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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 04-2008
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000400015
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to estimate disability-free life expectancy for the Brazilian elderly in 2003, by gender and age, based on different concepts of functional disability. The Sullivan method is used to combine the period life tables from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, 2003) and the prevalence of functional disability according to the 2003 National S le Household Survey (PNAD 2003). The main results of the study indicate that at age 60, Brazilian men can expect to live 19 years, 39% with mild, 21% with moderate, and 14% with severe functional disability, respectively. At the same age, Brazilian women can expect to live 22 years: 56% with mild, 32% with moderate, and 18% with severe functional disability.
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 12-2008
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 03-2007
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000300023
Abstract: Após a introdução da terapia anti-retroviral de alta potência (TARV), o perfil da morbimortalidade relacionada ao HIV alterou-se, passando de óbitos causados por doenças oportunistas para quadros mórbido-crônicos de doenças "pré-AIDS", ou não definidoras de AIDS, causadas pelos efeitos adversos da terapia. Investigou-se a mortalidade relacionada ao HIV/AIDS através das causas múltiplas de morte, utilizando-se as declarações de óbito de residentes nos municípios de São Paulo e Santos, Brasil, que faleceram de causas relacionadas à doença pelo HIV em 2001. Utilizou-se o método Grade of Membership (GoM), que possibilitou criar perfis de causas de morte. Foram encontrados três perfis de mortalidade: o primeiro, relacionado às causas de morte identificadas no período pré-TARV, com predominância de doenças oportunistas no segundo, houve uma mistura de características do período pré e pós-TARV o terceiro perfil, residual, não contemplou a doença pelo HIV, mas incorporou grupos de causas de morte associadas aos períodos pré e pós-TARV. Espera-se que este estudo contribua para a elaboração de políticas direcionadas à adequação dos serviços de saúde ao novo cenário de morbimortalidade relacionada ao HIV.
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Date: 10-2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 10-2004
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006369
Abstract: Fertility levels have dropped substantially in Latin America in recent decades, fuelled by increased contraceptive use and notably a method mix skewed towards female sterilization. This study examined choice of female sterilization in four Latin American countries: Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Peru. Data were drawn from national Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 1995–1996. Discrete-time hazard models were used on the five-year calendar modules of women’s reproductive histories to consider the effects of a number of sociodemographic and contextual determinants as they pertained to status at the moment of the event. The results revealed that the likelihood of a woman’s having undergone contraceptive sterilization was increasing over time in Brazil and Peru, suggesting that the potential for future growth of this method remains strong. A consistent pattern of increased probability of sterilization with higher education was seen across all countries, seemingly dispelling certain controversial claims that the procedure may have been disproportionately performed on the poor. At the same time, the multilevel analytical approach pointed to significant cluster-level random effects, suggesting that there were additional unmeasured contextual influences on women’s propensity to choose sterilization.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006277
Abstract: Whether life is spent in good health or disability has a critical influence on the use of health-care services. It is also known that average healthy life expectancy differs by sex. This paper reports estimations of healthy and unhealthy life expectancy in old age using self-reported health assessments for the City of São Paulo, Brazil in 2000–01. The data derived from the Health, Well-being and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean Project (SABE), and from population censuses and mortality statistics. Sullivan's estimation method was used. It combines the age-specific schedule of the current probabilities of death with the prevalence of self-perceived ‘poor’ and ‘good’ health. The paper also reports multivariate analyses of the factors associated with variations by age group and sex in self-perceived health. The findings revealed that, at all ages, women live longer than men and for more years in a healthy state. Among men, those aged 60, 65 and 70 years were expected to live a higher percentage of their remaining life than women in a healthy state, but among those aged 75, 80 and 85 years, the opposite held. Among women, the percentage of remaining years that were unhealthy did not increase as age increased, which differs from previous findings. The multivariate analyses showed that with increasing age, for women the number of chronic diseases decreased but dependency increased, and for men the opposite held. This finding indicated that the percentage of life spent in poor self-perceived health more accurately predicts mortality in men than women.
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 11-2016
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320152111.14472015
Abstract: Resumo Este artigo tem como objetivo definir alguns fatores associados à vulnerabilidade dos idosos ao HIV/AIDS, na perspectiva daqueles que vivem com o vírus. Foram entrevistados 20 idosos, 12 mulheres e 8 homens (todos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos), atendidos em hospital público de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Os idosos entrevistados apresentam baixa escolaridade, baixa renda, estão ou estiveram unidos, têm percepções e comportamentos fundados em relações de gênero estruturadas com assimetria de poder e baixa capacidade de resposta à vulnerabilidade. A maioria dos idosos entrevistados tem vida sexual ativa, mas poucos deles declaram que se protegem. A falta de informações perpassa todos os níveis de vulnerabilidade estudados. O cenário é preocupante, ressaltando a necessidade de se desmitificar a invisibilidade sexual dos idosos, garantindo-lhes uma vida sexual saudável e contínua, o que lhes é de direito.
