Objective: to present the characteristics of self-mutilation in students from a public school in the interior of the state of Ceará, Brazil. Methodology: cross-sectional study with 995 high school students from an integral public school. Data collection was carried out in person. The Self-Mutilation Behavior Scale and Student's t test and Analysis of Variance were used to compare the variables of interest. Resu...
This article aims to analyze the impact on the mental health of 73 university students from Ceará, after the onset of the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, considering the main facts that occurred, from the point of view of the following axes: triggering or worsening of mental disorders; suffering and (self) medication; and suicidal ideation, to understand the impact caused by COVID-19. A qualitative appr...
This study objectified to analyze the spatial distribution of mortality from oral cancer in 2018 and associated social factors in Brazil. This is an ecological study of deaths from oral cancer aggregated in 161 Intermediate Regions of Urban Articulation using the Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) and the Gini Index as independent variables. Mortality coefficients were calculated and the Local Empirical B...
Implantable devices are therapeutic options for oral rehabilitation, with several presentations available in the dental consumption market. The consumption power of health products is a little explored in the literature, particularly in the face of financial crises. The aim of this study was to evaluate the economic impact of biomaterials for bone regeneration in Brazil during the pandemic. A quantitative study...
Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of the incidence of COVID-19 and its correlation with the municipal human development index (MHDI) of the municipalities of Ceará. Methods: This is an ecological study with data recovered from the 15th to the 19th epidemiological week of the year 2020 using the MHDI and the COVID-19 incidence coefficient for each municipality as variables. The univariate and t...
Background: The particular characteristics of oral health care might influence job satisfaction and occurrence of burnout among providers, with consequent impact on their quality of life and the quality of care delivery. In the present study, we analyzed job satisfaction among oral healthcare providers affiliated with the public health service in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil, work-related factors and prevalence of bur...
The FAIMER-Brasil Regional Institute (FRI-BR) is a hybrid teacher training strategy in the area of health that encourages cooperation favored by a community of practices. The present thesis consists of three chapters that aim, respectively: 1 - to verify the formative results of FRI-BR; 2 - know the participants' perception about the training experienced at FRI-BR; 3 - identify the relationship between the co...
The Permanent Education in Health (EPS) aims to plan and execute training actions of health professionals that meet the needs of the population and the principles of the Unified Health System (SUS). The present study aimed to characterize the conceptions of dental managers and surgeons of Primary Health Care on EPS. The data collection was by interview with dental surgeons of the ESF and with professional repre...
BACKGROUND: The particular characteristics of oral health care might influence job satisfaction and occurrence of burnout among providers, with consequent impact on their quality of life and the quality of care delivery. In the present study, we analyzed job satisfaction among oral healthcare providers affiliated with the public health service in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil, work-related factors and prevalence of bur...
The aim of the study was to understand the work meaning under the perception of healthcare professionals of Family Health Strategy. It is related to a critical-analytical research with healthcare professionals who attend in Sobral’s Basic Care, Ceará. The people from the study consist of doctors, nursies, nursing assistants, dental surgeons, oral health agent aides and community health workers linked to Family ...