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ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), 2013
RACIONAL: O Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE) aborda informações que precisam est... more RACIONAL: O Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE) aborda informações que precisam estar descritas de forma clara e de fácil compreensão, destacando riscos, possíveis benefícios e procedimentos. Atualmente discute-se a possibilidade de sujeitos de pesquisa não entenderem totalmente o texto do TCLE nem seus direitos como participantes, mesmo tendo assinado o TCLE e aderido à pesquisa. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a legibilidade dos TCLE, bem como correlacionar a aceitação do sujeito da pesquisa com estado demográfico, fatores sociais, relação risco-benefício e nível de instrução. MÉTODOS: Análise dos dados de 793 pacientes, que foram convidados a participar de diferentes protocolos de pesquisa clínica em hospitais privados e públicos. Foram revistos os dados dos prontuários médicos para obtenção dos dados demográficos e sociais. Foram usados os Índices de Legibilidade Flesch Reading Ease e Flesch-Kincaid para avaliar o nível de legibilidade dos textos dos TCLE. RESULTADOS: A adesão ...
Ba c k g r o u n d: Ambient levels of air pollution may affect the health of children, as indicat... more Ba c k g r o u n d: Ambient levels of air pollution may affect the health of children, as indicated by studies of infant and perinatal mortality. Scientific evidence has also correlated low birth weight and preterm birth, which are important determinants of perinatal death, with air pollution. However, most of these studies used ambient concentrations measured at monitoring sites, which may not consider differential exposure to pollutants found at elevated concentrations near heavy-traffic roadways. Objectives: Our goal was to examine the association between traffic-related pollution and perinatal mortality. Met h o d s: We used the information collected for a case–control study conducted in 14 districts in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, regarding risk factors for perinatal deaths. We geocoded the residential addresses of cases (fetal and early neonatal deaths) and controls (children who survived the 28th day of life) and calculated a distance-weighted traffic density (DWTD) measure...
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2017
Objectives: to analyze the influence and performance on Policy, Structure and Organization dimens... more Objectives: to analyze the influence and performance on Policy, Structure and Organization dimensions in the regionalization process in five health regions in Brazil. Methods: a quantitative, cross-sectional study using primary data from 217 fulfilled interviews with managers, service providers and representatives of society in five health regions in Brazil. Calculation on the Influence Index that measures the contribution level of three dimensions in regionalization. Results: after analyzing the three dimensions that influence the regionalization process separately, it is necessary to point out that there is a better performance on the Policy dimension in front of all the others; on the other hand, Structure dimension shows itself to be feeble, configuring a real obstacle to progress the regionalization process; Organization occupies an intermediate place in all the regions of the study. The insufficient availability of physical, human and financial resources impedes to advance the...
Human Resources for Health, 2016
Background: Physician shortage is a global issue that concerns Brazil's authorities. The organiza... more Background: Physician shortage is a global issue that concerns Brazil's authorities. The organizational structure and the environment of a medical institution can hide a low-quality life of a physician. This study examines the relationship between the hospital work environment and physicians' job satisfaction and motivation when working in a large public academic hospital. Methods: The study was restricted to one large, multispecialty Brazil's hospital. Six hundred hospital physicians were invited to participate by e-mail. A short version of the Physician Worklife Survey (PWS) was used to measure working satisfaction. Physicians were also asked for socio-demographic information, medical specialty, and the intention to continue working in the hospital. Results: Data from 141 questionnaires were included in the analyses. Forty-five physicians graduated from the hospital's university, and they did not intend to leave the hospital under any circumstance (affective bond). The motivating factor for beginning the career at the hospital and to continue working there were the connection to the medical school and the hospital status as a "prestigious academic hospital"; the physicians were more satisfied with the career than the specialty. Only 30% completely agreed with the statement "If I had to start my career over again, I would choose my current specialty," while 45% completely agreed with the statement "I am not well compensated given my training and experience." The greater point of satisfaction was the relationship with physician colleagues. They are annoyed about the amount of calls they are requested to take and about how work encroaches on their personal time. No significant differences between medical specialties were found in the analysis. Conclusions: The participants were satisfied with their profession. The fact that they remained at the hospital was related to the academic environment, the relationship with colleagues, and the high prestige in which society holds the institution. The points of dissatisfaction were inadequate remuneration and the fact that work invaded personal time. Routinely, there is a need for organizations to examine the impact of their structures, policies, and procedures on the stress and quality of life of physicians.
