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            <title>Corrections</title>
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            <description>A Política Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição ressalta a importância do Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional - SISVAN, que se destina à identificação do diagnóstico descritivo e analítico da situação alimentar e nutricional da população brasileira, contribuindo para que se conheça a natureza e a magnitude dos problemas nutricionais do país. Este artigo visa apresentar o histórico das ações da Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional no Brasil, desde sua idealização até a prática atual, destacando a superação das limitações encontradas ao longo dos anos, o fortalecimento obtido por meio dos marcos legais e os desafios enfrentados neste momento. Entende-se hoje que o SISVAN só pode ser conduzido utilizando-se uma combinação de estratégias, sendo as princi...</description>
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            <title>Organization of Food and Nutritional Surveillance within the Brazilian National Health System: history and current challenges</title>
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            <description>A Política Nacional de Alimentação e Nutrição ressalta a importância do Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional - SISVAN, que se destina à identificação do diagnóstico descritivo e analítico da situação alimentar e nutricional da população brasileira, contribuindo para que se conheça a natureza e a magnitude dos problemas nutricionais do país. Este artigo visa apresentar o histórico das ações da Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional no Brasil, desde sua idealização até a prática atual, destacando a superação das limitações encontradas ao longo dos anos, o fortalecimento obtido por meio dos marcos legais e os desafios enfrentados neste momento. Entende-se hoje que o SISVAN só pode ser conduzido utilizando-se uma combinação de estratégias, sendo as princi...</description>
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            <title>Prevalence of dental caries and socioeconomic conditions among young conscripts in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil</title>
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            <description>A cárie dentária tem origem multifatorial e a condição socioeconômica está inserida neste contexto. O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer a prevalência de cárie, além de verificar sua associação com variáveis socioeconômicas em jovens alistandos de 17 a 19 anos de idade, sexo masculino, em Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Foi realizado um estudo transversal com uma amostra de conveniência dos conscritos das Forças Armadas Brasileiras. Os critérios de diagnóstico e questionário socioeconômico foram baseados no levantamento nacional SB Brasil e OMS. Uma única examinadora (kappa = 0,96) realizou o exame bucal em 578 alistandos. Foi utilizado o teste Shapiro-Wilk para verificação de normalidade dos dados; não sendo aceita a normalidade (p = 0,0001), foi utilizado o teste não-pa...</description>
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            <title>Mothers of children with asthma's knowledge on the condition, in area covered by the Family Health Program</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that, although mothers reported having received orientation, only one third of them implemented environmental and behavioral changes. Moreover, when meeting three criteria was established as a requirement to define knowledge, this number was even lower among respondents. These findings strengthen the need to focus on educational interventions in knowledge deficiencies, to enable asthmatic children to develop successful self-management attitudes. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Excess weight among industrial workers: prevalence and associated factors</title>
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            <description>O excesso de peso tomou proporções epidêmicas nas últimas décadas. Estudo transversal, com amostra probabilística, objetivou estimar a prevalência e fatores associados ao excesso de peso entre trabalhadores de uma indústria metal-mecânica, em Joinville, Santa Catarina. Para a coleta de dados foram aferidos dados antropométricos e entregue questionário auto-administrado. As razões de prevalência (RP) brutas e ajustadas, e os Intervalos de Confiança de 95% (IC 95) foram calculados por meio da Regressão de Poisson. A taxa de resposta foi de 98,6% (n = 475), sendo 84,8% homens, empregados no setor produtivo (79,4%). A prevalência de excesso de peso foi de 53,0% (IC 95% 48,5% - 57,6%). Após análise ajustada, as mulheres apresentaram menor prevalência do desfecho (RP 0,19 IC 9...</description>
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            <title>Epidemiology of leisure-time physical activities among adults from Southern Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: Less than half of the investigated population was engaged in leisure-time physical activity. Walking was the most frequent modality for every examined group. Differences in the demographic and socioeconomic profile were observed according to the type of physical activity. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Association between overweight and smoking habits, Santarém, PA, 2007</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: This study showed a higher risk of overweight among women smokers, comparatively to former and never smokers. For men there was no association between overweight and smoking habit. