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Use of Oral Health Services in Elderly Population in Colombia: Paradoxes and Controversies

This study aims to analyze the prevalence of use of oral health services in elderly population in Colombia according to selected socio-demographic and health outcomes. Cross-sectional analysis with information for 2650 subjects > 65 years provided by the 2007 National Public Health Survey. Variables: Use...

Global burden of diarrheal disease attributable to the water supply and sanitation system in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil: 2005

Advances have occurred in relation to the coverage of water supply and sanitation in Brazil, however inequalities are still observed in relation to the coverage of these services, reflecting the importance of diarrheal disease in the Brazilian epidemiological context. The aim of this study was to measure...

Prevalência e fatores associados ao Near Miss Materno: inquérito populacional em uma capital do Nordeste Brasileiro

O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar a prevalência do near miss e de complicações no período gravídico-puerperal, identificando seus principais marcadores clínicos e de intervenção e os fatores socioeconômicos e demográficos a ele associados. Trata-se de um estudo seccional, de base populacio...

Consumo autoreportado de sustancias psicoactivas ilegales en una población habitante de calle de Cali-Colombia

Rev. salud pública; 17 (2), 2015
Objetivo Determinar la prevalencia autoreportada de consumo de sustancias psicoactivas ilegales en una población habitante de calle de la ciudad de Cali. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo de prevalencia de periodo. La población objetivo fueron 763 habitantes de calle registrados durante el año 2010 en la ...

Prevalencia de trastornos temporomandibulares en niños mexicanos con dentición mixta

Rev. salud pública; 17 (2), 2015
Objetivo Determinar y contrastar con la bibliografía reportada, la prevalencia de trastornos temporomandibulares con un instrumento validado en dentición mixta de niños mexicanos. Métodos Se incluyeron 150 niños de 8 a 12 años de edad, de cualquier sexo que asistieron a la clínica de estomatologí...

Hypertension and its correlation with renal lesions in dogs with leishmaniosis

To evaluate the prevalence of hypertension and its correlation with the severity of renal injury and proteinuria in dogs with leishmaniosis, sixty-six dogs were divided into two groups. Group 1 (G1) was composed of 54 dogs included in stage 1 of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and group 2 (G2) of twelve do...

Seasonal prevalence and mean intensity of Psoroptes ovis infestation in goats in the Brazilian semiarid region

To determine the prevalence and seasonal variation of Psoroptes ovis (Delafond, 1858) mange in goats in the semiarid region of Paraíba, 541 crossbred goats of both sexes and different ages were examined between June 1999 and May 2001 and between August 2011 and December 2012, by washing their ear canals...

Manifestações dermatológicas em pacientes infectados pelo HIV: um estudo de prevalência
Dermatological manifestations in HIV-infected patients: a prevalence study

J. bras. med; 103 (1), 2015
Na infecção pelo HIV, a pele pode ser tanto um indicador precoce de doença quanto de gravidade. Este estudo analisou a frequência e a apresentação clínica de manifestações dermatológicas em pacientes portadores de HIV, destacando as lesões mais encontradas, e correlacionou suas característica...

Smoking trend indicators in Brazilian capitals, 2006-2013

This study aims to analyze the trend of indicators related to smoking in the capitals of Brazil from 2006 to 2013. Information on smoking trends extracted from the survey of risk and protective factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are analyzed through telephone interviews - VIGITEL conduc...