Tuberculosis (TB) presents a high burden of disease and is considered a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), consisting on the most important cause of death from infectious disease in adults. It is related directly to access to he...
The reform of primary health care in the city of Rio de Janeiro has generated different needs to improve the network, one of them, the qualification of the professionals who are going to work in the APS. In this context appears the Trainning Program ...
Home care, one of the services provided by the health system, requires health practitioners who are capable of understanding its specificities. This study aimed to build a substantive theory that describes experiences of home care teaching and learni...
A greater understanding about experiences of young people before, during and after belonging to an illegal armed group (IAG), seeking to bring elements on integration in urban contexts in Colombia, that orients towards violence prevention. A qualitat...
This work discusses the relationship among hypertension, diabetes, anxiety, depression, and social support through primary care. This research aimed at detecting the association among: physical disease, mental disease, support network, and perceived ...
This article addresses the dynamics of the Brazilian food control practices, highlighting its special risk-related features and the types of intervention, as well as highlighting the recently adopted instruments to control risks related to the nutrit...
Critical Time Intervention (CTI) is a mental health time-limited intervention offered to people with mental disorders in critical/transition periods. This study assess the impact of CTI-BR on social performance and quality of life within a population...
The article aims to analyze the primary care development in the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazilian large cities. The national option for the primary has favored an incremental reform of the health system through the Family Health Strategy. The ...
