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Impact of COVID-19 on Oral Healthcare for Oncopediatric Patients: The Setting in a Reference Hospital in Northeast Brazil

Abstract Objective: To describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental care provided to pediatric cancer patients assisted in a referral hospital. Material and Methods: This is an observational, retrospective study based on secondary data extracted from worksheets of dental procedures for patien...

Are We Hearing Right? The Negative Impact of New SARS-CoV-2 Preventive Measures and Prolonged Use of Treatment Modalities during Orthodontic Treatment

Abstract Since the dental treatment involves the use of various instruments and machines, there is ample presence of both distracting as well as destructive noise, and these are defined based on various parameters. With an increase in safety measures incorporated into dental practices, such as extra-oral...

Psychological Factors in Temporomandibular Disorders Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract Objective: To assess the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on levels of anxiety, stress, and orofacial pain in individuals with and without TMD. Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the participants were divided into two groups (n=10, each) experimental group (EG) TMD patients...

HIV knowledge and its correlation with the Undetectable = Untransmittable slogan in Brazil

ABSTRACT Knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention is a necessary step for adopting preventive behaviors. We assessed HIV knowledge and its correlation with the perceived accuracy of the "Undetectable = Untransmittable" (U=U) slogan in an online sample with 401 adult Brazilians. Overall, 28% of par...

Escudo facial (Face Shield) em tempos de covid-19: uma revisão de literatura
Facial shield use during COVID-19: a literature review

Rev. Salusvita (Online); 41 (1), 2022
Objetivo: A proposta deste estudo foi analisar a efetividade do escudo facial (face shield) como equipamento de proteção da face, fornecendo subsídios para a adoção dele na realização de procedimentos odontológicos durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Materiais e métodos: Trata-se de um estudo bibli...

Percepção de risco de transmissibilidade e infecção pela COVID-19, as vulnerabilidades e os fatores associados no Brasil

A COVID-19 tornou-se um problema de saúde pública mundial, e o sucesso das medidas de contenção e das políticas públicas para evitar a transmissibilidade e barrar a doença está associada à percepção de risco das pessoas sobre a pandemia, e a percepção é consonante a um contexto cultural, hi...

“Minha trajetória com HIV está aí, e eu estou trilhando”: itinerários de jovens vivendo com HIV/aids
"My journey with HIV is there, and I'm walking it": Itineraries of young people living with HIV/aids

Este trabalho objetiva compreender os itinerários terapêuticos de jovens vivendo com HIV/aids por transmissão sexual no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Para tal, buscamos a) descrever e analisar as redes de interação que constituem seus itinerários terapêuticos, levando em consideração a multiplicidad...

Occurrence of parasites in the soil of public squares in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rev. patol. trop; 51 (4), 2022
Human health is threatened by diseases transmitted between animals and humans, denominated zoonoses. Public parks and squares are environments used by the population and easily accessed by domestic and stray animals. The contact of dogs and cats with the soil from those places may favor the transmission ...

Efecto de las medidas de salud pública en la incidencia, transmisión y mortalidad por COVID-19
Effect of public health measures on COVID-19 incidence, transmission and mortality