O objetivo deste artigo é refletir sobre o percurso político e organizacional do Sistema de Vigilância em Saúde no Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo, realizado por meio de uma revisão narrativa em bases de domínio público, no período compreendido entre 1998 e 2013. Os autores apresentam uma breve trajetória do campo das vigilâncias epidemiológica, ambiental e sanitária em direção a um sistema mais integrado e resolutivo. Por fim, faz-se um debate acerca dos avanços e dos desafios de articulação das propostas de mudança organizacional e da integração de práticas em busca de respostas mais efetivas no âmbito da Vigilância em Saúde.

Vigilância da saúde no espaço de práticas da atenção básicaImplementing health surveillance at the primary care level

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar os resultados do estudo de avaliabilidade do Programa Academia Carioca da Saúde visando ampliar a compreensão sobre a intervenção e maximizar a utilidade da avaliação. Foram realizadas as seguintes etapas: análise documental, entrevista com informantes-chave, modelização da intervenção e formulação das perguntas avaliativas. A construção do Modelo Lógico do Programa permitiu descrever as dimensões e os componentes do programa, as ações estratégicas e os efeitos esperados com ênfase no acesso regular às praticas corporais e de atividade física, nos grupos de promoção da saúde e no fortalecimento da participação comunitária.

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VETERINARY PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND THE HUMAN HEALTH: A REVIEW OF SELECTED ADVERSE VETERINARY DRUG REACTION REPORTING PROGRAMSABSTRACT: Drug safety profile is an important theme throughout the world. Recently, it has gained importance in the field of veterinary medicines. In Brazil, Ministry of Agriculture Law SDA 152/2008 submitted to the public consultation the draft of a National Program of Veterinary Pharmacovigilance. Taking into consideration the health risk to exposed human beings, the objectives of this paper are: characterization of veterinary pharmacovigilance and its usefulness for the Public Health, the description of established veterinary pharmacovigilance programs from the United States of America, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and the analysis of the Brazilian Program of veterinary pharmacovigilance draft.

Background: Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) is required to maintain a feeding route when neurological or cancer dysphagia impact oral intake. This study aimed to evaluate the oral health and oral changes of PEG-patients without oral feeding for three months. Methods: Prospective observational study, with a PEG-patients convenience sample. Data were obtained before PEG (T0) and 3 months after gastrostomy (T1). Initial oral hygiene habits were collected through a questionnaire. Intra-oral evaluation was performed using: Plaque Index (IP), Gingival Index (IG), Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth Index (DMF), Community Periodontal Index (CPI), and Attachment Loss (AL). T0 and T1 were compared to evaluate oral health evolution. Results: Thirty-nine patients aged 65.3 ± 17.4 years were included. Initial (T0) oral health was worse than expectable. Between assessments period, oral indexes suffered a general deterioration with statistical relevance to the DMF. The frequency of deep periodontal pockets and attachment loss remained stable. Conclusions: PEG-patients presented poor oral health and insufficient oral hygiene habits, even before gastrostomy. After three months of PEG feeding, oral health suffered a general deterioration. This outcome was probably associated with the absence of oral feeding activity, which is beneficial to oral homeostasis, and further reduced oral hygiene. Improved oral daily care and dental appointments should become part of the PEG-patients follow-up.