The scope of this article is to analyze the association between lack of awareness of the HPV vaccination campaign among Brazilian adolescents and individual and contextual factors. It involved a cross-sectional study with data from the National Student Health Survey (2015). Bivariate analysis was performed and Prevalence Ratios were calculated, in a multilevel Poisson Regression (95%CI) to verify the effect of variables on the outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze the individual and contextual factors associated with the purchase of alcoholic beverages by adolescents in Brazil.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study with data from the National Adolescent Health Survey (2015). The study sample consisted of 21,125 adolescents who reported having consumed alcohol in the 30 days before the survey.
Background: For acting at the level of the community and mediating between it and health services, the role of community health agents (CHA) is essential. For this reason, this occupational group needs satisfactory quality of life and working conditions to ensure their well-being and improve the quality of their work. On these grounds, the present study is justified as a means to reflect on the work process of this occupational group and enable suggestions for improvements.
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