The paper describes a pedagogical experience with the post-graduate teaching on the discipline History and Paradigms of Health Knowledge. The experience led to the first two courses at the National School of Public Health “Sergio Arouca”, Fiocruz...
We present and debate on the Dialogy of Laughter, a concept based upon the praxis of popular health education performed with joy. Health for us is a resource for life and not a goal on life; health promotion is a positive reaction that leads to an am...
Abstract The aim of this study was to identify and compare maternal feeding strategies and characteristics of the interactions between mothers of malnourished and eutrophic children. Eight pairs of mother/malnourished child and eight pairs of mothe...
A cross-sectional study that objective to identify the factors associated with the metabolic syndrome in administrative workers of an oil industry. A total of 1,387 workers were examined, including anthropometric and biochemical data, lifestyle, dem...
Objective: To estimate the metabolic syndrome (MS) prevalence and its associated factors in rural communities of Minas Gerais State. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and populational based study, conducted in Virgem das Graças and Caju, which are ...
Abstract Objectives: The objective was to evaluate prevalence and associated variables in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), by gender, in Duque de Caxias/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Methods: This is a population-based cross-sectional study with 1,...
Phosphorus is a nutrient with finite and non-renewable sources, whose operating speed is now much higher than the rates of return to its natural cycle, and there are already predictions about a likely collapse in the available and known sources, with...
Abstract: The study explores the influences of cultural traditions rooted in the construction of medical discourse at the Instituto Fernandes Figueira/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz generated by physicians regarding children with genetic diseases involving...
