Morbidity Surveys
Mostrando 13-24 de 39 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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13. Desemprego, trabalho sem proteção social e saúde: Uma análise do indivíduo e do contexto
The social and institutional changes occurring in the last decades due to globalization, employment crisis and erosions in social welfare conquests, are printing new faces to social inequalities, with important repercussions in population health. This thesis investigated health inequalities related to individuals´ labor market position. The labor market sta
Publicado em: 2008
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14. Naturally acquired antibodies to merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1(19) and cumulative exposure to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in remote populations of the Amazon Basin of Brazil
To infer recent patterns of malaria transmission, we measured naturally acquired IgG antibodies to the conserved 19-kDa C-terminal region of the merozoite surface protein (MSP)-1 of both Plasmodium vivax (PvMSP-1(19)) and Plasmodium falciparum (PfMSP-1(19)) in remote malaria-exposed populations of the Amazon Basin. Community-based cross-sectional surveys wer
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2007-12
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15. Clinical spectrum of uncomplicated malaria in semi-immune Amazonians: beyond the " symptomatic " vs " asymptomatic " dichotomy
We analyzed prospectively 326 laboratory-confirmed, uncomplicated malarial infections (46.3% due to Plasmodium vivax, 35.3% due to P. falciparum, and 18.4% mixed-species infections) diagnosed in 162 rural Amazonians aged 5-73 years. Thirteen symptoms (fever, chills, sweating, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, cough,
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 24/05/2007
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16. Evaluation of Project Comprehensive Quality in Health(QUALIS) applying a health survey / Análise do Programa de Qualidade Integral em Saúde - QUALIS - a partir de inquérito domiciliar
A health survey, held in 2001 in two administrative districts of the city of Sao Paulo (inhabited by 190,000 people) was used to measure the impact of the "Family Health Program" - QUALIS in referred morbidity and lifestyle for those 15 and older. Through univariate and multivariate analysis, using several socioeconomic measures, we came to the conclusion th
Publicado em: 2007
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17. Assessment of schistosomiasis, through school surveys, in the Forest Zone of Pernambuco, Brazil
This work had the objective of assessing the present epidemiological situation regarding schistosomiasis through performing Kato-Katz coproscopic tests on representative samples of schoolchildren from each of the 43 municipality of endemic area of the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The methodology is recommended by the World Health Organization to conduct samp
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2006-10
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18. Self-reported hypertension and antihypertensive drug use among adults in São Paulo city, Brazil: a population-based study / Hipertensão arterial referida e uso de anti-hipertensivos em adultos na cidade de São Paulo, 2003: um estudo de base populacional
Objective: Hypertension is the major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and most of hypertensive patients will require medication for the control of blood pressure. This study analyses the prevalence of self-reported hypertension and the utilization of antihypertensive agents by adults in São Paulo City, Brazil, according to socioeconomic an
Publicado em: 2006
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19. Varicella-Zoster in children attended in day cares of Taubaté / "Varicela -Zóster em crianças de creches municipais de Taubaté"
Objective: To evaluate the morbidity associated to varicella in day cares centers of Taubaté and the parent s knowledge about the disease. Subjects and Methods: Cross-sectional study, including 664 children that had varicella after admission to the day care centers. Parents of children were interviewed by one of the participant of the study that filled in p
Publicado em: 2005
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20. Análise eco-epidemiológica da leishmaniose tegumentar americana em uma área endêmica da microrregião de Caratinga, Minas Gerais (Brasil), submetida a ensaio comunitário com vacina antilta.
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is a transmitted disease complex psycho-social impact and public health, such as high morbidity and mortality due to Texico treatment. Objeticou to characterize the ecology and epidemiology of the disease and temporal and spatial distribution of cases, study the environmental and conduct qualitative research flobotomíneos speci
Publicado em: 2004
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21. Ultrasound monitoring of structural urinary tract disease in Schistosoma haematobium infection
A major advance in our understanding of the natural history of Schistosoma haematobium-related morbidity has come through the introduction of the portable ultrasound machines for non-invasive examination of the kidneys and bladder. With the use of generators or battery packs to supply power in non-clinical field settings, and with the use of instant photogra
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Publicado em: 2002-10
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22. Another British disease? A recent increase in the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE--To examine trends in the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in Britain between 1977 and 1985. DESIGN--Secondary analysis of two cross sectional population based surveys. SETTING--The first survey was conducted in 1977 in West London and the second in 1984-85 throughout Great Britain. PARTICIPANTS--Members of the public randomly selected
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23. The contribution of mortality statistics to the study of multiple sclerosis in Australia.
Mortality statistics provided a valuable source of support for data obtained from prevalence surveys of multiple sclerosis in Australia. Firstly, multiple sclerosis mortality data for the decade 1971-80 in the States of Australia confirmed the relationship between increasing disease frequency and increasing south latitude shown by State and regional point pr
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24. Single mothers: their health and health service use.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate differences in reported health and health service use in single mothers. DESIGN: The study was a survey of data derived from the General Household Surveys conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS). SETTING: The OPCS data are derived from samples of households throughout Great Br