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Validity and reliability of self-reported weight and height measures for the diagnoses of adolescent's nutritional status</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported measures of weight and height in adolescents do not present valid measures; therefore, they should not be used to replace measured values. Additionally, we observed that 10% of obese boys and 40% of obese girls could have remained unidentified if we had used only self-reported measures, emphasizing the effects of the low reliability of self-reporting. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Smoking and associated factors in Brazilian adults: a population-based study</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of smoking in the population was high. Public policies are needed to reduce the prevalence and morbidity of smoking considering the unequal distribution of events in the population strata. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among teachers</title>
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            <description>Este artigo descreve a prevalência de dor musculoesquelética segundo variáveis sociodemográficas e ocupacionais de professores do ensino básico. Um estudo epidemiológico de corte transversal, de caráter censitário, incluiu todos os 4.496 professores do ensino fundamental da rede municipal de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. As prevalências de dor musculoesquelética em membros inferiores (41,1%), membros superiores (23,7%) e dorso (41,1%) foram elevadas. A prevalência global de dor musculoesquelética relacionada a qualquer um dos três segmentos corporais foi de 55%. A dor musculoesquelética foi mais prevalente, nos três segmentos investigados, entre as mulheres, os mais velhos, de nível educacional médio, casados, com três ou mais filhos e que trabalhavam mais de quatorze anos com...</description>
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            <title>Mobile pre-hospital care in Fortaleza, Ceará: the vision of professionals involved</title>
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            <description>This study showed that pre-hospital care services have structural and planning problems, among which poor working conditions and fragile ties stand out. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Accuracy of drug class information obtained from a postal questionnaire to elderly respondents</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: the postal approach can be used to obtain accurate information on classes of medications used by a population aged 60 years or more with a social profile similar to that of social security beneficiaries. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards gender based violence</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: Therefore, most of them show positive attitudes toward women living in violence and we infer that they present good potential for appropriate case management if they receive training. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Mortality due to hypertension in women: a multiple cause analysis</title>
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            <description>The objectives were to verify the quality of death certificates (DC) and gain in information when the multiple cause of death methodology is performed, in DC of women from 10 to 49 years filled out with hypertension as an underlying or an associated cause of death. METHODS: The database consisted of 7,332 DC of the first semester of 2002 collected in the &quot;Study of women in childbearing age, living in the capitals of all Brazilian States and Federal District&quot;. The RAMOS methodology was adopted and household interviews and hospital records were collected. With the new information, a new death certificate was filled out. Two data sets were built (DC-ORIGINAL and DC-NEW) and comparisons of the distributions of deaths according to causes of death and source (DC-O, DC-N) were done. RESULTS: Some...</description>
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            <title>Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis in children hospitalized at a reference university hospital in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: From the clinical and epidemiological characteristics identified in the study, more effective monitoring by healthcare workers is recommended, aiming at early recognition and appropriate treatment of the disease and its complications. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Correlation between schizophrenia and seasonality of birth in a tropical region</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: These findings indicate a possible influence of seasonality on the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and suggest that the winter in this region, together with other factors, may contribute to the late development of the disease.OBJETIVO: Investigar estatisticamente a relação da sazonalidade com o período de nascimento, em 461 pacientes que apresentam esquizofrenia internados em três instituições de psiquiatria nas cidades de Araras, Itapira e Espírito Santo do Pinhal, localizadas no interior do Estado de São Paulo, região sudeste do Brasil. MÉTODO: Os dados coletados constam de datas e locais de nascimento dos referidos indivíduos, através dos quais se obteve os períodos estacionais dos nascimentos. Esses dados foram analisados através do teste Qui-quadrado. Também f...</description>
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            <title>Immunization status and relation with quality of life, functionality and motivation for self-care in the elderly</title>
