Cadernos de saúde pública
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Cadernos de saúde pública · Jan 2015
Morbidity and mortality associated with injuries: results of the Global Burden of Disease study in Brazil, 2008.
The aim of this study was to estimate the global burden of disease from external causes in 2008 in Brazil, based on DALYs (disability-adjusted life years). YLLs (years of life lost) were estimated according to the method proposed by Murray & Lopez (1996). Meanwhile, the method for estimating YLDs (years lived with disability) included methodological adjustments taking the Brazilian reality into account. ⋯ Falls accounted for the highest share of YLDs (36%). The sex ratio (male-to-female) was 4.8 for DALYs, and the predominant age bracket was 15-29 years. Since external causes are avoidable, the study provides potentially useful information for policymakers in public security and health.
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Cadernos de saúde pública · Dec 2014
Biography Historical Article[We have never been Flexnerians: Anísio Teixeira and higher education in health in Brazil].
The aim of the current article is to explore central features of Anísio Teixeira's "thought-action" approach in order to help overcome the current crisis in health personnel training. First, the article summarizes Teixeira's life and work, assessing his institutional legacy and its impact on the historical scenario in Brazil's educational system. ⋯ Third, the article assesses the potential contribution of Teixeira's work to the current political and pedagogical debates on professional and academic training in health, focusing on similarities with Flexnerian models for university reform. Finally, it raises the hypothesis that the conceptual and pragmatic convergence between Abraham Flexner and Anísio Teixeira allows understanding the absence or invisibility of Teixeira's thinking in the academic literature on Health Education, in the institutional discourse, or in human resources training practices in Brazil.