This paper reflects on the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Brazil in light of the consideration of scientific evidence in the decision-making process. Brazil has one of the largest and most complete vaccination programs in the world, the Nat...
The aim of this study was to validate gay and lesbian health agendas pushed by organizations representing these groups. To this end, we created a health agenda matrix based on 25 narratives of representatives from 16 different gay and lesbian groups ...
In the present perspective, some parallels are drawn between a career as a scientist in Brazil and the ability of microorganisms to form a biofilm. Do these connections really exist? Over billions of years, microbial biofilms have evolved in order to...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of chronic diseases/conditions in octogenarians according to sex, age groups and private health insurance, and its relationship with difficulty in performing usual activities. Methods: Cross-sectional population-...
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of sociodemographic factors, lifestyle, maternal reproductive profile and prenatal and childbirth care with neonatal near miss (NNM) morbidity in four birth cohorts. This study involved four po...
The objective of this study was to adapt the instrument \"Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool)-professional version\" to measure the performance of the care provided by Primary Health Care (PHC) to the health of the elderly,the perspective of profe...
The objective was to identify social determinants of health associated with the experience of hunger among Brazilian schoolchildren. A cross-sectional study was carried out with microdata16,526 adolescentsthe 2015 National Adolescent Health Survey. T...
This article has two integrated objectives: (i) to identify the representation of health in the 2030 Agenda, based on health-related indicators implemented by international and national institutions; and (ii) to compare the potential of platforms for...
