The purpose of this article is to map, characterize and qualify the health care provided by SUS and services under SUS’ contract to the elderly people in situations of violence in Rio de Janeiro, based on major policies aimed at this group. This is...
The Health Secretary of São Paulo, Brazil has developed a Health Necessities Index (HNI) to identify priority areas to offer health assistance. In 2008 a survey on oral health status was accomplished. The objective in this ecological study is to ana...
This research proposes a framework of indicators to monitor the activities of the Workers’ Health Reference Centres (CEREST). CEREST are structural elements of the National Network of Integral Attention to Workers’ Health (RENAST) and are coordin...
The aim of the present study was to understand the perceptions and feelings of physicians dealing with tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro. Eleven physicians working in a large public hospital were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The in...
People with prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation require permanent care and use of equipment that can determine a long term hospital stay, difficulty of access for patients with acute injuries, as well as personal expertise and stress with ...
The objective of this study was to analyze the associated factors to the degree of physical activity participation (DPAP) among students of a public university in south of Brazil. The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Questionnaire was used fo...
The aim is to discuss the nutrition education practices in the ongoing context. First, it will discuss the governmental actions related to nutritional education in the national public food and nutrition, second, in the local actions of the nutritiona...
Although medicines are recognized as a key element to treat health problems, there is little information available on medicine use by workers. To estimate the prevalence and to describe the patterns of medicine consumption in hospital workers and to ...
