Gender and Violence in the Daily Routine of Community Health Workers in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are the link between the Brazilian primary health care system and the community. Since CHWs live in the same neighborhoods they work, they are involved in what happens in the community, including observants and or potential targets of violence. However, it is not known if female and male CHWs perceive and suffer violence similarly.

Disorder of Sex Development: A Case of Late-Diagnosed Ovotestis and Its Postsurgical Follow-up.

Background: True hermaphroditism is characterized by the presence of both testicular and ovarian tissue. This case report aimed to describe a case of ovotestis in adolescents.

Case: A 17-year-old patient presented with undifferentiated genitalia.

Clinical and epidemiological differences in diabetes: A cross-sectional study of the Brazilian population compared with the French GERODIAB cohort.

Aims: This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic and epidemiological profiles between Brazilian and French older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Quantitative analytical study of 248 type 2 diabetes patients aged 65+ years receiving care in a center for integrated diabetes and hypertension care. The data were compared with the GERODIAB study conducted in France.

What is the relative impact of primary health care quality and conditional cash transfer program in child mortality?

Objective: Evaluate how coverage and quality of primary health care (PHC) and a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program associate with child mortality in Brazil.

Methods: Multivariate linear regression models and least absolute shrinkage and selection estimator (LASSO) were utilized with the municipal level child mortality rate as the key dependent variable. PHC quality with PHC and CCT coverage were the independent variables.

Characterization and Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Brazil.

We aimed to assess the prevalence and characterize the profile of elder abuse in Brazil in this quantitative descriptive and exploratory study using a document analysis of cases of elder abuse against people aged 60 and over reported to Brazil's Notifiable Disease Information System () from 2009 to 2013. Association between age groups (older adults and non-older adults) and (a) characteristics of the victims (gender, age, and race), (b) characteristics of the violence (type of violence, place of occurrence, and repeated violence) and, (c) characteristics of the perpetrator (gender, suspected alcohol consumption, and victim-perpetrator relationship) were assessed using the chi-square test and odds ratios (OR) with a 95% confidence interval. Statistical significance was set at < .

Salivary tests associated with elderly people's oral health.

Introduction: The saliva constitutes essential condition for the individual's health.

Aim: Identify the relation of the salivary flow and saliva pH with medicine use and oral discomfort in elderly.

Methods And Materials: Cross-sectional study with 68 elderly living in a long staying institution.

Prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits.

Introduction: With ageing, the oral mucosa becomes more susceptible to external stimuli.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of soft tissue oral lesion in elderly and its relations with deleterious habits.

Materials And Methods: It was a quantitative research conducted at the dental clinic of UNIFOR, Fortaleza-CE, in the period from 1998 to 2006.

Geriatric dentistry in Brazilian universities.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching of geriatric dentistry in Brazilian universities.

Materials And Methods: This study consisted of questionaires regarding the training in geriatric dentistry in 104 dental schools included in the National Institute of Education Research (INEP) in 2001. In order to calculate the sample (a random stratified one), the confidence interval was set at 99% and a maximum permitted error of 3% was adopted.