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Acidentes Automobilísticos no Brasil em 2017: estudo ecológico dos anos de vida...
Lima,Tamires Feitosa de; Macena,Raimunda Hermelinda Maia; Mota,Rosa Maria SalaniRESUMO Este estudo se propõe a descrever o impacto dos Acidentes Automobilísticos no Brasil, no ano de 2017, sobre os anos de vida perdidos ajustados por incapacidade. Estudo ecológico, com dados secundários da Global Health Data Exchange (Global Burden of Disease 2017) disponibilizados pelo Institute for Health Metricsand Evaluation. Os dados foram obtidos utilizando filtros de causa (ferimentos na estrada por...
Discrimination based on sexual orientation against MSM in Brazil: a latent clas...
Magno,Laio; Silva,Luís Augusto V. da; Guimarães,Mark Drew Crosland; Veras,Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena; Deus,Luiz Fábio Alves de; Leal,Andrea FachelABSTRACT Introduction: Discrimination based on sexual orientation can influence vulnerability to HIV, increasing exposure to risky sexual behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM). Objectives: To analyze data using latent class analysis (LCA) to identify groups of individuals with specific patterns of discrimination based on sexual orientation (DSO). Methods: Cross-sectional study using respondent-driven s...
Hazardous alcohol use among transwomen in a Brazilian city
Kerr-Corrêa,Florence; Pinheiro Júnior,Francisco Marto Leal; Martins,Telma Alves; Costa,Daniel Lucas da Conceição; Macena,Raimunda Hermelinda MaiaAbstract: There is a lack of information about alcohol use by transgender women. We estimated the prevalence of dangerous alcohol use in the last 12 months by transgender women, who are known as travestis in Brazil, and we identified the associated risk factors. Three hundred travestis were recruited using Respondent Driving Sampling (RDS). We applied the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). We co...
Prevalência e fatores associados à violência no ambiente de trabalho em agentes...
Ferreira,Marcelo José Monteiro; Macena,Raimunda Hermelinda Maia; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Pires Neto,Roberto da Justa; Silva,Ageo Mário Cândido daResumo O objetivo deste artigo é estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à violência no trabalho em agentes de segurança penitenciária do sexo feminino no Brasil. Estudo seccional, analítico, de abrangência nacional, realizado em 15 unidades prisionais femininas nas cinco regiões do Brasil. Foi realizado o teste de qui-quadrado de Pearson. O Odds Ratio e os Intervalos de Confiança foram estimados para os ...
Viral hepatitis in female sex workers using the Respondent-Driven Sampling
Matos,Marcos André de; França,Divânia Dias da Silva; Carneiro,Megmar Aparecida dos Santos; Martins,Regina Maria BringelABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis B virus and C virus infections and their genotypes and analyze the risk factors for the markers of exposure to hepatitis B virus in female sex workers in a region of intense sex trade. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed with four hundred and two female sex workers in Goiânia, Brazil. Data have been collected using the Respondent-Driven Sa...
Social determinants of leprosy in a hyperendemic State in North Brazil
Monteiro,Lorena Dias; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,JorgABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the socioeconomic, demographic, operational, and health service-related factors associated with the occurrence of leprosy in a hyperendemic State in North Brazil. METHODS This is an ecological study based on secondary data from the Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação in municipalities of the State of Tocantins from 2001 to 2012. Units of analysis were the 139 municipa...
Pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome and cardiovascular risk
Henriques,Ana Ciléia Pinto Teixeira; Alencar,Júlio César Garcia de; Pinto,Lívia Rocha de Miranda; Mota,Rosa Maria SalaniObjective: to analyze the changes in life expectancy (LE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) in São Paulo's elderly population to assess the occurrence of compression or expansion of morbidity, between 2000 and 2010. Methods: cross-sectional and population survey, based on official data for the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and data obtained from the Health, Well-Being and Aging Survey (SABE). Functional d...
Assessment of endothelial function by flow-mediated dilation of the brachial ar...
Andrade,Joana Adalgisa Furtado Magalhães; Carvalho,Francisco Herlânio Costa; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Andrade,Guilherme Augusto MagalhãesObjectives: to determine the prevalence of endothelial dysfunction and its association with a history of mild and severe preeclampsia in adolescents. Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out at the MEAC-UFC with 103 primiparous adolescents postpartum. The assessment of endothelial function was performed by way of flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery. Variables (age, body mass index, gestation...
Genotyping and drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains o...
Luiz,Roberta dos Santos Silva; Suffys,Phillip; Barroso,Elizabeth Clara; Kerr,Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo; Duarte,Cynthia RomarizOBJECTIVES: This study has used a combination of clinical information, spoligotyping, and georeferencing system to elucidate the genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in a TB-prevalent municipality of Northeast Brazil. METHODS: A total of 115 M. tuberculosis strains were isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients from January 2007 to March 2008 in Fortaleza. Drug susceptibi...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer afte...
Aguiar,Paulo Henrique Walter; Pinheiro,Luiz Gonzaga Porto; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Margotti,Nair Hermínia Gurjão; Rocha,João Ivo XavierPURPOSE: To check the rate of sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification in patients with locally advanced breast cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy comparing intraoperative contact cytology (imprint) and embedded in paraffin and validation of methods. METHODS: A cross-sectional validation of diagnostic test involving 34 patients from the outpatient clinic of the Maternity School Assis Chateaubriand. T...