[Characteristics of adolescent pregnancy in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil].

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 examine the association between tooth loss and general and central obesity among adults. METHODS:Population-based cross-sectional study with 1,720 adults aged 20 to 59 years from Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. Home interviews were performed and anthropometric measures were taken. Information on sociodemo...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bernardo Cde O,Boing AF,Vasconcelos Fde A,Peres KG,Peres MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze whether two simplified indices, "DMF in 6 Teeth"(DMF6T) and "DMF in two quadrants" (DMF2Q), could be indicated for epidemiological surveys of oral health according to dental caries distribution. METHODS:The sample came from epidemiological data in 29 municipalities. A total of 2,378 examinations w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cypriano S,de Sousa Mda L,Wada RS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify associations of chronic back pain with sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyles, body mass index, self-reported chronic diseases and health assessment, according to sex. METHODS:We analyzed data from the 2013 National Health Survey, estimated the prevalence and their respective 95% confidence...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Malta DC,Oliveira MM,Andrade SSCA,Caiaffa WT,Souza MFM,Bernal RTI

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the severity of dapsone (DDS) acute intoxication - an uncommon medical event - using clinical and laboratory parameters. METHODS:Two hundred and seventy four patients with acute DDS intoxication, aged 1 month to 50 years old, were studied and classified into four age groups. Clinical evaluation ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Carrazza MZ,Carrazza FR,Oga S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimate the prevalence of cervical HPV infection among women assisted by the Family Health Strategy and identify the factors related to the infection. METHODS:A cross-sectional study involving 2,076 women aged 20-59 years old residing in Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, who were asked to participate in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Ayres ARG,Silva GAE,Teixeira MTB,Duque KCD,Machado MLSM,Gamarra CJ,Levi JE

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the polypharmacy in primary health care patients and to identify its associated factors. METHODS:This is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and evaluative study, part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National S...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Nascimento RCRMD,Álvares J,Guerra AA Junior,Gomes IC,Silveira MR,Costa EA,Leite SN,Costa KS,Soeiro OM,Guibu IA,Karnikowski MGO,Acurcio FA

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Psychiatric hospitalization though burdensome remains a very important therapeutic option for severely-ill psychiatric patients. Hospitalization in general hospital psychiatry units (GHPU) are often regarded as the best option. A study was carried out with the purpose of assessing socioeconomic and medical v...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Dalgalarrondo P,Botega NJ,Banzato CE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An assessment of the evolution of the profile of mortality from avoidable diseases, in the municipality of Maringá, PR (Brazil), 1980 through 1993, as related to the quality of health attendance. METHODS:Based on the proposal to study caregiving results, eleven causes of avoidable deaths were selected. The e...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Scochi MJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper discusses the articulation among epidemiological information systems, scientific production and men's health policies. Three secondary sources were used: data from the Ministry of Health (Mortality and Hospital Information Systems, Surveillance of Protection and Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases through Tele...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Schwarz E,Gomes R,Couto MT,Moura EC,Carvalho Sde A,Silva SF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between diastolic blood pressure and the variables "total cumulative working time" and "age" was examined by regression analysis. The study was carried out among 839 bus drivers and conductors, users of an occupational health center in Campinas, S. Paulo State, Brazil. The main results were a positive...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cordeiro R,Lima Filho EC,Fischer FM,Moreira Filho DC

更新日期：1993-10-01 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 validate the Escala de Autoeficácia para a Autodireção na Saúde (EAAS - Self-efficacy for Self-direction in Health Scale). METHODS:Non-experimental quantitative study of EAAS validation, by confirmatory factorial analyses, evaluating a sample of 508 older adults from the north and the center of Portugal w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Oliveira AL,Silva JT,Lima MP

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to analyze the temporal trend, identify the factors related and elaborate a predictive model for unfavorable treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). METHODS:Retrospective cohort study with all cases diagnosed with MDR-TB between the years 2006 and 2015 in the state of São Paulo. The...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arroyo LH,Ramos ACV,Yamamura M,Berra TZ,Alves LS,Belchior AS,Santos DT,Alves JD,Campoy LT,Arcoverde MAM,Bollela VR,Bombarda S,Nunes C,Arcêncio RA

更新日期：2019-09-23 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 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess (1) the consistency between self-classified and interviewer-classified color/race according to socioeconomic and demographic variables and (2) the magnitude of the ethnic-racial inequalities of income and socioeconomic status using self-classified and interviewer-classified color/race. METHODS:A cr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Bastos JL,Peres MA,Peres KG,Dumith SC,Gigante DP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate how the Judicial Power safeguards the social right to pharmaceutical assistance as well as the relationships between the legal and political systems to safeguard this right. METHODS:There were assessed decisions in lawsuits of drug supply in the state of São Paulo, Southern Brazil, between 1997 a...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Marques SB,Dallari SG

更新日期：2007-02-01 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 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 assess the association between pre-gestational obesity and weight gain with cesarean delivery and labor complications. METHODS:A total of 4,486 women 20-28 weeks pregnant attending general prenatal care clinics of the national health system in Brazil from 1991 to 1995 were enrolled and followed up through...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Seligman LC,Duncan BB,Branchtein L,Gaio DS,Mengue SS,Schmidt MI

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：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

abstract：:The susceptibility of field collected Aedes aegypti larvae was evaluated in terms of median lethal time (LT50) and final mortality, when treated with temephos, Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis as well as mixtures of these two agents. Third instar larvae were shown to be more susceptible than early and late fourt...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Andrande CF,Modolo M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationships between sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors associated with high blood pressure in a population of Brazilian adults. METHODS:Data from a cross-sectional population-based study conducted with adults were used. In the hypothetical model developed socioeconomi...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Freire RS,Reis VMCP,Brito AB,Brito MFSF,Pinho L,Silva RRV,Silveira MF

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

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：:Controversies and risks in the social construction of the concept of healthy food are discussed, using soybean as the object of study. Studies concerning the impacts of soy on human health and the effects of its cultivation on the social-environmental domain were reviewed to analyze the political context of the discus...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Azevedo Ed

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the spatial distribution of mortality due to motorcycle accidents in the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. METHODS:A population-based ecological study using data on mortality in motorcycle accidents from 01/01/2000 to 31/12/2005. The analysis units were the municipalities. For the spatial ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silva PH,Lima ML,Moreira Rda S,Souza WV,Cabral AP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the BCG scar as a marker of BCG vaccination status. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 53,348 schoolchildren aged 6-14 years who underwent BCG scar examination as part of a large BCG vaccine trial taking place in the city of Manaus, Brazil. Results of BCG scar reading were com...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Pereira SM,Bierrenbach AL,Dourado I,Barreto ML,Ichihara MY,Hijjar MA,Rodrigues LC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00