The need to establish a national patient safety program in Brazil.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (BREALD-30) administered to adolescents. METHODS:The study included 750 adolescents: 375 aged 12 years and 375 aged 15-19 years, attending public and private schools in Campina Gra...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lima LCM,Neves ÉTB,Dutra LDC,Firmino RT,Araújo LJS,Paiva SM,Ferreira FM,Granville-Garcia AF

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the vulnerability for STI/HIV among Mexican indigenous women in common law marriage with men who practice sex without condom. METHODS:Ethnography study undertaken in indigenous villages of Michoacán and Oaxaca, Mexico, in February 2004 and December 2005. These rural communities are characterized ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Hernández-Rosete D,García OM,Bernal E,Castañeda X,Lemp G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze cause-specific mortality rates according to the relative income hypothesis. METHODS:All 96 administrative areas of the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, were divided into two groups based on the Gini coefficient of income inequality: high (≥0.25) and low (<0.25). The propensity score matchin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Chiavegatto Filho AD,Gotlieb SL,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the adaptation to Portuguese of the short version of the "job stress scale", originally in English. METHODS:We evaluate six aspects of equivalence between the original scale and the Portuguese version: conceptual, semantic, operational, item, measurement, and functional equivalences. A reliabilit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Alves MG,Chor D,Faerstein E,Lopes Cde S,Werneck GL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the number of occupational accidents that occurred in a certain municipality during a specific period of time as well as the extent of sub-registration. METHODS:The study sample was comprised of 4.782 households within the municipality of Botucatu, São Paulo occupied by a total 17,219 inhabitant...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Binder MC,Cordeiro R

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：: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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the functional capacity of nursing staff in a hospital complex and its association with individual and work characteristics. METHODS:A cross-sectional comprising 885 subjects was carried out. A standardized self-administered questionnaire was used to calculate a work capacity index based on infor...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Raffone AM,Hennington EA

更新日期：2005-08-01 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 examine successful practices of health promotion in health, education, culture, welfare and sport, leisure, identifying the elements of success and challenges in the field. METHODS:A qualitative study with data obtained from in-depth analysis that included participant observation, interviews with managers...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva KL,Sena RR,Belga SM,Silva PM,Rodrigues AT

更新日期：2014-02-01 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 obstacles and challenges faced by managers and coordination professionals in their practices in municipal coordinating centers. METHODS:An exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative focus, applied in 40 managers and coordination professionals, from September 2017 to November 2018, with s...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bastos LBR,Barbosa MA,Rosso CFW,Oliveira LMAC,Ferreira IP,Bastos DAS,Paiva ACJ,Santos AASD

更新日期：2020-02-17 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：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nascimento RCRMD,Álvares J,Guerra AA Junior,Gomes IC,Silveira MR,Costa EA,Leite SN,Costa KS,Soeiro OM,Guibu IA,Karnikowski MGO,Acurcio FA

更新日期：2017-11-13 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：:OBJECTIVE Investigate the association between exposure to green spaces and mortality from ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases, and the role of socioeconomic status in this relationship, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS Ecological study, with the census tracts as unit of analysis. This study used ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silveira IHD,Junger WL

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Oral health condition in samples of children from zero to six years old, examined in day nurseries for children from Bauru and S. Paulo County (Brazil) by the caries indicator in primary dentition-dmfs, is assessed. The first group did not receive oral health care where any as the second group received the standard or...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tomita NE,Bijella VT,Lopes ES,Franco LJ

更新日期：1996-10-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between iron status at birth and growth of preterm infants. METHODS:Ninety-five premature babies (26 to 36 weeks of gestational age) born from July 2000 to May 2001 in a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, were followed up for six months, corrected by gestational...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sichieri R,Fonseca VM,Hoffman D,Trugo NM,Moura AS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Description of Lutzomyia robusta, n. sp. (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from interandean areas of Peru and Equador. Lutzomyia robusta, n. sp., probable vector of human bartonellosis and cutaneous leishmaniasis, is described and illustrated. This species presents strong affinity with L. serrana (Damasceno & Arou...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Galati EA,Cáceres AG,Le Pont F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of HIV-1 subtypes and analyze factors associated. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed with a convenience sample of 80 adult HIV-positive patients, users of an AIDS/STD specialized service, in the city of Canoas, Southern Brazil, between July 2008 and January 2009. Determi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Simon D,Béria JU,Tietzmann DC,Carli Rd,Stein AT,Lunge VR

更新日期：2010-12-01 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 verify the prevalence of anemia among children aged 0 to 36 months, who attend public day care centers in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and assess its possible risk factors. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in 557 children aged 0 to 36 months of all public day care centers in Porto Alegre. Anthropo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva LS,Giuglian ER,Aerts DR

更新日期：2001-02-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the temporal trend of leprosy indicators in a hyperendemic state of Brazil, from 2001-2015. METHODS:This is a time-series study of leprosy indicators in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern region of Brazil. The study used data from the Brazilian National System of Reportable Diseases, for the peri...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Anchieta JJS,Costa LMMD,Campos LC,Vieira MDR,Mota OS,Morais Neto OL,Souza MR,Guimarães RA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper discusses the articulation among epidemiological information systems, scientific production and men's health policies. Three secondary sources were used: data from the Ministry of Health (Mortality and Hospital Information Systems, Surveillance of Protection and Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases through Tele...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Schwarz E,Gomes R,Couto MT,Moura EC,Carvalho Sde A,Silva SF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00