Global health diplomacy (GHD) focuses on international negotiation; principally between nation states, but
increasingly non-state actors However, agreements made at the global level have to be enacted at the national,
and in some cases the sub-national level. This presents two related problems: (1) how c...
Os maus hábitos posturais podem ser responsáveis pela alta prevalência de dor nas costas e de
alterações posturais de escolares. Objetivou-se verificar a prevalência de dor nas costas em escolares do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola militar do municÃpio de Porto Alegre- RS e verificar a associaçÃ...
Objetivo: validar un instrumento de medida fácil, rápido y fiable que permita el acceso a información cuantitativa sobre el dolor de espalda que pueda sufrir la población infantil. Métodos: estudio descriptivo cuantitativo, no experimental, de corte transversal. Participaron 153 escolares (80 niños...
Introducción: la parálisis cerebral es considerada la primera causa de invalidez en la infancia, afecta la organización familiar y la inserción social. Requiere rehabilitación prolongada y una intensa labor de cuidados para mejorar la calidad de vida del menor. Objetivo: describir las particularidad...
ABSTRACT Objective To assess sleep quality and its association with metabolic syndrome and its components. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2011 to March 2012 at the Childhood Obesity Center, Campina Grande, ParaÃba , Brazil, with 135 overweight or obese children and adolesce...
ABSTRACT Objective To assess overweight/obesity of elementary schoolchildren in Campinas , São Paulo , Brazil, and its association with parental nutritional status, children's food consumption, food preferences, and level of physical activity, and familial socioeconomic status. Methods This case-contr...
Objective.To evaluate the effects of educational software to improve first grade school students' knowledge about prevention of overweight and obesity. Methods. This non-controlled trial with a before-and-after evaluation was carried out in an school located in the municipality of Divinópolis (Brazil) a...
Objective.This work sought to determine the social representations conferred by caregivers, teachers, and children to food, health, and nutrition and the school breakfast program for children from three to seven years of age in the city of San Luis PotosÃ, San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico, through identifying a...
Objective.To evaluate the risk factors associated with treatment abandonment by overweight or obese children and adolescents. Methods. A cross-sectional study, conducted in 2011, at the Childhood Obesity Center, in Campina Grande, Brazil, with the records of 208 children and adolescents, between three an...
Introducción: La infección respiratoria aguda es una causa importante de morbimortalidad en menores de cinco años en los municipios de las provincias de Santander. La etiologÃa viral en esos municipios no es bien conocida. Objetivo: El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la etiologÃa viral de la inf...