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Cross-cultural adaptation of the CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard questionnaire into Portuguese

SUMMARY Objective: Despite the progress in the implementation of health promotion programs in the workplace, there are no questionnaires in Brazil to assess the scope of health promotion interventions adopted and their scientific basis. This study aimed to translate into Brazilian Portuguese and cultura...

Evaluation of information retention and adherence to treatment in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus after multidisciplinary group

SUMMARY Objective: To evaluate the retention of information after participation in multidisciplinary group in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) through a phone contact. Method: 122 pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes were included. After diagnosis of gestational diabetes,...

Validação linguística e psicométrica do questionário sobre conhecimento em asma Newcastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire

Objective To perform the linguistic and psychometric validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the questionnaire Newcastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire on knowledge of asthma. Methods Two translations into Brazilian Portuguese of the Newcastle Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire were compared, crea...

Fontes de informação sobre benefícios à prática de atividade física e fatores associados em adolescentes: estudo de base escolar

O objetivo do estudo foi verificar as fontes de informação sobre a importância da prática de atividade física e sua associação com nível de atividade física em estudantes do ensino médio da zona urbana da cidade de Pelotas, RS. Foi conduzido um estudo transversal de base escolar na cidade de Pe...

A educação física como território de demarcação dos gêneros possíveis: vivências escolares de pessoas travestis, transexuais e transgêneros

A Educação Física escolar interpretada através das vivências de pessoas que ultrapassam e/ou vivem nas fronteiras do gênero é o foco deste estudo. Destaca reflexões desencadeadas pelas análises do folder “A travesti e o[/a] educador[/a]” - sobre a inserção desses sujeitos na aula de Educa...

Caracterización del proceso de preparación y respuesta de entidades territoriales de salud ante la introducción del virus Chikungunya, Colombia, 2014

Rev. salud pública; 18 (3), 2016
Objetivo Caracterizar el proceso de preparación y respuesta de las entidades territoriales en aspectos clave de salud pública ante la fase de introducción de virus inusitados: Chikungunya en Colombia 2014. Metodología Se realizó un estudio transversal por medio de una encuesta, dirigida a los coordi...

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of prevention for cervical cancer and breast cancer among medical students

Rev. salud pública; 18 (3), 2016
Objective To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students for health promotion, primary prevention and early detection of breast neoplasm and uterine cervical neoplasm, as well as to make recommendations for improving the Public Health curriculum at the Universidad de los Andes. Meth...

Adaptation, validation and reliability of the Massachusetts General Hospital-Sexual Functioning Questionnaire in a Colombian sample and factorial equivalence with the Spanish version

Rev. latinoam. psicol; 48 (2), 2016
Sexual dysfunctions are a highly prevalent problem. It is necessary to have instruments adapted to the Colombian population in order to evaluate their sexual functioning because to date none of them have been validated. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the Massachusetts General Hospital-Se...

Validez de constructo y fiabilidad del «Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos» (CASO) en Colombia

Rev. latinoam. psicol; 48 (2), 2016
El «Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos» (CASO) es una medida de autoinforme desarrollada para los países de habla española y portuguesa. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la validez de constructo y la fiabilidad del CASO en Colombia. Participaron 5477 personas de la población genera...

Lifetime Prevalence of Transient Loss of Consciousness in an Urban Russian Population

Arq. bras. cardiol; 106 (5), 2016
Abstract Background: Most international studies on epidemiology of transient loss of consciousness (TLC) were performed many years ago. There are no data about the lifetime prevalence of TLC in Russia. Objective: To identify the lifetime prevalence and presumed mechanisms of TLC in an urban Russian pop...