Smoking control at the School of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo.

Introduction: schools of Public Health, by their nature, have increased responsibility in the development of health promotion programs, focusing on tobacco control. The participation of groups of health professionals in educational actions helps to convey information about smoking to the population.

Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of smoking and the effectiveness of control programs among the teaching and non-teaching staff of the School of Public Health of the Universidade de São Paulo (FSP-USP).

[Health promotion and citizenship: the perception of the teacher about citizenship].

General health conditions as well as quality of life must urgently be improved in developing countries. This improvement could be achieved, at least in part, by the practice of citizenship. Education exerts a special role in citizenship development.

[Empowerment as a way to prevent work-related health conditions in slaughterhouse workers].

The objective of the review was to emphasize the need for educational efforts aiming at the empowerment of slaughterhouse workers based on their major work-related conditions. Slaughterhouse work involves stressful and tiring tasks. These workers suffer from serious occupational injuries and health problems including musculoskeletal disorders, zoonoses, skin conditions and injuries related to animals and sharp instruments.

[Quality of life and vocal health of teachers].

Objective: To evaluate aspects of teachers' quality of life and describe associated factors to their vocal health.

Methods: A sample comprising 128 high school teachers from four state schools in the city of Rio Claro, Southeastern Brazil, was studied in 2002. The World Health Organization Quality of Life/bref and Voice-Related Quality of Life questionnaires were applied and there were calculated the averages, standard deviation values for the first questionnaire scores and the self-evaluation question of the Voice-Related Quality of Life.