[Measles outbreak in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A population-based study was carried out in the municipality of Bambuí, Brazil (population: approx. 15,000 inhabitants), to determine the prevalence of self-medication and its associated factors. METHODS:A random sample of 1,221 residents aged >18 years was selected. Of these, 796 reported use of medications...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Loyola Filho AI,Uchoa E,Guerra HL,Firmo JO,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of the contraindicated use of oral contraceptives and the associated factors in Brazilian women. METHODS:20,454 women who answered the VIGITEL survey in 2008 also participated in this study, of which 3,985 reported using oral contraceptives. We defined the following conditions for ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Corrêa DA,Felisbino-Mendes MS,Mendes MS,Malta DC,Velasquez-Melendez G

更新日期：2017-01-12 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：OBJECTIVE:A description of infant mortality in children of less than one year of age on the basis of official systems of information. METHODS:The data were obtained from two official information systems of the Health Ministry: of mortality and live-births. Health service and home visits were carried out to complete th...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bohland AK,Jorge MH

更新日期：1999-08-01 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 estimate the prevalence of adequate control of hypertension among older adults and to examine its association with predisposing and enabling factors and the need to use health services. METHODS:The analysis was carried out with 4,148 participants (≥ 50 years) from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudina...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Firmo JOA,Mambrini JVM,Peixoto SV,Loyola Filho AI,Souza Junior PRB,Andrade FB,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2018-10-25 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 assess the risk factors in the occurrence of oral lesions in HIV-positive adults. METHODS:A retrospective analytical-descriptive survey was conducted using the medical/dental records of 534 patients with oral lesions associated with HIV. The data were collected from five referral centers for managing HIV ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Petruzzi MN,Cherubini K,Salum FG,Figueiredo MA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The ways in which basal blood pressure levels are obtained may lead to different prevalence estimates. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure among schoolchildren and to compare systolic and diastolic means obtained from three measurements of arterial pressure. METHO...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Borges LM,Peres MA,Horta BL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health actions endorsed by the federal government, for instance, health promotion initiatives, usually have greater impact at population level compared to other types of initiatives. This commentary aims to instigate debate on the importance and necessity of producing federally endorsed brazilian physical activ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sebastião E,Schwingel A,Chodzko-Zajko W

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The objective of the review was to emphasize the need for educational efforts aiming at the empowerment of slaughterhouse workers based on their major work-related conditions. Slaughterhouse work involves stressful and tiring tasks. These workers suffer from serious occupational injuries and health problems including ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tavolaro P,Pereira IM,Pelicioni MC,Oliveira CA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the test-retest reliability of items of the Resource Generator scale for assessing social capital in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study for Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). METHODS:The social capital was applied in a subsample of 281 participants from six ELSA investigation centers, on two occasions wit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Griep RH,Santos SM,Cardoso Lde O,Fonseca Mde J,Alves MG,Souto EP,Chor D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To review studies on the readability of package leaflets of medicinal products for human use. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature review between 2008 and 2013 using the keywords "Readability and Package Leaflet" and "Readability and Package Insert" in the academic search engine Biblioteca do Conheci...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pires C,Vigário M,Cavaco A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe HIV prevalence in pregnant women and the rate of vertical transmission according to socioeconomic status of residential neighborhoods. METHODS:Ecological exploratory study, which used the Information System of Notifiable Diseases database on HIV-positive pregnant women and AIDS in children, repor...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vieira AC,Miranda AE,Vargas PR,Maciel EL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data from household food budget surveys were examined in order to describe the regional and socio-economic distribution of household food availability in Brazil in 2002-2003 and trends from 1974 to 2003. METHODS:The study uses data from the "Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar 2002-2003" budget survey conducted b...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Levy-Costa RB,Sichieri R,Pontes Ndos S,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the evolution of the epidemiological research on physical activity in Brazil. METHODS:A systematic review of the literature was carried out in electronic databases (Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, Ovid, Science Direct, BioMed Central and High Wire), non-indexed Brazilian journals, query by specific autho...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Hallal PC,Dumith Sde C,Bastos JP,Reichert FF,Siqueira FV,Azevedo MR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and the variables "total cumulative working time" and "age" was examined by regression analysis. The study was carried out among 839 bus drivers and conductors, users of an occupational health center in Campinas, S. Paulo State, Brazil. The main results were a positive...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R,Lima Filho EC,Fischer FM,Moreira Filho DC

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:An attempt was made to identify the risks resulting from exposure to the chemicals to which workers are exposed as well as from the poor working conditions to which they are subject in a chemical and pharmaceutical factory. A descriptive study based on the "workers model"--a methodological approach developed in Italy ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Facchini LA,Weiderpass E,Tomasi E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, preferential predation of larvae and pupae of Simuliidae by the crustacean, Aegla platensis Schmitt, 1942, was observed in the field and in the laboratory. Field observations and collections were done in the Carpintaria stream, Dois Irmãos, Country Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The possibility of usin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Magni ST,Py-Daniel V

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the frequency of rural occupational accidents and its association with potential risk factors. METHODS:The study was carried out in a urban area of Pelotas, RS, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted. A representative sample of rural workers was selected using a multi-stage sampling. Fr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fehlberg MF,Santos I,Tomasi E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to promote reflection on the need to create a national incident notification system based on a brazilian patient safety program. Incidents in health care harm patients and encumber the health care system. Although a quality assessment program has been recently launched in health care instituti...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Capucho HC,Cassiani SH

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：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 describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of the association between PA and age were investigated. METHODS:We have analyzed data from 8,736 participants (92.8%) aged 50 and older from the B...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Peixoto SV,Mambrini JVM,Firmo JOA,Loyola Filho AI,Souza Junior PRB,Andrade FB,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the meanings attributed to self-assessment of health by the elderly. METHODS:Qualitative study performed with 17 elderly individuals (> 70 years of age) of both sexes, living in the city of Bambuí, Southeastern Brazil, in 2008. An anthropological approach based on the model of signs, meanings a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fonseca Md,Firmo JO,Loyola Filho AI,Uchôa E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of health advocacy is presented by means of a description of its elements, practice and agents. The need to formulate this concept derives from one of the main functions of the university: the identification of social demands and the presentation of alternatives that aim at eliminating obstacles to their f...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Dallari SG,Barber-Madden R,Torres-Fernandes Mde C,Shuqair NS,Watanabe HA

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:A rabbit kidney cell line RC-IAL, isolated in 1976 and at present at 150a passage, has had its characteristics analysed. The cells presented morphology similar to fibroblasts throughout their culture. The cellular growth proportion remained unaltered from its isolation, with a cloning efficiency of around 9%. The line...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cruz AS,Figueiredo CA,Barbosa ML,Martinez CH,Salles-Gomes LF

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00