This study analyzed the factors associated with sexual initiation among 427 mothers with 14-16 years of age from Porto Alegre / RS / Brazil. Data on socio-demographic status of the adolescents (skin color, religion and school delay) and reproductive ...
This article focuses on the inter-subjective aspects involved in the care of psychosocial crisis of adolescents, their representations and developments. A qualitative research was developed from a psycho-sociological perspective by constructing life ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of prognostic factors on breast cancer survival using variables as age, stage and extension of tumour, using proportional hazards and competing risks models proposed by Cox and Fine-Gray, re...
Treatment of complications of induced abortion may be hampered by abuse and disrespect practiced by healthcare professionals in hospitals and abortion services. This paper recovered stories of abuse and disrespect among women who had an abortion in i...
The aim of this study was to identify the severity of malocclusions and associated factors among Brazilian adolescents. Data from 5,445 adolescents, participants of the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil 2010), were evaluated and 4,276 were inclu...
The last decade has seen a breakthrough in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) with the advent of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. There are few population-based observational studies on the prevalence of use of these drugs. We conducted a cros...
Introduction: The variant hemoglobins (Hb) mostly result from mutations in globin gene, with amino acid substitution in the polypeptide chain. Among the most common structural variants are the HbS, HbC, HbD and HbE. The hemoglobin S gene is a high fr...
In recent years Brazil channeled efforts around the global agenda for the health of people. In October 2011, with support of the Brazilian Government, the World Health Organization held, in Rio de Janeiro, the World Conference on Social Determinants ...
