Articles

0997/2012 - Psychotropic drugs in Family Health Strategy: profile of use, access and strategies to promote the rational use (20/07/2012)
Bruno Simas da Rocha, Maria Cristina Werlang
Artigo / Tema Livre
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The use of psychotropic drugs is increasing, and in Brazil there are few studies investigating its use in the population and Primary Health Care (PHC). This study aimed to determine the prevalence and patterns of psychotropic drug use by patients of ...

0550/2012 - Different sides of depression in eldery suicide (19/07/2012)
Fatima Gonçalves Cavalcante, Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento Mangas, Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo
Artigo / Tema Livre
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This article analyses different sides of depression and its association to elderly suicide based in psychological autopsies. It was used a retrospective method to study undetermined deaths, based on interviews and reports, which analyzes psychosocial...

1223/2012 - Sociocultural determinants of road traffic crashes (RTC) (19/07/2012)
Samuel Jorge Moysés
Artigo Temático
Publicado

0723/2012 - Prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in students of a city in southern Brazil (18/07/2012)
Josué Luís Pedroni, Andressa Cavalli, Mariana Sirtoli, Lahna dos Reis Roth, Simone Marin, Ricardo Halpern, Ricardo Rodrigo Rech
Artigo / Tema Livre
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Obesity is considered the most important nutritional disorder due to an rapid increase in its prevalence in recent years. The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and excess fat in 11 to 14 years school (boys and gir...

1216/2012 - EVALUATION OF A REHABILITATION PROGRAM OF APPLICATION OF THE BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY IN THE JEQUITINHONHA VALLEY (18/07/2012)
Ana Cristina Resende Camargos, Kênnea Martins Almeida Ayupe, Grazielle Fernandes da Silva, Maria Cecília Teles, Sérgio Antunes Santos, Fernanda Oliveira Ferreira
Artigo / Tema Livre
Publicado

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a public program of application of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) in muscle spasticity, range of motion, quality of gait, functional independence and quality of life of children and adolescents wi...

1132/2012 - Captured by sex: the medicalization of male sexuality in two stages (18/07/2012)
FABIOLA ROHDEN
Artigo Temático
Publicado

The aim of this article is to discuss the medicalization of male sexuality considering two distinct historical processes. The first one refers to the great movement for intervention on male sexuality occurred in the early twentieth century in Brazil ...

0943/2012 - Association between ecological characteristics of the municipalities and the risk of homicide in adult males aged 20-39 years in Brazil, 1999-2010 (18/07/2012)
Elisabeth C. Duarte, Walter Massa Ramalho, Rosane Aparecida Monteiro, Nereu Henrique Mansano, Lúcia Rolim Santana de Freitas, Leila Posenato Garcia
Artigo Temático
Publicado

Homicide mortality remains an important public health problem in Brazil, especially among young adult males. The aim of this study was to assess the homicide mortality risk (HMR), among males aged 20-39 years, and its associations with sociodemograph...

1186/2012 - Die less who dies in the traffic? (17/07/2012)
Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo
Artigo Temático
Publicado