Rebeca Heyse Holzbach, Gabriel Resun Gomes da Silva, Jean Carlos Bianchi, Danúbia Hillesheim, Fabrício Augusto Menegon, Ana Luiza de Lima Curi Hallal
{"title":"Excess deaths among adults in the state of Santa Catarina: an ecological study during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil, 2020-2021.","authors":"Rebeca Heyse Holzbach, Gabriel Resun Gomes da Silva, Jean Carlos Bianchi, Danúbia Hillesheim, Fabrício Augusto Menegon, Ana Luiza de Lima Curi Hallal","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200003","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to estimate excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Santa Catarina and its macro-regions, Brazil, 2020-2021.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this was an ecological study, using data from the Mortality Information System; excess deaths in adults were calculated by the difference between the observed number of deaths and expected number of deaths, taking into account the average of deaths that occurred between 2015 and 2019; the variables \"macro-region of residence\", \"quarter\", \"month\", \"sex\" and \"age group\" were analyzed; data were analyzed in a descriptive manner.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>a total of 6,315 excess deaths in 2020 and 17,391 in 2021, mostly in males (57.4%) and those aged 60 years and older (74.0%); macro-regions and periods with the greatest excess deaths were those in which there were most deaths due to COVID-19; the greatest excess deaths occurred in March 2021 (n = 4,207), with a progressive decrease until the end of the year.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>there were excess deaths in the state of Santa Catarina and in all its macro-regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 2","pages":"e2022360"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10355791/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9867075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mateus de Paula von Glehn, Luciana Maiara Diogo Nascimento, Krishna Mara Rodrigues Freire, Thaís Tâmara Castro E Souza Minuzzi, Carlos Edson Hott, Ana Goretti Kalume Maranhão, Camile de Moraes
{"title":"Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in Northeast Brazil, 2013-2021: a descriptive study.","authors":"Mateus de Paula von Glehn, Luciana Maiara Diogo Nascimento, Krishna Mara Rodrigues Freire, Thaís Tâmara Castro E Souza Minuzzi, Carlos Edson Hott, Ana Goretti Kalume Maranhão, Camile de Moraes","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200012","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to describe human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in the Northeast region of Brazil, in the period from 2013 to 2021.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this was a descriptive study conducted with data obtained from the National Immunization Program, which sets a goal of 80% coverage of HPV vaccination in girls aged between 9 and 14 years and boys aged between 11 and 14 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>HPV vaccination coverage in girls was 73.9%, regarding the first dose, and 54.3% regarding the second dose, and for boys, the coverage of each dose was 49.7% and 32.6%, respectively; with the exception of the states of Ceará and Paraíba, which reached coverage above 80% regarding the first dose in girls, none of the states reached the goal for both doses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>between 2013 and 2021, HPV vaccination coverage was below the target for both sexes, with the exception of the states of Ceará and Paraíba, which reached the goal for the first dose in the girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 2","pages":"e2022790"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10204699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9526229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222023000100033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/S2237-96222023000100034].</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2022289"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168686/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9452565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tânia Maria de Araújo, Mônica de Oliveira Nunes de Torrenté
{"title":"Mental Health in Brazil: challenges for building care policies and monitoring determinants.","authors":"Tânia Maria de Araújo, Mônica de Oliveira Nunes de Torrenté","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200028","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000200028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2023098"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9441376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of mpox cases: correspondence.","authors":"Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip, Viroj Wiwanitkit","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100026","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2023009"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10069744/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9446732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental suffering and the Brazilian National Health System.","authors":"Taís Freire Galvão","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100001","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2023005"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10062700/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9440929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ERRATUM.","authors":"","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/S2237-96222023000100031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/S2237-962220220002000028].</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2023042"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10041822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9233307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brena Barreto Barbosa, Valéria Troncoso Baltar, Rogério Lessa Horta, Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato, Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira, Caroline de Oliveira Gallo, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca
{"title":"Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) coverage, nutritional status of older adults and its relationship with social inequalities in Brazil, 2008-2019: an ecological time-series study.","authors":"Brena Barreto Barbosa, Valéria Troncoso Baltar, Rogério Lessa Horta, Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato, Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira, Caroline de Oliveira Gallo, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100003","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000100003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to analyze the temporal trend of Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional - SISVAN) coverage and the nutritional status of older adults, and its correlation with indicators of social inequality in Brazil between 2008-2019.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this was an ecological study using records from SISVAN, related to the population aged 60 years and older; the temporal trend of coverage and the correlation between indicators of social inequality and increment rate of nutritional status were analyzed; slope index of inequality and concentration index were used to measure absolute and relative inequalities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>11,587,933 records were identified; national coverage increased from 0.1% (2008) to 2.9% (2019), with a statistically significant upward trend; a moderate inverse correlation with an annual increment rate of overweight between human development index and gross domestic product per capita, was found.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>there was an increasing trend in SISVAN coverage; the increase in overweight was associated with social inequality.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2022595"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10027046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9440559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Izabela Fulone, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Luciane Cruz Lopes
{"title":"Use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia in the Brazilian National Health System: a cohort study, 2008-2017.","authors":"Izabela Fulone, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Luciane Cruz Lopes","doi":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000300015","DOIUrl":"10.1590/S2237-96222023000300015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to investigate sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of users of atypical antipsychotics receiving care via the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Assistance (Componente Especializado da Assistência Farmacêutica - CEAF), for the treatment of schizophrenia in Brazil, between 2008 and 2017.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this was a retrospective cohort study using records of the authorizations for high complexity procedures retrieved from the Outpatient Information System of the Brazilian National Health System, from all Brazilian states.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>of the 759,654 users, 50.5% were female, from the Southeast region (60.2%), diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia (77.6%); it could be seen a higher prevalence of the use of risperidone (63.3%) among children/adolescents; olanzapine (34.0%) in adults; and quetiapine (47.4%) in older adults; about 40% of children/adolescents were in off-label use of antipsychotics according to age; adherence to CEAF was high (82%), and abandonment within six months was 24%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>the findings expand knowledge about the sociodemographic and clinical profile of users and highlight the practice of off-label use.</p>","PeriodicalId":51473,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e Servicos de Saude","volume":"32 1","pages":"e2022556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9446710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}