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Giardia Duodenalis and Chronic Malnutrition in Children under Five from a Rural...
Introduction: Malnutrition and infections by intestinal parasites such as Giardia duodenalis coexist in the same geographical regions, reaching the highest prevalence in developing countries. The cycle of malnutrition and infection implies that both conditions can aggravate each other and compromise the growth and development of children with special relevance for under-five. The aim of this study was to invest...
Giardia Duodenalis e Desnutrição Crónica em Crianças Menores de Cinco Anos de u...
Centeno-Lima, Sónia; Rosado-Marques, Vitor; Ferreira, Filipa; Rodrigues, Ruben; Indenque, Benjamim; Camará, Idrissa; Sousa, Bruno; Aguiar, Pedro[PT] Introdução: A desnutrição e as infecções por parasitas intestinais como Giardia duodenalis coexistem nas mesmas regiões geográficas, atingindo maiores prevalências em países em desenvolvimento. O ciclo da desnutrição e infecção implica que ambas as condições se podem agravar mutuamente e comprometer o crescimento e desenvolvimento das crianças, com especial relevância para as menores de cinco anos. O objec...
What influences national and foreign physicians’ geographic distribution? An an...
Russo, Giuliano; Ferrinho, Paulo; Sousa, Bruno de; Conceição, CláudiaBackground The debate over physicians’ geographical distribution has attracted the attention of the economic and public health literature over the last forty years. Nonetheless, it is still to date unclear what influences physicians’ location, and whether foreign physicians contribute to fill the geographical gaps left by national doctors in any given country. The present research sets out to investigate the cu...
Internamentos hospitalares associados à onda de calor de Agosto de 2003 : evidê...
Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Nunes, Ana Raquel; Nunes, Baltazar; Falcão, José Marinho; Ferrinho, PauloEntre 28 de Julho e 15 de Agosto do ano de 2003, ocorreu em Portugal uma onda de calor muito intensa que afectou todos os distritos do Continente. O período com temperaturas muito elevadas durou dezanove (19) dias. O sistema de vigilância ÍCARO identificou a possibilidade da ocorrência de excesso de mortalidade associada ao calor, tendo a existência de efeitos relevantes sobre a mortalidade sido reconhecida pos...
Patterns of perceptions of workplace violence in the Portuguese health care sector
Ferrinho, Paulo; Biscaia, André; Fronteira, Inês; Craveiro, Isabel; Antunes, Ana Rita; Conceição, Cláudia; Flores, Isabel; Santos, OsvaldoThis article characterizes the problem of violence against health professionals in the workplace (VAHPITWP) in selected settings in Portugal. It addresses the questions of what types of violence are most frequent and who are the most affected health professionals. Three methodological approaches were followed: (i) documentary studies, (ii) a questionnairebased hospital and health centre (HC) complex case study ...
The epidemiology of malaria in Prábis, Guinea-Bissau
Gonçalves,Aldina; Ferrinho,Paulo; Dias,FranciscoThis article reports upon a community survey of malaria in Prábis, Guinea-Bissau. A house to house census of the population was initially carried out from August to December 1991(rainy season). After completing the census of each village, the population was invited to come, a week later, to a central point, where they were medically examined and finger-prick blood samples were collected for epidemiological char...
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