[Self-reported morbidity by riverbank dwellers from Porto Rico, PR, Brasil].

Purpose: To investigate the self-reported morbidity rate of riverbank dwellers from Porto Rico, PR, Brazil.

Methods: The case study compared the self-reported morbidity of two groups of residents. The sample consisted of 63 individuals of the three affordable housing complexes of that municipality.

[The absenteeism-disease of a nursing team in an intensive care unit].

This study aimed at investigating the absenteeism disease in an Adult-ICU. The descriptive-exploratory study was carried out with 56 nurses who worked in the ICU in 2006. The frequency (fi)rate and the wasted-time percentage for the absenteeism disease were calculated.