ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the knowledge of the elderly assisted by the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) about HIV/AIDS infection in a health unit, before and after an educational intervention. Method: a quasi-experimental study analyzing the changes related to the knowledge about HIV/AIDS of 60 elderly individuals divided into two groups, who participated in an educational intervention, ...
Resumo Introdução A tuberculose (TB) é uma doença infectocontagiosa causada pelo complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Objetivo Analisar a tendência e o perfil epidemiológico dos casos de TB registrados no Estado de Alagoas no período de 2007 a 2016. Método Trata-se de estudo descritivo envolvendo todos os casos de TB registrados em Alagoas entre 2007 e 2016. Inicialmente, foi analisada a tendência da taxa de in...
ABSTRACT Objective: To learn the epidemiological characteristics of HIV infection in pregnant women. Method: Descriptive study with quantitative approach. The study population was composed of pregnant women with HIV/AIDS residing in the state of Alagoas. Data were organized into variables and analyzed according to the measures of dispersion parameter relevant to the arithmetic mean and standard deviation (X ± S...
Abstract Objective: to describe the epidemiological profile of elderly persons with leprosy in the state of Alagoas. Method: a descriptive epidemiological study of leprosy cases among the elderly reported to the Disease Notification Information System between 2005 and 2015 was carried out. Results: a total of 896 cases were identified, with a predominance of 60-69 years old (60.5%), who were male (50.4%), had n...
Idosos contaminados pelo HIV ampliam as estatísticas ao redor do mundo. Este estudo teve como objetivo geral descrever as características da Aids em pessoas com 60 anos de idade ou mais, atendidos em hospital de referência para HIV/Aids no Ceará, no período de 1989 a 2004. Desenvolveu-se pesquisa documental utilizando fichas de notificação compulsória de Aids disponíveis no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de N...