The universalization of basic care and commitment budget of the Ministry of Health with the Family Health Program (PSF) through new systematic financing incentives have been highlighted in the scenario of health policy Brazilian. One of the great obs...
When a disabled child is born, all the family’s expectations need to be reviewed because it is an unexpected situation and needs the family system to adjust to the new situation. Due to the meaning that sibling relations acquire during lifetime, ch...
Newborn screening programs (NSP) aim to detect carriers of several congenital diseases among asymptomatic infants in order to warrant effective intervention. Specimen collection is the first step of a process that should be done in a universal and ti...
Obesity is one of the world major epidemics, being important public health problem and it is associated with an increase of chronic diseases. Risk factors associated with lifestyle and characteristics of reproductive life can be important factors to ...
Abstract This report describes the reasons of the suicidal behavior in the adolescents, taking in this anthropologic analysis, the impact in the familiar and social context. The crew who took this effort was 12 teenagers, taken in an emergency hospit...
Sexuality and reproductive health are relevant issues for comprehensive care of people living with HIV. Public policies and health services, though, may not give these issues enough attention. The aims of this article is to understand how young peopl...
ABSTRACT Arterial hypertension is a relevant public health problem as it is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the major cause of mortality in Brazil. Low compliance and treatment dropout are among the main hindrances to individual control ...
This article aims to evaluate the reliability of data available in the Information System for Live Birth (SINASC) in the city of Teresina, Piauí State, Brazil for the year 2002. The proportion of data completeness was analyzed, and concordance betwe...
