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First report of Panstrongylus lignarius (Walker, 1873) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in the State of Acre, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This communication reports the first occurrence of Panstrongylus lignarius in the State of Acre, Brazil. METHODS: A specimen of P. lignarius was collected from a residence in a rural area of the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon. RESULTS: This new report of P. li...

Effects of a dietary supplement on inflammatory marker expression in middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the effects of diet on the inflammatory response in middle-aged and elderly people with hypertension. METHODS: Thirty overweight or obese patients with stage one hypertension (age range, 45-75 years) were allocated to either the intervention or control group (n=15 per gro...

Rodent-borne viruses survey in rural settlers from Central Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
Anthropogenic environmental changes arising from settlement and agriculture include deforestation and replacement of natural vegetation by crops providing opportunities for pathogen spillover from animals to humans. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of rodent-borne virus infections in seven ...

Food and social identity: Rural lives that appear through food

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 32 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective The objective was to analyze the interactions between food and identity by exploring the daily food eaten by a rural community. Under the gift theory view, the aim is to present readings concerning a rural identity that the research participants constituted through eating; this aim is...

Understanding sexuality by rural elderly women

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the meaning of sexuality by rural elderly women. Method: a qualitative exploratory and descriptive research, carried out through interview at the home with 26 rural elderly women, aged between 60 and 69 years. The data were analyzed by the thematic content analysis tec...

Falls of elderly people living in rural areas: prevalence and associated factors

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with falls in the elderly population living in rural areas. Method: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out in 2014, with 820 older adults recorded in the Family Health Strategy (Estratégia Saúde da Família). The association ...

Factors associated with frailty syndrome in the rural elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with frailty syndrome (FS) in the elderly in the rural population of Pelotas. Method: Quantitative, analytical, transversal study conducted with 820 elderly subjects registered in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the rural area in t...

Investigation of garbage code deaths to improve the quality of cause-of-death in Brazil: results from a pilot study

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 22 (supl.3), 2019
ABSTRACT Introduction: Reliable cause-of-death statistics are an important source of information on trends and differentials in population health. In Brazil, the Mortality Information System is responsible for compiling cause of death (CoD) data. Despite the success in reducing R-codes ill-defined cause...

Gestión ambiental del recurso hídrico en jagüeyes comunitarios de Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia

La presente investigación determina si en algunas comunidades rurales de Sincelejo, Caribe colombiano se realiza una adecuada gestión ambiental del recurso hídrico en jagüeyes comunitarios. Se efectuó la caracterización de 10 unidades seleccionadas, enfatizando en áreas y volúmenes de almacenamie...

Dificultades de acceso al aborto en contextos de interrupción legal del embarazo: narrativa de estudiantes de bachillerato en una comunidad campesina de México

Resumen: En este trabajo se analizan las creencias y prácticas entre jóvenes estudiantes de bachillerato que buscan o consideran la posibilidad de interrumpir un embarazo. Se eligieron estudiantes de una escuela pública situada en un una comunidad rural y campesina de la Ciudad de México, México. Es...