abstract：:Information on fruits and vegetables consumption in Brazil in the three levels of dietary data was analyzed and compared. Data about national supply came from Food Balance Sheets compiled by the FAO; household availability information was obtained from the Brazilian National Household Budget Survey (HBS); and actual i...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Claro RM,Jaime PC,Lock K,Fisberg RM,Monteiro CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of sedentary behavior and investigate associated factors in adolescents 11 years of age from the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Sedentary behavior was investigated with a questionnaire, and was defined as spending more than two hours ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dumith SC,Hallal PC,Menezes AM,Araújo CL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the profile of physical abuse against older people who underwent forensic examination at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. The cases, with data from 1,027 forensic reports, were described according to characteristics of the incident, v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Abath Mde B,Leal MC,Melo Filho DA,Marques AP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based survey to provide information on the prevalence of hepatitis viral infection and the pattern of risk factors was carried out in the urban population of all Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, between 2005 and 2009. This paper describes the design and methodology of the study which inv...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ximenes RA,Pereira LM,Martelli CM,Merchán-Hamann E,Stein AT,Figueiredo GM,Braga MC,Montarroyos UR,Brasil LM,Turchi MD,Fonseca JC,Lima ML,Alencar LC,Costa M,Coral G,Moreira RC,Cardoso MR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article evaluates the degree of implementation of ten urgent and emergency hospital services comprising the macro and micro-regional referral system in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil. The study analyzes criteria related to structure (physical and organizational, and material and human resources) and process (...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dubeux LS,Freese E,Reis YA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of positive respiratory symptomatics among patients seeking treatment at primary health clinics in Vitória, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. This cross-sectional study included 603 individuals that answered a questionnaire with socio-demographic data and a question on cough ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moreira CM,Zandonade E,Lacerda T,Maciel EL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article concerns the first phase of the cross-cultural equivalence of Section A in the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly-Revised Version (CAMDEX-R), a clinical interview for dementia diagnosis. Evaluating conceptual and item equivalencies involved a literature review and expert groups. Sem...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima DA,Lourenço RA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a widely used screening instrument. One- and two-factor structures have been identified in some countries. In Brazil, the best factor structure is still unclear. This study aimed at knowing its factorial validity and reliability, and testing the one-factor and two-f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Gouveia VV,Barbosa GA,Oliveira Andrade Ed,Carneiro MB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study used a qualitative, evaluative, and participant methodology based on Gadamer's hermeneutics and the constructivist paradigm. The aim was to analyze the arrangement called "patient care teams" for treatment of psychotic patients in the context of Community Mental Health Services (CMHS). Data were collected in...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Miranda L,Onocko-Campos RT

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the practice of infanticide in indigenous communities in Brazil. Taking as a reference point a specific case involving two children of the Zuruahá people, it takes a broader look at the issue and discusses how infanticide is understood among other indigenous peoples. A debate focusing specificall...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Feitosa SF,Garrafa V,Cornelli G,Tardivo C,Carvalho SJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most developing countries, HPV vaccines have been licensed but there are no national policy recommendations, nor is it clear how decisions on the introduction of this new vaccine are made. Decentralization processes in many Latin American countries favor decision-making at the local level. Through a qualitative stu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Piñeros M,Wiesner C,Cortés C,Trujillo LM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual and reproductive health is a major public health concern, since it involves individual health and wellbeing and affects the socioeconomic level of societies. Socially underprivileged groups like immigrants may be more exposed to sexual and reproductive health problems. The current study examines key aspects of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rocha CM,Dias SF,Gama AF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indicators and analyses that used the database from SB Brazil 2003 (the most recent nationwide oral health survey) have been criticized as unreliable due to sampling problems. The current study countered that this critique was based solely on statistical concepts, unsupported by empirical evidence. The critique's esse...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Narvai PC,Antunes JL,Moysés SJ,Frazão P,Peres MA,Peres KG,Sousa Mda L,Roncalli AG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the Federal implementation of primary health care policy in Brazil from 2003 to 2008, considering the government functions of health planning, regulation, financing, and health services delivery. The methodology included literature and document review, interviews with key policy actors, budget an...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Castro AL,Machado CV