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            <description>This study aimed to identify the immunization status of the elderly in relation to the influenza, diphtheria-tetanus and pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccines, relating status to demographic aspects, quality of life, level of functionality and motivation for self-care. The study had a sample of 509 individuals. The mean age was 70.30 years and the female gender prevailed. The immunization status was: influenza- 76.4%; diphtheria-tetanus- 73.9%; and pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent - 6.7%. No significant difference was found in the relation between the prevalence of vaccination and gender, but there was a considerable difference between the groups who had or had not received the diphtheria-tetanus vaccine and some areas of Quality of Life. The results also showed a significant...</description>
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            <title>Epidemiological characterization of varicella cases in patients of a university hospital located in Recife</title>
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            <description>A varicela é uma doença cosmopolita, com contagiosidade extremamente acentuada, causada pelo vírus Varicela - Zoster. Embora considerada uma doença benigna da infância, atualmente tem-se demonstrado uma crescente incidência de complicações severas com um alto potencial de morbi-mortalidade em crianças e adultos previamente saudáveis. O trabalho tem como objetivo caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de varicela em pacientes internados em um hospital universitário da cidade do Recife. Trata-se de um estudo do tipo descritivo-exploratório com abordagem quantitativa, realizado no período de janeiro de 2004 a janeiro de 2005 em pacientes internados por varicela no Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz da cidade do Recife. Observou-se que, do total de 255 pacientes interna...</description>
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            <title>Risk factors associated with death in patients who initiate treatment for tuberculosis after two different follow-up periods</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: A more comprehensive analysis, specifically for deaths from tuberculosis as the underlying and non-underlying cause, allowed identification of a greater number of predictive factors that would otherwise not be detected if follow-up had lasted only until the end of treatment. These results can guide feasible interventions for health services aiming to reduce case-fatality from tuberculosis.INTRODUÇÃO: A mortalidade por tuberculose, que deveria ser um evento raro, ainda acomete uma grande parcela da população dos países em desenvolvimento. Nesse contexto, Recife, situada no Nordeste do Brasil, tem uma das mais altas taxas de mortalidade das capitais brasileiras. OBJETIVO: Analisar a probabilidade de sobrevida e identificar os fatores de risco para o óbito por tuberculose nu...</description>
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            <title>Stressful life events and insomnia complaints among nursing assistants from a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro: the Pro-Saude study</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: Given the responsibility over human lives taken on by nursing assistants during their work hours, our findings may contribute to more effective actions to be taken by health services toward workers in this category, helping them better deal with stress. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on caries experience of preschool children in Piracicaba, SP</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: The preschool children who presented gingivitis, crowding, mouth breathing or monthly family income &lt; 4 minimum wages were more likely to experience caries. In this way, planning preventive and operative actions targeted at these children would be essential for caries control. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Understanding of pediatric antimicrobial prescriptions at health units in a Southern Brazil city</title>
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            <description>O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a compreensão da prescrição de antimicrobianos por acompanhantes de crianças após consulta pediátrica, descrevendo seu perfil de prescrição em Unidades de Saúde, em um município do sul do Brasil. Trata-se de um delineamento transversal, no qual a população-alvo foram acompanhantes das crianças que tiveram prescrição de antimicrobianos (n = 209) entre maio e julho de 2007. Foi gerado um escore de compreensão (4-12 pontos) embasado em afirmativas corretas, incorretas ou ignoradas, relativas às informações da prescrição. A compreensão foi considerada adequada quando o valor do escore foi menor do que 6,5 pontos. Verificou-se que a escolaridade (p = 0,05), renda (p = 0,03), cor da pele (p = 0,007) do acompanhante e o tempo de consulta (p =...</description>
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            <title>Nutritional status and hemoglobin values of Aruak and Karibe Indian children: Upper Xingu, Central Brazil, 2001-2002</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: Growth deficit was highly prevalent; in contrast wasting was insignificant and the prevalence of overweight was more frequent among younger and older children. About 70% of Indian children were anemic and age was the major factor associated with low hemoglobin concentration. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Metabolic and anthropometric profile of Suyá: Xingu Indigenous Park, Central Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: Metabolic and anthropometrics alterations were observed among the Suyá Indians. Educational interventions should be implemented to reestablish habits and similar traditional lifestyle in order to curb the progress of this picture. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Factors associated to the introduction of artificial milk in the city of Rio de Janeiro, 2007</title>