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 12-2011
Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais
Date: 13-12-2021
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 2013
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 07-2015
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00111614
Abstract: No presente estudo, o DALY (anos de vida perdidos ajustados por incapacidade), indicador de estudos de carga de doença, foi estimado para o Brasil em 2008. Entre os principais resultados, observam-se maior carga de doença no Norte e Nordeste e preponderância das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis em todas as regiões do país, em particular as doenças cardiovasculares, os transtornos mentais, com destaque para a depressão, o diabetes e a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica. Também chama a atenção a elevada carga dos homicídios e dos acidentes de trânsito. O perfil epidemiológico apresenta-se ainda mais complexo quando se considera a carga não desprezível das doenças transmissíveis, das condições maternas, das condições perinatais e das deficiências nutricionais. As análises empreendidas ao longo do estudo possibilitaram conhecer de forma mais detalhada o status de saúde da população, evidenciando a demanda por ações transversais, que vão além de políticas específicas circunscritas à área de saúde, bem como a necessidade de liar o escopo de preocupação com a qualidade das informações sobre morbimortalidade no Brasil.
Publisher: FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Date: 02-1995
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651995000100013
Abstract: A clinical-epidemiologic study of schistosomiasis mansoni was conducted in the population of Ponte do Pasmado, a village in the municipality of Itinga, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Faecal Parasitology by the Kato-Katz method and clinical examination were performed in 93.8% and 82.8% of the local population, respectively. A socioeconomic survey was also made and the signs and symptoms presented by the patients were recorded, as well as their contacts with natural waters. The rate of Schistosoma mansoni infection was 50.3% the peak of infection occurred during the second decade of life there was a predominance of low egg counts in faeces (85.89% of positive patients eliminated less than 500 eggs per gram of faeces) the splenomegaly rate was 1.23%. When the risk factors for S. mansoni infection were studied, significant risks were detected in activities such as fetching water, washing dishes, bathing, and crossing streams.
Publisher: Associacao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais
Date: 16-12-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2000
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00495-5
Abstract: Appropriate antenatal care is important in identifying and mitigating risk factors in pregnancy but many mothers in the developing world do not receive such care. This paper uses data from the 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey to study the variations in the use of antenatal services in Kenya. The analysis is based on modelling the frequency and timing of antenatal visits using three-level linear regression models. The results show that the use of antenatal care in Kenya is associated with a range of socio-economic, cultural and reproductive factors. The availability and accessibility of health services and the desirability of a pregnancy are also important. Use of antenatal care is infrequent for unwanted and mistimed pregnancies even women who use antenatal care frequently appear to be less consistent if a pregnancy is mistimed. The results also indicate that women are highly consistent in the use of antenatal care during pregnancies. The intra-woman correlation coefficient for the frequency of antenatal visits ranges between 50% and 80% with greater correlation for wanted pregnancies to women in urban areas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 05-2007
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001428
Abstract: There is evidence that ‘health life expectancy’ (expected number of years to be lived in health) differs by socioeconomic status. Time spent in health or disability plays a critical role in the use of health care services. The objective of this study was to estimate ‘disability life expectancy’ by age, gender and education attainment for the elderly of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in the year 2000. Data came from the SABE database, population censuses and mortality statistics (SEADE Foundation). Life expectancy with disability was calculated using Sullivan’s method on the basis of the current probability of death and prevalence of disability by educational level. The prevalence of disability increased with age, for both sexes and both levels of educational attainment studied. Men showed a lower prevalence of disability, in general, and persons with lower educational attainment showed a higher prevalence of disability. Regarding life expectancy, women could expect to live longer than men, with and without disability. For both sexes, the percentage of life expectancy lived with disability decreased with increasing educational attainment. With increasing educational attainment, the sex differences in the percentage of remaining years to be lived with disability increased for most ages. Finally, the percentage of remaining years to be lived with disability increased with age for males and females, except for males with high educational attainment between the ages 70–75 and 75–80. The results may serve as a guide for public policies in the country, since health problems faced by older persons, such as disability, are the result of a number of past experiences during their life-times, such as health care, housing conditions, hygiene practices and education. Education influences health behaviours and is related, to some extent, to all these factors. Therefore, improvements in education for the disadvantaged may improve health.
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