Emergency contraception has been used in the prevention of unplanned pregnancy. However, it should be conducted only in situations where more secure methods of contraception have failed. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the knowledge ...
This paper analyses the illegal trade market of misoprostol, the main drug for medical abortion in Brazil. The study was conducted at the Distrito Federal Public Prosecution Service between 2004 and 2010 and analyzed ten cases. The cases were organiz...
This article presents a model of the health care value chain which consists of a schematic representation of Brazilian health care system. The proposed model aims to fit the Brazilian environment and to present a comprehensive and flexible framework ...
This article discusses the meanings attached to practices that promote adolescent health by 47 professionals from the Family Health Program in Fortaleza, Ceara. It is a qualitative study in which semi-structured interviews enabled the production of d...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the body dissatisfaction among adolescents, and to explore differences according to sex, socioeconomic status and body mass index. Methods: We studied 4325 individuals aged 14-15 years old from Pelo...
The aim of this study was to investigate the medicines stored in households of communities attended by Family Health Strategic (FHS) in city localized in South of Brazil. The sample was composed for 10% of households of each five FHS. Community Healt...
This article originated in research thesis entitled "Working Procedure of the Nurse in Promoting Health of the Elderly within the Family Health Strategy and aims to describe the configuration of nursing work with the elderly at the Family Health Stra...
The judicialization of access to high-cost drugs for rare genetic diseases, such as Fabry Disease (alpha-galactosidase A deficiency), is a growing phenomenon and is little studied systematically. An observational, cross-sectional and retrospective st...