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            <description>This article aims at examining the association between the introduction of artificial milk and socioeconomic and demographic factors in a representative sample of 1,057 mothers of children under six months users of 27 health care units in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the year 2007. Information about mother's characteristics and children's feeding practices were obtained through interviews with mothers after a pediatric appointment. Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted by children's age, with weighing and design effect were used to estimate association between mother's characteristics and introduction of artificial milk. Results indicated that introduction of artificial milk was negatively associated with having formal employment (OR= 0.40; CI 95% 0.24 - 0.67) and not having a ...</description>
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            <title>Factors associated with fruit and vegetable intake in Japanese-Brazilians</title>
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            <description>The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to identify the factors associated with the adequate consumption of fruit and vegetables (&gt; 400g/day) among 581 adult Japanese-Brazilians, 1st and 2nd generations of immigrants, living in Bauru, SP, Brazil. Food consumption was estimated using three 24-hour recalls. On adjusted logistic regression models, higher meal frequencies were associated with a better chance of adequate daily intake of fruit and vegetables [OR (95% CI)]: [1.31 (1.05, 1.63)]. Nevertheless, individuals at the highest tertile of saturated fat intake were less likely to have adequate daily intake of these foods [0.35 (0.21, 0.60)]. A trend toward adequate intake of fruit and vegetables was found among older participants. These results suggest that more intensive int...</description>
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            <title>Prevalence of overweight and obesity and central adiposity indexes among school-aged children in Santa Catarina, Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: Children in the private school network are more exposed to overweight and obesity than those in the public network, suggesting that socioeconomic conditions of schools could be the explanation. The waist circumference indicator of central adiposity may be used as an indicator of total adiposity. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Food insecurity and nutritional status of children of São João do Tigre, semi-arid area of Northeast Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: In a population with a high poverty degree, low Human Development Index and high prevalence of food insecurity, the exclusive use of anthropometric indicators may show a more favorable nutritional status. Therefore, the results cannot be interpreted only in the field of internal validity, but as part of a process of fast changes that characterize the nutritional transition in course, also reaching populations in unfavorable life conditions. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Training 7-10 year-old students to complete a food diary</title>
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            <description>INTRODUÇÃO: É reconhecida a efetividade de um treinamento para melhorar a qualidade no relato do consumo alimentar em adultos, porém poucos estudos avaliam esta efetividade em crianças. OBJETIVO: Investigar o efeito da realização de um treinamento para o desenvolvimento de habilidades para um correto preenchimento de um Diário Alimentar, por escolares de 7 a 10 anos. METODOLOGIA: O estudo foi conduzido em uma escola pública da cidade de São Paulo e envolveu a realização de 3 sessões de treinamento de 30 minutos cada, direcionadas a 40 escolares de ambos os sexos. Para verificação do efeito do treinamento, 3 examinadores avaliaram o preenchimento dos dados antes e após o mesmo. Foram atribuídos escores de 0 a 5 para aspectos relativos à identificação, detalhamento e quan...</description>
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            <title>Socioeconomic, demographic, environmental and behavioral factors associated with overweight in adolescents: a systematic literature review</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: Socioeconomic, behavioral, family, and childhood variables were associated with OW and should be considered in interventions directed toward the problem among adolescents. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Correlation and agreement between central obesity indicators and body mass index in adolescents</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: Among the central obesity indicators analyzed, waist and abdominal circumferences showed the best performances, but waist circumference was the most adequate to be used in addition to BMI in the nutritional assessment of adolescents. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Women and traffic accidents: characterization of occurrences in Maringá, Paraná</title>
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            <description>Os acidentes de trânsito são atualmente a primeira causa de mortalidade no conjunto de causas externas entre as mulheres. A mulher atual, pelas mudanças em seu papel na sociedade, vem se expondo a novos riscos. Este estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar a mulher envolvida em acidente de trânsito, assim como os eventos. Foi realizado um estudo transversal, com dados secundários obtidos nos Boletins de Ocorrência de Acidente de Trânsito - BOAT, do 4º Batalhão da Polícia Militar de Maringá, Setor de Trânsito. Os dados foram categorizados e analisados por meio de testes não-paramétricos, de correlações (Spearman) e teste de independência entre as variáveis (qui-quadrado). As mulheres envolvidas em acidente de trânsito eram em sua maioria solteiras (34,0%), com idade entre 2...</description>
