As usinas hidrelétricas e seus impactos: os aspectos socioambientais e econômicos do reassentamento rural de Rosana-Euclides da Cunha Paulista

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

Caracterização da abordagem ao hipertenso tabagista por profissionais de saúde na zona rural do município de Gália

Pós-graduação em Enfermagem (mestrado profissional) - FMB

Diagnóstico de enteroparasitoses numa comunidade rural de Mirante da Serra, Rondônia, Brasil

As enteroparasitoses estão entre as infecções mais comuns no homem, apresentando-se com maior intensidade em países subdesenvolvidos por estarem diretamente relacionadas às condições higiênico-sanitárias. Este estudo tem por objetivo investigar a presença de enteroparasitas causadoras de doenças no homem, em uma comunidade do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) no estado de Rondônia. No acampamento Pe. Ezequiel, município de Mirante da Serra, RO, foram utilizados os métodos direto e de sedimentação espontânea em água para detecção e identificação das formas parasitárias de protozoários e helmintos em material fecal de residentes do mesmo e o teste de ELISA (Ensaio imunoenzimático) para detecção de coprantígeno específico, anti-GIAP (proteina de aderência inibidora da galactose), de Entamoea histolytica (Tachlab, Blacksburg, VA, USA). Foram examinadas 313 amostras fecais pelos testes coproscópicos e 186 pelo teste de ELISA. A prevalência encontrada foi de 33,5% sendo a E. histolystica, Giárdia Lamblia e os ancilostomídeos os parasitas patogênicos mais frequentes. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas entre parasitismo e idade, mas entre agente causador da infecção e sexo houve significância entre E. histolytica e sexo feminino. Não foi possível determinar fator (es) de risco relacionado (s) às infecções. Quanto ao resultado do ELISA, foi detectado um número maior de amébiase intestinal por este método do que por coproscopia. Considerando ser o acampamento uma área rural sem infra-estrutura ideal, o baixo parasitismo encontrado foi surpreendente. Todavia, a estrutura alternativa do local somado à organização social do grupo, consciência comunitária e formação básica em saúde, constitui fatores preponderantes para a aprovação e/ou controle das enteroparasitoses.

Aplicação do modelo de acurácia em casos suspeitos de amebíase em uma comunidade rural do nordeste do Estado do Pará, Brasil

Introdução: São poucos e dispersos os estudos sobre prevalência de enteroparasitoses em nosso meio, sendo a maioria deles realizada em amostras de base populacional mal definidas, como usuários de serviços de saúde ou alunos de escolas públicas. Objetivo: Quantificar a prevalência da Entamoeba histolytica em uma população rural do Estado do Pará. Casuística e Método: Estudo coprológico pelo método da hematoxilina férrica em 124 moradores do meio rural de Tailândia, utilizando processo de amostragem aleatória para estabelecer a prevalência, a acurácia, os valores preditivos positivo e negativo, bem como a sensibilidade e especificidade. Resultados: Da amostra populacional, 56,58% pertenciam ao sexo masculino, sendo 60,6% entre as idades de 18 a 43 anos. No estudo da escolaridade, 64,5% tinham até 3 anos de estudo e 63,7% recebiam menos de 1 salário mínimo de remuneração. A prevalência de Entamoeba histolytica atingiu 24,2%. Conclusão: A acurácia, medida de valor global do teste efetuado, mostra que 73,4% dos pacientes foram classificados corretamente. O teste de sensibilidade de 70,0% definiu teste positivo para a infecção e a especificidade de 74,5%.

Fontes e composição das partículas atmosféricas na área urbana e rural da região central do Estado de São Paulo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Isolation of Leptospira spp. from a man living in a rural area of the Municipality of Cruz Alta, RS, Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Atmospheric pollutants in São Paulo state, Brazil and effects on human health – a review

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Saúde e qualidade de vida de adolescentes de um assentamento rural no Pontal do Paranapanema-SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Hipomineralização molar-incisivo em escolares da rede municipalde ensino da área urbana e rural de Manaus-AM

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Percepção de situações de risco ambiental na área rural de São José do Rio Pardo/SP

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Trade Liberalization, Corn Prices and a Rural Community in Guatemala

Trade liberalization policies in Guatemala have impacted agricultural production. This thesis focuses on how trade liberalization has happened, what have been the impacts at a national level and describes how a community has adapted to the implementation of these policies. The implementation of trade was influenced by several, international and national institutions. Among the international institutions are the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the United States Agency for International Development. At the national level the institutions that have partaken in shaping the trade policies are the military and the owners of capital and labor. The implementation of trade policies at a national level has affected national corn prices, population level diets and to some extent reduced poverty levels. At a local level trade liberalization policies have impacted land holdings, increased intensification of agriculture, including agrochemical, machinery and crop plantations per year, and consumption rates of corn have been affected. Maximization of the benefits and minimization of the detrimental effects can happen with the implementation of policies that promote food security, improve access to health and education, and prevent environmental and human health consequences from the intensification of agriculture and at the same time continue with the production of non-traditional agricultural products.

