Risks and controversies in the social construction of the concept of healthy food: the case of soy.

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 the therapeutic practice of allopathic physicians and to evaluate the outpatient care provided to patients in healthcare facilities. METHODS:The study was conducted in Ribeirão Preto, southeastern Brazil. World Health Organization drug use indicators were used as a methodological basis. Our sampl...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santos Vd,Nitrini SM

更新日期：2004-12-01 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 identify type of service, frequency, and individual patient determinants associated with diagnostic test ordering in medical appointments. METHODS:A population-based study included 3,100 adults aged 20 years or older, living in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil. Sampling was carried out in multiple sta...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Capilheira MF,Santos IS

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:OBJECTIVE To evaluate the viability of a professional specialist in intra-hospital committees of organ and tissue donation for transplantation.METHODS Epidemiological, retrospective and cross-sectional study (2003-2011 and 2008-2012), which was performed using organ donation for transplants data in the state of Sao Pa...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva VS,Moura LC,Leite RF,Oliveira PC,Schirmer J,Roza BD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To analyze the variation of infant mortality as per condition of life in the urban setting. METHODS Ecological study performed with data regarding registered deaths of children under the age of one who resided in Aracaju, SE, Northeastern Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. Infant mortality inequalities were assessed...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho RA,Santos VS,Melo CM,Gurgel RQ,Oliveira CC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The emergence of multiresistant microorganisms has been a concerning matter worldwide in the last decades. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics has been associated to this phenomenon. The present study was designed to determine the pattern of antimicrobial drug use in an urban community. METHODS:A population-ba...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Berquó LS,Barros AJ,Lima RC,Bertoldi AD

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the methods employed in the longitudinal and follow-up studies of children born in Pelotas (Southern Brazil) in 1982. METHODS:The cohort began with a perinatal health survey that included all 6,011 children born in maternity wards in Pelotas in 1982. The 5,914 children born alive in the city were...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barros FC,Victora CG,Horta BL,Gigante DP

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of the burnout syndrome and of common mental disorders among community-based health agents, also identifying associated factors. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2006 with 141 community-based health agents who had been working for at least six months in primary c...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva AT,Menezes PR

更新日期：2008-10-01 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: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 analyze the sociocultural aspects involved in the decision-making process of vaccination in upper-class and highly educated families. METHODS A qualitative approach based on in-depth interviews with 15 couples from the city of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, falling into three categories: vaccinators, lat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barbieri CL,Couto MT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults, nymphs and nits of the Pediculus humanus were found in a frame-house infesting the clothes and bedding of three inhabitants in a shanty town in S. Paulo county, S. Paulo State. A total of 198 nits were found glued in 15.0 cm2 of fibres of the infested clothing, giving a ratio of 13.2 nits/cm2. Having in view t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Linardi PM,Barata JM,Urbinatti PR,de Souza D,Botelho JR,De Maria M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of tuberculin test in children under five years of age, BCG-vaccinated during their first year of life, is a controversial matter. With a view to clarifying the subject the predictive positive value of the test in a region of high BCG coverage and low prevalence of tuberculous infection was analysed....

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arantes GR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of hospitalizations and to identify characteristics associated with hospital admission. METHODS:We carried out a population-based cross-sectional study of subjects of both sexes, aged 20-69 years, and who lived in the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, between 1999 and 2000. S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Costa JS,Reis MC,Silveira Filho CV,Linhares Rda S,Piccinini F,Fantinel E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the content of policies and action plans within the public healthcare system that addresses the issue of violence against women. METHODS:A descriptive and comparative study was conducted on the health policies and plans in Catalonia and Costa Rica from 2005 to 2011. It uses a qualitative methodolo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Loría KR,Rosado TG,Espinosa LM,Marrochi LM,Sánchez AF

更新日期：2014-08-01 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 analyze serological data collected in two different periods, from the late 1960's to 1983, when these data was first added to the available information about vector triatomines found in the state of São Paulo, and from 1984 to 1999, a period when serology was used to describe endemic Chagas' disease in the...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho ME,da Silva RA,Barata JM,Domingos Mde F,Ciaravolo RM,Zacharias F

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of work ability (WA) and describe characteristics of the subgroup with poor WA among military police officers. METHODS:A descriptive and cross-sectional study with 329 male military police officers engaged in street patrolling in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, selected by proportionate ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barreto CR,Lins-Kusterer L,Carvalho FM

更新日期：2019-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related risk factors. METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study with 1,441 individuals of both sexes aged 40 years or more was conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, between 2008 and 2009. A two-stage (census tract, household) ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sousa CA,César CL,Barros MB,Carandina L,Goldbaum M,Pereira JC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine sociodemographic and epidemiological factors associated with private health insurance coverage in the elderly. METHODS:A total of 2,143 individuals aged 60 years or more were interviewed in the city of São Paulo in 2000 and 2006. Having private health insurance was the dichotomous dependent variab...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Hernandes ES,Lebrão ML,Duarte YA,Santos JL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the paper is to describe 4 new cases of human diphyllobothriasis in Patagonia, Argentine. Adult parasites recovered were submitted to morphological and histological analyses for taxonomic identification. The etiological agent found was always Diphyllobothrium latum and all the cases were autochthonous. ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Semenas L,Kreiter A,Urbanski J

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The paper discusses the difficulties in judging the quality of scientific manuscripts and describes some common pitfalls that should be avoided when preparing a paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Peer review is an imperfect system, with less than optimal reliability and uncertain validity. However, as it...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Szklo M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To analyze the effect of air pollution and temperature on mortality due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. METHODS We evaluated the isolated and synergistic effects of temperature and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 10 µm (PM10) on the mortality of individuals > 40 years old due to ca...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pinheiro Sde L,Saldiva PH,Schwartz J,Zanobetti A

更新日期：2014-12-01 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