Introducción: el deterioro cognitivo está muy asociado a factores de riesgo cardiovasculares. La enfermedad renal crónica, sobre todo aquella que ha evolucionado a un estadio 5 y que requiere de un tratamiento sustitutivo de la función renal como la hemodiálisis, es considerada hoy un factor de ries...
Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence of dental pain in Brazilian preschoolers, as well as its associated factors, considering a representative sample of that population group in Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study that used the analytical data from national oral health survey (SB Brazil) c...
Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and verify the association with sociodemographic factors (gender, school shift, ethnicity, age, maternal education and economic status) and lifestyle (alcohol consumption, sleep, soft drink consumption, level of physical activity and se...
Abstract Objective: To analyze physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschool children during their stay at school and the associated factors. Methods: 370 preschoolers, aged 4–6 years, stratified according to gender, age and school region in the city of Londrina, PR, participated in the s...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate alcohol/tobacco and/or illicit drug misuse in Chronic Diseases (CDs). Methods: A cross-sectional study with 220 CDs adolescents and 110 healthy controls including: demographic/anthropometric data; puberty markers; modified questionnaire evaluating sexual function, alcoho...
Vargas M, Pablo;
Saavedra P, Stephanie;
Araya A, María Virginia;
Loyola A, Khanty;
Huerta G, Patricio;
Silva A, Mariana;
Araya C, Scarlett;
Saavedra A, Willybaldo;
Portales P, Pilar;
Saavedra P, Willybaldo.
Background: Some rural non-Caucasian ethnic groups have genetic protective factors for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases. Studies performed in Mapuche and Aymara ethnic groups in Chile, found significantly lower prevalence rates. Aymaras are the second most common ethnic population in ...
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología,
Indígenas Sudamericanos/etnología,
Chile/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/epidemiología,
Dislipidemias/epidemiología,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos
Background: Medical Education, according to the constructivist education paradigm, puts students as the protagonists of the teaching and learning process. It demands changes in the practice of teaching. However, it is unclear whether this new model is coherent with the teachers ways to cope with learni...
Giovanella, Ligia;
Mendonça, Maria Helena Magalhães de;
Fausto, Marcia Cristina Rodrigues;
Almeida, Patty Fidelis de;
Bousquat, Aylene;
Lima, Juliana Gagno;
Seidl, Helena;
Franco, Cassiano Mendes;
Fusaro, Edgard Rodrigues;
Almeida, Sueli Zeferino Ferreira.
Resumo No contexto das políticas de saúde no Brasil, observa-se um conjunto de ações para qualificação da atenção primária à saúde (APS), entre as quais os Programas Nacional de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade (PMAQ-AB), Mais Médicos (PMM) e Requalificação das UBS (Requalifica UBS). O art...
Resumo O Programa Mais Médicos visa ampliar o acesso à saúde em áreas provendo profissionais médicos, investimentos nas unidades de saúde e integração multiprofissional voltada à Estratégia de Saúde da Família. O Vale do Ribeira abriga 25 municípios e figura entre as regiões mais vulneráve...
Resumo As desigualdades no acesso aos serviços de saúde influenciadas pela carência e má distribuição geográfica de profissionais de saúde têm sido apontadas como um desafio para o país. Este artigo analisa a distribuição geográfica dos profissionais do Programa Mais Médicos alocados na Reg...