Rural Nebraska: Looking Back at a Decade of Change and Progress: 2005 Nebraska Rural Poll Results

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Nebraska Rural Poll, rural Nebraskans were asked about changes they may have experienced during the past ten years. Where have they lived during the past decade? In what types of business activities have they been involved? Have they received any education or training during that time period? What has been their experience with the Internet? This report details 2,851 responses to the 2005 Nebraska Rural Poll, the tenth annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. Respondents were asked a series of questions about changes they have experienced during the past ten years. For all questions, comparisons are made among different respondent subgroups, that is, comparisons by age, occupation, region, etc. Based on these analyses, some key findings emerged: One quarter of rural Nebraskans have lived somewhere other than their current community during the past ten years. Of those who have lived elsewhere, they have moved their primary residence an average of 2.2 times. Younger rural Nebraskans are more likely than older residents to have lived elsewhere during the past decade. Sixty-six percent of persons between the ages of 19 and 29 have lived in a different location, compared to only 12 percent of persons age 65 and older. Many rural Nebraskans who have lived in a different community during the past ten years have lived in another state. Forty-one percent of persons who have lived elsewhere during the past decade have lived in a different state. Forty-five percent have lived in a larger community (18% have lived in either Omaha or Lincoln and 27% have lived in or near a Nebraska community larger than their current one - other than Lincoln or Omaha). Thirty-six percent have lived in or near a Nebraska community smaller than their current one. Twenty percent of rural Nebraskans currently own a business. Thirteen percent started operating a business during the past ten years, 10 percent closed or stopped operating a business during this time period and four percent tried unsuccessfully to start a business. Persons living in or near the smallest communities are more likely than persons living in or near larger communities to currently own a business. Twenty-nine percent of persons living in or near communities with less than 500 people currently own a business, compared to 15 percent of persons living in or near communities with at least 10,000 persons. In general, rural Nebraskans have favorable opinions about self-employment but they also recognize the hardships and risks involved with this type of employment. Sixtyone percent agree that self-employment is desirable because they can be their own boss. Forty-four percent agree that self-employment provides a better quality of life than being an employee. However, 74 percent agree that self-employed individuals work longer hours than traditional employees and 70 percent agree that the cost of health insurance makes self-employment unappealing. Younger persons are more likely than older persons to agree that the cost of health insurance makes self-employment unappealing. Eighty percent of persons age 19 to 29 agree with that statement, compared to 55 percent of persons age 65 and older. One-half of rural Nebraskans have participated in formal education courses, workshops or other training activities during the past ten years. Sixty-nine percent of rural Nebraskans have Internet access either at home or at work. Sixty-six percent have acquired Internet access either at home or at work during the past ten years. An additional three percent had acquired access more than ten years ago. Persons with higher levels of income are more likely than persons with lower incomes to have acquired Internet access. Sixty-six percent of persons with household incomes of $60,000 or more have acquired Internet access at both home and work during the past ten years, compared to only 11 percent of persons with household incomes less than $20,000. Information searches and email are the most important reasons for having an Internet connection. Eighty-nine percent of rural Nebraskans with access to the Internet at either home or work say that information searches are an important or very important reason for having an Internet connection. Eighty-three percent say email is an important reason. In general, rural Nebraskans say their satisfaction with various features of their Internet connection has increased during the past ten years. Fifty-five percent of rural Nebraskans with an Internet connection at home say their satisfaction with the availability of service has increased during the past ten years and 50 percent report an increase in their satisfaction with the speed of their connection. Persons living in or near the larger communities are more likely than persons living in or near the smaller communities to say their satisfaction with the speed of their Internet connection has increased during the past ten years. Fifty-four percent of persons living in or near communities with populations of 5,000 or more say their satisfaction with the speed of their connection has increased over the past decade, compared to 43 percent of persons living in or near communities with less than 1,000 people.

Percepção de situações de risco ambiental na área rural de São José do Rio Pardo/SP

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Delay in the search for health services for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo

The scope of this paper is to analyze delays in locating health services for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ribeirao Preto in 2009. An epidemiological and cross-sectional study was conducted with 94 TB patients undergoing treatment. A structured questionnaire, based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool adapted for TB care was used. A median (15 days or more) was established to characterize delay in health attendance. Using the Prevalence Ratio, the variables associated with longer delay were identified. The first healthcare services sought were the Emergency Services (ES) (57.5%). The longest period between seeking assistance occurred among males, aged between 50 and 59, who earned less than five minimum wages, had pulmonary TB, were new cases, were not co-infected with TB/HIV, did not consume alcohol, had satisfactory knowledge about TB before diagnosis (with a statistically significant association with delay) and who did not seek healthcare close to home before developing TB. There is a perceived need for training healthcare professionals about the signs and symptoms of the disease, reducing barriers of access to timely diagnosis of TB and widely disseminating it to the community in general.

Relevant methodological issues from the SBBrasil 2010 Project for national health surveys

The SBBrasil 2010 Project (SBB10) was designed as a nationwide oral health epidemiological survey within a health surveillance strategy. This article discusses methodological aspects of the SBB10 Project that can potentially help expand and develop knowledge in the health field. This was a nationwide survey with stratified multi-stage cluster sampling. The sample domains were 27 State capitals and 150 rural municipalities (counties) from the country's five major geographic regions. The sampling units were census tracts and households for the State capitals and municipalities, census tracts, and households for the rural areas. Thirty census tracts were selected in the State capitals and 30 municipalities in the countryside. The precision considered the demographic domains grouped by density of the overall population and the internal variability of oral health indices. The study evaluated dental caries, periodontal disease, malocclusion, fluorosis, tooth loss, and dental trauma in five age groups (5, 12, 15-19, 35-44, and 65-74 years).