This study aimed to describe the management and results of the test event to make distancing measures more flexible in Santa Catarina, Brazil. This is an experience report that described results of the test-event, carried out in July 2021 and for which the participants underwent the real-time polymerase chain reaction diagnostic test 72-48 hours before, being monitored for 15 days. The outcomes analyzed were SA...
Objective: To observe possible association between the occurrence of infectious diseases during the first two years of life and the occurrence of asthma symptoms in six-year-old children. Methods: Cross-sectional study involving 956 six-year-old schoolchildren. Asthma symptoms were assessed through International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaires. Socio-demographic data, mother-reported i...
Introdução: O aumento das taxas de excesso de peso infantil no mundo é preocupante e amplia os riscos de diversas doenças crônicas na vida adulta. No Brasil, a análise da prevalência de excesso de peso nesta faixa etária é fundamental para compreender, formular e aprimorar ações para seu enfrentamento que implementem a qualidade de vida e saúde das crianças e adolescentes brasileiros. Objetivo: Descrever sistem...
Objective: To estimate the accuracy of abdominal circumference measurement as a method of diagnosing overweight in six-to-seven-years-old children. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 1026 six-to-seven-years-old schoolchildren in southern Brazil was carried out. Children’s weight and height were collected at schools. Body mass index were calculated and categorized in z-score in eutrophy, overweight and o...
O vínculo materno-fetal consiste na relação entre uma mulher grávida e seu filho durante a gestação. Faz-se necessária a identificação de pacientes com dificuldade em criar este vínculo, minimizando possíveis consequências emocionais para a gestante ou seu filho. Assim, este estudo objetiva adaptar transculturalmente e identificar as propriedades psicométricas da versão brasileira da Escala de Apego Materno-Fet...
Justificativa e Objetivos: A pandemia de influenza A (H1N1) de 2009 atingiu mais de 200 países com graus variados de morbimortalidade, fomentando diversas pesquisas na área, com objetivo de auxiliar futuras estratégias epidemiológicas. O uso de modelos matemáticos de infecções pode propiciar melhor compreensão deste fenômeno e fornecer subsídios para intervenções em saúde pública. O presente estudo teve como ob...
Chamada Pública FAPESC n10/2015 – FAPESC/MS-DECIT/CNPQ/SES-SC – APOIO À PROGRAMA DE PESQUISA PARA O SUS (PPSUS) – GESTÃO COMPARTILHADA EM SAÚDE; As Doenças Crônicas Não transmissíveis (DCNT) estão entre as principais causas de mortes no mundo, com grande número de mortes prematuras e muitas vezes, grave limitação nas atividades de trabalho e de lazer, o que provoca impactos econômicos para as famílias, comunid...
Objective: to analyze the association between the spreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 and the decision-making of the municipal government of Florianópolis (Brazil) regarding social distance. Methods: We analyzed new cases of COVID-19 with nowcasting treatment identified in Florianópolis residents between February 1 and July 14, 2020. Decrees related to COVID-19 published in the Official Gazette of the Municipalit...
Objective: This article proposes to create an instrument to analyze the adequacy of risk classification protocols for COVID-19 to the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and analyzes the protocol used by Santa Catarina. Method: The descriptive research was composed of three parts: 1) extraction of information regarding risk analysis and COVID-19 from WHO documents; 2) elaboration of an instrument ...
Objective: To estimate the incidence of excess of body weight in the school period and explore possible association with prenatal factors. Methodology: An epidemiological study with a longitudinal design was carried out. All children from the first to the fifth grade of elementary school, aged between seven and 10 years old, enrolled in public and private schools and from families residing in Palhoça City, Sant...