Abstract: This article has as objective to after analyze the impact of well-being provoked in the life of the disabled people the access to Cash Benefit to Disabled People (BPC). The BPC is a benefit of the social assistance and consists of the uncon...
Objective: to determine prevalences of iron and vitamin A deficiencies among children and adolescents followed by a Family Health Strategy team in Itajaí-SC, and to assess relations between iron status and serum retinol. Methods: A nutritional cens...
ABSTRACT In some Latin America countries the development of Poison Control Centers Networks is similar to the one achieved in the developed world; thus, in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile or Cuba, acute poisonings are managed by well trained pro...
This study evaluated the self-perception of oral health condition of the institutionalized and not institutionalized elder population using a oral examination and three part questionnaire: demographic data, general health and the GOHAI index. A total...
Objective: Understanding the meaning of the teenagers’ experience of having ED’s (eating disorders), underscoring the aspects related to eating, from a phenomenological perspective. Method: 7 female teenagers with ED’s were interviewed, being t...
Introduction: Fetuses and children are more susceptible to the effects of environmental toxins. Objective: Determine the levels of organochlorine pesticides (HCB, ß-HCH, pp’DDT, op’DDT and pp’DDE) in the serum lipids of mothers of newborns ...
This study aimed to identify the relationship between sociodemographic variables and environment domain of Quality of Life (QOL) of adolescents. The sample was composed of 608 adolescents aged 14 to 20 years, the municipality of Lapa, PR, South Brazi...
The increase in the levels of violence, the number of traffic accidents and a greater participation of children in sports activities can transform traumatic dental injuries in an emerging public health problem. However, there is still a lack of data ...
