Objective: to analyze the levels of anxiety, depression, and work engagement among nursing professionals in Prima - ry Health Care. Methods: cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study with nursing professionals from Family Health Units. We used: the Beck Anxiety Inventory; the Beck Depression Inventory; and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Results: we observed moderate anxiety among nur - ses and m...
Objective: to evaluate the levels of occupational stress, work engagement, and coping strategies among community health workers. Methods: cross-sectional study with 133 Community Health Workers. We used a questionnaire with socioeconomic and professional variables, the Work Stress Scale, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, and the Coping Modes Scale. Results: The mean occupational stress score was 2.7. Work enga...
O objetivo foi analisar os indicadores epidemiológicos da coinfecção tuberculose e o vírus da imunodeficiência humana (TB/HIV) no município de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, no período de 1998 a 2006. Os dados dos casos novos de TB, que iniciaram o tratamento entre janeiro de 1998 a dezembro de 2006, foram coletados do Sistema de Notificação da TB (EPI-TB). Foram notificados 306 casos. O coeficiente ...
This study aims to review plans for tuberculosis control through the analysis of measures for tuberculosis contact tracing in Brazil from 1984 to 2004. This article presents a literature review on tuberculosis control published in manuals of the Ministry of Health and the State Department of Health of Sao Paulo, and in Medline and Lilacs databases. There was a gap in the standardization of control measures in t...
This article aims to present the current situation of tuberculosis and how the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course) strategy has impacted national tuberculosis control programs worldwide, in Latin America and in Brazil. Data reveal a tendency towards a slow decline in disease rates (1%) around the world in 2003. In Brazil, data indicate a constant downward tendency of approximately 3% a year in incid...