This paper describes the magnitude of the medical care of women pregnant with an anencephalic fetus. Anencephaly is an abnormality incompatible with life. The right to abort in this case is under litigation at the Brazilian Supreme Court. This survey...
The aim of this study was to find out the orofacial pain prevalence and its impact on oral impact on daily performance in the textile industries‘ workers in the municipality of Laguna, Brazil. A cross-sectional study involving all workers (n= 2...
Objective: it is to describe the life story of mothers of malnourished children and possibletheir associations to socio-demographic and psychosocial aspects. Method: a cross sectional study was carried out in a public health basic unit in Porto Alegr...
Abstract This paper discusses hospital infections based on the methodological concept of concrete totality and the consequent explanatory model of social determination, as critical paths for putting such occurrences and the possibilities for social ...
This study aims at analyzing, from the epidemiological point of view, occurrences of falls among children aged less than 15 who live in Londrina, Paraná, and were treated in emergency departments, hospitalized or passed away due to such event in 200...
The objective of this study were to characterize blood pressure control of 440 hypertensive patients. The persons were interviewed and blood pressure measurement was taken using an automatic device. The results showed that 45.5% showed an adequate bl...
This paper aims to analyze the view of masculine consumer about the attendance in primary health care. The objective is to find elements to the construction of qualitative pointers of users’ satisfaction. It is a qualitative research, involving tec...
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its association to socioeconomic status, in a sample of non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitória-ES, Brazil. This was a cross-sectional survey with a sample ...
