The emergence of COVID-19 in Brazil made further explicit the huge discrepancy between different social realities that coexist in the country, rekindling the discussions about food and nutrition security, similarly to what has been happening in other...
This study aims to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on mortality of institutionalized elderly in Brazil. Estimates of the percentage of elderly deaths occurring in care homes were calculated for Brazil, States and Regions using estimates for the total...
The paper discusses two ways of understanding a complex sanitary process, as the pandemics envolving SARS–CoV-2. It supports that the simplification of the whole proccess to the point of considering it just a consequence of a contact between a path...
The main objective of this study was to identify and analyze the social representations of abortionfor gynecologists and obstetricians. The methodology used was the Semi-Structured Interview with 20 gynecologists and obstetricians (10 males and 10 fe...
Considering the potential of institutional approaches to health promotion, this study sought to identify which countries in the American continent that have national guidelines for physical activity (PA) approved by its health agencies. In May, 2019a...
Pharmaceutical Services (PS) is a growing field which has established itself in the last 25 years, recurrently through scientific publication in Brazil. This work aims to investigate the evolution of the field PS in Science and Collective Health. A s...
This study aimed to characterize the food environment within subway stations in São Paulo and describe the availability of food and drinks according to the social vulnerability of the area where the stations are located. A cross-sectional study was ...
Training directed to the Unified Health System (SUS) has been one of the most challenging assumptions in the development of dentistry courses in Brazil. For this, teachers with training in public health play a fundamental role in the curriculum propo...
