The aim was to assess the quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) provided to the elderly from their own perspective. The study design was cross-sectional observational, in a stratified random sample of elderly individuals, enrolled in 10 of the 20 Basi...
The present article analyses papers published between 2003 and 2011 discussing chronic conditions or chronic diseases in children and teenagers. Its method conjugates literature review and thematic analysis - content analysis aiming the systematizat...
The health policy analysis has been consolidating in Brazil despite of a number of different methodological approaches. From the model developed by Walt and Gilson in 1994, , we analyzed the Environmental Health Program of Recife (PSA) as a policy ba...
The selection of medicines is a skilled process that produces an essential medicines list (EML) and substantiates rational management of pharmaceutical services. This paper presents the selection of essential medicines in Brazilian states and municip...
This study examined factors related to birth weight in a maternity hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a descriptive, sectional study, conducted in the Maternity Hospital Herculano Pinheiro (HMHP), Rio de Janeiro, between December 2008 and ...
Actually, the obesity has been described as an important public health problem, because its prevalence increases in alarming levels. However, this problem has reached children and adolescents in great scale. Considering this situation, the public pol...
This study aimed to identify contributions and limits of teaching-service integration between Marília Medical School and Marília Municipal Health Secretary, to academy, health staff and community. It is a quantitative cross-sectional research. Orga...
L’harmonie dans les relations interpersonnelles dans la famille a des conséquences positives pour tous ses membres et, en particulier, sur le plein développement des compétences sociales (CS) de l’enfant. Le but de cet articl...
