Intermittent fasting (IJ) has been the target of scientific research to improve health and increase longevity. The present study aimed to evaluate the metabolic effects of two IJ protocols, 6 and 12h, compared to dietary restriction. Twenty-eight adult male Wistar rats were used, divided into 4 groups (n=7): Control (C) - standard ad libitum diet; Fasting 12h (J12); Fasting 6h (J6) - Fasting for 6h and Group Di...
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with the use of male condoms in adolescents and young adults from urban settlement areas in a city of central-western Brazil. This is a cross-sectional investigation with 105 adolescents and young students aged 12 to 24 years, which used a structured questionnaire. Of the total number of interviewees, 61 (58.1%) had started their sexual life; of...
The objective was to investigate and compare sexual and reproductive knowledge and sources of information, between public school adolescents from Goiânia-Goiás. A cross-sectional study conducted with 2,449 students. We analyzed data from the self-reported questionnaire using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 13.0. We investigated the differences between proportions using c2 tests and a signif...
Study about the difficulties faced by professors when working the theme of sexual orientation in the school environment, aiming to develop pedagogical educational practices centered in prevention. The general goal was to develop and analyze, together with the teachers of a public school located in the east side of the city of Goiânia/Goiás, the process of critical consciousness about the construction of educati...
Objective: to know the conceptions of parents of adolescent students about the sexuality of their children. Methods: it is a qualitative research modality Strategic Research, using focus groups guided by a semi structured instrument with 15 parents of adolescent students. The data were analyzed by content analysis in which the following categories emerged: “Understanding aspects related to sexuality”; “Difficul...
Objective: to identify content related to the sexuality theme at schools from municipal and state networks; and to identify the difficulties and needs of teachers in the approach to this theme. Methods: cross-sectional study with 79 teachers of educational institutions using self-administered questionnaire. For analysis one used as an endpoint to belong to the municipal or state school networks. Result: most te...
Introduction: Hepatic capillariosis, caused by Capillaria hepatica (Calodium hepaticum) (Bancroft, 1893), Travassos, 1915 (Nematoda, Trichinelloidea, Capillariidae), is a common zoonosis in rodents but is rare in humans. Seventy-two cases in humans have been reported worldwide since the first case was described by MACARTHUR in 192417,27. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Capillaria hepatica in hum...
The objective of this study was to evaluate accessibility to primary health care services in the state of Goiás. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted based on secondary data from the National Program to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care. The study sample was composed of health professionals from 1,216 primary health care units. Results showed that 68.5% of the health units miss a...
The objective of this study was to compare the pain level related to the administration of benzathine penicillin on the ventrogluteal (VG) and dorsogluteal (DG) region. A randomized controlled trial. Sixty-one people participated in the study, 31 on the intervention group (VG region), and 30 on the control (DG region). The Chi-Squared and Mann-Whitney tests were used to test differences of proportions and to co...
This descriptive study was performed with 29 teachers from three public state schools in Goiânia, Goiás state. The teachers answered a semi-structured questionnaire that aimed at verifying the pedagogical practice in sex education, difficulties related to the theme, and the need for training. Most teachers were male (69%) and aged between 25 and 35 years (74%). Half held a graduate degree (54%) in human science...