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to analyze the effectiveness of Psychosocial Care Centers (PCCs) for persons with mental disorders in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. This was a prospective cohort study with users of the centers, based on two home visits. Three treatment exposure variables and two health status variables w...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tomasi E,Facchini LA,Piccini RX,Thumé E,Silva RA,Gonçalves H,Silva SM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study objective was to examine differentials in time trends and predictors of deaths assigned to symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions in comparison with other ill-defined conditions (ill-defined cardiovascular diseases, cancer and injury) in a population-based cohort study. Of 1,606 baseline participants age...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lima-Costa MF,Matos DL,Laurenti R,Mello-Jorge MH,Cesar CC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical picture of dengue is characterized by a maximum duration of 14 days despite frequent complaints of longer symptoms. This study evaluated the occurrence of persistent symptoms (> 14 days) and its impact on daily life. A hundred eighteen patients were interviewed, and the main symptoms at diagnosis were mia...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Teixeira Lde A,Lopes JS,Martins AG,Campos FA,Miranzi Sde S,Nascentes GA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stillbirth rate is high in Brazil, and it is important to identify its determinants. A nested case-control was conducted to explore the determinants of fetal death in a population treated at public services in Rio de Janeiro from 2002 to 2004. Data were collected from mothers' interviews and medical records. A structu...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Fonseca SC,Coutinho ES

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the quality of care provided in the cities with full health system management, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by means of the rate of hospitalizations for primary care sensitive conditions, between 1995 and 2005. The following were considered as hospitalizations for sensitive conditions: diabetes...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Dias-da-Costa JS,Büttenbender DC,Hoefel AL,Souza LL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on an analysis of individual claims for provision of medicines brought by users of the Unified National Health System (SUS) against the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the year 2005, this study aims to discuss the action and behavior of the court system in ruling on these suits. The study adopted a semi-qual...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Borges Dda C,Ugá MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, the Unified National Health System (SUS) is responsible for the majority of kidney transplants. To maintain these interventions, the guidelines recommend the use of cyclosporine or tacrolimus, associated with corticosteroids and azathioprine or mycophenolate. Taking the perspective of the National Health Sy...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Guerra Junior AA,Acúrcio Fde A,Andrade EI,Cherchiglia ML,Cesar CC,Queiroz OV,Silva GD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study describes the eco-epidemiological aspects of arbovirus diseases in the municipalities (counties) of Novo Progresso and Trairão, Para State, Brazil, in the area affected by highway BR-163. Hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies to different arboviruses were detected, with monotypic reactions to M...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nunes MR,Barbosa TF,Casseb LM,Nunes Neto JP,Segura Nde O,Monteiro HA,Pinto EV,Casseb SM,Chiang Jde O,Martins LC,Medeiros DB,Vasconcelos PF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article was to evaluate socio-environmental vulnerability by selecting and analyzing socioeconomic, demographic, and infrastructural indicators around the Fazenda Botafogo Industrial Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taking this work as a case study. The study aimed to determine whether there...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Cartier R,Barcellos C,Hübner C,Porto MF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to characterize health care models for users of alcohol and other drugs in the Brazilian context. Discourse analysis was performed on public drug policy in Brazil from the 1970s. This analysis was contextualized by a brief digression on the main political positions identified in several countries of ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alves VS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article compares food intake by women 35 years or older in two population-based cross-sectional studies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1995-1996 (n = 1,014) and 2004-2005 (n = 1,001). Food intake was assessed with a food-frequency questionnaire, and nutritional status was defined according to body mass index (BMI ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira RA,Andrade RG,Sichieri R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creative and innovative strategies to recruit smokers are essential for improving tobacco control activities. Currently in Brazil, through health warning messages on cigarette packs, there is a permanent and intense spread of messages that provoke feelings of loss associated with smoking, which is important to encoura...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Szklo AS,Coutinho Eda S,Barros HM,Perez C,Moreira Tde C,Figueiró LR,Pinho M,Carvalho VF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consensus has been reached concerning the definition of criteria and standards for evaluating the decentralization of actions by municipal health surveillance systems. With the aim of developing and validating an objective image for municipal health surveillance that would correspond to an appropriate system for th...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Ferraro AH,Costa EA,Vieira-da-Silva LM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated the prevalence of stroke among the elderly in Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, based on data from the Family Health Program (FHP). The elderly population was chosen since it is growing as a proportion of the general population, and since stroke risk increases with age. Data were screened f...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Pereira AB,Alvarenga H,Pereira RS Jr,Barbosa MT

