The present text constitutes a reflection on the author’s experience as head of a Secretariat of Health of a big city, during two and a half years. It presents a systematization of the strategic projects, the political and technical activities and ...
During physician`s consultation, the lack of adequate information on medication to the patient is a major problem to reach the correct pharmacotherapy. This study aims at assessing the patient knowledge about prescribed drugs. To do that interviews ...
The mental health is a well-being state where the individual has conscience of its capacities, it is capable of will deal with stress normal of the life, to work productively and to contribute for its community. The present work has as objective to a...
Abstract This article brings a reflection, from a bioethical point of view, about the dilemma of the allocation of public resources to the health care of people with disabilities in Brazil. The concept of disability and the legal framework are prese...
The aim of this work was to determine the natural fluoride concentrations in public water supplies in Piauí, Brazil, in order to identify cities at risk for high prevalence of dental fluorosis. For each city, two samples of drinking water were colle...
Abstract: This study is the result of an expanded research and action project whose objective is to present and discuss the main thematic units that emerged from discussions conducted with the users of the SUS booklet regarding user rights. Between M...
This article analyzes the physical and mental diseasing of officers of the gendarmerie and civil police forces of the State of Rio de Janeiro on the basis of their work conditions and professional activities. This text is based on two investigations ...
This paper discusses the possibilities of re-orienting work processes at the primary care level, using the concepts and pre-suppositions of the health surveillance system. In this way it presents some key concepts that could help put into operation a...
