Factors associated with post-mortem notification of tuberculosis cases in Brazil, 2014.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.6 million deaths and 10.6 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported worldwide in 2021.

Teaching of the Black Population's Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities.

Health (and its dialectical pair-illness) is determined by multiple factors: social class, educational background, income, occupation, and race/skin color. Racism can directly impact physical and psychological illnesses, with an effect on social conditions of health. This paper discusses: (1) racism as a root cause of health inequities in Brazil and elsewhere, and (2) how students at the University of Brasilia School of Medicine respond to an anti-racist curriculum.

Factors associated with the evaluation of Primary Health Care from the user's perspective: results of the telephone survey Vigitel, 2015.

This paper aims to evaluate the performance of PHC from the perspective of users and its association with sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported health conditions, and behavioral risk factors for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases. This is a population-based cross-sectional study with data from the 2015 VIGITEL Telephone Survey. The Primary Care Assessment Tool short version was adopted.

An evaluation of Primary Health Care from the users' perspective: reflections on the usage of the Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil in telephone surveys.

Objective: To evaluate the attributes of PHC from the perspective of users, interviewed in a telephone survey in Belo Horizonte.

Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study. Data from Vigitel 2015 that included an additional module on PHC assessment were used.

First choice for use of health services by the adult population of the Federal District, Brazil, 2015: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: to describe the first choice for use of health services and to analyze sociodemographic factors associated with seeking Primary Health Care (PHC) by the adult population of Brazil's Federal District in 2015.

Methods: this was a population-based study, with 2,007 individuals, using a sample from the 2015 VIGITEL survey conducted by landline telephone, including questions on use of health services; we used logistic regression to identify factors associated with seeking PHC services.

Results: participants' first choice was predominantly for private health services (57.

Census of the Primary Health Care structure in Brazil (2012): potential coverage estimates.

Objective: to estimate and discuss selected indicators of Primary Health Care (PHC) structure in Brazil in 2012.

Methods: a descriptive ecological study was carried out using Primary Health Care Centre census data from the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care (PMAQ-AB); potential coverage indicators were estimated for infrastructure, health team composition and services available.

Results: the results revealed high coverage (≥70%) in Brazil for Community Health Agents (87.