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this study is mental health care in the Brazilian Family Health Program (FHP), with the complexity of such care as the main premise. The objectives were to analyze the actual conditions of mental health care in FHP services in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso State, describing the dynamics of such care and identifying...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lucchese R,Oliveira AG,Conciani ME,Marcon SR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the cervical cancer mortality trend from 1980 to 2005 in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The demographic and mortality data available on the website of the Statistics Department of the Unified National Health System (DATASUS) were used to estimate the mortality rate for uterine cervical cancer ...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Alves CM,Guerra MR,Bastos RR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to air pollutants and low birth weight in a medium-sized city. An ecological study was performed, using live birth data from São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil. The environmental data were obtained from the São Paul State Environme...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Nascimento LF,Moreira DA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the health of Kaingáng women in the Faxinal indigenous territory in Paraná State, Brazil, with regard to risk factors for breast cancer. A descriptive and exploratory investigation was undertaken that included 95.4% of females 20 years or over. Data showed that 92.3% of Kaingáng women reported brea...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： da Silva EP,Pelloso SM,Carvalho MD,Toledo MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze aspects related to choice of type of delivery in two maternity hospitals, one public and the other private, in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. This cross-sectional study compared 163 primiparous women in a public maternity hospital and 89 in a private hospital, with mean ages of 21.63 +/-...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Mandarino NR,Chein MB,Monteiro Júnior Fd,Brito LM,Lamy ZC,Nina VJ,Mochel EG,de Figueiredo Neto JA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to review the literature on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescents (10-19 years old). The search was conducted in online databases (MEDLINE and SciELO), references from retrieved articles, and contacts with authors. Only original articles using either the criteri...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Moraes AC,Fulaz CS,Netto-Oliveira ER,Reichert FF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the association between dietary patterns and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. A population-based cross-sectional study was performed in 1,026 adult women from Southern Brazil. Dietary patterns were identified using principal components analysis. In the multivariable analysis, a Poisson re...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Lenz A,Olinto MT,Dias-da-Costa JS,Alves AL,Balbinotti M,Pattussi MP,Bassani DG

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to estimate respiratory morbidity and its determinants for premature infants aged 12 to 36 months. The population comprised 84 infants from a cohort of very low birth weight premature infants. The outcome was the respiratory morbidity incidence rate. The relationship between the independent v...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Chalfun G,Mello RR,Dutra MV,Andreozzi VL,Silva KS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been established as an important etiological factor for the development of cervical cancer. This DNA virus primarily infects the epithelium and can induce benign and malignant lesions of the mucous membranes and skin. Some HPVs are considered high risk due to their role in malignant prog...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Rosa MI,Medeiros LR,Rosa DD,Bozzeti MC,Silva FR,Silva BR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This evaluative study focused on expansion of the Family Health Strategy in large cities in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The study analyzed the functionality of health care modalities, performance, and supply of comprehensive care itself and its link to services at other levels. The thrust of the analysis was compreh...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Tavares Mde F,Mendonça MH,Rocha RM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of primary care to population health and health systems organization has been well documented, but some authors have highlighted that in Third World countries it has gained more ground in discourse than in facts and practices, with different possible configurations. The objectives of the current study...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Medina MG,Hartz ZM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate anxiety and pain related to dental treatment in children under the age of five years. This cross sectional study was carried out with 2,735 children of both sexes. Socioeconomic data, dental anxiety and dental pain experience, as well as the assessment of the child's oral health s...

journal_title：Cadernos de saude publica

authors： Oliveira MM,Colares V

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00