Factors associated to the imposition of types of violence against women informed in sentry services.

Objective: to identify the prevalence and the factors associated to the imposition of the different types of violence against women informed in sentry services.

Method: transversal study accomplished through 939 notification forms of cases of violence against women, referring to the three years from 2006 to 2008 in Fortaleza, Ceará. Univariate and multiple analyses by logistic regression were realized.

Occult hepatitis B virus infection among injecting drug users in the Central-West Region of Brazil.

The prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was investigated in 149 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Of these individuals, 19 were positive for HBV DNA, resulting in an occult HBV infection prevalence of 12.7% (19/149); six of these 19 individuals had anti-HBV core and/or anti-HBV surface antibodies and 13 were negative for HBV markers.

[Mandatory reporting of child abuse by professionals of Family Health Teams].

Against the dimension of the problem on violence against child and adolescent for the public health, this article analyzes the process of notification of violence in children and adolescents for doctors, nurses and dentists by the family health teams in Fortaleza, Ceará State, in the exercise of professional practice. It is treated as a study of cut-traverse with the participation of 359 professionals, registered as Family Health Teams (FHT). The questionnaire was applied, and the data collected were organized, codified, tabulated and submitted to a descriptive statistical analysis and calculations of statistics measures significant, through the Qui-square Test of Pearson (chi2) with respective value of p = 0.

[Impact of violence on the health of families at Fortaleza, Ceará State].

The study describes the impact of the violence on the quality of life of the families, which were attended at the Relatives and Friends Violence Victims Association (ARFVV) in Fortaleza, Ceará State. The case study was accomplished among five mothers that were involved in a NGO on the battle against the violence. The semi-structured interview, the participation at the institution's meetings and the documental research were the data collecting techniques, being these last ones, submitted to the thematic analysis and discussed according to the literature and Letters of Health Promotion.