Objective. To estimate magnitude and determinants of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rates in Goiânia, Brazil, 2012. Methods. Retrospective cohort study, using linkage of Live Births Information System and Mortality Information System. It has been used logistic regression to evaluate neonatal e post-neonatal death associated factors. Results. Neonatal mortality (0-27 days of life) was 9.4; and post-n...
Objective. Compare the actions taken to care for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by primary health care (PHC) in the state of Goiás, Brazil, between 2012 and 2014. Methods. Descriptive study with secondary data from the National Program for Improving Access and Quality in Primary Care (PMAQ-AB). The proportions of teams that performed NCD coping actions were compared between PMAQ-AB cycles I and II usi...
Objective. To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension in adults from Senador Canedo, Goiás, Brazil, in the year 2016. Methods. Cross-sectional study, with three-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire was applied and measurements of weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure and total cholesterol levels were performed. Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios (...