Rafaela Marito Montanha, Thamy Barbara Gioia, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Natalia Marciano de Araujo Ferreira, Miguel Angel Fuentealba Torres, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta, Gilselena Kerbauy, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri
{"title":"HIV and AIDS in the state of Paraná, Brazil, 2007-2022: trends and spatiotemporal distribution.","authors":"Rafaela Marito Montanha, Thamy Barbara Gioia, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Natalia Marciano de Araujo Ferreira, Miguel Angel Fuentealba Torres, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta, Gilselena Kerbauy, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720240015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of the incidence rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the state of Paraná, Brazil.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An ecological study with an analytical component of time series analysis was conducted in the state of Paraná from 2007 to 2022. The data source was the Notifiable Diseases Information System. To study the trend, the Prais-Winsten generalized linear regression model was used by decomposing the time series, and for spatial analysis, the Moran's index was applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The total sample consisted of 50,676 HIV/AIDS records. The incidence rate showed an increasing trend, with an average growth of 2.14% [95% confidence interval - 95%CI 1.16-3.13] per month. From 2007 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2022, the average number of cases in the state was 105.64 and 159.20 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively, with significant variation among municipalities. Spatial clusters of high risk persisted in the metropolitan region, the capital, and coastal areas, and a new cluster was observed in the northern region of the state.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The incidence rates of HIV/AIDS showed an upward trend over time. The number of cases varied considerably in some municipalities, especially in the coastal region. Spatial analysis revealed geospatial patterns of high risk in the main metropolitan areas of Paraná: Curitiba (including the coastal area), Londrina, and Maringá, which share characteristics such as a high degree of urbanization and ongoing economic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240015"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11027434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140862223","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}
Janaína Duarte Bender, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Luís Miguel Velez Lapão, Elaine Tomasi, Elaine Thumé
{"title":"Evolution of the availability of Information and Communication Technologies in primary health care in Brazil, 2012 to 2018.","authors":"Janaína Duarte Bender, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Luís Miguel Velez Lapão, Elaine Tomasi, Elaine Thumé","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720240021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To verify the evolution of the availability of information and communication technology equipment and inputs in primary health care services that participated in the external evaluation of the Access and Quality Improvement Program in Primary Care and its distribution according to context characteristics social and geographic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study, analyzed the distribution of information and communication technology equipment in basic health units in Brazil, during the three cycles (2012 to 2018) of the Program for Improving Access and Quality in Primary Care. The variables were examined at the municipal level and stratified by geopolitical region. Univariate analysis was performed, using the chi-square test and testing the distributions of exposures among themselves and between the outcome and exposures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The availability of information and communication technology equipment increased from 9.4% (2012) to 17.5% (2018), with emphasis on the Southeast and South regions, in municipalities with a population size of up to 10,000 inhabitants², with greater family health coverage and high/very high HDI-M. Over the period from 2012 to 2018, basic units joined the program and increased availability of information and communication technologies, such as Internet access, which ranged from 45.2% (n=6,249) to 74.0% (n=21,423), with emphasis on the Northeast region, which increased from 19.1% (n=970) to 58.8% (n=7,087).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Investment in technologies and constant evaluation of primary care in the country is necessary, contributing to its strengthening.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240021"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11027431/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140875073","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":"Early-onset neonatal sepsis as a risk factor for peri-intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants.","authors":"Mariana Martins Denicol, Vanessa Bielefeldt Leotti, Cátia Rejane Soares de Soares, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240013","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess early-onset sepsis as a risk factor of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants born at less than or equal to 34 weeks' gestation and admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study included premature patients born at less than or equal to 34 weeks' gestation who were admitted to the NICU of a tertiary hospital in southern Brazil, and born from January 2017 to July 2021. Data were collected from patients' medical records. Early-onset sepsis was measured according to the presence or absence of diagnosis within the first 72 hours of life, whereas the outcome, peri-intraventricular hemorrhage, was described as the presence or absence of hemorrhage, regardless of its grade.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Hazard ratios were calculated using Cox regression models. A total of 487 patients were included in the study, of which 169 (34.7%) had some degree of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage. Early-onset sepsis was present in 41.6% of the cases of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage, which revealed a significant association between these variables, with increased risk of the outcome in the presence of sepsis. In the final multivariate model, the hazard ratio for early-onset sepsis was 1.52 (95% confidence interval 1.01-2.27).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Early-onset sepsis and the use of surfactants showed to increase the occurrence of the outcome in premature children born at less than or equal to 34 weeks' gestation. Meanwhile, factors such as antenatal corticosteroids and gestational age closer to 34 weeks' gestations were found to reduce the risk of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10946291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178152","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}
