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Raça e violência obstétrica no Brasil
Race and obstetric violence in Brazil

Objetivou-se comparar as características sociodemográficas de mulheres segundo cor/, com foco nas mulheres negras e analisar os tipos mais comuns de agressões a elas infringidas na assistência ao parto pelo Sistema Único de Saúde. Trata-se de um estudo transversal de base populacional, com dados pr...

Hypovitaminosis D in patients with Crohn's disease

Objective: Vitamin D has been widely studied as a mediator of the immune response, becoming evident the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in patients with Crohn's disease. This work aims at evaluating the serum levels of vitamin D in patients suffering from Crohn's disease in a southeast region of Brazil. ...

Invariancia de la categoría de género en las diferencias conductuales en salud en hipertensos
Invariance of the gender category in the health-related behavioral differences found in hypertensive patients

Introducción: el abordaje de las enfermedades cardiovasculares y sus factores de riesgo -tales como hipertensión arterial- desde una perspectiva de género, está impulsado, entre otros motivos, por el hecho de que, tradicionalmente, estos trastornos fueron estudiados y comprendidos desde un enfoque an...

Traditional knowledge and uses of the Caryocar brasiliense Cambess. (Pequi) by “quilombolas” of Minas Gerais, Brazil: subsidies for sustainable management

Braz. j. biol; 76 (2), 2016
Abstract Local knowledge of biodiversity has been applied in support of research focused on utilizing and management of natural resources and promotion of conservation. Among these resources, Pequi (Caryocar brasiliense Cambess.) is important as a source of income and food for communities living in the C...

Pain assessment in elderly with dementia: Brazilian validation of the PACSLAC scale

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To validate the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate – Portuguese in demented elderly and to analyze its measurement properties. Methods We evaluated 50 elderly with dementia, residing in a nursing home and with limited communication abili...

Imported cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major in a Chinese laborer who worked in Saudi Arabia

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (3), 2016
Abstract: We report an imported case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 37-year-old man from Saudi Arabia caused by Leishmania major. He presented with non-healing nodulo-ulcerative lesions with a "volcanic crater" on the lower limbs. It was clearly cutaneous leishmaniasis - a rare disease in China - as ref...

Design of an allele-specific PCR assay to genotype the rs12255372 SNP in a pilot study of association between common TCF7L2 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes in Venezuelans

Objective The global burden of diabetes mellitus will impact strongly American countries in the coming decades. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease and the basis for its genetic susceptibility remains not fully understood. Different population studies have demonstrated that varian...

Physical intimate partner violence and low birth weight in newborns from primary health care units of the city of Rio de Janeiro

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the association between physical intimate partner violence and low birth weight. Methods This cross-sectional study included 604 children with approximately 30 days of age who visited four primary health care units in the city of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, for the second...

Factors related to food involvement in the adult population

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate aspects associated with food involvement and to ascertain whether individuals with higher food involvement consume larger amounts of fruits and vegetables. Methods This cross-sectional, analytical study was conducted with 301 adults (19-59 years old) f...