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2010
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de exposição aos campos magnéticos gerados por linhas de transmis... more OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de exposição aos campos magnéticos gerados por linhas de transmissão (LT) e caracterizar a população exposta. MÉTODOS: Informações sobre LT da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo foram fornecidas pelas concessionárias de energia e mapeadas usando sistema de informação geográfica (SIG). Dados demográficos e socioeconômicos foram obtidos por meio do Censo 2000 e incluídos no SIG em outra camada. Foram considerados expostos os domicílios e seus habitantes localizados a uma distância da LT suficiente para gerar um campo magnético 0,3 µT (microteslas). A prevalência foi estimada por meio da área de corredores de exposição ao longo das LT. A largura dos corredores de exposição se baseou em duas abordagens: uma consistiu em larguras pré-definidas pela tensão da LT e a outra por meio de cálculo do campo magnético. As informações socioeconômicas entre expostos e não expostos foram comparadas pela aplicação do teste de duas proporções (α= 5%). RESULTADOS: Nos cor...
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2017
Objectives: to present a methodology used by the Policy, Planning and Region Management research ... more Objectives: to present a methodology used by the Policy, Planning and Region Management research and the Health Care Networks in Brazil - the Regions and Networks research. Methods: description of the analytical scheme in the process of choosing health regions and criteria to select cities and health units, instruments for collecting primary and secondary data and the indicators database, besides the regional typology elaborated for data analysis. Results: the analytical scheme is based on the health policy analysis; policy, structure and organization were defined as the macro dimensions. For each one of these, sub-dimensions were defined. The questionnaire was elaborated by variables that were possible to analyze the regionalization process determinants. Five health regions were selected from the previously defined criteria. Conclusions: the method allowed to establish attributes in the regionalization, constructed by specific components - integration, coordination and regulation. ...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008
ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), 2013
RACIONAL: O Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE) aborda informações que precisam est... more RACIONAL: O Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido (TCLE) aborda informações que precisam estar descritas de forma clara e de fácil compreensão, destacando riscos, possíveis benefícios e procedimentos. Atualmente discute-se a possibilidade de sujeitos de pesquisa não entenderem totalmente o texto do TCLE nem seus direitos como participantes, mesmo tendo assinado o TCLE e aderido à pesquisa. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a legibilidade dos TCLE, bem como correlacionar a aceitação do sujeito da pesquisa com estado demográfico, fatores sociais, relação risco-benefício e nível de instrução. MÉTODOS: Análise dos dados de 793 pacientes, que foram convidados a participar de diferentes protocolos de pesquisa clínica em hospitais privados e públicos. Foram revistos os dados dos prontuários médicos para obtenção dos dados demográficos e sociais. Foram usados os Índices de Legibilidade Flesch Reading Ease e Flesch-Kincaid para avaliar o nível de legibilidade dos textos dos TCLE. RESULTADOS: A adesão ...
Ba c k g r o u n d: Ambient levels of air pollution may affect the health of children, as indicat... more Ba c k g r o u n d: Ambient levels of air pollution may affect the health of children, as indicated by studies of infant and perinatal mortality. Scientific evidence has also correlated low birth weight and preterm birth, which are important determinants of perinatal death, with air pollution. However, most of these studies used ambient concentrations measured at monitoring sites, which may not consider differential exposure to pollutants found at elevated concentrations near heavy-traffic roadways. Objectives: Our goal was to examine the association between traffic-related pollution and perinatal mortality. Met h o d s: We used the information collected for a case–control study conducted in 14 districts in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, regarding risk factors for perinatal deaths. We geocoded the residential addresses of cases (fetal and early neonatal deaths) and controls (children who survived the 28th day of life) and calculated a distance-weighted traffic density (DWTD) measure...
