Cross-sectional population-based study (n = 763) conducted in northern Minas Gerais state, which aimed to investigate the prevalence of tooth decay among adolescents and to identify their potential determinants. Probability sampling by conglomerates ...
Group work adoption in health services has increased in the last decades. The objective of the present study is to describe the contribution of a group therapy approach to language assessment of 1:9 to 3:0 yr children within a sociointeractionist fr...
A pioneering study conducted at the Center for Chemical Dependency (CEDEQ) of the Brazilian Navy (MB) through an ethnographic study, with participant observation, investigated the influence of MB in the construction of patients’ alcoholism. This ar...
Medicine and thought, how theses concepts fit in? The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate, in a biopolitical perspective, the existence of new challenges for those who deal with the theme of pharmaceuticalization in contemporary society. These an...
The article explores the possibilities of the nutrition-sensitive agriculture approach in the context of the programmes and actions towards promoting food and nutrition sovereignty and security in Brazil. For analysing the links between nutrition and...
Since urgent service in dentistry lies within the reference and counter-reference network and interacts with the intersection of primary, secondary and tertiary care, current analysis describes the interface between primary care in health (APS), espe...
Portuguese primary health care sector has suffered changes due to a reform whose principles may enroll in a conceptual framework referred to by some authors as "New Public Management". These changes may be generating higher levels of occupa...
The presence of tooth root remains is a common clinical finding among elderly patients and this may reflect the need for treatment. This study aimed to explore the association between tooth root remains and self-reported oral health in the elderly. F...
