[Quality of life of women treated for breast cancer in a city of the northeast of Brazil].

The study sought to evaluate the quality of life of women treated surgically for breast cancer at the State Oncology Hospital of Reference in São Luís in the State of Maranhão. The quality of life was assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B). The variables were expressed as mean and standard deviation, and statistical analysis consisted of the ANOVA or Kruskal Wallis test and the Student t or Mann-Whitney test.

[Coverage of the basic immunization schedule in the first year of life in State capitals in Northeast Brazil].

Vaccination coverage in the so-called "developing countries" is still lower than expected. Such coverage is an important indicator of population health and the quality of care provided by the health care system. The current study describes the results of a household survey to estimate coverage of the basic immunization schedule in the first year of life in State capitals in Northeast Brazil, for the 2005 birth cohort.

High prevalence of HTLV-1 and 2 viruses in pregnant women in São Luis, state of Maranhão, Brazil.

Introduction: Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is endemic in the Caribbean, Japan, South America and regions of Africa. HTLV-2 is present in Native American populations and associated with IV drug use in Europe and North America. In Brazil, it is estimated that 1.

[Molding the integration of children care in basic health attention].

Taking care of children in Basic Health Attention in completeness perspective, suggests organization and broach involving an articulated net of "knowing" and "doing". To this end, an inquiry was made by the authors of this study, the Nursing researchers: Which practices, administrators, professionals and mothers recognize as necessary for the completeness of taking care? The investigation aims to comprehend how the practices of taking care of children under basic attention are produced according to the completeness perspective. The prerequisites of the qualitative broach and the Grounded Theory guided the data surveying and analysis along with a semi-structured interview.

[Aspects related to choice of type of delivery: a comparative study of two maternity hospitals in São Luís, State of Maranhão, Brazil].

This study aimed to analyze aspects related to choice of type of delivery in two maternity hospitals, one public and the other private, in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. This cross-sectional study compared 163 primiparous women in a public maternity hospital and 89 in a private hospital, with mean ages of 21.63 +/- 5.

[Characteristics of adolescent pregnancy in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil].

Objective: To identify the main socioeconomic, demographic, anthropometric and behavioral characteristics, and pregnancy outcomes of adolescent pregnancy and to assess health services used by pregnant adolescents.

Methods: Data were collected from a cross-section of 2,429 deliveries by women residing in the municipality of São Luís, Brazil, of which 94% were hospital births. Women were categorized into six age groups.