Aiming to investigate prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the population of the Eastern Region of Goiania, Goias, a transversal study was done involving 3.275 individuals, aged 15 years and more. Through home visits were collected data for i...
This study analyses law bills towards the sanitary control of alcohol advertisement in the mass media presented to the Brazilian Congress from 1988 to 2004. The sanitary control of this advertising is a controversial issue bringing about an ethical-p...
The antimicrobials are one of the groups of the most prescribed drugs in hospitals and which cause a great concern for the suitability of their use . The profile of the antimicrobials utilized in a private hospital in the countryside of Rio Gran...
The guided policies designed to modify the health care system occurred in three stages: the first occurred at the end of the military regimen with the implantation of the Integrated Actions of Health (AIS); the second came with the implantation of th...
ABSTRACT The article discusses the health, risks and the work of fishermen and crab catchers in region of APA Guapimirim in Guanabara Bay. The fishermen and the crab catchers are typical informal workers, they suffer from absence protection and la...
Abstract: This study examines the work process of a Family Health Unity (USF), in a small municipality, inland the state of Rio de Janeiro. We start from the question of what is causing the population registered in a family health program look for th...
Abstract: In 2000, the Ministry of Health has established financial support and included Oral Health Teams in the Family Health Strategy, which is recognized as an approach to reorganize the Primary Care Services in the Brazilian Health System. The p...
The water for human consumption is the main vehicle for the transmission of pathogens that are capable to cause enteric parasitic diseases; therefore, its microbiological control is vital. The present work had the purpose to evaluate the bacteriologi...
