Through an ethnographic research, were analyzed the interactions among the ways of life and drink of youths indigenous of a populous place of Upper Rio Negro. For so much was used a theoretical model that allowed to decompose and to articulate the so...
In recent decades changes are experiencing in the organization of public clinical laboratories; without, however, cause an organizational assessment of its effectiveness. The study aimed to determine a parameter of effectiveness for public clinical l...
This study had the objective of evaluating the social-sanitary conditions and their impact on the quality of life of the elderly living in the Teixeiras Municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Two questionnaires were used: one created specifi...
Objective: to identify workers profile that received temporary or permanent benefit by Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder (WMSD) in Diamantina’s Social Welfare Agency (DSWA) between 2002 and 2005, and to compare the prevalence that population. M...
This article presents the results of the study on knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on dengue in an urban community in Northeast of Brazil, and the risk situations regards this transmission. The study was observational and used a semi-structured...
Objective: To evaluate management practices of regional referencing in the State of São Paulo, identifying the main difficulties in the process of agreement between health managers to achieve integrate health care. Methodology: 5 regions were select...
Abstract - The science of human development comes stimulating a new vision on the health research, highlighting contextual and ecological variables that influence the development process and making contingent to the individual´s diagnosis and treatm...
Introduction: Illicit drug consumption among youngsters is a public health concern that requires attention. However, little research has highlighted the importance of “drug information availability” among protection factors. Aim: To identify, fro...
