To evaluate the genetic diversity and clustering rates of M. tuberculosis strains to better understand transmission among persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), southern Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study, including strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from PDL, stored at the Central Laboratory of RS, in the period from 2013 to 2018. The molecular characterization was performed using t...
This article aims to analyze the performance of Community Councils in penal institutions in Rio Grande do Sul State, related to prison health. This is an exploratory and descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, using Bardin’s data triangulation strategy and Content Analysis. Eight Community Councils participated in the study. The analysis of the collected data resulted in five thematic categories for ...
Identificar estratégias interdisciplinares de educação em saúde, no contexto de trabalho hospitalar, com foco na segurança do paciente. Revisão de literatura nas bases de dados PubMed e LILACS, utilizando os descritores: “Educação em Saúde”; “Pesquisa Interdisciplinar” e “Segurança do Paciente”. Os critérios de inclusão foram: artigos publicados entre 2015 e 2019 nos idiomas português e/ou inglês; foram excluíd...
Medicinal plants are one of the first forms of medicine known to mankind through teas, and nowadays they are still used as a way to promote health and well-being. Despite being part of government programs, medicinal plants and herbal medicines are still not often indicated. Given this reality, we sought to identify the use of medicinal plants as a factor in health promotion, performing an integrative review, in...
Aim: to analyze the indicators of hospital admission and mortality due to diabetes mellitus, considering the 28th Health Area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Methods: a retrospective and descriptive study of the epidemiological indicators available on the website of the State Health Secretariat. In the period of 2015 and 2016, the reported cases of hospitalization and death of individuals resulting ...
Suplemento "XI Semana Acadêmica da Medicina da Unisc".
Background and Objective: Aiming to meet the demand for publications of epidemiological knowledge, the objective was to investigate the profile of the publications of the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection Control (RECI) from its inception in October 2011 until June 2017. Method: A descriptive study was carried out based on the analysis of the published articles, SEER Platform data and lattes curriculum of t...
Objetivo: descrever a geolocalização de sobrepeso/obesidade e pressão arterial alterada de escolares residentes em Santa Cruz do Sul/RS. Método: estudo transversal, incluindo 1578 escolares de ambos os sexos, com idade entre sete e 17 anos, de 18 escolas do município. Utilizou-se o índice de massa corporal para avaliar o sobrepeso/obesidade e, para pressão arterial, utilizou-se medida da pressão sistólica (PAS)...
O Diabetes Melllitus caracteriza-se pela hiperglicemia. Os exercícios físicos apresentam efeitos hipoglicemiantes, sendo importantes coadjuvantes no tratamento do Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1 (DM1) e do Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 (DM2). Objetivo: identificar o tipo de exercício físico, volume e intensidade ideal para pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus, considerando as disfunções metabólicas e as variáveis cardiorrespira...