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Anos potenciais de vida perdidos por aids no sexo feminino, no Sul do Brasil: estudo descritivo, 2007-2017

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 31 (3), 2022
Objetivo: descrever os anos potenciais de vida perdidos (APVPs) por aids na população do sexo feminino e analisar sua associação com raça/cor da pele e indicadores de vulnerabilidade social em Porto Alegre/RS, Brasil. Métodos: estudo descritivo, considerando-se os óbitos do sexo feminino por aids...

Medication use in children from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort aged between three months and four years

Medication use is an important part of the health process and prevalence of its use among infants can reach up to 65% in their first months of life. The excessive use of medication could lead to an increase in their potential harm, surpassing their benefits. Considering this, this study aimed to describe...

Iniquidades étnico-raciais na mortalidade infantil: implicações de mudanças do registro de cor/raça nos sistemas nacionais de informação em saúde no Brasil

Trata-se de estudo descritivo que teve como objetivo discutir as repercussões da mudança na metodologia de coleta da variável cor/raça no Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) sobre as taxas de mortalidade infantil (TMI) segundo cor/raça no Brasil. Foram analisadas as variações an...

Gender, work-family conflict, and weight gain: four-year follow-up of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

This study sought to analyze the effect of work-to-family conflict (demands from work that affect one's family/personal life), family-to-work conflict (demands from family/personal life that affect work), and lack of time for self-care and leisure due to professional and domestic demands on the incidence...

COVID-19 and outpatient care: a nationwide household survey

We aimed to assess the proportion of the population in 133 Brazilian municipalities who - from March to August 2020 - had a health problem but failed to seek care or failed to attend to a health service for routine appointment or examination. We conducted a household survey from August 24-27 in 133 Brazi...

Major depressive episode in mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study in the Southern Brazil

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed individuals and families, causing adverse psychological effects, especially in young adults, women, and parents. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of current major depressive episode (CMDE) in mothers of preschoolers (up to five years old) and its associated stre...

Socio-spatial inequalities in healthy life expectancy in the elderly, Brazil, 2013 and 2019

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 38 (supl.1), 2022
The growth in longevity in Brazil has drawn attention to more useful population health measures to complement mortality. In this paper, we investigate socio-spatial differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy based on information from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS), 2013 and 20...

Perfil epidemiológico de usuários encaminhados para atendimento fonoaudiológico em um município do Rio Grande do Sul

Audiol., Commun. res; 27 (), 2022
RESUMO Objetivo Caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico de usuários encaminhados para atendimento fonoaudiológico no município de Canoas (RS). Métodos Estudo epidemiológico, transversal e descritivo. A pesquisa foi feita a partir de dados do Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Serviços de Saúde de Can...