Social policy councils began to be set up in municipalities in Brazil in the 1990s, first in the health care sector, then spreading to other sectors, for the purpose of including civil society in municipal policy management. Studies have encountered ...
Chronic kidney disease progresses with renal failure and the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT). Secondary prevention may postpone end-stage renal disease for many years. The present, retrospective, study intended to analyze prognostic factors ...
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Snakebite envenomations represent an important, albeit neglected, public health issue worldwide. In this sense, we performed a descriptive study of snakebite cases admitted and registered, between the years 2007 and 2010, in the health units of the m...
Objective: Analysis and update of the epidemiological situation of meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in the last 10 years in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Methods: Retrospective, descriptive study, which used the data system of notifica...
School-based cross-sectional study that evaluated the prevalence and associated factors of daily intake of soft drinks, sweets and fried foods among adolescents (15 to 20 years) of public schools in Caruaru-PE, in 2007. To evaluate the factors associ...
