Validity and Reliability of Pain and Behavioral Scales for Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To systematically review the instruments used to assess behavior, stress, and/or pain in preterm newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and verify the validity and reliability of these instruments.

Data Sources: Electronic searches were conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), and EBSCOhost Research Platform. 12,295 records were found.

Tobacco-related neoplasms: survival analysis and risk of death of population data from Florianópolis, SC.

Objective: To estimate the probability of survival and prognostic factors for tobacco-related neoplasms in a population-based cohort.

Methods: This is a cohort with data from the Population-Based Cancer Registry of Florianópolis, southern Brazil, from 2008 to 2012. The Stata 16.

Network of correlations between quality of life, resilience and effort-reward imbalance in military police officers.

Objective: To analyze the network of correlations between the realms of the Effor t-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model, resilience, and quality of life among military police officers.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 258 police officers from the Special Opera tions Battalion of the Military Police in a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The scales of the ERI model, resilience, and World Health Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref) assessed psychosocial stress, resilience, and quality of life.

Primary Health Care in caring for dependent older adults and their caregivers.

Primary Health Care is a care model whose attributes contribute to solving most of the health problems of older adults in Brazil's increased longevity. This investigation aims to analyze the care provided to the dependent older adults and their caregivers within Primary Health Care. This is a qualitative study conducted in eight Brazilian municipalities in 2019.

Chronic non-communicable diseases and their implications in the life of dependente eldery people.

This study aims to investigate the implications of chronic noncommunicable diseases in dependent older adults. This is a multicenter, qualitative study in which semi-structured interviews were conducted with 59 dependent older adults diagnosed with chronic disease. The Thematic Analysis technique was used for analyzing the information.

Aging and dependence in Brazil: sociodemographic and care characteristics of older adults and caregivers.

This paper aims to identify sociodemographic and care characteristics of dependent older adults, formal and family caregivers in municipalities from different Brazilian regions. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 175 people, of whom 64 were older adults, 27 formal caregivers, and 84 family caregivers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with specific questions for each group on the theme of care and dependence.

Femicides: a study in Brazilian state capital cities and large municipalities.

This study analyses the relationship between femicides and indicators of socio-economic condition, demography, access to communications, and health situation, in Brazilian state capitals and large-population municipalities. It is an ecological study using the standardized mean coefficient of female mortality due to aggression as a marker for femicide in the years 2007-09 and 2011-13. The Pearson Correlation test was used for the statistical analysis between the outcome and 17 independent variables, and those that were statistically significant (p < 0.

Feminicides in Porto Alegre: How many? Who are they?

Objective:: To quantify and typify the feminicides occurred in the city of Porto Alegre from 2006 to 2010.

Methods:: Cross-sectional study that examines the sociodemographic characteristics of victims and perpetrators and the circumstances of feminicides obtained in police investigations of women murdered in the city of Porto Alegre. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS software, version 20.

Tuberculosis mortality in Brazilian capitals, 2008-2010.

Objective: to analyze the association between tuberculosis mortality and socio-demographics and health indicators in the capitals of Brazilian states and the Federal District.

Methods: this is an ecological study whose outcome was the standardized coefficient of tuberculosis mortality in the 2008-2010 period; the independent variables comprised 16 indicators, grouped into three blocks; Pearson correlation test and multiple linear regression were applied for analysis.

Results: 4,744 deaths from tuberculosis were registered in the 27 municipalities (2.

[HIV and violence against women: study in a municipality with high prevalence of Aids in the South of Brazil].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and factors associated with violence against women with HIV in a mid-sized city in the South of Brazil.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 161 users of an HIV Specialized Care Service in a city with high prevalence of Aids in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To determine the prevalence and forms of violence, 13 questions of the World Health Organization Violence Against Women (WHO VAW) instrument, adapted and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, were used.

Hospitalization due to conditions sensitive to primary care and expansion of the Family Health Program in Brazil: an ecological study.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between hospitalization due to conditions that are sensitive to primary care and the population coverage by the Family Health Strategy (ESF) Units of the Brazilian Federation Units in the last decade.

Methods: This is an ecological study that investigated preventable hospitalizations and coverage of primary health care in Brazil in the historic series from 1998 to 2006. Statistical analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation test and simple linear regression.

[Mortality due to circulatory disorders and the evolution of family health in Brazil: an ecological study].

The scope of this study was to analyze deaths due to circulatory disorders in parallel with the evolution of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in Brazil. It is an ecological and retrospective study based on the temporal evolution of the FHS and mortality rates due to circulatory disorders in Brazil. A description of the inhabitant x FHS coverage ratio and health indicators related to mortality due to circulatory disorders was carried out.

[Health education: perceptions of professionals working in a Regional Health Office].

The aim of this study is to analyze the perceptions of professionals working in a Regional Health Office in Health Education. This is a qualitative exploratory-descriptive study. Interviews were held with eight professionals from the state public sector, responsible for implementing public health policies.