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            <title>Mapping malaria risk using environmental and anthropic variables</title>
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            <description>Despite much research in the identification of areas with malaria, it is urgent to further investigate mapping techniques to achieve better approaches in strategies to prevent, mitigate, and eradicate the mosquito and the illness eventually. By using spatial distributed modeling techniques with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the study proposes methodology to map malaria risk zoning for the municipality of Buenaventura in Colombia. The model proposed by Craig et al.¹ using climatic information was adapted to the conditions of the study area regarding scale and spatial resolution. Geomorphologic and anthropic variables were added to improve spatial allocation of areas with higher risk of contracting the illness, refining zoning. Then, they were contrasted with the locations reporte...</description>
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            <title>Physical abuse of minors under 15: epidemiological study in a city in the south of Brazil</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: outcomes point toward the epidemiological importance of physical abuse of children and adolescents, and can contribute to structure strategies to prevent child abuse and follow-up victims. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Color/race inequalities in oral health among Brazilian adolescents</title>
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            <description>This study assessed oral health outcomes (perceived dental treatment need, untreated dental caries, gingival bleeding, periodontal pockets, and pain in teeth and gums), in relation to color/race inequalities among adolescents in each Brazilian region. The database included dental examination and interview of 16,833 15-19-year-old adolescents, surveyed by the Brazilian health authority, from May 2002 to October 2003, in accordance with international diagnostic criteria standardized by the World Health Organization. Prevalence ratios estimated by Poisson regression, and controlled by socioeconomic status and access to fluoridated piped water, assessed oral health differentials among color/race groups and country's regions. Except for periodontal pockets, prevalence figures were higher in the...</description>
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            <title>Analysis of the spatial distribution of adolescent pregnancy in the city of Belo Horizonte</title>
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            <description>This study aims to identify the spatial dependence of adolescent pregnancy within socioeconomic aspects and social vulnerability. Presuming the existence of a spatial dependence between these facets, the present work used the Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. This tool is a collection of techniques which describes and visualizes spatial distributions; identifies atypical circumstances; discovers patterns of spatial association; makes clusters of similar values; and suggests spatial schemes or other forms of spatial heterogeneity. One of the results highlighted is the statistically significant correlation between social vulnerability and the rate of live births for women between 12-19 and 20-29 years of age. The study identified: (a) the presence of clusters with high proportions of teenag...</description>
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            <title>User satisfaction in the Brazilian health system: associated factors and regional differences</title>
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            <description>Desenvolver modelos de avaliação de satisfação que permitam comparar sistemas de saúde de diversos países é um esforço recente no Brasil. Esse tipo de avaliação representa importante ferramenta para desenvolver estratégias de gestão para o setor. Objetivo: identificar fatores e avaliar diferenças regionais do grau de satisfação dos usuários do sistema de saúde brasileiro, analisando os resultados da Pesquisa Mundial de Saúde (PMS) e Pesquisa Mundial de Saúde com foco na Atenção Básica (PMS-AB). Foi realizado estudo avaliativo de corte transversal, onde as amostras foram selecionadas de forma aleatória. Foram incluídas pessoas maiores de 18 anos que utilizaram o sistema de saúde em períodos anteriores às coletas de dados. Enquadraram-se nos critérios de inclusão...</description>
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            <title>Physical activity and eating habits in public high schools from different regions in Brazil: the Saude na Boa project</title>
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            <description>PURPOSE: To analyze physical activity and dietary patterns of adolescents and young adults attending evening classes in high schools at two socioeconomic and culturally contrasting Cities in Brazil: Recife (in northern Brazil) and Florianopolis (in southern Brazil). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional analysis (baseline data) of a school-based randomized trial (the Saude na Boa project), including 2,147 students (15-24 years of age; 55.7% females) from 10 schools in each city, pair-matched by size and location. Data were collected by questionnaire. RESULTS: Males were more active than females (p</description>
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            <title>Homicide mortality trend in the state of Paraná, Brazil, per Health District, 1979 to 2005</title>
