[The elderly population in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): a pilot-study of confiability and validity of the mental health segment of the BOAS questionnaire].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of the distance between infested and non-infested areas in the geographical spread of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictuspopulations in the state of S. Paulo. Regional patterns were also studied, considering the determinants related to soil occupation. METHODS:Information related to the...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Glasser CM,de Castro Gomes A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study of 354 children under two years of age was carried out in two periurban slums, with poor sanitary and socioeconomic conditions, located in Pelotas, southern Brazil. Most (79%) of the children studied were current users of pacifiers, 15% had never used one and the remaining 6% were ex-users. Amo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tomasi E,Victora CG,Post PR,Olinto MT,Béhague D

更新日期：1994-10-01 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 analyze the consumption of ultra-processed foods in the Colombian population across sociodemographic factors. METHODS:We used data from the 2005 National Survey of the Nutritional Status in Colombia. Food consumption was assessed using a 24-hour food recall in 38,643 individuals. The food items were class...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Khandpur N,Cediel G,Obando DA,Jaime PC,Parra DC

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With the purpose of determining the prevalence of vitamin consumption, a survey was conducted in a sample of 894 private university freshmen in São Paulo. It revealed that 30.4% of the students consumed vitamin supplements within the preceding 3 months -23.1% on a regular basis and 6.0% sporadically. Vitamin C and mul...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Santos KM,Barros Filho Ade A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanics, electronics and materials subsystem, one of the subsystems of the health care productive complex, encompasses different activities, usually clustered in what is called the medical, hospital and dental equipment and materials industry. This is a strategic area for health care, since it represents a conti...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Maldonado J,Gadelha CA,Costa LS,Vargas M

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:The growing evidence on the association between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, obesity and other chronic diseases has highlighted the need to implement policy actions that go beyond programs exclusively focused on individual responsibility. In order to protect their commercial goals in Latin America, the su...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gómez L,Jacoby E,Ibarra L,Lucumí D,Hernandez A,Parra D,Florindo A,Hallal P

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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 asses how people with mental disorders experience their special needs and interact with the community in public urban places. METHODOLOGY:The research was performed in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, using ethnography as the theoretical methodological approach. As of the study of one s...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Dalmolin BM,Vasconcellos Mda P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation of the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of brines during their utilization for salting mozzarella cheese. Forty brine samples used for submersion salting of mozzarella cheese in a dairy industry in the State of S. Paulo, Brazil, were analysed for the purpose of discovering the variation...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： do Amaral LA,Nader Filho A,Iaria ST,Ferro JA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the incidence of hospital infection by a resistant microorganism decreased after the implementation of the restrictive measure of the National Health Surveillance Agency for the commercialization of antimicrobials. METHODS:A historical cohort study of medical records of adult patients admit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Costa JMD,Moura CS,Pádua CAM,Vegi ASF,Magalhães SMS,Rodrigues MB,Ribeiro AQ

更新日期：2019-08-19 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 the association between dietary patterns and oral cancer. METHODS:The study, part of a Latin American multicenter hospital-based case-control study, was conducted in São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, between November 1998 and March 2002 and included 366 incident cases of oral cancer and 469 controls...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marchioni DM,Fisberg RM,Francisco de Góis Filho J,Kowalski LP,Brasilino de Carvalho M,Abrahão M,Latorre Mdo R,Eluf-Neto J,Wünsch Filho V

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：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：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：:The emergence of moral dilemmas in health care practices, in view of the rapid demographic transition in developing countries, and skyrocketing public health care costs, is discussed. The focus is on two aspects of health care that have occupied an important place in the generation of these dilemmas. On the one hand, ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Guimarães R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five species of phlebotomine sandflies were caught on the Southern part of the coast of S. Paulo, Brazil. CDC-light and Shannon traps were used, as well as human-bait, during two investigations into Culicidae mosquitoes. Lutzomyia intermedia and L. flaviscutellata were found among those sandflies. The localities inves...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gomes Ade C,Galati EA,Classer CM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the "Explanatory Model Interview Catalog - Stigma Scale" for people affected by leprosy in Brazil. METHODS:After being authorized by the author of the scale to use it in the national context, we initiated the five steps process of cross-cultural adaptation...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Morgado FFDR,Silveira EMKXD,Sales AM,Nascimento LPRD,Sarno EN,Nery JADC,Oliveira AJ,Illarramendi X

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the occurrence of deaths directly associated with urban violence among fatal work-related accidents. METHODS:Verbal autopsies were performed with the relatives and coworkers of residents of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, who died from external causes in 2015. We have also analyzed police r...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R,Luz VG,Hennington ÉA,Martins ACA,Tófoli LF

更新日期：2017-12-11 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 describe the contraceptive methods used by adult women and the associated socioeconomic and demographic factors. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study with 20 to 49-year-old women from São Leopoldo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2015. Three outcomes were considered to analyze the association wit...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves TR,Leite HM,Bairros FS,Olinto MTA,Barcellos NT,Costa JSDD

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify aspects of masculinity that could be associated with vulnerability to HIV among heterosexual men. METHODS:A qualitative survey was conducted among bus drivers and members of the Work Accident Prevention Committee of a public transportation company in São Paulo city, Brazil. Ten individual intervi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Guerriero I,Ayres JR,Hearst N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess a new impunity index and variables that have been found to predict variation in homicide rates in other geographical levels as predictive of state-level homicide rates in Brazil. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional ecological study. Data from the mortality information system relating to the 27 Brazi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nadanovsky P,Celeste RK,Wilson M,Daly M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative importance of Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference for the determination of hypertension in adults. METHODS:Cross sectional analysis of a sample of employees (N=1,584), aged 18 to 64 years, from a private general hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Data collection inclu...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sarno F,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible correlations between infant mortality statistics and those statistics related to the real value of the legal minimum salary and those on the extent of the public water supply system for the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil over the last 3 decades were studied with a view to determining the relationship between t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Monteiro CA

更新日期：1982-02-01 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 review epidemiological data from patients admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Brazil, and to compare them to medical aspects associated to disease severity and mortality. Also, to profile these patients, including demographic data, disease prevalence, mortality rates and associated factors....

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Einloft PR,Garcia PC,Piva JP,Bruno F,Kipper DJ,Fiori RM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00