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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...
Focal persistence of soil-transmitted helminthiases in impoverished areas in th...
Monteiro, Kerla Joeline Lima; Reis, Elis Regina Chaves dos; Nunes, Beatriz Coronato; Jaeger, Lauren Hubert; Calegar, Deiviane AparecidaThis study aims to describe the prevalence, distribution, and factors associated with soil-transmitted helminthiases (STHs) in rural localities in Piaui, Brazil. Two cross-sectional surveys (n=605 subjects; 172 families) were carried out in order to obtain socio-demographic, anthropometric, spatial and parasitological data. Parasites were evaluated using Kato-Katz and centrifugal sedimentation techniques. Eggs ...