Food consumption profile of rural riverside populations.

Introduction: The uniqueness of the way of life of rural riverside populations is of interest because they are the largest traditional Amazonian population. Their eating habits reveal their life conditions and relationship with the urban environment and is a poorly investigated subject. This research aimed to describe and analyze the food consumption of Amazonian riverside populations based on the food types consumed and reported by the families.

Self-reported chronic back pain in the elderly living in rural riverine areas in the Amazon.

Introduction: The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of self-reported chronic low back pain and to identify the associated factors in elderly people living in rural riverside areas in the Amazon.

Methods: Data from a cross-sectional home-based survey performed in 38 riverside rural locations along the left bank of the Negro River, in the municipality of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, were analyzed. The selected elderly people answered a questionnaire comprising items related to the living conditions, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, health status and utilization of health services.

Glycemic profile and associated factors in indigenous Munduruku, Amazonas.

Objective: To evaluate the glycemic profile and its association with sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinical and lifestyle factors of Munduruku indigenous people.

Method: Cross-sectional study with a quantitative and analytical approach, a total of 459 indigenous people (57.1% men, aged 36.

Cardiovascular risk factors: differences between ethnic groups.

Objectives: to compare the metabolic, anthropometric, tobacco and alcohol consumption indicators considered as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, as well as the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics between indigenous from Rio Negro, Sateré-Mawé, mixed-race/black and white people living in the city of Manaus.

Methods: a cross-sectional observational study guided by the STROBE tool. There was a sample of 191 adults of both sexes.

Differences in the clinical-epidemiological profile between new cases of tuberculosis and retreatment cases after default.

Objective: To identify the socioeconomic and clinical-epidemiological factors related to tuberculosis in new cases and retreatment cases.

Method: Comparative study with 126 patients, of which 42 were retreatment cases after default attended in a reference center, and 84 were new cases completing the first treatment and treated in Basic Health Units. The collection of primary data was through interview, and of secondary data by records of the Notifiable Diseases Information System.

[The family in the practices of Family Health teams].

Exploratory, qualitative study, that aimed to analyze the "centrality in the family", a Family Health Strategy (FHS) attribute, examining how the family context is considered in the practice of health professionals, through the analysis of health practices directed to families in Manaus-AM, Brazil. Interviews, participant observation and the focus groups were used as techniques for data collection. Informants were FHS teams professionals and families members.