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Revolução 2008-?
Dunn,JohnPor dois séculos, a experiência da França em 1789 transformou a relativamente anódina categoria da revolução num eixo obrigatório do juízo político em todo o mundo. Nessa longa travessia, ela serviu mais insistente e efetivamente para definir a lealdade e a antipatia políticas do que para dirigir a agência política para fins bem definidos e politicamente acessíveis. O que a equipou para fazer isso foi uma image...
Causes of death among crack cocaine users
Ribeiro,Marcelo; Dunn,John; Sesso,Ricardo; Dias,Andréa Costa; Laranjeira,RonaldoOBJECTIVE: The study accompanied 131 crack-cocaine users over a 5-year period, and examined mortality patterns, as well as the causes of death among them. METHOD: All patients admitted to a detoxification unit in Sao Paulo between 1992 and 1994 were interviewed during two follow-up periods: 1995-1996 and 1998-1999. RESULTS: After 5 years, 124 patients were localized (95%). By the study endpoint (1999), 23 patie...
Motivation to change drinking behavior: the differences between alcohol users f...
Figlie,Neliana Buzi; Dunn,John; Gomes,Luis Cláudio Santoro; Turisco,Janaina; Payá,Roberta; Laranjeira,RonaldoCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: For some patients who have developed significant alcohol-related physical disease, total abstinence from alcohol may offer the best chance of survival. The aim of this study was to investigate motivation for treatment in two groups of alcohol users: outpatients from the gastroenterology clinic and outpatients from the specialist alcohol treatment service. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-section...
Estrutura fatorial da Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale ...
Figlie,Neliana Buzi; Dunn,John; Laranjeira,RonaldoOBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi o de investigar a confiabilidade e a estrutura fatorial da Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES), versão 8,¹ instrumento com 19 itens que mensura a prontidão para a mudança em dependentes de álcool. MÉTODOS: Uma análise fatorial confirmatória da SOCRATES foi realizada em uma amostra de 326 dependentes de álcool, tratados ambulatorialmente, tend...
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure among non-smoking waiters: measurement of ...
Laranjeira,Ronaldo; Pillon,Sandra; Dunn,JohnCONTEXT: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a health risk that is of concern to patrons and of particular concern to employees of restaurants and bars. OBJECTIVE: To assess environmental tobacco smoke exposure (using expired carbon monoxide levels) in non-smoking waiters before and after a normal day's shift and to compare pre-exposure levels with non-smoking medical students. DESIGN: An observational s...
The frequency of smoking and problem drinking among general hospital inpatients...
Figlie,Neliana Buzi; Pillon,Sandra Cristina; Dunn,John; Laranjeira,RonaldoCONTEXT: Although the CAGE questionnaire is one of the most widely used alcohol screening instruments, it has been criticized for not identifying people who are drinking heavily or who have alcohol related problems but do not as yet show symptoms of alcohol dependence. The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) questionnaire was developed by WHO as a screening instrument specifically designed to ident...
Desenvolvimento de entrevista estruturada para avaliar consumo de cocaína e com...
Dunn,John; Laranjeira,Ronaldo ROBJETIVO: Criar uma entrevista estruturada em português, sensível à cultura brasileira, para avaliar usuários de cocaína. MÉTODO: Uma revisão da literatura foi usada para desenvolver uma "agenda oculta" que dirigiria as entrevistas exploratórias com 20 usuários de cocaína. Essas entrevistas ajudaram no processo de conceituar e operacionalizar as perguntas que seriam utilizadas na primeira versão do instrumento....
Nurses' attitudes towards alcoholism: factor analysis of three commonly used sc...
Pillon,Sandra; Laranjeira,Ronaldo; Dunn,JohnOBJECTIVE: To investigate the psychometric properties of three scales commonly used to measure attitudes and beliefs about alcoholism. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using a systematic sample. SETTING: Hospital São Paulo (a public general tertiary hospital) and the adjoining Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS: 310 nurses and nursing teachers. INSTRUMENTS: The Marcus Alcoholism Questionnaire, T...
Psychoactive drug use by medical students: a review of the national and interna...
Mesquita,Ana Maria; Laranjeira,Ronaldo; Dunn,JohnNon-medical drug use among medical students is a major concern among researchers and policy makers in several countries, not only because of the personal harmful consequences that may arise from this behavior, but also for the social consequences. This article aims to evaluate national and international data available on non-medical drug-use among medical students and risk factors associated with these problems...