Pretos e pardos no Brasil e negros nos Estados Unidos têm risco aumentado de desenvolver hipertensão arterial, quando comparados com brancos, mas as causas dessa desigualdade ainda são pouco compreendidas. Fatores psicossociais e contextuais, inclusive discriminação racial, têm sido apontados como condições associadas a essa desigualdade. O estudo teve como objetivo identificar a associação entre discriminação ...
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Background: The study explores associations between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality, which in Latin America and Brazil have been scarcely studied and with inconsistent results. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 14,749 individuals who participated in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto, ELSA-Brasil)...
Background: Unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as smoking and sedentary behavior, are among the main modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. The workplace is regarded as an important site of potential health risks where preventive strategies can be effective. We investigated independent associations among psychosocial job strain, leisure-time physical inactivity, and smoking in public serv...