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De Nosso Território Sabemos Nós: experiência de cartografia social para emergências e desastres

Resumo O artigo apresenta o projeto De Nosso Território Sabemos Nós, em duas comunidades das cidades serranas fluminenses que sofreram o desastre de 2011, com o objetivo da criação de dispositivo para comunicação on-line, associado à cartografia social, buscando pôr em diálogo gestão e cidadão...

Spatial analysis studies of endemic diseases for health surveillance: Application of scan statistics for surveillance of tuberculosis among residents of a metropolitan municipality aged 60 years and above

Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.); 26 (supl.3), 2021
Abstract Health surveillance aims to monitor adverse health events, and to set disease prevention and control goals, especially for communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB). Older people have a higher risk of TB, due to their specific characteristics, whichpredispose them to infectious disease. T...

Desigualdades socioeconómicas en la mortalidad por enfermedades cardiovasculares: Región Pacifico de Colombia, 2002-2015

Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.); 26 (supl.3), 2021
Resumen Las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV) son la principal causa de muerte en el mundo y en Colombia siendo consideradas un serio problema de salud pública. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar espacial y temporalmente la mortalidad por ECV en la región Pacifico de Colombia durante el periodo...

Homicidios en jóvenes: sociabilidades locales en la habilitación de la agresión interpersonal letal

Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.); 26 (supl.3), 2021
Resumen Este trabajo se propone comprender por qué las agresiones interpersonales que conducen a homicidios en jóvenes pueden ser toleradas reclamadas o aclamadas en los contextos de sociabilidad en las que se suceden. La metodología desarrollada fue cualitativa, es decir que procuró documentar y ana...

Socioenvironmental factors and behaviors associated with negative self-rated health in Brazil

Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the factors associated with negative self-rated health in Brazil. The sample consisted of 5,259 adults from five representative capitals of the five regions of Brazil. Data collection was achieved in the following municipalities: Palmas (North Region), J...

A interiorização da covid-19 na Amazônia: reflexões sobre o passado e o presente da saúde pública

Resumo A partir de contribuições teóricas do campo da história das ciências, o presente texto debate aspectos das etapas das pandemias entendidas como fenômeno social e como tem ocorrido o processo de interiorização da covid-19 na Amazônia. A chegada da doença aos vastos territórios da florest...

Las epidemias en La Pampa (Argentina), en perspectiva histórica*

Resumen Este artículo describe el inicio de las preocupaciones sanitarias vinculadas a las epidemias ocurridas durante el siglo XX en La Pampa, provincia argentina. Las epidemias, como las de la viruela, fueron un estímulo para estas políticas que frecuentemente tuvieron origen en Buenos Aires, la cap...

Production of Urban Space and the occurrence of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: the Porto Velho case

Abstract Due to intense ongoing urbanization in the Amazon, the urban pattern of malaria may be changing, both in its spatial distribution and epidemiological profile. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the process of production of urban space in Porto Velho, the capital of the state of Rondonia...

Clinical, epidemiological and climatic factors related to the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area in northeastern Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 81 (3), 2021
Abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease with a wide distribution in the Americas. Brazil is an endemic country and present cases in all states. This study aimed to describe the occurrence, the underlying clinical and epidemiological factors, and the correlation of climatic v...

Situational diagnosis of professionals of family health units on phytotherapy

Braz. j. biol; 81 (3), 2021
Abstract The incorporation of the use of phytotherapy in the primary health care is an important gain for the Unified Health System, besides reducing the cost in the treatment of the patient, rescues the popular knowledge and promotes the rational use of the medicinal plants. To determine the situational...