Objective: To analyze temporal trends and spatial patterns of mortality from neglected tropical diseases (NTD) in Piauí, 2001-2018. Methods: Mixed ecological study, with hazard ratio (RR) calculation,spatio- temporal trend analysis, Poisson regression with inflection points, using data from the Mortality Information System. Results: There were 2,609 deaths due to NTD in the period (4.60/100,000 inhabitants), 55...
The co-infection Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV is an important public health problem with high morbidity and mortality burden in the world and in Brazil. This study aimed to characterize the spatial and temporal patterns of mortality related to this co-infection in the country from 2000 to 2011. Descriptive and analytical study using secondary data obtained from the Health Information System Ministry of He...
Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortal - ity data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths re - lated to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. The h...
A hanseníase é hiperendêmica no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar as tendências dos indicadores da hanseníase no Tocantins em 2001-2012. Análise de dados advindos do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Incluíram-se casos novos de residentes no Tocantins. Calcularam-se os indicadores da hanseníase e analisaram-se as tendências temporais por meio de regressão poli...
Objective: identifying the scientific knowledge about nursing care for family members of ICU patients. Methodology: an integrative review seeking to answer the guiding question << What is being produced/published about the performance of nursing facing the needs of relatives of inpatients in ICU? >> Data collection was performed by searching in the databases LILACS and MEDLINE, using two themes: family, Nursing...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze temporal trends and distribution patterns of unsafe abortion in Brazil. METHODS: Ecological study based on records of hospital admissions of women due to abortion in Brazil between 1996 and 2012, obtained from the Hospital Information System of the Ministry of Health. We estimated the number of unsafe abortions stratified by place of residence, using indirect estimate techniques. The follo...
The present study reports the experience of a student/professional undertaking a Distance e-learning (DeL) specialization course in Family Health at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. The target group consisted of physicians, nurses and dentists of the primary health care teams in the Family Health Strategy of the municipalities of Ceará state. The Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moo...
Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a significant public health problem in Brazil and several regions of the world. This study investigated the magnitude, temporal trends and spatial distribution of mortality related to VL in Brazil. Methods: We performed a study based on secondary data obtained from the Brazilian Mortality Information System. We included all deaths in Brazil from 2000 to 2011, in which ...