Falling is an important event for older adults as they might cause physical and psychological impairment, institutionalization and increased mortality risk. Adherence in falls prevention programs depends on older adults’ perceptions in relation to ...
Gawande, A. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company; October/2014.
This study aimed to investigate the association between the scores of quality of life (QOL) and self-esteem in community elderly. Household survey, cross-sectional, observational and analytical, conducted with 1691 elderly people living in an urban a...
O autor de The transformation of contemporary healthcare propõe um “modelo conceitual” para a exploração analítica da relação entre conhecimento e organização dos sistemas de saúde. Sua abordagem é original, visto não conceber o conhec...
This study aimed to analyze the repercussion of sexual initiation in the number of pregnancies and partners of teenagers with obstetric history in Teresina-PI. This is a cross-sectional study, with 464 teenagers selected by accidental sampling, who g...
Our aim was to assess differences between men and women in the likelihood of exposure to traffic as drivers of cars and motorcycles, and in the risk of dying from a car or a motorcycle crash, in order to verify the extent to which Darwin’s Sexual S...
Purpose to assess the knowledge that women have about breast cancer screening methods. A population-based study conducted with women 18 years or older in Rio Grande between April and November 2011. Interviewers applied pre-coded questionnaire in all ...
The aim of this study to estimate the prevalence of sedentary behavior based on screen time (≥ 2-hour day) and to identify the association with sociodemographic factors among adolescents in a city in southern Brazil. This is an epidemiological surv...
