Resumen: Objetivo: Evaluar los niveles séricos de 25-hidroxivitamina D (25-OH-D) en niños sanos menores de 10 años del área metropolitana de Barranquilla (AMB). Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, que evaluó los niveles séricos de 25-OH-D en 360 niños del AMB en los ...
ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish the frequency of refractive errors in children and adolescents aged between 8 and 17 years old, living in the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga (Colombia). Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of two descriptive cross-sectional studies th...
Abstract Objective: To investigate blood lead levels in schoolchildren in two areas of Egypt to understand the current lead pollution exposure and its risk factors, aiming to improve prevention politicies. Subjects and method: This was a cross-sectional study in children (n = 400) aged 6-12 years recru...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalência de genuvalgo e fatores associados em alunos do ensino fundamental. Métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado em 2015, com 1.050 crianças e adolescentes matriculados no ensino fundamental de Santos. Foi avaliado o desalinhamento do joelho, medindo-se a distância...
Background A number of attributes of recommendations included in clinical guidelines influence their implementation in clinical practice. Aim To assess the association between those attributes and the uptake of recommendations included in four Clinical Guidelines of the Chilean Ministry of Health. Mate...
Asma/terapia,
Depresión/terapia,
Diabetes Mellitus/terapia,
Adhesión a Directriz,
Hipertensión/terapia,
Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Atención Primaria de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Chile,
Enfermedad Crónica/terapia,
Estudios Transversales,
Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto,
Población Urbana
Resumo: Numerosos estudos apontam a tendência à cronicidade dos tratamentos quando centrados no uso de medicamentos. Esta pesquisa foi realizada em uma grande cidade brasileira, com usuários de Centros de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS), com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos da experimentação do Guia p...
Brasil,
Grupos Focales,
Personas con Mala Vivienda,
Cumplimiento de la Medicación,
Trastornos Mentales/tratamiento farmacológico,
Salud Mental,
Servicios de Salud Mental/normas,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Participación del Paciente,
Derechos del Paciente,
Autonomía Personal,
Población Urbana
Carneiro, Marco Antonio F;
Alves, Beatriz da C. A;
Gehrke, Flávia de Sousa;
Domingues, José Nuno;
Sá, Nelson;
Paixão, Susana;
Figueiredo, João;
Ferreira, Ana;
Almeida, Cleonice;
Machi, Amaury;
Savóia, Eriane;
Nascimento, Vânia;
Fonseca, Fernando.
Summary Introduction: Global climate changes directly affect the natural environment and contribute to an increase in the transmission of diseases by vectors. Among these diseases, dengue is at the top of the list. The aim of our study was to understand the consequences of temporal variability of air te...
Aedes,
Contaminación del Aire,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Ciudades/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Dengue/epidemiología,
Dengue/transmisión,
Virus del Dengue/aislamiento & purificación,
Incidencia,
Insectos Vectores/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Insectos Vectores/virología,
Conceptos Meteorológicos,
Población Urbana
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In the twenty-first century, tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem in Brazil. The aim here was to characterize tuberculosis in a municipality with a high human development index (HDI), based on clinical and epidemiological variables. DESIGN AND SETTING: ...
Resumo Este artigo, na forma de ensaio, é um convite à reflexão sobre o caráter emancipatório da vigilância em/da saúde, um debate interrompido na década de 1990. Em tempos de grave crise política e institucional no Brasil e no ano da 1ª Conferência Nacional de Vigilância em Saúde (1ª CNVS)...
Abstract Mayaro virus is an alphavirus from the Togaviridae family and is transmitted mainly by Hemagogus mosquitoes. This virus circulates in high-density tropical forests or rural areas of Central and South America causing a disease characterized by high-grade fever, maculopapular skin rash and marked ...
