Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T16:48:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether parents’ current and previous physical activity practice is associated with adolescents’ physical activity. Methods The sample was composed of 1231 adolescents (14–17 years), and 1202 mothers and 871 fathers were interviewed. Weight and height...
This study aimed to analyze the perception of health managers and professionals of determinants for the decline in infant mortality over the last decades, as well as the challenges to keep on reducing the values of this indicator in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. A qualitative research was conducted by analyzing the interviews of 38 managers, health professionals, and researchers, selected using the so-called snowba...
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Studies have shown that community mobilization is important to fight violence. This study identified the perceptions on violence among leaderships from two outskirt regions with different levels of community mobilization in Londrina, state of Paraná, Brazil. A qualitative approach was adopted, with content analysis of the data. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with leaderships identified through the "s...
In the last few years Brazil has been experiencing an increase in urban violence. Particularly in the city of Londrina (state of Paraná), there has been a disturbing growth of violence rates which has caused the city leaderships to take action. The aim of this study is to investigate what community-based leaderships think about the health team's performance regarding the violence issue. The leaderships are from...
This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of accidents and violence against children under 15 years old who lived in Londrina, a city in the South of Brazil, in 2001. Morbidity data were collected from general hospitals records and mortality data were obtained from the Municipal Mortality Information Center. A total of 8,854 children were studied, which corresponded to an incidence rate of...
The objective of this descriptive study is to present the profile of women who were assisted at a women's care center in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, and to characterize the cases in relation to types of violence, main complain, environment where the violence occurred and the woman-perpetrator relationship. Information extracted from the records of women assisted in 2001 was processed using the Epi Info soft...