Autism spectrum disorders: students' view of medicine and nursing courses at a public university.

The term stigma comes from Greek, being related to the identification of people through a physical mark, which can generate marginalization. The literature points out four types of stigmas: public, institutional, self-esteem, and courtesy. People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders are stigmatized in various cultures and societies.

Mortality of motorcyclists due to traffic injuries in Brasil: a population-based study in Brazilian capitals.

Objective: To analyze the mortality trend of young men who were victims of traffic injuries involving motorcycles in all Brazilian capitals from 2001 to 2015.

Methods: A time-series study on all deaths of men aged 20-39 years old due to traffic injuries involving motorcycles in all 27 Brazilian capitals. We used the joinpoint regression model for temporal analysis and calculated the Annual Percent Change (APC) and Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) to verify the mortality trends.

Spatiotemporal clustering, social vulnerability and risk of congenital syphilis in northeast Brazil: an ecological study.

Background: To investigate the spatial distribution of congenital syphilis (CS) and its association to social vulnerability indexes in northeast Brazil.

Methods: This was an ecological study referring to all cases of CS and CS deaths recorded in the northeast region of Brazil from 2008 to 2015. Data were obtained from three Brazilian information systems.

The need to strengthen Primary Health Care in Brazil in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The emergence of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its association with severe pneumonia and deaths has exposed gaps in the health systems of several countries worldwide. Although the necessary focus has been to care for hospitalized patients, the strengthening of Primary Health Care (PHC) actions is necessary. PHC is the gateway to the health system in several countries, including Brazil and it plays a role in preventing, protecting, promoting, and treating individuals and communities.

[Female teenager students: what they know about induced abortion complications].

This study aimed to identify the knowledge about induced abortion complications and its relation to age. This is a cross-sectional study performed in schools of Maceió, state of Alagoas, Brazil, with students 12 to 19 years old. The sample was calculated considering post-abortion curettage data.

The prevalence of alcohol consumption among the students newly enrolled at a public university.

Background: Alcohol is the number one toxic substance consumed by people of all age groups, which makes its use a public health problem. The overall trend shows that university students are those who suffer the most pressure.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of alcohol use among students newly enrolled at a public university in Alagoas, Brazil.

[Pregnant teens: signs, symptoms, complications and presence of stress].

The objective of this work is to analyze the correlation between signs, symptoms and complications and the presence of stress in pregnant adolescents in health facilities in Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil. Quantitative, cross-sectional data were collected through questionnaire survey and tests of applied stress in adolescents treated in prenatal care. Data were analyzed by Epi Info version 3.

[Practice of abortion among teenagers: a study in ten schools of Maceió (AL, Brazil)].

This is a cross-cut study that was carried out with the objective of investigating the causes through which adolescents have provoked abortion, relating it to age and the type of school attended. The sample was calculated by taking into account the number of hospital admissions for post-abortion curettage. A semi-structured and anonymous questionnaire was used as a research instrument which was applied in ten schools randomly chosen among all schools, of Maceió (Alagoas, Brazil), to reach 12-19 years old female teenagers.

[Abortion in adolescence: who committed it in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil].

This quantitative and cross study aims at establishing a profile of female teenagers, from 12 to 19 years old, that committed abortion in a representative random sample of 2592 adolescents in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, in 2005. There were found 149 abortions, where most of them (81.9%) did not have a job, (85%) lived with the parents, (85.

Induced abortion: risk factors for adolescent female students, a Brazilian study.

The purpose of this study was to analyze risk factors for abortion among female teenagers from 12 to 19 years of age in the city of Maceió, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in ten schools. The sample was calculated by considering the number of admissions for postabortion curettage, obtained from the Information System of Hospitalization.

Adolescents: contraceptive knowledge and use, a Brazilian study.

The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge and use of contraceptive methods by female adolescent students. The study was cross-sectional and quantitative, using a semi-structured questionnaire that was administered to 12- to 19-year-old female students in Maceió, Brazil. A representative and randomized sample was calculated, taking into account the number of hospital admissions for curettage.