS:The process of translation and adaptation of the initial instructions and items involved five steps: (1) translation; (2) back translation; (3) correction and semantic adaptation; (4) con...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sbardelloto G,Schaefer LS,Justo AR,Lobo Bde O,Kristensen CH

更新日期：2013-04-01 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 magnitude and growth of homicides among male population according to the geopolitical areas. METHODS:An ecological study including a time series analysis was carried out among 15 to 49 year-old males living in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Mortality data was collected from the Ministry of H...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Lima ML,de Souza ER,Ximenes R,de Albuquerque Mde F,Bitoun J,Barros MD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of grandmothers on breastfeeding practices. METHODS:This was a prospective study on 601 mothers of normal babies born in a university hospital in the city of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected in the maternity ward and at home, one, two, four and six months ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Susin LR,Giugliani ER,Kummer SC

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：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 geographic access to hospital childbirth in Brazilian municipalities. METHODS:Information on deaths and births were analyzed in regards to appropriateness for calculating the infant mortality rate during the period 2005 to 2007, for the 5,564 Brazilian municipalities. Indicators of supply and geog...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Almeida Wda S,Szwarcwald CL

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:All babies born in the hospitals of the city of Pelotas, Brazil, in 1982 were studied soon after delivery and followed up prospectively during the first years of their lives. In 1993, this study was repeated with a similar methodology, with the aim of assessing eventual changes in the level of maternal and child healt...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Victora CG,Barros FC,Halpern R,Menezes AM,Horta BL,Tomasi E,Weiderpass E,Cesar JA,Olinto MT,Guimarães PR,Garcia MM,Vaughan JP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The publications committee of a multicenter study has the aim of organizing the proposals for articles, so as to ensure wide-ranging access to the data, quality and precedence. An online information and management system for study proposals (publiELSA) was developed, composed of three modules: (i) submission and appro...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho MS,Barreto ML,Coeli CM,Raposo RM,Mota EL,Duncan BB

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:The value of the use, by the health agents in Rondônia, Brazil, of the nutritional classification proposed by the Multidisciplinary Research Center for Rural Development (CIMDER), Colombia, known as the three color CIMDER band, is analyzed. The band, used to measure arm circumference, would be used as an instrument fo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ferreira Hda S,Ott AM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents epidemiological and control characteristics of yellow fever in Brazil, taking its wild and urban transmission cycles into consideration. No urban cases have been reported in Brazil since 1942, but urban yellow fever cases were reported in Paraguay in 2008, after more than 50 years without registere...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tauil PL

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The results of a study which identified the cost of health interventions in the management of patients with chronic renal disease are presented. MATERIAL AND METHOD:The costing method was based on a consensus technique and the instrumentation of case management through the identification of the materials ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arredondo A,Rangel R,de Icaza E

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Vero cells used by distinct measles vaccine control laboratories had their susceptibility to Moraten, Schwarz and Biken CAM-70 vaccine strains assayed. Of a total of 72 lots of measles vaccine whose potency was titrated by microtechnique in two Vero cell samples (Vero IB and Vero INCQS), 25 had been produced with Mora...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Takata CS,Kubrusly FS,Miyaki C,Mendes IF,de Rizzo E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimate the prevalence of cervical HPV infection among women assisted by the Family Health Strategy and identify the factors related to the infection. METHODS:A cross-sectional study involving 2,076 women aged 20-59 years old residing in Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, who were asked to participate in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ayres ARG,Silva GAE,Teixeira MTB,Duque KCD,Machado MLSM,Gamarra CJ,Levi JE

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Depression is the leading cause of disability around the world, and it has been increasingly affecting young people. This study evaluates the prevalence and factors associated with major depression in university students, with emphasis on the influence of the academic field, chosen study area and the envir...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Flesch BD,Houvèssou GM,Munhoz TN,Fassa AG

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00