The objective of this study is to examine the effect of seasonal factors such as climate and "precipitation" variable were related to the risk of leptospirosis in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2012. This is an analytical ecolo...
Brazil has hosted mass gatherings (MG) of different natures. Participants are subject to different health risks. This work aimed to systematize the main relationships between mass gatherings and the occurrence of disasters that are of interest to the...
Using a critical perspective from Social Sciences, this study analyses some aspects of the technicist approach and discourse of the Brazilian Civil Defence in order to understand the usual indifference of its technical-operative body in front of the ...
Natural disasters are still poorly studied and understood under the Public Health context in this country, with impacts over the short and long term. The goal of this article is to analyze the relationship between disasters and their impact on healt...
Female-specific hospitalizations occurring in conditions sensitive to primary care (HSPCI) and factors that determine or affect the occurrence of such hospitalizations (social, economical and demographic factors; health control) are investigated. Ana...
As pointed out by climate scenarios developed for Brazil, the prospect is likely increase in the number of extreme hydrometeorological events in the coming years. Therefore, the study of the health disorders that may intensify due to these events i...
This paper discusses the management of environmental risks by people in vulnerable situations. It is based on the initial phase of a research project concerning Life in risk areas carried out with the financial support of the CNPq. Research data was ...
It is discussed in this paper the question of our ion as a country, today, in consumer societies characteristics of modernity, focusing the growth of health area as a mercantile field, the segmentation of the health system and the contradictions of t...
