Although mostly studies show health as a result of social and economic REPLACEion of the individuals, it is believed that health can be considered a determining factor of the social opportunities achieved, especially regarding occupational opportunit...
In this article, we look at some characteristics of ethnographic approaches in mental health research, highlighting the motives for which the type of knowledge produced by ethnography is relevant to the context of Psychiatric Reform and biomedicaliza...
ABSTRACT The measuring scales are very important in the clinical practice, in the health evaluation and in the research. These scales are useful and able to present scientifically reliable results when they are developed properly and have appropria...
We conducted a cross-sectional comparative study on the nutritional outcome of severely obese patients are candidates for bariatric surgery assisted by the Unified Health System (SUS) and Supplemental Health Network (RS). The mean follow-up preoperat...
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Considered a high prevalence of infection in the world, the human papilloma virus (HPV) is a DNA virus that infects the genital mucosa and has great potential oncogeni, it is related to increased risk of lower genital tract lesions, such as cervical ...
Abstract Most economic evaluations that participate in decision-making processes of incorporation and financing of technologies of health systems use decision models to assess the costs and benefits of the compared strategies. Despite the large numb...
Given the dissemination of HIV epidemic and the need of controlling its transmission among IDU, harm reduction strategies were incorporated in many countries, including Brazil. Considering such features and taking into account the emergence of drugs ...
