Evaluation of an obesity prevention program in adolescents of public schools.

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:The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness is a strategy designed to address major causes of child mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the strategy on the quality of child health care provided at primary facilities. METHODS:Child health quality of care and costs were compared in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Amorim DG,Adam T,Amaral JJ,Gouws E,Bryce J,Victora CG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a homicide prevention program. METHODS:A quasi-experimental study was performed using time series analysis of homicide incidence in the Morro das Pedras area in the city of Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil, from 2002 to 2006. The number of homicides occurring in this location was...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silveira AM,Assunção RM,Silva BA,Beato Filho CC

更新日期：2010-06-01 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 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：:Federal statistic figures show that the Brazilian States altogether have, in their respective territories, a collection of taxes which is higher than the Union one. The highest collection of the Central Government which is shown at the official statistics is due to the excess of collection of the federal taxes over th...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Mascarenhas Rdos S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the physical activity level and its association with sociodemographic factors in adults living in rural areas. METHODS:Cross-sectional population study including 567 adults in two rural communities from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Southeastern Brazil, during the years of 2008 and 2009. Physical act...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bicalho PG,Hallal PC,Gazzinelli A,Knuth AG,Velásquez-Meléndez G

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 establish the influence of climatic factors on the monthly frequency of mosquito fauna in areas of the National Park of Serra da Bocaina, Brazil. METHODS:Human bait collections were conducted once a month, in diurnal and nocturnal hours, throughout 24 months, from January 1991 to December 1992. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Guimarães AE,Gentile C,Lopes CM,Sant'Anna A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study trends of dissertation and thesis production in workers' health in Brazil. METHODS:Observation units were dissertations and theses developed by Brazilian researchers in national and foreign graduate programs. Theses and dissertations were identified in previously compiled works, LILACS and Capes dat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santana VS

更新日期：2006-08-01 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 characterize the organization of Brazilian general hospitals that provide services to the Unified Health System using indicators that describe the main dimensions of hospital care. METHODS A 2015 cross-sectional observational study, comprising the range of general hospitals that serve the Unified Health S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Botega LA,Andrade MV,Guedes GR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of fine particulate matter emitted through biomass burning on hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in children living in Manaus, Northern Brazil. METHODS:Descriptive study with ecologic time series design carried out in Manaus from 2002 to 2009. Hospital admission data were ob...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Andrade Filho VS,Artaxo P,Hacon S,Carmo CN,Cirino G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of psychiatric disorders and alcohol dependence as possible risk factors for cocaine abuse/dependence. METHODS:The case-control study used the "snowball" technique in order to select untreated cocaine users (cases) and to match sex, age and friendship. Information was gathered using the ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lopes CS,Coutinho ES

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on elderly health. METHODS:The study was based on cross-sectional data from Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean. The sample comprised 2,143 non-institutionalized elderly aged 60 years and older living in the urban area o...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ramos M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with the lack of active father involvement in infant care at four months of age. METHODS:Cross-sectional study involving families of 153 infants at four months of age, interviewed in their homes by two family therapists. In addition to father involvement in infant care, sociode...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Falceto OG,Fernandes CL,Baratojo C,Giugliani ER

更新日期：2008-12-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To meet the information need of Brazilian municipalities concerning breastfeeding practices as part of health care planning, a study was carried out to describe breastfeeding and to identify weaning-related factors. METHODS:Of all municipalities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, openly called to participate...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Venancio SI,Escuder MM,Kitoko P,Rea MF,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze age as a prognostic factor in early breast cancer. METHODS:Retrospective study analyzing the clinical profile and disease-free survival in a group of 280 subjects aged 25 to 81 years with stage I and II breast cancer followed-up in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, from 1995 to 2000. Clinical, pathol...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Garicochea B,Morelle A,Andrighetti AE,Cancella A,Bós A,Werutsky G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on phlebotomine collections in an area with a high level of human interference, in S. Jorge do Ivaí county, Paraná State, Southern Brazil, is reported. Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) was the dominant species. The number of sandflies in domiciles decreased sharply in the second period...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Teodoro U,Kühl JB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the reliability, magnitude and direction of the resulting bias in the application of a screening instrument for mental disorders by considering proxy informants in comparison to primary informants. METHODS:Data are taken from a general morbidity community-based survey carried out in 520 randomly...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santana VS,de Almeida Filho N,da Rocha CO,Matos AS

更新日期：1997-12-01 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

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：: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：OBJECTIVES:No population-based studies have been conducted to show the potential for the use of virological diagnosis of the rabies virus. The objective of the present study was to estimate accuracy parameters for the isolation of the rabies virus in McCoy cells as an alternative method and to compare this with the use...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nogueira YL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of trans fat has been proven to be harmful to human health. This lipid is found mainly in partially hydrogenated vegetable fat, which is widely used in processed foods. The aim of this study was to analyze official publications on maximum limits for consumption of trans fat and the regulations for its mand...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silveira BM,Proença RP

更新日期：2012-10-01 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 describe methods and initial findings of a surveillance system of risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) based on telephone interviews. METHODS:Interviews undertaken in a random sample of the adult population of the Municipality of Sao Paulo living in households with telephone. Samplin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Monteiro CA,de Moura EC,Jaime PC,Lucca A,Florindo AA,Figueiredo IC,Bernal R,da Silva NN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00