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Stressful life events and insomnia complaints among nursing assistants from a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro: the Pro-Saude studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on caries experience of preschool children in Piracicaba, SPEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The preschool children who presented gingivitis, crowding, mouth breathing or monthly family income < 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)
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Understanding of pediatric antimicrobial prescriptions at health units in a Southern Brazil cityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 val...
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Nutritional status and hemoglobin values of Aruak and Karibe Indian children: Upper Xingu, Central Brazil, 2001-2002Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Metabolic and anthropometric profile of Suyá: Xingu Indigenous Park, Central BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Factors associated to the introduction of artificial milk in the city of Rio de Janeiro, 2007Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 artifi...
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Factors associated with fruit and vegetable intake in Japanese-BraziliansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to identify the factors associated with the adequate consumption of fruit and vegetables (> 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...
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity and central adiposity indexes among school-aged children in Santa Catarina, BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Food insecurity and nutritional status of children of São João do Tigre, semi-arid area of Northeast BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Training 7-10 year-old students to complete a food diaryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
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Socioeconomic, demographic, environmental and behavioral factors associated with overweight in adolescents: a systematic literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Correlation and agreement between central obesity indicators and body mass index in adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Women and traffic accidents: characterization of occurrences in Maringá, ParanáEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 (Spearm...
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Mapping malaria risk using environmental and anthropic variablesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 varia...
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Physical abuse of minors under 15: epidemiological study in a city in the south of BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Color/race inequalities in oral health among Brazilian adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 fluori...
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Analysis of the spatial distribution of adolescent pregnancy in the city of Belo HorizonteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 vu...
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User satisfaction in the Brazilian health system: associated factors and regional differencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 aleatóri...
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Physical activity and eating habits in public high schools from different regions in Brazil: the Saude na Boa projectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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
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Homicide mortality trend in the state of Paraná, Brazil, per Health District, 1979 to 2005Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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: < 40; baixo: de 41 a 55; médio: de 56 a 70; alto: de 71 a 85; e muito alto: > 86. De 1979-1981 a 1995-1997 o Paraná apresentava coeficientes de mortalidade por homicídios considerados muito baixo e baix...
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Factors associated to systemic arterial hypertension in Nobres-MTEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Association between anthropometric markers of body adiposity and hypertension in an adult population of Cuiabá, Mato GrossoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Time trends of sick leave in Brazilian civil servants (1995-2005)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Test-retest reliability of the Work Ability Index (WAI) in metallurgy workers from Southern BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 coe...
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Information about drugs and its relation to drug abuse among high school studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Mortality information: the use of international rules for the selection of the underlying causeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 "Study on mortality of childbearing age women" 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 cau...
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Factors associated to child nutritional recovery in a supplemental feeding programEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 > - 1; de risco as que apresentaram z > - 2 e < - 1; desnutridas moderadas aquelas com z < - 2 e > - 3; e desnutridas graves as que apresentavam z < - 3....
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Medical Auditing: care to asthmatic children in a Family Health Unit, Pelotas, RSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
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Integrality of healthcare to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: the role regionalization of the Unified Health System in the State of São PauloEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 ...
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Evaluation of access to tuberculosis control actions in the context of family health teams in Bayeux - PBEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 bei...
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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, BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 al...
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B virus infection in a Brazilian jailEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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,...
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Extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and health effects: literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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...
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Popular pandemicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Caries decline in 12 year-old schoolchildren from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil between 1988 and 2003Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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)
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Trend in mortality due to external causes in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, from 1994 to 2005Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 mort...
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Overall survival analysis in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients diagnosed at the National Cancer Institute in 1999Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 asso...
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Evaluation of the birth certificates as source of information on birth defectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Linkage of the live birth (SINASC) and mortality systems (SIM) provides a more real BD profile. BDs notified by the SINASC were more visible at birth, while the SIM notified more fatal BD, showing the importance of utilizing both data sources. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)
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Epidemiologic profile of snakebites reported by the Poison Information Center of Campina Grande, ParaíbaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Os acidentes causados por animais peçonhentos ainda constituem problema de Saúde Pública no Brasil. Embora a produção e a distribuição dos soros no país encontrem-se estabilizadas, há problemas relacionados à notificação de acidentes deste tipo em várias regiões. Considerando esta realidade, foi realizado um estudo transversal entre janeiro e dezembro de 2005, utilizando documentação indireta sobre os acidentes ofídicos ocorridos em Campina Grande e 80 municípios adjacentes à região, com o objetivo de conhecer o perfil epidemiológico e clínico deste tipo de caso. Todos os pacientes atendidos tiveram d...
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Vulnerability and risk situations related to the use of pesticides in irrigated fruit farmingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 mod...
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Tuberculosis infection and the length of stay of County Jails prisoners in the western sector of the city of São PauloEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
INTRODUÇÃO: A tuberculose sempre foi um grave problema de saúde para grupos de pessoas confinadas, especialmente em presídios, devido à sua transmissão respiratória. OBJETIVO: Verificar a associação entre o tempo de prisão e a taxa de infecção tuberculosa na população carcerária dos Distritos Policiais da zona oeste da cidade de São Paulo. METODOLOGIA:Foi realizado um estudo observacional, no período de março de 2000 a maio de 2001, com a aplicação de um inquérito individual e da prova tuberculínica (PPD-RT23 - 2UT/0.1ml) nos detentos. RESULTADOS E DISCUSSÃO: Do total de 1.052 presos entrevistados, 9...
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Prevalence and factors related to low level physical activity among university students in a public university in the northeast region of BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to estimate insufficient physical activity among undergraduate students of Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Federal University of Paraíba), and to find factors associated with such condition. A center-stratified cross-sectional sampling study was carried out, using a proportionate share as a function of the year they started the program, type of program chosen, and time of the day they attended classes. Data were collected along the first semester of 2007 and 1,503 students were enrolled in the study. Issues concerning personal data, socioeconomic condition, lifestyle and health, nutritional assessment, ...
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Physical activity patterns in pregnant women attending the family health program of Campina Grande - PBEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION:The physical activity pattern observed was inadequate form the beginning of pregnancy and it worsened in the third gestational trimester. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - June 25, 2009 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: journals

Does leisure-time physical activity in early adulthood predict later physical activity? Pro-Saude StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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 Est...
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EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - July 5, 2008 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: journals