A proposal to evaluate the management of tuberculosis programs: a qualitative, evaluability assessment in the border region of Brazil and Venezuela
This study aims to analyze the feasibility of building an evaluative model for the management of the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program in the State of Roraima, located on the border between Brazil and Venezuela. This is an evaluability assessment, a type of study used as a pre-evaluation of the development and implementation stages of a program, as well as throughout its execution. The study was developed in stages comprising the: (i) definition of the intervention to be analyzed and its objectives and goals; (ii) construction of the intervention logical model; (iii) screening of parties interested in the evaluat...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D ébora de Almeida Soares Ricardo Alexandre Arc êncio In ês Fronteira Source Type: research
Hegemony in medical pluralism: articulations and relationships in care, a case study
This study aims to describe and analyze the medical pluralism and the type of hegemony-subordination relation between forms of care or knowledge in the treatment of a patient with glaucoma to show the articulatory and transactional process between several therapeutic resources and understand which structural elements shaped the treatment itinerary and option. This is a qualitative research that used a narrative case study. To reconstruct the narrative, a semi-structured interview was conducted based on a thematic script previously established by a set of a priori categories to later transcribe the data and perform hermeneu...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Roc ío Santos-Martínez Elia Nora Arganis Ju árez Source Type: research
Effects of parliamentary amendments on municipal financing of primary health care in the Brazilian Unified National Health System
This study aims to analyze the effects of the expansion of the federal transfer of parliamentary amendments for municipal financing of primary health care (PHC) in the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS), from 2015 to 2020. A longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data on transfers of parliamentary amendments from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and expenditure of municipalities' own resources on public health actions and services and PHC. The effect of the transfer of parliamentary amendments on municipal financing was verified in a stratified way by population size of the municipalities, using gener...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karla Giovana Bavaresco Ulinski Br ígida Gimenez Carvalho Fabiola Sulpino Vieira Renne Rodrigues Luciana Dias de Lima Source Type: research
Differences between men and women in the prevalence of frailty and associated factors among older adults: evidence from ELSI-Brazil
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Apr 22;40(3):e00144923. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT144923. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTBased on a national representative sample of the population aged 50 years or older, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of frailty among men and women, identify associated sociodemographic and health factors, and estimate the population attributable fraction. Data from the second wave (2019-2021) of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) were used. Frailty was classified based on the number of positive items among unintentional weight loss, exhaustion, low level of physical activity, slow gait, ...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da Silva Geraldo Eduardo Guedes de Brito Nair Tavares Milhem Ygnatios Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa Juliana Lustosa Torres Source Type: research
What does the Brazilian National Health Survey have to say about the influence of cigarette spending on household income?
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Apr 22;40(3):e00175423. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT175423. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTIn a country whose indicators of population impoverishment continue to increase, it is concerning that individuals spend money to buy cigarettes instead of using this resource in actions that strengthen aspects of the well-being of their lives and that of their families. Based on the Brazilian National Health Survey conducted in 2019, the influence of spending on manufactured cigarettes on the family budget in households with at least one smoker was estimated, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics. Brazilian sm...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andr é Szklo Mirian Carvalho de Souza Aline de Mesquita Carvalho Source Type: research
Novaes EMDF, Aquino EML, Gabrielli L, Matos SMA, Griep RH, Fonseca MJM, et al. Percep ção de imagem corporal, características socioeconômicas e estilo de vida em mulheres participantes do ELSA-Brasil na Bahia, Brasil. Cad Saúde Pública 2024; 40(2):e00107823
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Apr 22;40(3):eER107823. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XER107823. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACT[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT107823].PMID:38656391 | DOI:10.1590/0102-311XER107823 (Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica)
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Relationship between air temperature and dengue incidence: time series study in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2010-2019)
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Mar 25;40(3):e00076723. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT076723. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTAir temperature is a climatic factor that affects the incidence of dengue, with effects varying according to time and space. We investigated the relationship between minimum air temperature and dengue incidence in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and evaluated the influence of socioeconomic and geographic variables on this relationship. This is a time series study with analysis conducted in three distinct stages: modeling using a distributed lag non-linear model, meta-analysis of models obtained, and meta-regression with geographi...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ão Pedro Medeiros Gomes Igor Magaton Ribas Pedro Augusto Rosa Valadares Lucas Santos Jardim M ário Círio Nogueira C ássia de Castro Martins Ferreira Aripuan ã Sakurada Aranha Watanabe Let ícia de Castro Martins Ferreira Source Type: research
Exclusive breastfeeding duration within a cohort of indigenous Terena living in the urban area of Campo Grande, Central-West Region, Brazil
This article describes the duration of exclusive breastfeeding and its associations with mother and child characteristics in a cohort of Terena infants. The study enrolled infants born between June 2017 to July 2018 (n = 42) and living in villages of the urban area of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Information was collected in four time-points. Variables on maternal sociodemographics and on maternal and child health characteristics were collected, respectively, during the antenatal and the first-month interviews. Variables on breastfeeding practices and bottle use were collected during the first-, six- and...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Deise Bresan Maur ício Soares Leite Teresa Gontijo de Castro Aline Alves Ferreira Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Source Type: research
