Abstract This study evaluated the acceptability of blood donors concerning the donation steps (reception, nursing, medical selection and collection) at the Recife public hemocentre with emphases on the receptivity. A sample of 527 donors was obtai...
BACKGROUND: Drug users (DU) are a marginalized population, at-risk for viral hepatitis, who seldom access health services. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey with 111 DU with chronic HBV/HCV and 15 in-depth interviews with health professionals/policema...
A woman passes through an important process of body image reshaping when dealing with breast cancer. This article aims to understand the relationship breast cancer and its treatments have in the process of (re) construction of women’s body image. T...
Communicating an unfavorable diagnosis during prenatal care is a growing challenge in clinical practice, as more and more tests are being performed to screen for the main conditions affecting the pregnant woman and her fetus. The way patients receive...
This study, with a hybrid, ecological and time-tendency design, aimed to study the relation between the Adapted Living Condition Index and the spatial distribution in the occurrence of Tb in the year 2000 and to obtain the spatial correlation in case...
Health is affected throughout life by characteristics of social nature, which produce inequalities in exposures and vulnerabilities. These social determinants interfere with the well-being, functional independence and quality of life of the elderly, ...
Anemia and malnutrition, main nutritional deficiencies during childhood, are mostly related to socio-economical factors. Thus, due to represents the main politic to fight the poverty, it is expected that the Bolsa Família Program (BFP) promotes an i...
The aim of this study was to review the publications from 2001 to 2008 regarding the work of the Oral Health Team (OHT) in the Brazilian Family Health Strategy (FHS), in order to investigate the publications profile and the studies that can support t...
