Inequalities in health: living conditions and infant mortality in Northeastern Brazil.

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：:This communication aimed to analyze the profile variation of disability benefits due to mental disorders. Secondary data published by Brazilian Social Security between 2008 and 2011 were evaluated. Mean annual variation rates over the period were calculated for the economically active population, as were the number in...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva Junior JS,Fischer FM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campinas is an important industrial centre in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil. 476 registers filed at the Campinas agency of the Brazilian National Social-Welfore Institution, covering the Campinas, Cosmópolis, Paulínia, Sumaré and Valinhos Counties from 1979 to 1989, were analysed. The information obtained from the Not...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Lucca SR,Mendes R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation of the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of brines during their utilization for salting mozzarella cheese. Forty brine samples used for submersion salting of mozzarella cheese in a dairy industry in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil, were analysed for the purpose of discovering the variation...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： do Amaral LA,Nader Filho A,Iaria ST,Ferro JA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidiosis occurrence was determined in HIV+ patient assisted in the Clinic of Infect-parasitic Diseases in a hospital of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the period from July/1998 to March/1999. In order to research, seventy-five patient, carriers of diarrhea or not, were appraised. The samples of feces...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ribeiro PC,Pile E,Queiroz MM,Norberg AN,Tenório JR

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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 describe children's consumption of processed foods and its relationship with per capita family income based on a household survey. METHODS:Food consumption was studied in a statistical sample of 718 children living in the city of São Paulo in the period 1995-1996. A 24-hour dietary recall was used. Data r...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Aquino Rde C,Philippi ST

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To compare inpatient and outpatient care costs for pregnant/parturient women with diabetes and mild hyperglycemia. METHODS:A prospective observational quantitative study was conducted in the Perinatal Diabetes Center in the city of Botucatu, Southeastern Brazil, between 2007 and 2008. Direct and indirect cos...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cavassini AC,Lima SA,Calderon IM,Rudge MV

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：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:The purpose of the study was to assess the frequency of dental anxiety and/or fear among patients in an emergency dental service. METHODS:Research was based on interviews with 252 patients, aged 18 years old and over, attended at an emergency dentistry service of São Paulo, Brazil, from August to November, 2...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Kanegane K,Penha SS,Borsatti MA,Rocha RG

更新日期：2003-12-01 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:To examine whether the level of complexity of the services structure and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients in hemodialysis are associated with the prevalence of poor health self-assessment. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 1,621 patients with chronic terminal kidney...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Moreira TR,Giatti L,Cesar CC,Andrade EI,Acurcio Fde A,Cherchiglia ML

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort study on acute respiratory infections, involving 270 children observed by pediatricians in their homes every 10 days over a period of 32 months, gave the opportunity to experience logistic and methodological problems seldom described in the literature. The purpose of this article is to alert researchers as to...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Hortal M,Meny M

更新日期：1993-04-01 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 apply the temporal-spatial model to assess high-risk areas for the occurrence of dengue fever. METHODS:A total of 11,989 confirmed, autochthonous dengue fever cases, geocoded by address in the city of São José do Rio Preto (Southeastern Brazil), between September of 2001 and August of 2006, were included ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Galli B,Chiaravalloti Neto F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and measure the risk of malnutrition associated to determining indicators of mother's ability of childcare: familial structure, education level, work, maternal physical and mental health. METHODS:A case-control study was performed. Cases (101 children whose weight/age was below 5th percentile) a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalhaes MA,Benício MH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of air pollution on hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the largest Brazilian metropolis. METHODS:This study was carried out at the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil. Environmental data were obtained from the network of monitoring stations of nine mun...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gouveia N,Corrallo FP,Leon ACP,Junger W,Freitas CU

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Many countries have acknowledged that vaccination programs call for a mastery of technical and organizational elements if they are to become accessible to the population. One of these elements has been greatly underestimated: the participation of populations and their motivations. Experiences in several countries are ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nigenda-López G,Orozco E,Leyva R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical-epidemiological descriptors of inpatient mortality in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHOD:All adult HIV/AIDS patients hospitalized at a university hospital in 1990, 1992 and 1994 were studied retrospectively. Descriptive statistics for all variables of ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Thuler LC,Hatherly AL,Góes PN,Almeida e Silva JR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between sociodemographic determinants and the development of social competence and behavior problems in children. METHODS:Cross-sectional study performed with 479 school children aged between six and 13 years, enrolled in the first grade of public elementary schools of the city of ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Assis SG,Avanci JQ,Oliveira Rde V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze maternal experiences of preeclampsia pregnancy with premature birth at a neonatal intensive care unit. METHODS:A qualitative study using the focus group technique was conducted with 28 women in a facility specialized in high-risk pregnancies in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lima de Souza N,Fernandes Araújo AC,Dantas de Azevedo G,Bezerra Jerônimo SM,Barbosa Lde M,Lima de Sousa NM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the behavior of induced abortion as a function of certain demographic variables, for the population of fertile women (15 to 49 years old) residing in the Vila Madalena subdistrict S. Paulo (Brazil). MATERIAL AND METHOD:Two population samples were selected. One sample, with 996 women, investigated t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Souza e Silva R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To describe drug consumption and the co-occurrence use of more than one illegal drug as well as associated factors in freshmen at a public university in Southern Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study with census of students entering undergraduate courses in 2017. A total of 1,788 university students answered...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Houvèssou GM,Bierhals IO,Flesch BD,Silveira MFD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the spatial distribution of leprosy, identify areas of potential case underreporting or high transmission risk, and to assess the ecological association of leprosy distribution with multibacillary cases. METHODS:This study was carried out in 94 neighborhoods of Recife, Brazil. Data was obtained fr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza WV,Barcellos CC,Brito AM,Carvalho MS,Cruz OG,Albuquerque MF,Alves KR,Lapa TM

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：: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 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