Objective: Analyze the temporal trends of mortality in road traffic accidents (ATT) as well as identify the existence and location of clusters of high risk of deaths by ATT using spatial analysis. Methodology: Descriptive study of temporal trends by ...
The home-based care services, arise in Brazil at the psychiatric reform, as a improvement of the policy for de-institutionalization, as well as essential services to overcome custody practices, characteristic from the asylum. These services allow spa...
The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence and associated factors with high levels of Blood Pressure (BP) among adolescents from a Brazilian city. Cross-sectional study conducted in 653 adolescents (57.9% female) from 14 to 19 years old. Syst...
The aim of this study was to describe reports of violence against the elderly (≥ 60 years) captured by the Information System for Notifiable Diseases - version net (Sinan Net) in 2010. We conducted a descriptive, retrospective study, with data ...
This article discusses the aluminum production in Brazil and its socio-environmental impacts and public health, and in recent years is becoming a more important commodity metal to maintain a positive trade balance nationally. The impacts of aluminum ...
Objective: Evaluating the growth in children attending public daycare centers of the Government of Paraiba and to analyze the contribution of vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiencies. Methods: Cross-sectional study in 240 preschool children. We consider...
The adolescence age is a stage of life which potentially harmful behaviors to one´s health can be initiated. Therefore, the assessment of quality of life in this matter becomes useful to identify higher risk groups that may compromise society´s gen...
The object of this study is the occupational stress of female police officers in Rio de Janeiro. We used the qualitative approach (interviews, focal groups and observations) to seek their perceptions about gender differences in the performance of pol...
