Physical violence inside female prisons in Brazil: prevalence and related factors.

The present study aims to identify the prevalence of physical violence against female prisoners in Brazil, as well as related factors. This is a cross-sectional national survey conducted in 15 female prisons in five regions of Brazil selected in multiple stages. The following types of analysis were performed: univariate analysis; stratified analysis relating the outcome (suffer physical violence inside prison) to predictor variables, using the Pearson chi-square test; calculation of the Odds Ratio (O.

The quality of certification of deaths due to external causes in the city of Fortaleza in the State of Ceará, Brazil.

The article analyzes the quality of information of deaths from external causes in Fortaleza, in the State of Ceará, Brazil. They analyzed the completeness of the information of the death certificate (DO) and the correlation between the underlying cause of death described in the OF and registered in the Mortality Information System (SIM ).We used all the original statements of deaths from external causes, occurred in 2010, of residents in Fortaleza.

Social determinants and their interference in homicide rates in a city in northeastern Brazil.

Objective: This paper aims to analyze the possible relationship between social determinants and homicide mortality in Fortaleza (CE), Brazil.

Method: To investigate whether the rate of mortality by homicides is related to social determinants, an ecological study with emphasis on spatial analysis was conducted in the city of Fortaleza. Social, economic, demographic and sanitation data, as well as information regarding years of potential life lost, and Human Development Index were collected.

Man, road and vehicle: risk factors associated with the severity of traffic accidents.

To describe the main characteristics of victims, roads and vehicles involved in traffic accidents and the risk factors involved in accidents resulting in death. METHODS A non-concurrent cohort study of traffic accidents in Fortaleza, CE, Northeastern Brazil, in the period from January 2004 to December 2008. Data from the Fortaleza Traffic Accidents Information System, the Mortality Information System, the Hospital Information System and the State Traffic Department Driving Licenses and Vehicle database.

[Characteristics of consultation and mothers' satisfaction in primary care for children under 5 years of age, Fortaleza, Brazil].

The scope of this study is to describe aspects related to the dimensions of access, the service characteristics and factors associated with satisfaction of mothers in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará. It is an observational, cross-sectional population-based study conducted in 2008 in Fortaleza, Ceará. Families with at least one child under 5 years of age living at home and who were users of the Unified Health System (SUS) were included, The Pearson chi-square test, and when appropriate the Fisher exact test, were used for the statistical associations.

Poor dental status and oral hygiene practices in institutionalized older people in northeast Brazil.

In this study we describe the dental status and oral hygiene practices in institutionalized older people and identify factors associated with poor dental status. A cross-sectional study was performed in a nursing home in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará State (northeast Brazil). The number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) was assessed in the residents of the nursing home (n = 167; mean age = 76.

Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis in obstetric patients: a series of 55 cases in Brazil.

Objective: To investigate the risk factors associated with oliguria and death in obstetric patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: The study group included all obstetric patients with AKI, under dialytic treatment, in Hospital Geral César Cals, Fortaleza, Brazil, from January 2000 to December 2006. AKI were classified according to the RIFLE criteria.

[Infant mortality and sociodemographic conditions in Ceará, Brazil, 1991 and 2000].

Objective: To assess ecological models to describe infant mortality rate in Ceara (Northeastern Brazil) in two different periods of time.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional ecologic study of two years, 1991 and 2000, using non-matching information per municipalities. Estimates on the infant mortality rate of the Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas Aplicadas (Institute of Applied Economic Research) have been used.

Effect of a novel essential oil mouthrinse without alcohol on gingivitis: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Several different plant extracts have been evaluated with respect to their antimicrobial effects against oral pathogens and for reduction of gingivitis. Given that a large number of these substances have been associated with significant side effects that contraindicate their long-term use, new compounds need to be tested. The aim of this study was to assess the short-term safety and efficacy of a Lippia sidoides ("alecrim pimenta")-based essential oil mouthrinse on gingival inflammation and bacterial plaque.

[Spatial distribution of the infant mortality rate and its principal determinants in the State of Ceará, Brazil, 2000-2002].

The geographic distribution of health problems and its relationship to potential risk factors has opened a vast field for epidemiological research. The present study aims to identify spatial distribution patterns for the neonatal and post-neonatal components of the infant mortality rate (IMR) in Ceará State, Brazil, and discuss the main socioeconomic, demographic, and healthcare factors contributing to the spatial dependence of these components. This cross-sectional ecological study uses multiple linear regression, in which spatial analysis of the components was obtained through the Moran index.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in children from an urban community in north-east Brazil and risk factors for infection.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in a randomly selected population of children from a low income community in Brazil and the risk factors for infection.

Design: A cross-sectional, randomised study of prevalence and risk factors.

Subjects: Children living in an urban community in north-east Brazil.