Objective: To analyze changes in the lifestyles of Brazilian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with adolescents who participated in the “Covid Adolescentes - Behavior Survey”. The indicators related to lifestyles before and during the pandemic were evaluated: consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods, physical activity and sedentary behavior, smoking and consu...
Objective: To investigate the use of health services and limitation in performing usual activities by adults and elderly people with and without Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs), according to socio-demographic strata. Methods: Cross-sectional study in which data from the 2019 National Health Survey were analyzed. The final sample corresponded to 88,531 households with interviews carried out, referri...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption, practice of leisure time physical activity and excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages for small areas of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Methods: Ecological study conducted with data from the telephone survey of Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases. The prevalence of risk and protection factors from 200...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes for small areas in Belo Horizonte, using the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI). Methods: Ecological study with data from the Surveillance of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel) conducted in Belo Horizonte, from 2006 to 2013. The self-reported diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension were evaluated. The est...
Objective: To estimate premature mortality due to Noncommunicable Diseases in Brazilian municipalities. Methods: This ecological study estimated premature mortality rates due to cardiovascular, chronic respiratory diseases, neoplasms and diabetes in Brazilian municipalities, for the three-year periods of 2010 to 2012 and 2015 to 2017, and analyzed spatial and temporal distribution of these rates. Data treatment...
Introduction: In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, it is important to monitor the performance of the signatory countries. Objective: This study aims at analyzing the Sustainable Development Goals’s health indicators for 2017 and projections for 2030 estimated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, regarding the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries. Materials and methods:...
A avaliação e o acompanhamento das ações do Programa Nacional de Vigilância em Saúde Ambiental Relacionada à Qualidade da Água para Consumo Humano (Vigiagua) são importantes para validar o processo de trabalho, identificar nós e sugerir mudanças objetivando o avanço do Programa. Trabalhos sobre o Vigiagua geralmente exploram aspectos quantitativos e metas atingidas, inexistindo uma avaliação qualitativa sobre a...