COVID-19: Training activities, adherence, and use of personal protective equipment in Primary Health Care.

Objective: to analyze the association between participation in training activities and the adherence to and use of personal protective equipment by workers and professionals involved in Health Residency Programs in Primary Health Care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: a cross-sectional study in Brazil between August/2020 and March/2021. We utilized the EPI-APS COVID-19 instrument and its adapted version for resident professionals.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Detection of Leprosy in Micro-Regions with a High Risk of Illness in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Background: Leprosy control remains challenging in Brazil and has been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiological scenario of leprosy through the detection rate of new cases, the risk of illness, and the hidden prevalence of leprosy according to high-risk micro-region in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Methods: An ecological study conducted in the health micro-regions of Minas Gerais, using data on new leprosy cases diagnosed between 2015 and 2023.

Educational actions conducted during the pandemic with primary health care professionals: a scoping review.

Objectives: to map the educational actions conducted with primary health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: a scoping review conducted in August 2023, which covered databases such as CINAHL, Medline, LILACS, IBECS, BDENF, and Web of Science. In total, 32 publications were analyzed through content analysis.

[National health systems, legislation, and social determinants: a comparative study of Brazil, Spain, Portugal, and Italy].

This is a documentary, exploratory, descriptive study, which is part of a multicenter international study assessing the national health systems with a care model based on primary health care of Brazil, Spain, Italy, and Portugal, funded by the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq, acronym in Portuguese). It aims to identify the basic health legislation, the right to health, and the doctrinal and organizational principles of each country with a focus on the impact of social determinants of health on the national health systems. The results showed these countries have similar legislation and doctrinal principles, with a constitutional right to health, based on primary health care, and with a care model of the family health type.

Spatial analysis of the epidemiological risk of leprosy in the municipalities of Minas Gerais.

Background: Leprosy remains a significant public health problem of high importance. This investigation aims to analyze the spatial distribution of the leprosy epidemiological risk in the municipalities of Minas Gerais.

Methods: This ecological study was conducted with new leprosy cases diagnosed from 2004 to 2019 in the municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais.

Profile of the leprosy endemic in the district of Murrupula, Nampula, Mozambique: A population-based study.

Background: Leprosy is a neglected chronic infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, that is curable. The magnitude of the disease and severity of the debilitation it causes renders leprosy a public health problem. This study aimed to analyze the endemic profile of leprosy in the Murrupula district and evaluate the socioeconomic, clinical, and serological profiles of leprosy contacts.

Sociodiscursive representations about leprosy in educational campaigns: implications on stigma reduction.

Objectives: to analyze the socio-discursive representations about leprosy produced in posters of educational campaigns of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

Methods: a documentary and discursive research about posters of campaigns about leprosy produced by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and available on Google Search Images. For the analysis, we used the Critical Discourse Analysis approach and the Grammar of Visual Design.

[Combined use of serologic markers and spatial analysis for epidemiological surveillance of leprosyUso conjunto de los marcadores serológicos y del análisis espacial en la vigilancia epidemiológica de la lepra].

Objective: To evaluate the combined use of serologic markers and spatial analysis to increase the sensitivity of leprosy epidemiological surveillance.

Method: This cross-sectional study was performed with neighbors of leprosy cases and neighbors and family members of schoolchildren with a positive anti-phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I) test in Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neighbors were those living within a 100-m radius of schoolchildren or leprosy cases.

Adverse events following immunization against SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) in the state of Minas Gerais.

Objective: To analyze adverse events following immunization (AEFI) against SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil.

Methods: Epidemiological, descriptive study, with data from e-SUS Notifica (e-SUS Notification) in the state of Minas Gerais from January 20 to March 5, 2021. All suspected cases of AEFI of the covid-19 vaccine in the state were analyzed, totaling 7,305 cases.

Factors associated with the development of leprosy in contacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To investigate the risk factors associated with leprosy in contacts of patients.

Method: We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis by searching the databases MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, LILACS, Scopus, and Web of Science until September 2019. Four reviewers carried out the selection, analysis, and evaluation of quality of studies.

Reproducibility of the alcoholic beverages and illicit drug modules of the 2015 National Survey of School Health.

Objective: To evaluate the reproducibility of the modules of use of alcoholic beverages and illicit drugs of the 2015 National Survey of School Health.

Method: Cross-sectional epidemiological study aimed at evaluating the reproducibility of collection instruments, conducted in the city of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais. The sample consisted of students attending the 9th grade of public and private primary schools in 2017.

Late diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and associated factors.

Objective: to analyze the occurrence of late diagnosis of infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and its associated factors.

