OBJECTIVE: Investigate the autoperception of teenagers, between 12 and 19 years-old in Aracaju-SE, about their health and relate it with pyschosocial aspects. METHODS: The present work is a quali-quantitative study of transversal cut, carried through...
The undernutrition has been appointed as risk factor to cause chronic diseases in later life. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its relationship to short stature, as evidence of stuntin...
ABSTRACT introduction-. The purpose of this paper is to report results from a qualitative evaluation of a school based intergenerational intervention and also to derive a theoretical framework to explain the changes of attitudes in an intervention...
Objective: To assess the influence of oral health in the daily routine of both institutionalized and non- institutionalized aged people living in the city of Recife-PE, as well as to come to conclusions concerning the relevance level of oral health i...
Empirical evidences have pointed out the relevant role of breastfeeding to diminish infantile mortality. Children-friendly Hospitals (IHAC) is a worldwide action developed by the United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF – and by the World Health...
Despite the emphasis of the territorial logic and in the first level of the public health services network, the users of this health system come demonstrating a persistent preference by emergency health services. In order to try to understand this be...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is an umbrella term used to describe Crohn´s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Both diseases are correlated but exhibited distinct clinical aspects. Epidemiological studies was conducted in order to describe the knowledge pr...
Objective: To evaluate the workshops of “accepting the patient” for dentists and of self-care for bearers of chronic Periodontitis. Methods: The patients attended at the Periodontics clinics of graduation and post-graduation Dentistry courses and...
