Publications by authors named "Luis Rogerio Cosme Silva Santos"
Introduction: Occupational stress is considered as the negative imbalance between work demands and resources, and it can generate consequences to an individual's health and interfere with his or her quality of life.
Objectives: To investigate stress and its associated factors among employees of a higher education institution through a cross-sectional study (at the baseline of a longitudinal study) including 176 individuals aged 18 years or older. Sociodemographic characteristics related to physical surroundings, lifestyle, working conditions, and health and illness were tested as explanatory variables.
Objective: To analyze the factors associated with back pain in adults who live in quilombola territories.
Methods: A population-based survey was performed on quilombola communities of Vitória da Conquista, state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. The sample (n = 750) was established via a raffle of residences.
[Health survey in Quilombola communities (descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves who escaped from slave plantations that existed in Brazil until abolition in 1888) in Vitória da Conquista in the state of Bahia (COMQUISTA Project), Brazil: methodological aspects and descriptive analysis].
Cien Saude Colet
June 2014
Article Synopsis
- The article discusses the methodology and findings of the COMQUISTA Project, which studied Quilombola communities in Bahia, Brazil, involving interviews and health measurements.
- It involved 397 housing units, with 797 adults and 130 children participating, revealing a demographic profile similar to the broader Brazilian population but highlighting significant issues with sanitation and socioeconomic status.
- The reliability of the study's instruments was confirmed, and the researchers concluded the need for strategies to improve the quality of life for the Quilombolas, suggesting the methodology can be applied to other populations as well.