Publications by authors named "Izabella Barison Matos"
Objectives: To analyze the representation and participation of the management, attention, teaching and social control segments in management committees of health teaching-service integration.
Methods: Qualitative research with exploratory-analytical approach that involved representatives of these segments who participate in the management instances of the Pro-Health integrated proposal of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 11 members of the segments and observation of six meetings of instances between October 2012 and April 2013.
Objective: To describe prevalence and the distribution of risk factors to non-communicable chronic diseases among adults from Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Methods: Probabilistic sample of adult urban population, of both genders and aged from 20 to 59 years old was interviewed (n=2022). The sample process was made through conglomerates.
Objective: To analyze factors associated with self-rated health in adults.
Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed with a sample of 2,051 adults aged between 20 and 59 years, in the city of Lages, Southern Brazil, in 2007. Household questionnaires were applied to obtain data on self-rated health, socioeconomic and demographic conditions, smoking habit, lifestyle and self-reported morbidities.
Objective: Describe the prevalence of medical visits and associated factors in an adult population of a midsized town in Southern Brazil.
Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in a representative random cluster sampling in Lages, Santa Catarina. The reference population were adults (aged 20 to 59 years) and 2,022 persons were queried.