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            <description>A tendência da mortalidade por homicídios de homens de 15 a 49 anos residentes no Paraná foi analisada no período de 1979 a 2005. Foram calculados coeficientes de mortalidade por homicídio (por 10(5) homens de 15 a 49 anos) por Regionais de Saúde (RS) de residência, agrupados em triênios e analisados por meio de média móvel e da variação percentual anual (VA%) de acordo com os seguintes estratos: muito baixo: &lt; 40; baixo: de 41 a 55; médio: de 56 a 70; alto: de 71 a 85; e muito alto: &gt; 86. De 1979-1981 a 1995-1997 o Paraná apresentava coeficientes de mortalidade por homicídios considerados muito baixo e baixo (43,1 e 49,3 respectivamente) e no final do período, 1999-2001 e 2003-2005, os coeficientes passam a médio e alto (57,4 e 82,3 respectivamente). Houve aumento dos coe...</description>
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            <title>Factors associated to systemic arterial hypertension in Nobres-MT</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: We reaffirm the need of actions both at population and individual levels targeting weight control, especially for people over 30 years of age, which could significantly reflect on SAH control. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Association between anthropometric markers of body adiposity and hypertension in an adult population of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: The association observed between waist circumference and hypertension in several studies may be related to the lack of control of potential confounding factors in analyses, and to the fact that the effect of total body adiposity was not eliminated. Further investigations should be conducted in the Brazilian population to check true associations among anthropometric indexes with several outcomes, also investigating the best cutoff points for such indexes. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Time trends of sick leave in Brazilian civil servants (1995-2005)</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSIONS: The decreasing trend in sick leave rates and the respective increase in the average days of sick leave taken reflect changes in the morbidity profile of state civil servants, with the predomination of mental disorders and osteo-muscular system diseases, which demand greater recovery time before returning to work. This study suggests greater investigation of the factors associated to the illness process underlying civil servants' health care policies. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Test-retest reliability of the Work Ability Index (WAI) in metallurgy workers from Southern Brazil</title>
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            <description>INTRODUÇÃO: O Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho (ICT) tem sido utilizado para mensurar a capacidade física, mental e social dos trabalhadores. Porém, não há relato de estudos que avaliem o grau de estabilidade do índice na língua portuguesa. O objetivo deste estudo foi testar a confiabilidade teste-reteste do ICT. MÉTODOS: A população de estudo foi composta por trabalhadores de duas empresas (N= 153) do setor metal-mecânico do município de Caxias do Sul, RS. Os trabalhadores responderam questionários autoadministrados por duas vezes com intervalo de 4 semanas entre eles. A análise dos dados incluiu o coeficiente de correlação intra-classe (CCI), o t-teste pareado e o coeficiente Kappa. RESULTADOS: A confiabilidade teste-reteste (ICT contínuo) apresentou um CCI igual a...</description>
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            <title>Information about drugs and its relation to drug abuse among high school students</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION: Students consider parents and teachers as drug information sources; however they prefer to talk about this subject with parents and friends. The school is a suitable place to deal with drug abuse prevention, and strategies that permit the development of the students' reflexive and judgment skills should be used for that purpose. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Mortality information: the use of international rules for the selection of the underlying cause</title>
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            <description>The objective is to evaluate whether the application of International Rules allows the selection of the real underlying cause, even if causes of death were poorly declared by the physician. The cases belong to the &quot;Study on mortality of childbearing age women&quot; from which total of 1,315 DC were selected. For each death, an investigation was conducted through household interviews, consultation to hospital records, and autopsies. Physicians were trained to fill a new DC, after reading all the information, and to select the real underlying cause. This cause selected after the investigation was compared to the corresponding cause in the original DC, obtained by means of the International Rules. Results showed that in 1,192 (90.6%) original DC there was agreement with the real cause obtained wit...</description>
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            <title>Factors associated to child nutritional recovery in a supplemental feeding program</title>
