Because of insufficient communication between primary health care providers and specialists, which leads to inefficiencies and ineffectiveness in rural population health outcomes, to implement a well-functioning referral system is one of the most important tasks for some countries. Using purposive and sn...
Personal de Salud,
Política de Salud,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Entrevistas como Asunto,
Irán,
Atención Primaria de Salud,
Derivación y Consulta/organización & administración,
Derivación y Consulta/tendencias,
Servicios de Salud Rural/organización & administración,
Servicios de Salud Rural/tendencias,
Población Rural
Self-reported measures have been used to obtain weight and height information in some epidemiological surveys. The validation of such information is necessary to guarantee data quality. This study assessed the validity of self-reported weight and height to determine weight status. Data were obtained in t...
Estatura,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Peso Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Escolaridad,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos,
Autoinforme,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Población Urbana/estadística & datos numéricos
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and health of elderly in rural areas of Minas Gerais State's center-west. Method: Cross-sectional study, in four municipalities of Minas Gerais State, by interviewing elderly people. Associations between socio-demographic and quality of life variables...
The Malaria Frontier Hypothesis (MFH) is the current model for predicting malaria emergence in the Brazilian Amazon. It has two important dimensions, 'settlement time' and 'malaria incidence', and its prediction are: malaria incidence peaks five years after the initiation of human settlement and declines...
RESUMO O contexto rural brasileiro revela um cenário preocupante e desafiador para a psicologia em termos de formação profissional e do seu arsenal teórico-metodológico. Este artigo objetiva discutir as estratégias metodológicas adotadas em uma pesquisa em assentamentos rurais do Rio Grande do Nor...
Previous studies have reported increased prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in Indians and South Asian settlers in North America. This increased burden of CHD among South Asians is mainly caused by dyslipidemia. To the best of our knowledge, none of the previous works has studied the patterns and...
Antropometría,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Colesterol/sangre,
HDL-Colesterol/sangre,
LDL-Colesterol/sangre,
Enfermedad Coronaria/sangre,
Enfermedad Coronaria/etiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Dislipidemias/sangre,
Dislipidemias/complicaciones,
Dislipidemias/epidemiología,
Lípidos/sangre,
Pakistán/etnología,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Población Rural,
Distribución por Sexo,
Triglicéridos/sangre
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of smoking and associated factors among rural residents. METHODS This is a population-based, cross-sectional study of 1,519 individuals carried out in 2016. We randomly selected 24 of the 50 census tracts that make up the eight rural districts of the city...
Factores de Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Ciudades/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Estado Nutricional,
Prevalencia,
Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Fumar Tabaco,
Cese del Uso de Tabaco/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tabaquismo/epidemiología
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with a better quality of the diet of residents of a rural area in Southern Brazil. METHODS This is a population-based, cross-sectional study with individuals aged 18 years or over living in the rural area of Pelotas, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil...
Gonçalves, Helen;
Tomasi, Elaine;
Tovo-Rodrigues, Luciana;
Bielemann, Renata Moraes;
Machado, Adriana Kramer Fiala;
Ruivo, Ana Carolina Oliveira;
Bortolotto, Caroline Cardozo;
Jaeger, Gustavo Pêgas;
Xavier, Mariana Otero;
Fernandes, Mayra Pacheco;
Martins, Rafaela Costa;
Hirschmann, Roberta;
Silva, Thais Martins da;
Assunção, Maria Cecília Formoso.
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the planning, sampling, operational aspects of the field, and the sample obtained during a research conducted in a rural area, specifying and discussing the main logistical difficulties unique to these places and the solutions adopted. METHODS We carried out a population-...
Brasil,
Planificación en Salud Comunitaria/métodos,
Planificación en Salud Comunitaria/normas,
Estudios Transversales,
Recolección de Datos/métodos,
Estudios de Factibilidad,
Geografía,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas/métodos,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Proyectos de Investigación/normas,
Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos,
Muestreo
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the sexual behavior and to identify associated factors in adolescents from rural communities in Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, population-based, and household-based study, carried out in 2015 with adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. We described the vari...
Conducta del Adolescente,
Población Negra,
Brasil,
Condones/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios Transversales,
Salud de la Familia,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Población Rural,
Factores Sexuales,
Conducta Sexual,
Parejas Sexuales,
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual,
Factores Socioeconómicos
