[Ecology of mosquitoes in areas of the National Park of "Serra da Bocaina", Brazil: II - Monthly frequency and climatic factors].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of the association between PA and age were investigated. METHODS:We have analyzed data from 8,736 participants (92.8%) aged 50 and older from the B...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Peixoto SV,Mambrini JVM,Firmo JOA,Loyola Filho AI,Souza Junior PRB,Andrade FB,Lima-Costa MF

更新日期：2018-10-25 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：:This paper presents epidemiological and control characteristics of yellow fever in Brazil, taking its wild and urban transmission cycles into consideration. No urban cases have been reported in Brazil since 1942, but urban yellow fever cases were reported in Paraguay in 2008, after more than 50 years without registere...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Tauil PL

更新日期：2010-06-01 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 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of an obesity prevention program on the dietary practices of public school adolescents. METHODS:An intervention was conducted with 331 students aged between 11 and 17 years, enrolled in the 5th and 6th grades of two state public schools in the city of Niterói, Southeastern Brazil, in ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vargas IC,Sichieri R,Sandre-Pereira G,da Veiga GV

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rabbit kidney cell line RC-IAL, isolated in 1976 and at present at 150a passage, has had its characteristics analysed. The cells presented morphology similar to fibroblasts throughout their culture. The cellular growth proportion remained unaltered from its isolation, with a cloning efficiency of around 9%. The line...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Cruz AS,Figueiredo CA,Barbosa ML,Martinez CH,Salles-Gomes LF

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：: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：:The attraction of Schistosoma mansoni miracidea by snails genetically selected for susceptibility to infection is considered. Miracidea were exposed to snails or to snail conditioned water in a specially devised three-chamber glass apparatus. Ten miracidea were used for each test and were deposited in the middle chamb...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Zanotti-Magalhães EM,Magalhães LA,de Carvalho JF

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The results of a study which identified the cost of health interventions in the management of patients with chronic renal disease are presented. MATERIAL AND METHOD:The costing method was based on a consensus technique and the instrumentation of case management through the identification of the materials ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Arredondo A,Rangel R,de Icaza E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken in an urban area of the capital city of the province of San Juan, Argentina, in a housing complex of 768 flats distributed in buildings of 3 and 7 floors each surrounding an abandoned central winery. A total of 329 Triatoma infestans were captured, 293 on 4 terraces of seven-floor-towers and 36 ...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vallvé SL,Rojo H,Wisnivesky-Colli C

更新日期：1995-06-01 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 identify the maternal characteristics and welcoming actions towards mothers of infants aged less than six months associated with early liquid offer. METHODS:Cross-sectional study performed in 2007, with a representative sample of mothers of infants aged less than six months (n=1,057), users of Primary Hea...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Niquini RP,Bittencourt SA,Lacerda EM,Couto de Oliveira MI,Leal Mdo C

更新日期：2010-08-01 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 spatial distribution of leprosy, identify areas of potential case underreporting or high transmission risk, and to assess the ecological association of leprosy distribution with multibacillary cases. METHODS:This study was carried out in 94 neighborhoods of Recife, Brazil. Data was obtained fr...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Souza WV,Barcellos CC,Brito AM,Carvalho MS,Cruz OG,Albuquerque MF,Alves KR,Lapa TM

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：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 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：:The complexity of the epidemiological object has provoked discussion of the elements that have constituted it over time sometimes assuming the form of antinomies. By using as substract fundamental texts, the formulation and the proposal for a solution of the antinomies between the social-biological and the collective-...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： de Melo-Filho DA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the occurrence of adult culicid populations in urban areas and measure the sensitivity of the resting box collection method. METHODS:Mosquito were collected in 1999 and 2000, in two cities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil: Ocauçu and Uchoa. In each city, 15 blocks were drawn by lots and then one...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Barata EA,Chiaravalloti Neto F,Dibo MR,Macoris Mde L,Barbosa AA,Natal D,Barata JM,Andriguetti MT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of exposure to magnetic fields generated by transmission lines (TL) and characterize the exposed population. METHODS:Information about TL in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, was provided by the electricity companies and mapped out using geographic informat...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Habermann M,Marcílio I,Lopes M,Prado R,Souza M,Gouveia N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the estimation of the infant mortality rate in Brazil, in the 1980's, based only on the age distribution of registered deaths, is here proposed. Using this technique, it is possible to estimate the probabilities of dying in the first year of life in a continuous way, year by year, for different regions...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Szwarcwald CL,de Castilho EA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Urinalysis is an essential component of the prenatal routine, as urinary tract infections during pregnancy may lead to preterm delivery and neonatal morbidity. The objective of the study was to analyze factors associated to the solicitation of urinalysis during pregnancy. METHODS:During 2004, 4,163 women liv...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Silveira MF,Barros AJ,Santos IS,Matijasevich A,Victora CG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lower extremity amputation is an increasing problem among diabetic patients and an important public health problem. The study purpose was to identify factors associated with lower extremity amputation. METHODS:A matched case-control study was carried out among diabetic patients. Cases were selected in public...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gamba MA,Gotlieb SL,Bergamaschi DP,Vianna LA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a systematic framework for modeling several classes of illness-sickness-disease named as Holopathogenesis. Holopathogenesis is defined as processes of over-determination of diseases and related conditions taken as a whole, comprising selected facets of the complex object Health. First, a conceptu...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Almeida Filho N

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the evolution of the Ministry of Health's spending on drugs. METHODS:The Ministry of Health's total (added) spending on drugs and its (not added) programs' were analyzed between 2002 and 2007. Actions that financed drug acquisition were obtained from the Siga Brasil system and classified according...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Vieira FS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Domestic violence against children has been a subject of concern to many Brazilian institutions, though there are few studies about the services offered to the community. The aim of this study is to evaluate administrative and operational aspects of the SOS Criança and provide insight to similar programs w...

journal_title：Revista de saude publica

authors： Gonçalves HS,Ferreira AL,Marques MJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 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