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2017
Objectives: to analyze the influence and performance on Policy, Structure and Organization dimens... more Objectives: to analyze the influence and performance on Policy, Structure and Organization dimensions in the regionalization process in five health regions in Brazil. Methods: a quantitative, cross-sectional study using primary data from 217 fulfilled interviews with managers, service providers and representatives of society in five health regions in Brazil. Calculation on the Influence Index that measures the contribution level of three dimensions in regionalization. Results: after analyzing the three dimensions that influence the regionalization process separately, it is necessary to point out that there is a better performance on the Policy dimension in front of all the others; on the other hand, Structure dimension shows itself to be feeble, configuring a real obstacle to progress the regionalization process; Organization occupies an intermediate place in all the regions of the study. The insufficient availability of physical, human and financial resources impedes to advance the...
Human Resources for Health, 2016
Background: Physician shortage is a global issue that concerns Brazil's authorities. The organiza... more Background: Physician shortage is a global issue that concerns Brazil's authorities. The organizational structure and the environment of a medical institution can hide a low-quality life of a physician. This study examines the relationship between the hospital work environment and physicians' job satisfaction and motivation when working in a large public academic hospital. Methods: The study was restricted to one large, multispecialty Brazil's hospital. Six hundred hospital physicians were invited to participate by e-mail. A short version of the Physician Worklife Survey (PWS) was used to measure working satisfaction. Physicians were also asked for socio-demographic information, medical specialty, and the intention to continue working in the hospital. Results: Data from 141 questionnaires were included in the analyses. Forty-five physicians graduated from the hospital's university, and they did not intend to leave the hospital under any circumstance (affective bond). The motivating factor for beginning the career at the hospital and to continue working there were the connection to the medical school and the hospital status as a "prestigious academic hospital"; the physicians were more satisfied with the career than the specialty. Only 30% completely agreed with the statement "If I had to start my career over again, I would choose my current specialty," while 45% completely agreed with the statement "I am not well compensated given my training and experience." The greater point of satisfaction was the relationship with physician colleagues. They are annoyed about the amount of calls they are requested to take and about how work encroaches on their personal time. No significant differences between medical specialties were found in the analysis. Conclusions: The participants were satisfied with their profession. The fact that they remained at the hospital was related to the academic environment, the relationship with colleagues, and the high prestige in which society holds the institution. The points of dissatisfaction were inadequate remuneration and the fact that work invaded personal time. Routinely, there is a need for organizations to examine the impact of their structures, policies, and procedures on the stress and quality of life of physicians.
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2010
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de exposição aos campos magnéticos gerados por linhas de transmis... more OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de exposição aos campos magnéticos gerados por linhas de transmissão (LT) e caracterizar a população exposta. MÉTODOS: Informações sobre LT da Região Metropolitana de São Paulo foram fornecidas pelas concessionárias de energia e mapeadas usando sistema de informação geográfica (SIG). Dados demográficos e socioeconômicos foram obtidos por meio do Censo 2000 e incluídos no SIG em outra camada. Foram considerados expostos os domicílios e seus habitantes localizados a uma distância da LT suficiente para gerar um campo magnético 0,3 µT (microteslas). A prevalência foi estimada por meio da área de corredores de exposição ao longo das LT. A largura dos corredores de exposição se baseou em duas abordagens: uma consistiu em larguras pré-definidas pela tensão da LT e a outra por meio de cálculo do campo magnético. As informações socioeconômicas entre expostos e não expostos foram comparadas pela aplicação do teste de duas proporções (α= 5%). RESULTADOS: Nos cor...
Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2017
Objectives: to present a methodology used by the Policy, Planning and Region Management research ... more Objectives: to present a methodology used by the Policy, Planning and Region Management research and the Health Care Networks in Brazil - the Regions and Networks research. Methods: description of the analytical scheme in the process of choosing health regions and criteria to select cities and health units, instruments for collecting primary and secondary data and the indicators database, besides the regional typology elaborated for data analysis. Results: the analytical scheme is based on the health policy analysis; policy, structure and organization were defined as the macro dimensions. For each one of these, sub-dimensions were defined. The questionnaire was elaborated by variables that were possible to analyze the regionalization process determinants. Five health regions were selected from the previously defined criteria. Conclusions: the method allowed to establish attributes in the regionalization, constructed by specific components - integration, coordination and regulation. ...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2008