[Determinants of weight and linear growth deficits in children under two years of age].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimate the prevalence and determinants of tobacco use by students. METHODS:This cross-sectional study, carried out between 2013 and 2014, evaluates 701 public school students between 10 and 79 years of age living in a city in the countryside of the State of Goias, Midwest of Brazil. A structured questionna...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vargas LS,Lucchese R,Silva ACD,Guimarães RA,Vera I,Castro PA

更新日期：2017-05-04 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 investigate the association between social capital and social capital and self-perception of health based on examining the influence of health-related behaviors as possible mediators of this relationship. METHODS A cross-sectional study was used with 1,081 subjects, which is representative of the populati...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Loch MR,de Souza RK,Mesas AE,González AD,Rodriguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Public health actions endorsed by the federal government, for instance, health promotion initiatives, usually have greater impact at population level compared to other types of initiatives. This commentary aims to instigate debate on the importance and necessity of producing federally endorsed brazilian physical activ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Sebastião E,Schwingel A,Chodzko-Zajko W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the validity of the Portuguese version of the Clinical Dementia Rating for classifying the cognitive function among the elderly. METHODS:The Mini Mental State Examination was utilized as a screening method for cognitive deficit among a cohort of 424 elderly. All those who scored <26 points (108 e...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Montaño MB,Ramos LR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life in Brazil. METHODS:Systematic review of epidemiological studies conducted in Brazil with exclusive breastfeeding as outcome. Medline and LILACS databases were used. After the selection of articles, a hierarchical theo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Boccolini CS,Carvalho ML,Oliveira MI

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify spatial and space-time clusters with high incidence rates of AIDS in men living in the city of São Paulo since the first case of the disease in 1980. METHODS:HIV/AIDS notifications were obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (57,440 men) between January 1980 and June 2012. The ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pellini ACG,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,Zanetta DMT

更新日期：2020-11-09 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: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 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：:Further to a research project into the accuracy of death given on the causes of death given on the death certificates of women of fertile age (10-49), resident in the City of S. Paulo, SP, Brazil, in 1986, the main causes of death for the population according to age, with remarks on the mortality from cardiovascular d...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Lolio CA,Laurenti R,Buchala CM,Santo AH,Jorge MH

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil has not had endemic circulation of the measles virus since 2000. Between May and June 2011, the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, reported three cases of measles. This report presents a descriptive study of the cases, control measures, and the search for a possible source...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Fernandes EG,Oliveira ME,Fred J,Carelli LA,Lima GD,Sato HK,Yu AL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell anemia is the most prevalent hereditary disease in Brazil. However, the Brazilian literature registers no investigations into the public health aspects of the disease. This present study investigates the way of life of 80 adult patients (49 women and 31 men) with a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, at a blo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Paiva e Silva RB,Ramalho AS,Cassorla RM

更新日期：1993-02-01 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 estimate the magnitude and identify patterns of change in prostate cancer mortality in the state of São Paulo and in the 17 regional health care networks, according to age groups from 50 years onwards, in the period between 2000 to 2015. METHODS Age-adjusted mortality rates (per 100,000 men) were calculat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Luizaga CTM,Ribeiro KB,Fonseca LAM,Eluf Neto J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of extreme anthropometric measurements in children indicative of their nutritional status. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a random sample of 1,386 children under five in the state of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil. The prevalence of deficits (z <-2; WHO...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ferreira Hda S,Luciano SC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the profile of gross human rights violations, and the relationship between these violations and socioeconomic and demographic indicators. METHODS:Cross-sectional ecological study of 96 census districts of the city of São Paulo (Southeastern Brazil) in the year 2000. The data used came from the gro...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ruotti C,Freitas TV,Almeida JF,Peres MF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe trends in the incidence of Aids cases according to age and gender from 1986 to 2008. METHODS:Analyses of Aids trends according to age group and to gender was carried out Londrina, Southern Brazil. The timeframe was divided into two periods (1986-1995 and 1996-2008). Of the polynomial models, it w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Lazarini FM,Melchior R,González AD,Matsuo T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preliminary note on an outbreak of dengue which occurred in the city of Ribeirão Preto, State of S. Paulo, Brazil, from November 1990 to March 1991, is given. One case of Level II Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome (DHF/DSS) and two deaths associated with dengue related shock are described. Clinicians an...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pontes RJ,Dal Fabbro AL,Rocha Gde M,Santiago RC,Figueiredo LT,Castro e Silva AA,Garotti VD,Pintyá JM

更新日期：1991-08-01 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 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 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 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：:From January 2001 to October 2002 captures were made in domicile and peridomiciliary areas of 13 cities of region of Cariri, south of the State of Ceará. As results, the occurrence of P. lutzi in this area was noticed, for the first time, in three cities: the presence of one adult in chicken house in Altaneira, one ad...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freitas SP,Freitas AL,Gonçalves TC

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Meningococcal disease continues to be a great health problem on all continents and the meningococcal vaccines have been proposed for their prevention and epidemic control. The polysaccharide A and C vaccines are relatively efficacious with distinct immunological behavior with regard to the different age groups, howeve...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Requejo HI

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A project concerned with the study of intra-urban health differentials in S. Paulo city, Brazil, is described. A brief outline of urban problems in the city is presented, followed by a review of the locally published literature on the subject of geographical differentials (stratification by socioeconomic status and en...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Akerman M,Stephens C,Campanario P,Maia PB

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intimate partner abuse is a complex phenomenon and a public health problem and health care services are one of the places sought by women in this situation. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of violence against women attending a health care center. METHODS:This study was carried out in...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marinheiro AL,Vieira EM,de Souza L

更新日期：2006-08-01 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