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            <description>OBJETIVOS: Identificar os fatores associados à recuperação nutricional de crianças inscritas no Programa de Incentivo ao Combate às Carências Nutricionais (ICCN) no Município de Mogi das Cruzes. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um ensaio institucional não controlado com 570 crianças inscritas no ICCN, que foram seguidas de julho de 1999 a julho de 2001. O estado nutricional foi avaliado segundo índice altura/idade, sendo consideradas eutróficas as crianças com escore z &gt; - 1; de risco as que apresentaram z &gt; - 2 e &lt; - 1; desnutridas moderadas aquelas com z &lt; - 2 e &gt; - 3; e desnutridas graves as que apresentavam z &lt; - 3. O impacto do ICCN foi analisado através de modelo multivariado com o uso de equações de estimação (GEE - Generalized Estimating Equations), sendo considerado signif...</description>
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            <title>Medical Auditing: care to asthmatic children in a Family Health Unit, Pelotas, RS</title>
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            <description>Descrição do processo de atendimento médico às crianças com asma, mediante auditoria realizada concomitantemente a estudo transversal, conduzido em crianças da área de cobertura de uma Unidade de Saúde da Família, para verificar a prevalência de asma e avaliar o conhecimento materno sobre a doença. Utilizaram-se como fonte de dados os prontuários de família das crianças com asma que se consultaram nos últimos 12 meses. Das 258 crianças com asma identificadas no estudo, 69 (26,7%) tinham registros de consultas devido à doença. Havia registros de peso em 76,8% dos prontuários, de frequência respiratória em 26,1%, de tiragem intercostal em 21,7%, de cianose em 1,4% e de orientações sobre o uso da medicação em 33,3%. A frequência de registros de orientações sobre os...</description>
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            <title>Integrality of healthcare to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: the role regionalization of the Unified Health System in the State of São Paulo</title>
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            <description>OBJETIVO: Analisar indicadores de estrutura, processo e de resultados da atenção à saúde do adulto, especificamente de Diabetes Mellitus (DM) e Hipertensão Arterial (HA), à luz da regionalização do Sistema Único de Saúde no estado de São Paulo. MÉTODOS: As análises foram realizadas para cinco Regionais de Saúde. Foram analisados os indicadores de estrutura (Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano, índices de hospitais, de leitos de UTI, de ambulatórios, de recursos humanos e tipo de gestão), de processo (cobertura de Estratégia Saúde da Família [ESF], cobertura de consultas básicas e especializadas, índice de invasão/evasão e esforço gestor) e de resultado (% de mortalidade precoce por Acidente Vascular Cerebral, Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio, Insuficiência Cardíaca e po...</description>
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            <title>Evaluation of access to tuberculosis control actions in the context of family health teams in Bayeux - PB</title>
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            <description>This study focuses on the PHC-access component, aimed at analyzing Tuberculosis control actions in the context of the FHT in Bayeux-PB. It is an evaluative study with a quantitative approach, involving 82 healthcare workers. The tool used had seven closed questions, according to the possibilities given by a Likert type interval scale. Data were tabulated using the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and were analyzed according to frequency and median. Outcomes revealed the weaknesses and potentialities of access to Tuberculosis control actions. Regarding potentialities, decentralization of treatment is being established in the practice of the FHT: 92.7% of the interviewees mentioned that Tuberculosis patients always obtain appointments at units, in that 82.9% may obtain it...</description>
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            <title>Evaluation of continuity of use of female condoms among users of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS): longitudinal analysis in units in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil</title>
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            <description>The objective of this study was to assess continuity of the high initial acceptability of FC described in different studies. Vulnerable groups were monitored for 12 months: 16 public services of the São Paulo metropolitan area (7 specialized in STD/AIDS; 6 primary care units and 3 community projects). 2,469 women were enrolled, 713 from STD/AIDS services, 1,417 from primary care units and 339 from community projects. Kaplan-Meier, log-rank and the Cox regression model were used to analyze survival curves, CI=95%. At the end of follow-up, 355 (14.4%) women were using female condom continuously. The mean period of use of all participants was 3.55 months (CI 95%: 3.37- 3.73). Results showed type of service providing the device and frequency of sexual intercourse as factors statistically sign...</description>
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            <title>Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in a Brazilian jail</title>
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            <description>Esta pesquisa objetivou estimar a prevalência do marcador do HBV e seus fatores de risco na população masculina carcerária da Penitenciária de Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brasil. De 1.030 presidiários, foram sorteados 333 participantes, os quais foram submetidos à aplicação de um questionário e à coleta de sangue, no período de maio a agosto de 2003. Para diagnóstico de exposição ao HBV foi utilizado o ensaio imunoabsorvente de ligação de enzimas (ELISA) para detecção dos marcadores HBsAg, anti-HBsAg e anti-HBc total. A prevalência total de infecção pelo HBV nos presidiários foi de 19,5% (IC95%: 15,2 - 23,8). A média de idade dos participantes foi de 30,1 anos. Na análise univariada, a infecção pelo HBV esteve associada à idade acima de 30 anos (p</description>
