The changes experienced in the world of work in contemporary society leads to the need to rethink alternatives to the training of health professionals, thus allowing the approach of the health problems of individuals and collectives. Based on these c...
This work aimed to perform an ecological analysis of suicide mortality of people aged 60 years or more in Brazilian cities in 2005-2007 period, investigating associated factors. Data on suicide deaths were extracted from the Mortality Information Sys...
One of the goals of Brazilian National Newborn Screening Program, created in 2001, was to inform couples with chances of having children with sickle cell diseases in relation to reproductive decision-making. This article presents the reproductive cho...
Gestational energy expenditure (EE) is the basis for nutritional counseling and weight control. The objective of the present study was to systematically review the behavior of the basal metabolic rate (BMR), the largest component of EE, during non ge...
This study evaluated the impact of nutrition assistance (intervention) on the total gestational weight gain for adolescents and to understand the perceptions of adolescents about the intervention. It is a quantitative and qualitative research with tr...
We analyze the mortality, hospitalization and emergency room visits for assault in Brazil, from 1996 to 2007. The data sources are the Mortality Information System / SIM, the Hospital Information System / SIH and Surveillance System of Violence and I...
Introduction: Step 6 from the Baby-Friendly Hospital (BFH) initiative states: "Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated". Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the use of supplements among rooming-in...
