Produção do conhecimento da enfermagem no controle da tuberculose no Brasil: [editorial]
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (4), 2008
Resultados: 31
Tuberculosis contact control in Brazil: a liberature review (1984-2004)
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (2), 2008
This study aims to review plans for tuberculosis control through the analysis of measures for tuberculosis contact tracing in Brazil from 1984 to 2004. This article presents a literature review on tuberculosis control published in manuals of the Ministry of Health and the State Department of Health of Sa...
Performance indicators of DOT at home for tuberculosis control in a large city, SP, Brazil
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 16 (1), 2008
The study had the objective to analyze the performance of the health services that implement the Directly Observed Therapy at home for tuberculosis control. This study analyzed four Tuberculosis Control Programs, referred to as A, B, C, and D, using the following indicators: Resource use; Performance qui...
Time series of tuberculosis mortality in Brazil (1980-2001)
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (5), 2007
This descriptive study aimed to describe Tuberculosis-related mortality in Brazil between 1980 and 2001, through time series analysis of data from the DATASUS related to cases in which Tuberculosis was the basic cause of death. The mortality rates were calculated per 100,000 inhabitants according to gend...
Poverty: socioeconomic characterization at tuberculosis
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (spe), 2007
This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological status of Tuberculosis regarding to the socioeconomic characteristics of São José do Rio Preto between 1998 and 2004. Indexes estimated for 432 urban census tracts from the demographic census of 2000, sorted systematically according to the values of soci...
Current epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis and the impact of the DOTS strategy in disease control
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
This article aims to present the current situation of tuberculosis and how the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course) strategy has impacted national tuberculosis control programs worldwide, in Latin America and in Brazil. Data reveal a tendency towards a slow decline in disease rates (1 percent)...
Geoprocessing in health area
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 14 (6), 2006
The map's usage and the concerns about geographic distribution related with diseases are not a recent issue. A classical example is the John Snow survey -maps were used to locate cholera's cases and related them with the water supplying. The spatial representation techniques are fewer used in health sect...
Visión panorámica de la situación de salud en el Perú
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 8 (6), 2000
El trabajo presenta un panorama general de la situación de salud del Perú en las últimas décadas, realizando una breve evolución histórica de la salud, destacando los cambios que acontecieron como consecuencia de las transformaciones socio-económicas y políticas que repercutieron sobre la salud d...
Tuberculosis patients submitted to supervised treatment. Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brazil. 1998 and 1999
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 13 (1), 2005
O trabalho apresenta um levantamento realizado com 132 doentes de Tuberculose, submetidos ao tratamento supervisionado no período de 01/1998 a 12/1999, com objetivo de descrever aspectos epidemiológicos segundo as variáveis sexo, resultado de tratamento e resultado de sorologia para HIV. A cobertura a...
A comissão de pesquisa da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo: objetivos e atuação (1989-2003)
Rev. latinoam. enferm; 12 (5), 2004
O presente relato resgata os catorze anos de história da Comissão de Pesquisa da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (EERP/USP), as atribuições, competências e atividades realizadas por seus membros, em destaque o Programa Institucional de Iniciação Científica do Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa...
