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Plan nacional de preparación y respuesta frente al riesgo de introducción del Coronavirus 2019 - nCoV: Documento Técnico

El plan contiene las últimas recomendaciones de la OPS/OMS a fin de reducir el impacto sanitario, social y económico ante la potencial introducción del 2019-nCoV...

Association between cigarette use and adolescents' behavior

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of cigarette use among adolescents and to identify associated health risk behaviors. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study with a representative sample, composed of 1059 adolescents between 13 and 19 years old, enrolled in primary and secondary public sc...

Comportamientos de riesgo para la salud en hombres mayores brasileños viudos

Salud colect; 16 (), 2020
RESUMEN Se buscó comparar la prevalencia de comportamientos de riesgo para la salud en hombres mayores viudos con las de hombres mayores con pareja, solteros y divorciados/separados, así como la prevalencia de comportamientos de riesgo en hombres mayores viudos según rango de edad, escolaridad y raza/...

Opinião de escolares adolescentes fumantes sobre aconselhamento e tratamento para cessação do tabagismo em serviços de saúde: estudo transversal, Goiás, 2018

Objetivo: conhecer a opinião de escolares adolescentes fumantes sobre aconselhamento e tratamento para cessação do tabagismo, e investigar se uma opinião negativa estava associada à falta de motivação para parar de fumar. Métodos: estudo transversal, realizado no estado de Goiás, Brasil, com am...

Tendência do beber episódico excessivo nas capitais brasileiras e no Distrito Federal, 2006-2018: um estudo ecológico de séries temporais

Objetivo: Avaliar as tendências do beber episódico excessivo nas 26 capitais brasileiras e no Distrito Federal, geral e por sexo. Métodos:Estudo ecológico de séries temporais do padrão de beber episódico excessivo entre adultos, entre os anos de 2006 a 2018. Os dados foram obtidos da série histÃ...

Estudo transversal sobre trabalho e comportamentos de risco à saúde entre escolares de zona rural do Rio Grande do Sul, 2010

Objetivo: avaliar a associação entre trabalho e comportamentos de risco à saúde entre escolares de zona rural. Métodos: estudo transversal com escolares do 5° ao 8° ano do ensino fundamental das escolas municipais de Barão do Triunfo, RS, Brasil, em 2010; utilizou-se questionário autoaplicável...

Risky sexual behavior and associated factors in undergraduate students in a city in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the sexual behavior of freshmen undergraduate students according to demographic, economic, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics, and evaluate the prevalence of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study of the census type wi...

Validity studies of the scale of positive and negative perceptions about alcohol effects

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the process of elaboration and validation of the Scale of Perceptions about Alcohol Consumption in Higher Education Students in a Portuguese sample, considering the relationship between alcohol use rates and students' perceptions about the effects of this consumption. ME...

Psychometric Properties of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Instrument in Brazilian College Students

Abstract Considering the importance of health risk behaviors (HRB) and the need for reliable instruments to evaluate them, this study was designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the items of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) in a sample of 902 college students. Convergent validity, criter...

Association between physical activity practice and clustering of health risk behaviors in adolescents

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the association between participation in physical activity (PA) and the clustering of health risk behaviors (HRB) in adolescents of both genders. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 862 adolescents (11 to 17 years old) enrolled in 14 randomly selected public schoo...