Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and the damage it brings about, a screening test can be useful in the identification of hearing loss in primary care. Thus, this study aimed to determine the accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice...
The aim of the study was investigate the association between regular use of dental services and tooth loss by elderly linked to eleven Family Health Units in southern Brazil. Cross-sectional study evaluated 438 elderly. A standard questionnaire was u...
Presbycusis is a prevalent disorder in the elderly, but underdiagnosed. Thus, it is important to improve simple screening tools. Objective: Subjective faces scale was proposed in this study as a way to assess auditory self-perception of the elderly a...
Objective: to evaluate the stage of work management policies and education in state and municipal health secretaries (SMS and SES, respectively), with the benchmark the adherence to a program of training and organization of work management and educat...
This study aimed to analyze how Brazilian Ministry of Health (MH) is implementing the Sex Reassignment Process (SRP) in public health system (SUS), through research of public domain‘s official documents, systematization of surgery‘s quant...
The limits for personnel costs imposed by the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) have been considered by local health managers as an obstacle to the health sector policies. The paper analyzes the linear trend of the indicators of personnel expenses and ...
This study examines intersectoral action developed between the health and education sectors Health Program in the School implementation process in a city in the metropolitan area by northeastern Brazil. It was defined as analytic dimensions the polit...
Adverse drug reactions may be the cause of illnesses, disability or death, especially in elderly patients. An active search of adverse drug reaction suspicions that motivated elderly patients to look for care in the emergency room was conducted wi...
