[Evaluation of the safety of different doses of folic acid supplements in women in Brazil].

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between social capital and social capital and self-perception of health based on examining the influence of health-related behaviors as possible mediators of this relationship. METHODS A cross-sectional study was used with 1,081 subjects, which is representative of the populati...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Loch MR,de Souza RK,Mesas AE,González AD,Rodriguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence and assess risk factors of common mental disorders among medical students. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out comprising 551 university medical students in the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. A self-administered questionnaire to collect sociodemographic and co...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lima MC,Domingues Mde S,Cerqueira AT

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze HIV/AIDS positive individual's perception and attitudes regarding dental services. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-four subjects (30.0% of women and 70.0% of men) from Nuevo León, Mexico, took part in the study (2014). They filled out structured, analytical, self-administered, anonymous questionnai...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Elizondo JE,Treviño AC,Violant D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a process evaluation of the epidemiological surveillance activities in 948 health units, situated in 98 of the most populated cities of each State in the country are presented. The survey was conducted towards the end of 1985. The following aspects were analyzed: information system, data analysis, epide...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho MS,Marzocchi KB

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:A medical audit on the prenatal care program in the Vila Municipal Health Center, Pelotas, RS, Brazil, was described with the purpose of verifying the aspects of the medical process and improving the program's effectiveness. METHODS:Data from prenatal specific records were collected. Pregnant women with d...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Dias-Da-Costa JS,Madeira AC,Luz RM,Britto MA

更新日期：2000-08-01 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

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 knowledge, attitudes and practices of university adolescents about syphilis. METHODS:Cross-sectional, analytical, census-type study, developed with the universe of adolescents aged 18 and 19 years (n = 598), enrolled in three institutions of higher education in a municipality of Piauí (n = 598), w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho RXDC,Araújo TME

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A comparison of the sensitivity of the agar diffusion method with that of extraction using cell-lines RC-IAL (fibroblastic of rabbit kidney) and HeLa (epithelial carcinoma cells from the cervix uteri of the human uterus), in the in vitro evaluation of materials of medical and hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cruz AS,Figueiredo CA,Ikeda TI,Vasconcelos AC,Cardoso JB,de Salles-Gomes LF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that lead people to visit a doctor in Brazil and assess differences between socioeconomic groups. METHODS:A cross-sectional study comprising 1,260 subjects aged 15 or more was carried out in southern Brazil. Demographic, socioeconomic, health needs and regular source of care data were ana...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Mendoza-Sassi R,Béria JU,Barros AJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the contributions of the socioeconomic, hygienic, and sanitation improvements in reducing the prevalence of diarrhea in a city of the Amazon. METHODS:In this population-based cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from surveys conducted in the city of Jordão, Acre. In 2005 and 2012, these surveys...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Imada KS,Araújo TS,Muniz PT,Pádua VL

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The present essay is an exploratory study of the historical and institutional background of the so-called "crisis in public health", aimed at identifying the new trends and perspectives for the paradigmatic transformation of the health field in the context of the current international panorama of economic and cultural...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Paim JS,de Almeida Filho N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationships between sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors associated with high blood pressure in a population of Brazilian adults. METHODS:Data from a cross-sectional population-based study conducted with adults were used. In the hypothetical model developed socioeconomi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freire RS,Reis VMCP,Brito AB,Brito MFSF,Pinho L,Silva RRV,Silveira MF

更新日期：2020-12-16 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between weekly working hours and self-rated health of nurses in public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS:A total of 3,229 nurses (82.7% of the eligible group) participated in this cross-sectional study, carried out between April 2010 and December ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fernandes JDC,Portela LF,Griep RH,Rotenberg L

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to analyze the temporal trend, identify the factors related and elaborate a predictive model for unfavorable treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). METHODS:Retrospective cohort study with all cases diagnosed with MDR-TB between the years 2006 and 2015 in the state of São Paulo. The...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arroyo LH,Ramos ACV,Yamamura M,Berra TZ,Alves LS,Belchior AS,Santos DT,Alves JD,Campoy LT,Arcoverde MAM,Bollela VR,Bombarda S,Nunes C,Arcêncio RA

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to evaluate the sensitivity of probabilistic record linkage for reported birth identification. Data from the Pró-Saúde Study cohort population were used comprising technical-administrative staff at a university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1999. A total of 92 records of subjects were li...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Coutinho RG,Coeli CM,Faerstein E,Chor D

更新日期：2008-12-01 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: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 analyze whether two simplified indices, "DMF in 6 Teeth"(DMF6T) and "DMF in two quadrants" (DMF2Q), could be indicated for epidemiological surveys of oral health according to dental caries distribution. METHODS:The sample came from epidemiological data in 29 municipalities. A total of 2,378 examinations w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cypriano S,de Sousa Mda L,Wada RS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traffic accidents and resulting injuries and deaths have become a global epidemic. In Brazil, most professional drivers, especially truck drivers, face irregular working hours and can be awake for more than 18 hours/day, which reduces their performance and alertness. In this article, we discuss the laws related to Bra...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Narciso FV,Mello MT

更新日期：2017-03-30 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：OBJECTIVE:To validate the Escala de Autoeficácia para a Autodireção na Saúde (EAAS - Self-efficacy for Self-direction in Health Scale). METHODS:Non-experimental quantitative study of EAAS validation, by confirmatory factorial analyses, evaluating a sample of 508 older adults from the north and the center of Portugal w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Oliveira AL,Silva JT,Lima MP

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The interest and accomplishments in qualitative research have been increasing in health. As a consequence, there is a greater demand for both institutional research programs and scientific journal publications. This article has the following purposes: (a) to present some definitions in qualitative methods used in Huma...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Turato ER

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:A review is presented of the relationships between the so-called emerging infectious diseases and what may be defined as emerging vectors. These include not only those that have recently appeared but also those that present remarkable behavioral changes. Specific factors leading to that emergence can be associated wit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study is nested within a research program related to family violence and severe childhood malnutrition. Its aim is to evaluate the reliability of the data collection process in a case-control study. Four components of the main instrument are addressed: (a) CTS (Conflict Tactics Scales) used to measure...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Hasselmann MH,Lopes CS,Reichenheim ME

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00