Claudio Alberto Davila-Cervantes, Marisol Luna-Contreras
{"title":"Suicide attempts in the adult Mexican population: an analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and associated factors.","authors":"Claudio Alberto Davila-Cervantes, Marisol Luna-Contreras","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240014","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Suicide is the culmination of a process or continuum known as suicidal behavior that proceeds from ideation and planning to attempt. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of suicide attempts in the adult Mexican population and to analyze their main associated factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study with information from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (2018). Self-reported lifetime suicide attempt was used in the analysis. We analyzed depression, obesity, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption as suicide attempt-associated factors using a multivariate logistic regression model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of adult suicide attempt was 2.0% (95%CI 1.8-2.2) and it was higher among women (2.4%; 95%CI 2.2-2.8) and young people (2.9%; 95%CI 2.4-3.4). Low education (OR=1.6; 95%CI 1.2-2.2), being single (OR=1.3; 95%CI 1.0-1.6), having obesity (OR=1.4; 95%CI 1.1-1.8), consumption of alcohol (OR=2.4; 95%CI 1.7-3.4) or tobacco smoking (OR=1.8; 95%CI 1.4-2.4), and having strong symptoms of depression (OR=10.1; 95%CI 6.2-16.3) were associated with a higher prevalence of suicide attempts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results help better understand suicidal behavior in Mexico and identify the factors that increase the likelihood of suicide attempts, which is essential to help reduce suicide mortality. This research is crucial for developing early interventions and prevention programs aimed at reducing suicide's public health burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240014"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10946288/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178154","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}
Italo Wesley Oliveira Aguiar, Elzo Pereira Pinto Junior, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr
{"title":"Sociodemographic inequalities in the incidence of COVID-19 in National Household Sample Survey cohort, Brazil, 2020.","authors":"Italo Wesley Oliveira Aguiar, Elzo Pereira Pinto Junior, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240012","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To verify the association between sociodemographic factors and the time until the occurrence of new cases of COVID-19 and positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil, during the period from May to November 2020, based on a cohort of Brazilians participating in the COVID-19 National Household Sample Survey.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A concurrent and closed cohort was created using monthly data from the PNAD COVID-19, carried out via telephone survey. A new case was defined based on the report of the occurrence of a flu-like syndrome, associated with loss of smell or taste; and positivity was defined based on the report of a positive test, among those who reported having been tested. Cox regression models were applied to verify associations. The analyzes took into account sample weighting, calibrated for age, gender and education distribution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cumulative incidence of cases in the overall fixed cohort was 2.4%, while that of positive tests in the fixed tested cohort was 27.1%. Higher incidences were observed in the North region, in females, in residents of urban areas and in individuals with black skin color. New positive tests occurred more frequently in individuals with less education and healthcare workers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The importance of prospective national surveys is highlighted, contributing to detailed analyzes of social inequalities in reports focused on public health policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240012"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10946290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178153","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}
Glacy Sabra Vieira, Maria Carmen Martinez, Maria Regina Alves Cardoso
{"title":"Cancer mortality in workers at risk of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in a company in the nuclear sector headquarters in São Paulo.","authors":"Glacy Sabra Vieira, Maria Carmen Martinez, Maria Regina Alves Cardoso","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240011","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare cancer mortality among workers exposed to gamma and X radiation and the general population of the city of São Paulo, as well as that of the subgroup monitored with those not monitored for gamma and X radiation in a work unit with ionizing radiation based in the city of São Paulo.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between 2016 and 2021, a retrospective open cohort study was carried out with workers who were employed from 08/31/1956 to 12/31/2016 based on data collected at the company and in official institutions. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) were calculated by sex, age and calendar period of cancers grouped according to type, risk factor and organ system in two analyses: in the external analysis, the mortality of the study population was compared with that of the general population of the city of São Paulo; In the internal analysis, the mortality of the monitored subgroup was compared with that of the subgroup not monitored for gamma and X radiation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The external mortality analysis showed SMR=0.224 (95%CI 0.208-0.240) and the healthy worker effect, while the internal mortality analysis showed SMR=0.685 (95%CI 0.618-0.758).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study showed lower cancer mortality among exposed workers when compared to mortality in the general population and the healthy worker effect. Among workers monitored for gamma and X radiation, cancer mortality was lower when compared to those not monitored.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240011"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10946289/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140178151","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}
Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Valeria Saraceni, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Rejane Sobrinho Pinheiro, Claudia Medina Coeli
{"title":"Maternal health surveillance panel: a tool for expanding epidemiological surveillance of women's health and its determinants.","authors":"Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Valeria Saraceni, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco, Rejane Sobrinho Pinheiro, Claudia Medina Coeli","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240009","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To present the methodology used in the development of two products for maternal health surveillance and its determinants and discuss their possible uses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on a theoretical model of the determinants of maternal death and databases of Brazilian health information systems, two free products were developed: an interactive panel \"surveillance of maternal health\" and an educational material \"Aparecida: a story about the vulnerability of Brazilian women to maternal death\", both available on the website of the Brazilian Obstetric Observatory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>More than 30 indicators were calculated for the period 2012-2020, containing information on socioeconomic conditions and access to health services, reproductive planning, prenatal care, delivery care, conditions of birth and maternal mortality and morbidity. The indicators related to severe maternal morbidity in public hospitalizations stand out, calculated for the first time for the country. The panel allows analysis by municipality or aggregated by health region, state, macro-region and country; historical series analysis; and comparisons across locations and with benchmarks. Information quality data are presented and discussed in an integrated manner with the indicators. In the educational material, visualizations with national and international data are presented, aiming to help in the understanding of the determinants of maternal death and facilitate the interpretation of the indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is expected that the two products have the potential to expand epidemiological surveillance of maternal health and its determinants, contributing to the formulation of health policies and actions that promote women's health and reduce maternal mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896238/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998475","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}
Léa de Freitas Amaral, Raquel Martins Lana, Leonardo Soares Bastos
{"title":"Was the COVID-19 epidemic synchronous in space? An analysis in the health regions of the Rio de Janeiro state, 2020-2022.","authors":"Léa de Freitas Amaral, Raquel Martins Lana, Leonardo Soares Bastos","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240010","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of COVID-19 in the Rio de Janeiro state within the nine health regions, between March 2020 and December 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Poisson model with random effects was used to smooth and estimate the incidence of COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe) to verify the synchronicity of the epidemic in the state.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The COVID-19 epidemic in the state is characterized by the presence of seven peaks during the analyzed period corresponding to seven found. An asynchrony in hospitalizations was identified, varying according to the different virus variants in the nine health regions of the state. The incidence peaks of hospitalizations ranged from 1 to 12 cases per 100,000 inhabitants during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This spatio-temporal analysis is applicable to other scenarios, enabling monitoring and decision-making for the control of epidemic diseases in different areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240010"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896236/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998477","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}
Luan Henrique Honório Rocha, Ana Graziela Araujo Ribeiro, Vanessa Almeida Silva, Francenilde Silva de Sousa, Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz
{"title":"Characteristics of house calls in Brazil: analysis of PMAQ-AB external evaluation cycles.","authors":"Luan Henrique Honório Rocha, Ana Graziela Araujo Ribeiro, Vanessa Almeida Silva, Francenilde Silva de Sousa, Erika Barbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz","doi":"10.1590/1980-549720240007","DOIUrl":"10.1590/1980-549720240007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze characteristics of the home visit (HV) in Brazil, 2012 and 2017.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ecological study, with panel data whose units of analysis were the Primary Health Care teams in Brazil, participants of the 1st and 3rd cycles of the Program to Improve Access and Quality of Primary Care of the Unified Health System. Descriptive, inferential and spatial analyzes (alpha=5%) were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was an increase in the proportion of teams that carried out home visits at a frequency defined based on risk and vulnerability analysis and actively searched for people with respiratory symptoms and women with delayed and altered cytopathological examination. In the heat maps, the Northeast, Southeast and South regions had a higher concentration of teams that carried out the HV and carried out an active search.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The maintenance and qualification of HVs must be a priority in Brazil, since there are few countries in the world with such capillarity of health services, reaching the homes of millions of people.</p>","PeriodicalId":74697,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology","volume":"27 ","pages":"e240007"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896235/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998474","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}