This article aims to analyze the relationship between practices of the self and pro-environmental behavior in the daily life of ecovillages. We rely on Foucault’s notion of practices of the self to understand the changes in the behavior of the inhabitants of ecovillages regarding the environment. We ma...
Introduction: The breast self-examination practice can be influenced by perceived self-efficacy. This individual characteristic, defined as confidence in one’s abilities to achieve a goal, can positively help women develop health-promoting behaviors that lead them to carry out routine and regular pract...
Abstract In this study, we describe a method for reaching a target population (i.e., dentists practicing in Brazil) to engage in survey research using traditional e-mail invites and recruitment campaigns created on Instagram. This study addresses methodological aspects and compares respondents reached by...
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective study of 160 patients treated in private practice in São Paulo from March 2003 to March 2015. We analyzed 171 results of direct mycological examinations and fungal cultures from nail scrapings. The agreement between direct mycological examination results and fungal cultu...
Resumo Baseado numa investigação qualitativa desenvolvida em 2012, o artigo analisa experiências de abortos provocados de pessoas de estratos sociais médios realizados em clínicas privadas. Foram narradas 34 histórias de gravidezes interrompidas em clínicas por 19 mulheres e cinco homens, resident...
Objetivo. Analizar las características del personal médico y su remuneración, así como la infraestructura, apego a la regulación y servicios ofrecidos en consultorios adyacentes a farmacias (CAF), y compararlos con consultorios médicos independientes (CMI). Material y métodos. Cuestionario aplicad...
Foram estudados 4.776 recém-nascidos nos hospitais de Araraquara, SP (Brasil), durante o ano de 1986 para analisar sua distribuiçäo quanto ao peso ao nascer, tipo de parto e categoria de internaçäo. A incidência de baixo peso ao nascer foi de 9,2%. Quanto ao tipo de parto, a proporçäo de cesárea...
