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Perception of discrimination due to sexual orientation and associated factors among men who have sex with men in 12 Brazilian cities

Discrimination due to sexual orientation (DDSO) has an important association with health outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study aimed to analyze factors associated with DDSO among MSM in 12 Brazilian cities. This is a cross-sectional study with 4,176 MSM participants recruited in 2016...

Gasto total dos municípios em atenção primária à saúde no Brasil: um método para ajuste da despesa declarada de 2015 a 2020

Nos últimos anos, o interesse no gasto em atenção primária à saúde (APS) cresceu em virtude de uma série de reformas realizadas na sua organização e financiamento. Dados sobre esses e outros gastos são declarados por subfunções pelos gestores da saúde por meio do Sistema de Informações sob...

Seguindo o dinheiro: análise dos repasses financeiros do Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, para as organizações sociais de saúde

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 38 (supl.2), 2022
Este artigo analisou a atuação das Organizações Sociais de Saúde (OSS) no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e o uso dos contratos de gestão e dos termos aditivos como instrumentos de privatização. O objetivo foi compreender os processos que legitimam a privatização, a partir da quantificação dos...

Epidemiological aspects of scorpionic accidents in a municipality in Brazil's northeastern

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Scorpionic accidents are a major public health problem due to the high occurrence with potential seriousness. In this manner, the research aimed to analyze the occurrence of scorpionic accidents in a municipality in the northeastern of Brazil. An exploratory, descriptive study was made, with a quantitati...

First list of parasitoids in flies of medical, veterinary, and forensic importance in Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Necrophagous flies are of great importance for human and animal health. In places where their development occurs, parasitoids can be used as a tool to control these dipterans. In Brazil, the fauna of these parasitoids has been investigated in some regions. However, in Rio Grande do Sul, it is known the o...

Macrozoobenthos in an altitudinal gradient in North Patagonian Cautín River (Araucanía Region, Chile)

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
The Cautín River is closely related with the economic development of Temuco city, (38°S; Chile). Existing knowledge of the Cautín River is limited to information about its biological characteristics as a reference for the evaluation and assessment of water quality. The object of this study was to deve...

Social inequalities in the incidence, mortality, and survival of neoplasms in women from a municipality in Southeastern Brazil

This study aims to analyze inequalities in the incidence, mortality, and survival of the main types of cancer in women according to the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). The study was conducted in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, from 2010 to 2014, and used data from the Population-based Cancer Regist...

Implementation of the e-SUS Primary Care Strategy: an analysis based on official data

ABSTRACT OBJETIVE Analyze the implementation of the strategy e-SUS Atenção Básica (e-SUS AB - e-SUS Primary Care) in Brazil between the first years of the system, from 2013 to 2019. METHODS This is a quantitative, descriptive, and exploratory study. We considered official data from the Ministry of...

Health expenditures and causa mortis: an investigation on municipalities of the State of Paraná, Brazil

The Brazilian government shares the responsibility of financing public health among federal, state, and municipal levels. Health expenditures are thus uneven across the country and cannot contribute equally to health outcomes across disease categories. This study aims to identify how the health expenditu...