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Bariloche: contrastes ocultos en un paraíso alpino: desigualdades socio-sanitarias en el espacio urbano

INTRODUCCIÓN. La mayor parte de las desigualdades en salud observadas están relacionadas con desigualdades de otros planos de la vida social. Estudios de pequeñas áreas nos permiten visibilizar estos gradientes al descender el análisis a escalas más pequeñas. El objetivo de este estudio es relacio...

Spatial and spatio-temporal distribution of women living with HIV mortality in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 2007 to 2017

ABSTRACT OBJETIVE: To present some factors related to the mortality rates of WLHIV in the city of Porto Alegre-RS. METHODS: This is a spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of ecological data about all women monitored by the health care services for the vertical transmission (VT) of HIV, between 2007 and...

Family and contextual factors associated with licit drug use in adolescence

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: TO evaluate the family and contextual factors associated with licit drug use among 15 to 19-year-old adolescents in the school context. METHODS: This is a representative, school-based, cross-sectional study conducted with 746 adolescents from 15 to 19 years old enrolled in public an...

Factors associated with adolescent compliance with human papillomavirus vaccine: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the factors associated with adolescent compliance with the human papillomavirus vaccine. Method: this is a cross-sectional study, developed through a school survey, in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, whose data collection occurred in 2018. A scale was used to assess decision...

HIV infection in the west region of Pará: clinical and socioeconomic characterization

Aims: knowledge of the patient’s profile, for the evaluation and suggested behaviors, promotes a favorable outcome. Thus, the objective of the study is to analyze the socioeconomic, clinical, and immunological characteristics of patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus in the western regio...

Acute and chronic back pain in adults and elderly in southern Brazil: a population-based study

Aims: to determine the prevalence of acute and chronic back pain and associated factors and identify the consequences of this pain in adults and the elderly in southern Brazil. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in 2019, in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, in individuals aged 18 and over. Acute back pain...

Analysis of the relationship of the vertical extension of mouth opening with muscle rigidity and sociodemographic factors in Parkinson's disease

Introduction: Changes caused by the rigidity of Parkinson's Disease (PD) can affect the mandibular musculature. However, few studies have been published about its impact on the oral opening. Objective: To analyze the relationship of the vertical extension of the oral opening with muscular rigidity and ...

Early Childhood Caries Experience of Children from Poor Families Living Below and Above Poverty Line

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the role of poverty and its related factors on early childhood caries (ECC) experience among deprived children. Material and Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study surveyed 418 children aged one to six years enrolled in Brazilian public preschools from an a...

Associação ecológica entre fatores socioeconômicos, ocupacionais e de saneamento e a ocorrência de escorpionismo no Brasil, 2007-2019

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (4), 2021
Objetivo: Analisar associação ecológica entre características socioeconômicas, ocupacionais e de infraestrutura/saneamento com escorpionismo no Brasil. Métodos: Estudo ecológico, com dados dos acidentes escorpiônicos notificados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (2007-2019)....

Associação entre o alfabetismo funcional e o reconhecimento da palavra bruxismo em adolescentes

Arq. odontol; 57 (), 2021
Objetivo: Avaliar a associação entre alfabetismo funcional e o reconhecimento da palavra “bruxismo” entre adolescentes. Métodos: Foi um estudo transversal realizado em uma cidade de porte médio no Brasil. A amostra consistiu em 375 escolares de 12 anos e 368 de 15 a 19...