[Spatial distribution of risks for work-related injuries in a city of Southeastern Brazil].

abstract：:Precision medicine has been announced as a new health revolution. The term precision implies more accuracy in healthcare and prevention of diseases, which could yield substantial cost savings. However, scientific debate about precision medicine is needed to avoid wasting economic resources and hype. In this commentary...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Rey-López JP,Sá TH,Rezende LFM

更新日期：2018-02-05 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：INTRODUCTION:A factory producing lead ingots, located in Caçapava, caused lead and cadmium contamination of the environment, in the Paraiba Valley region of Southeastern, Brazil, through the discharge of industrial waste and the recycling of batteries. The factory, set in a rural, dairy cattle breeding area, worried sa...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Okada IA,Sakuma AM,Maio FD,Dovidauskas S,Zenebon O

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between the pictorial graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and their impact on intention to quit smoking among women. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study among 265 women daily smokers in the State of Paraná in 2010. The sample size was calculated using cluster samp...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bittencourt L,Person SD,Cruz RC,Scarinci IC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the spread of human American visceral leishmaniasis and identify the key municipalities for developing surveillance and control activities. METHODS:The area of the study was composed of the 316 municipalities in the state of Sao Paulo belonging to the five health districts in which human American ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cardim MF,Rodas LA,Dibo MR,Guirado MM,Oliveira AM,Chiaravalloti-Neto F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess life histories of alcohol consumption among women in specialized treatment center for alcohol dependency. METHODS:A qualitative study using a life-history approach was carried out in a sample comprising 13 women being treated in an alcohol and drug treatment and research outpatient clinic from May ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nóbrega Mdo P,Oliveira EM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of individual and group strategies in a diabetes education program. METHODS:A total of 104 type-2 diabetes outpatients enrolled in an education program of a teaching hospital in Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil, were randomly selected and assigned to two different education st...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Torres Hde C,Franco LJ,Stradioto MA,Hortale VA,Schall VT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the contribution of work-related diseases to sick leaves due to general and occupational health problems. METHODS:Sociodemographic, occupational and health data from 29,658 records of temporary disability benefits, granted on account of health problems by the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza NS,Santana VS,Albuquerque-Oliveira PR,Barbosa-Branco A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to apply the National Economic Indicator on data from a cross-sectional population-based study (nw =2,197) in the city of Ribeirão Preto, Southeastern Brazil, in 2006. Compared to Brazil, the indicator presented a concentration around the last five deciles and was similar to that of the municipality of...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freitas IC,Moraes SA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the advantages and disadvantages of using segments compared to a complete address list, for the selection of households in a multistage cluster sampling in slums. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:A qualitative study was performed in four slums selected by the São Paulo Municipal Health Survey of 2008, a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Alves MC,Morais Mde L,Escuder MM,Goldbaum M,Barros MB,Cesar CL,Carandina L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess alcohol and drug use in a representative sample of the urban Brazilian population and their correlation with sexual and reproductive health. METHODS:Data from a national population-based survey with a complex sampling, performed in 2005 was used. A total of 5,040 individuals from both genders, in t...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bastos FI,Bertoni N,Hacker MA,Grupo de Estudos em População, Sexualidade e Aids.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess communications aspects related to pesticide use in a rural area of the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. METHODS:The study was carried out in the area of São Lourenço stream. It was based on methodological triangulation comprising: semi-structured interviews and observation of a local population sample...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Peres F,Rozemberg B,Alves SR,Moreira JC,Oliveira-Silva JJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data from three household surveys undertaken in the city of S. Paulo, Brazil, from mid-80s to mid-90s allow to characterize and analyse secular trends in malnutrition and obesity among infants and children. METHODS:The three surveys included random population samples aged from zero to 59 months (1,008 childr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Monteiro CA,Conde WL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify the use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors among university students from the city of Sao Paulo (SP) in Brazil. Male students (n=350) replied to a questionnaire about diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, the frequency and reason for the use of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freitas VM,Menezes FG,Antonialli MM,Nascimento JW

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, preferential predation of larvae and pupae of Simuliidae by the crustacean, Aegla platensis Schmitt, 1942, was observed in the field and in the laboratory. Field observations and collections were done in the Carpintaria stream, Dois Irmãos, Country Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The possibility of usin...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Magni ST,Py-Daniel V

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of self-reported voice problems and to identify associated factors. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 393 public elementary and middle school teachers in Florianópolis, Southern Brazil, in 2009. A self-administered questionnaire was used. A multivariabl...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marçal CC,Peres MA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Family Health Program proposes a new dynamics for the structuring of health service, as well as for its relationship with the community in its different levels of care. The aim of the present study was to analyze the significance of teamwork for professionals working in the Family Health Program. METHODS...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Oliveira EM,Spiri WC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of adult Culicidae was carried out during the period from May 1984 to September 1985, in a rice field in the polder of the Experimental Station of Pariquera-Açú, in the Ribeira Valley (S. Paulo State, Brazil). CDC miniature traps, supplemented with dry ice, were used. A total of 2,686 mosquitoes were coll...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP,Gomes Ade C,Kakitani I

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：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 analyze the meanings of caring for people who seek assistance in mental health, from the perspective of psychologists engaged in their daily activities within public health services. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES:An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in the city of Fortaleza, Northeastern Brazil, in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carvalho LB,Bosi ML,Freire JC

更新日期：2008-08-01 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 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 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：: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：: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：:Social representations of tuberculosis are analyzed at the turn of the 20th century, focusing on aspects associated to feelings and contradictory manifestations awakened by the disease. The romanticized pattern of experience of this disease was replaced by a more naturalistic vision, though the stigmas and prejudices ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pôrto A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a trend, with a view to achieving greater scientific visibility and international projection, that favors the adoption of the English language in Brazilian journals dealing with nosological problems. This argument is here questioned. Latin America is a large continent with characteristic health problems. Thus...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Forattini OP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the audiometric profile of civilian pilots according to the noise exposure level. METHODS:This observational cross-sectional study evaluated 3,130 male civilian pilots aged between 17 and 59 years. These pilots were subjected to audiometric examinations for obtaining or revalidating the functiona...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Falcão TP,Luiz RR,Schütz GE,Mello MG,Câmara Vde M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the performance and integration between the health care and teaching dimensions in Brazilian university hospitals. METHODS:A network data envelopment analysis (DEA) model was designed to measure the performance of federal university hospitals, which enables the relationship between the teaching and...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Castro Lobo MS,Lins MP,Silva AC,Fiszman R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00