The prevalence and risk factors associated with vitamin A deficiency (VAD) were analyzed in mothers (664) and their children (790) under the age of five years in Pernambuco/2006. A population-based, cross-sectional study, representative sample in urb...
This article aims to arouse suspicions to the value attributed to medical truth present in the biomedical literature. It was taken as example the issue of protection of sexual practices and turned to the works of thinkers like Nietzsche, Baudrillard,...
The study aimed to understand the perception and the exercise difficulties of the hospital monitoring in surgical inpatient units from a public hospital in the city of Niteroi, R.J., on the hospitalized users’ viewpoint of the and discuss them in l...
Objective: To know the perception of leaderships, health professionals and users about citizenship and improving the health of families belonging to a vulnerable community. Method: An exploratory study, with qualitative character, guided by theory ba...
This article discusses the role of the populations affected by situations of environmental injustice in producing knowledge about environmental health. Such situations arise from inequalities and discriminations in the distribution of risks and benef...
The Rio + 20 Conference mobilizes the global community in 2012 to participate of a challenging debate on the global environmental situation and the existing modus operandi as to the broad and generic thematic on development and environment. One of th...
The burning of forest biomass popularly known as "fire" is an ancient and widespread practice in the country and is characterized as a major contributor to global emissions of greenhouse gases. However, global awareness of their impact is relatively ...
In a scenario of loss of ecosystem services and the high social inequity a new model of development is needed: one able to promote social development reducing its ecological footprint. The ‘Green Economy’ model is proposed as an alternative. This...