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            <title>Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and health effects: literature review</title>
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            <description>A partir da publicação, em 1979, dos resultados de um estudo que apontava para o aumento do risco de leucemia em crianças associado à exposição a campos magnéticos, o interesse pelo tema vem aumentando, e diversos estudos foram publicados. O objetivo desta revisão é apresentar os diferentes métodos utilizados na avaliação da exposição aos campos magnéticos de frequência extremamente baixa, bem como as dificuldades enfrentadas na quantificação dessa exposição, além de relatar os resultados de estudos epidemiológicos publicados nos últimos 10 anos. A falta de um modelo fisiopatológico que explique uma possível influência dos campos magnéticos na saúde e a dificuldade para quantificar a exposição têm sido os maiores obstáculos da pesquisa na área. Leucemia e t...</description>
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            <title>Popular pandemic</title>
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            <title>Caries decline in 12 year-old schoolchildren from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil between 1988 and 2003</title>
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            <description>CONCLUSION:There was a substantial decline in the prevalence and severity of dental caries in 12-year-old schoolchildren from public schools in Goiânia from 1988 to 2003, following the national trend. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <title>Trend in mortality due to external causes in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, from 1994 to 2005</title>
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            <description>The aim of this study was to analyze the trend in mortality due to external causes in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, from 1994 to 2005, according to specific groups (traffic injuries, poisoning, intentional self-harm, assault), age group and gender. The trend analysis was performed with polynomial regression models, based on data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System. For all external causes, the trend was not statistically significant, but when it was stratified by gender and age group the results showed a downward trend in some strata. According to gender, the yearly increase in mortality rate was higher for men. In general, this increase was observed in all age groups. For traffic injuries, there was a decrease in the mortality rate, mainly for men....</description>
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            <title>Overall survival analysis in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients diagnosed at the National Cancer Institute in 1999</title>
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            <description>O carcinoma de células escamosas de boca compreende cerca de 90 a 95% de todas as neoplasias malignas da boca e é um dos tipos de câncer mais frequentes no Brasil. O índice de sobrevida em 5 anos é baixo e permaneceu estável nas últimas décadas, apesar dos avanços nas terapias. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o perfil e a sobrevida global dos pacientes diagnosticados com carcinoma de células escamosas de boca no ano de 1999 no Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Dos 320 pacientes incluídos no estudo, 79,4% eram homens. A idade média foi de 56,7 anos, e 82,2% deles fumavam e/ou bebiam. A língua, seguida do assoalho de boca foram os locais mais acometidos. A maioria (68,9%) dos pacientes foi diagnosticada em estádios tardios e submetida à radioterapia exclusiva (53,6%). A sobr...</description>
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            <title>Evaluation of the birth certificates as source of information on birth defects</title>
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            <description>This study found indiscriminate use of pesticides in unsafe and unhealthy conditions of work that compromise the health of exposed workers. Symptoms suggestive of pesticide poisoning are closely related to exposure to organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroid, which match pesticides used in fruit farming. Seven percent of the population reported poisoning events at some point in their lives. Technical assistance related to the management of pesticides is poor, and actions toward the improvement of health, environment and work conditions were not seen. These vulnerabilities corroborate those related to a technological model that aims merely at productivity and good financial performance. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)</description>
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            <description>CONCLUSION:LTPA during early adulthood is associated with physical activity later in adulthood, and this association is stronger in men than in women. Public policies that encourage LTPA among youth, with specific efforts directed at women, could increase the proportion of physically active adults.INTRODUÇÃO: Atividade física é um comportamento de saúde relativamente estável, em geral determinado no início da vida adulta. Atividade física de lazer (AFL) é um dos poucos comportamentos benéficos à saúde mais prevalente entre homens que entre mulheres. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados dados de 3.199 participantes do Estudo Pró-Saúde - coorte de funcionários de universidade no Rio de Janeiro, coletados por meio de questionário multidimensional e autopreenchível. A associação entre...</description>
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