Abstract The article assesses the historical context and the conceptual frame of initiatives aiming to reduce drug-related harm. Such initiatives are explored from the perspective of public health, focusing on the Brazilian experience. The review di...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and to analyze factors associated to the growth delay in children at the age of five. METHODS: The baseline study analyzed 2040 children at the age of five verifying possible association between growth delay (in...
Abstract The purpose of this study was observe the relation of life style and metabolic syndrome (MS) overweight/obese women. Were evaluated 50 women (body mass index, BMI=31±6, kg/m2; age=36±11 years old); clinical examination, blood biochemistry,...
In this paper my purpose initially comprehends the presentation of some ideas on disability and the rehabilitation process, the latter defined in its condition of process. We will observe a few differences between this conception and the idea of a st...
This paper describes the main conclusions of a research developed from 2005 to 2007 in the Family’s Healthcare Unit Jardim Pinheiro, in the Sanitary District of Santa Felicidade, in Curitiba – PR. It was investigated the existing and necessary co...
The purpose of this work is analyzing the process of importation, that is a part of the health control of psychotropic substances, made by Anvisa‘s ports, airports, borders. For this work, psychotropic substances are defined as active pharmaceu...
ABSTRACT Introduction This paper investigates the magnitude and the characteristics of violence against the elderly in households, practiced by confidential relatives, among the population living in Ilha da Conceição, in Niterpoi city, State of R...
This study aims to know what hospital workers think about the ecologic debate, searching fundaments that may stimulate a discussion about the development of responsible actions, taken by these subjects, in the context of hospital work. The theoretica...
