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Sociodemographic profile of adolescents from a technical public high school in ...
Sousa, Ranieri Flávio Viana de; Cardoso, Darwin Renne Florencio; Nascimento , Mariana Almendra Cavalcante do; Mateus, Alba da SilvaIn recent years, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) have been increasing worldwide, especially among adolescents. Thus, the study aims to investigate the knowledge that adolescents have about the main signs and symptoms of STIs. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, interpretative study, with a quantitative approach. The study was carried out in a Public Technical High School in the Northeast of Brazil thr...
Interactions between malnutrition, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and poverty a...
Almeida, Mayron Morais; Monteiro, Kerla Joeline Lima; Bacelar, Polyanna Araújo Alves; Santos, Jéssica Pereira dos; Freitas, Simone Patrícia Carneiro dePoverty, malnutrition and neglected tropical diseases such as soil-transmitted helminthiases (STHs) interact in a multi-causal feedback network. This study aimed to assess the relationships between STHs, income and nutritional status of children in impoverished communities in the city of Caxias, Maranhao State, Northeastern Brazil. A cross-sectional survey (n=259 children) was carried out with the collection of...