Method: this is an epidemiological, cross-sectional and analytical study, carried out with 369 people followed-up by Specialized Assistance Services, undergoing anti-retroviral treatment, and interviewed by means of a questionnaire. Univariate analysis was performed using Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test and Kruskall-Wallis test, and multivariate analysis using the ordinal logistic regression model of proportional odds.

Relations between sociocultural spaces and the consumption of psychoactive substances by adolescents.

Objective: To understand the relation between space and psychoactive substance use by adolescents.

Methods: This is a mixed method study conducted with 9th grade students from an elementary school in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais. In the quantitative phase (n=303), the modules for general information, use of beverages and illegal drugs from the National School Health Survey were applied.

Primary care quality and its effects on leprosy monitoring indicators.

Objectives: to evaluate the quality of primary care in leprosy control actions, to correlate effects on monitoring indicators.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, conducted in Belo Horizonte, from July to September 2014. Interviews with 408 professionals were conducted through the application of a tool that assesses attributes of primary care in leprosy control actions, and monitoring indicators were calculated.

High-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil between 2001-2015.

Objectives: to identify high-risk areas of leprosy in Brazil from 2001 to 2015.

Methods: this is an ecological study of spatial analysis based on Brazilian municipalities. Spatial scan statistics were used to identify spatial clustering and measure the relative risk from the annual detection rate of new cases of leprosy.

Socioeconomic factors related to leprosy: an integrative literature review.

Objective: To investigate in the literature the relation of socioeconomic factors in the incidence of the disease and other outcomes related to leprosy.

Method: Integrative review conducted in Lilacs, Medline, Scopus databases and SciELO online library with studies from 2000 to 2016.

Results: 32 studies were included.

[Orientation of primary care in actions to control leprosy: factors relating to professionals].

Objective: To identify factors of professionals that relate to the degree of primary health care orientation in the control of leprosy.

Method: Study carried out in 70 units of Family Health Strategy of a capital of Brazil, between July and September 2014. An evaluation instrument applied to 408 health professionals was used.

The TLR1 gene is associated with higher protection from leprosy in women.

Leprosy is an infectious disease with a complex genetic and immunological background. Polymorphisms in genes that encode cytokines and receptors involved in the immune response, such as the Toll-like receptor 1 (TLR1), may be associated with disease risk. We hypothesized that polymorphisms in innate immunity genes confer susceptibility to leprosy that differs between women and men.

Trends in mortality rates where alcohol was a necessary cause of death in Brazil, 2000-2013.

Objective: To analyze trends in mortality due to diseases and conditions fully attributable to alcohol in Brazil.

Methods: This was an ecological time-series study. Proportional, specific, and age-standardized mortality rates between 2000 and 2013 that were due to underlying or contributing causes fully attributable to alcohol use were analyzed by sex, ethnicity/skin color, age group, and region of residence in the country.

Brazilian Health Survey (2013): relation between alcohol use and sociodemographic characteristics by sex in Brazil.

Objective: To analyze sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol use according to gender in Brazil.

Methods: Cross-sectional study using data from 2013 Brazilian Health Survey about 60,202 adults. We analyzed recent alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking in the 30 days prior to the research stratified by gender.

Cardiovascular health in Brazilian state capitals 1.

Objective: to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health indicators in the Brazilian population, according to gender, age, education and region of residence.

Method: cross-sectional study that used data from 41,134 participants of the Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel). The ideal cardiovascular health assessment considers four behavioral factors: not smoking; body mass index less than 25 kg/m2; practicing physical activity, eating fruits and vegetables five or more times per day; and two clinical factors (no diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension).

Specific antigen serologic tests in leprosy: implications for epidemiological surveillance of leprosy cases and household contacts.

Background: There is a lack of straightforward tests for field application and known biomarkers for predicting leprosy progression in infected individuals.

Objective: The aim was to analyse the response to infection by Mycobacterium leprae based on the reactivity of specific antigens: natural disaccharide linked to human serum albumin via an octyl (NDOHSA), a semisynthetic phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I); Leprosy Infectious Disease Research Institute Diagnostic-1 (LID-1) and natural disaccharide octyl - Leprosy Infectious Disease Research Institute Diagnostic-1 (NDOLID).

Methods: The study population consisted of 130 leprosy cases diagnosed between 2010 and 2015 and 277 household contacts.

Integrative literature review of the reported uses of serological tests in leprosy management.

An integrative literature review was conducted to synthesize available publications regarding the potential use of serological tests in leprosy programs. We searched the databases Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Índice Bibliográfico Espanhol em Ciências da Saúde, Acervo da Biblioteca da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Hanseníase, National Library of Medicine, Scopus, Ovid, Cinahl, and Web of Science for articles investigating the use of serological tests for antibodies against phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I), ML0405, ML2331, leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1 (LID-1), and natural disaccharide octyl-leprosy IDRI diagnostic-1 (NDO-LID). From an initial pool of 3.