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Sexual risk behavior and knowledge about sexually transmitted infections in a university population in Sorocaba, Brazil

ABCS health sci; 49 (), 2024
INTRODUCTION: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem to which young people are highly exposed and knowledge about vulnerabilities that affect them is needed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the knowledge about STIs and sexual behavior of a university population in the city of Sor...

Factores de riesgo en la edad reproductiva
Risk Factors in the Reproductive Age

Por medio de la presente y motivados por la lectura y análisis del artículo Características clínicas y microbiológicas de la infección de vías urinarias bajas en población ambulatoria,1 quisiéramos llamar la atención sobre un tema que últimamente tiene poca visibilidad en las publicaciones. Se...

Perfil reprodutivo de uma população de alta vulnerabilidade

Introdução: padrões sexuais e reprodutivos são influenciados por fatores biopsicossociais. Dentre esses fatores, há a vulnerabilidade, conceito amplo, complexo e que determina maior atenção das políticas públicas. Objetivo: conhecer o perfil reprodutivo das mulheres que residem em uma área de a...

Reproductive Planning and the Choice of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive Primary to Health: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract Objective Evaluate the different perspectives that involve the choice of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs), the issues related to this process and the consequences of deciding one method in the women's in the primary health care (PHC) center in Sousas, a district in Campinas, SP (Br...

Distribución del receptor V1a de vasopresina en tres especies de roedores con diferentes estrategias reproductivas y sociales: Peromyscus californicus, Rhabdomys pumilio, Rhabdomys dilectus
Distribution of the vasopressin V1a receptor in three species of rodents with different reproductive and social strategies: Peromyscus californicus, Rhabdomys pumilio, Rhabdomys dilectus

La vasopresina (AVP) es un neuropéptido y hormona, cuyos efectos fisiológicos son mediados por tres tipos de receptores. El receptor V1a (V1aR) de interés en esta tesis, se encuentra ampliamente distribuido en el cerebro de especies de diferentes grupos taxonómicos, a través del cual la AVP ejerce s...

Estudiantes universitarias nuligestas en edad fértil y su postura acerca de posibles vías del parto

Resumen Introducción: Tanto a nivel sudamericano como mundial, el incremento de la tasa de cesáreas electivas ha sido abrumante. Esto se considera un problema de salud pública, ya que el parto vaginal es la vía más fisiológica para el nacimiento y trae beneficios de salud para la madre y el recién...

Association of reproductive risk factors and comorbidities among molecular subtypes of Breast cancer in a Tertiary care Hospital

The reasons for the recently observed increase in the incidence of breast cancer in the Indian population are not clearly understood, but thought to be largely explained by westernization of lifestyles and changes in reproductive behavior, which characterize exposure to hormones. Our aim is to review the...

Evidências e fatores associados ao fenômeno de adiamento da maternidade no Brasil

Este trabalho tem como objetivo contribuir com a literatura sobre o fenômeno do adiamento da maternidade no Brasil, bem como analisar seus principais fatores associados. A pesquisa aborda o período de 1992 a 2015, considerando as informações da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD), do ...

Intergenerational transmission between quilombola mothers and daughters: reproductive autonomy and intervening factors

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze reproductive autonomy in quilombola women and the intervening factors of intergenerational transmission between mothers and daughters. Method: a cross-sectional and analytical study developed with 160 women, mothers and daughters from quilombola communities in the municip...

Breeding and reproductive behaviour of the neo-tropical opossum, Didelphis marsupialis insularis, Allen 1902 under captive conditions

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Developing a captive breeding system for the widely hunted Caribbean species of opossum Didelphis marsupialis insularis can greatly aide in the management and conservation of this species in the neo-tropics. Although this species possesses ideal traits for captive breeding in this region (tolerance to hi...