The concept of vulnerability is enclosed in a situation that involves at least three dimensions: risk exposure trajectories, capabilityresponse and adaptation possibilities based on both the intensity of risk and resilience in the face of the materia...
The aim of this study was to describe the process of creation and validation of a methodology to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. From the expansion of the scope and additions of new items to the instrument Assessment of Multi...
This article seeks to explore the concept of clinical governance aiming to understanding the different meanings that can be assigned to that expression. This discussion may both contribute to the planning and organization of health services focused o...
This study aimed to describe the time series of AIDS in Ceará related to sex, age and race. Ecological, descriptive, retrospective study, analyzed 7,896 case reports of AIDS, persons ≥ 13 years living in Ceará between 2001 and...
Objective: To estimate mortality rate by external causes and to evaluate the probability of precocious death according to socio-demographic characteristics by gender in Brazil. Methods: National data were obtained from the Mortality Information Syste...
Brazil has a relevant, although relatively unknown, special medicines programme that distributes high-cost products, such as drugs needed for cancer treatments. In 2009, the purchase of these medicines became the responsibility of the Brazilian Feder...
A theoretical reflection on public health from a social justice approach that does not forget the subject is presented. Beginning with a conceptualization of social justice, human rights and healthin the framework of an epistemological analysis, a pa...
This study aimed to identify the prevalence of oral self-examination among elderly and see if this prevalence was higher among users of dental services provided by the Unified Health System (SUS) than among users of other services. Cross-sectional s...