Gender, psychological distress, and subjective well-being two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
This study aimed to examine gender differences in distress and well-being two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing risk and protective factors for psychological distress and subjective well-being. It is a repeated cross-sectional study with a sample of 1,588 women (50%) and men (50%) from the general Spanish population aged 18-74 years who were assessed online by seven questionnaires and scales. Descriptive, variance, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed. From February to April 2022, 57.4% of women and 38.7% of men had psychological distress, percentages that totaled 50.5% and 4...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M Pilar Matud Amelia D íaz M ª José Del Pino Demelza Fortes Ignacio Ib áñez Source Type: research
Self-perception of mental health, COVID-19 and associated sociodemographic-contextual factors in Latin America
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of alterations in self-perceived mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associated factors in four Latin American countries. This is a cross-sectional study based on data collected from adults in 2021 through the Collaborative Response COVID-19 Survey by the MacDonnell Academy at Washington University in St. Louis (United States). The sample was composed of 8,125 individuals from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile. A generalized linear model for a binary outcome variable with a logistic link and fixed country effects was used. There were 2,336 (28.75%) individuals ...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pablo Roa Guillermo Rosas Gloria Isabel Ni ño-Cruz Sergio Mauricio Moreno-L ópez Juliana Mej ía-Grueso Haney Aguirre-Loaiza Javiera Alarc ón-Aguilar Rodrigo Reis Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino Fernando L ópez Deborah Salvo Andrea Ram írez-Varela Source Type: research
Perception of the food environment by Brazilian slum residents: a qualitative study
This study aimed to assess the perception of the food environment by Brazilian slum residents in their neighborhoods. This is a qualitative study, with online focus groups guided by a script in order to gather collective discourses about access to food in Brazilian slums. The invitation to participate in this study was made through social media, and community leaders and nongovernmental organizations with actions in slums were contacted using the snowball sampling technique. Grounded theory analysis was applied with the technique of thematic networks. Access to food for slum residents involves lack of resources and essenti...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luana Lara Rocha Am élia Augusta de Lima Friche Mariana Zogbi Jardim Paulo C ésar Pereira de Castro Junior Emanuelly Porto Oliveira Let ícia de Oliveira Cardoso Larissa Loures Mendes Source Type: research
Relationship between air temperature and dengue incidence: time series study in Minas Gerais, Brazil (2010-2019)
Cad Saude Publica. 2024 Mar 25;40(3):e00076723. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT076723. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTAir temperature is a climatic factor that affects the incidence of dengue, with effects varying according to time and space. We investigated the relationship between minimum air temperature and dengue incidence in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and evaluated the influence of socioeconomic and geographic variables on this relationship. This is a time series study with analysis conducted in three distinct stages: modeling using a distributed lag non-linear model, meta-analysis of models obtained, and meta-regression with geographi...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jo ão Pedro Medeiros Gomes Igor Magaton Ribas Pedro Augusto Rosa Valadares Lucas Santos Jardim M ário Círio Nogueira C ássia de Castro Martins Ferreira Aripuan ã Sakurada Aranha Watanabe Let ícia de Castro Martins Ferreira Source Type: research
Exclusive breastfeeding duration within a cohort of indigenous Terena living in the urban area of Campo Grande, Central-West Region, Brazil
This article describes the duration of exclusive breastfeeding and its associations with mother and child characteristics in a cohort of Terena infants. The study enrolled infants born between June 2017 to July 2018 (n = 42) and living in villages of the urban area of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Information was collected in four time-points. Variables on maternal sociodemographics and on maternal and child health characteristics were collected, respectively, during the antenatal and the first-month interviews. Variables on breastfeeding practices and bottle use were collected during the first-, six- and...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Deise Bresan Maur ício Soares Leite Teresa Gontijo de Castro Aline Alves Ferreira Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Source Type: research
Gender, psychological distress, and subjective well-being two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
This study aimed to examine gender differences in distress and well-being two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing risk and protective factors for psychological distress and subjective well-being. It is a repeated cross-sectional study with a sample of 1,588 women (50%) and men (50%) from the general Spanish population aged 18-74 years who were assessed online by seven questionnaires and scales. Descriptive, variance, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed. From February to April 2022, 57.4% of women and 38.7% of men had psychological distress, percentages that totaled 50.5% and 4...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M Pilar Matud Amelia D íaz M ª José Del Pino Demelza Fortes Ignacio Ib áñez Source Type: research
Self-perception of mental health, COVID-19 and associated sociodemographic-contextual factors in Latin America
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of alterations in self-perceived mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associated factors in four Latin American countries. This is a cross-sectional study based on data collected from adults in 2021 through the Collaborative Response COVID-19 Survey by the MacDonnell Academy at Washington University in St. Louis (United States). The sample was composed of 8,125 individuals from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile. A generalized linear model for a binary outcome variable with a logistic link and fixed country effects was used. There were 2,336 (28.75%) individuals ...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pablo Roa Guillermo Rosas Gloria Isabel Ni ño-Cruz Sergio Mauricio Moreno-L ópez Juliana Mej ía-Grueso Haney Aguirre-Loaiza Javiera Alarc ón-Aguilar Rodrigo Reis Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino Fernando L ópez Deborah Salvo Andrea Ram írez-Varela Source Type: research
