Browsing by Subject "Demography"

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    • Competição e persistência populacional em Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus: uma análise de estrutura populacional 

      Iano, Daniela Mayumi [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2018-03-29)
      The understanding of how variations in demographic processes directly influence population dynamics and persistence has been the focus of ecology for many years. It is already known that competition is one of the ecological ...

    • Comportamento sexual e reprodutivo de mulheres indígenas no Alto Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brasil 

      Madeira, Sofia Pereira [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-05-26)
      Historically, due to contact with colonizing fronts and economic expansion, indigenous peoples have experienced significant population loss, feeding pessimistic forecasts that pointed their disappearance. However, many ...

    • Demographic dynamics of the Suyá, a Jê people of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Central Brazil, 1970-2004 

      Pagliaro, Heloisa [UNIFESP]; Carvalho, Natália da Silva [UNIFESP]; Rodrigues, Douglas Antonio [UNIFESP]; Baruzzi, Roberto Geraldo [UNIFESP] (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-05-01)
      This paper analyses the demographic dynamics of the Suyá, a Jê people, inhabitants of the Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the years 1970-2004. Data was gathered from medical records of the São Paulo ...

    • Demographic profile of Bororo Indians from Mato Grosso State, Brazil, 1993-1996 

      Souza, Luciene Guimaraes de; Pagliaro, Heloisa [UNIFESP]; Santos, Ricardo Ventura (Cadernos Saude Publica, 2009-02-01)
      This paper analyzes the demographic profile of the Bororo Indians from Mato Grosso State, Brazil, from 1993 to 1996. Data came from annual collection and registration of vital statistics conducted by the health service in ...

    • Gambling in Brazil Lifetime prevalences and socio-demographic correlates 

      Tavares, Hermano; Carneiro, Elizabeth; Sanches, Marcos; Pinsky, Ilana [UNIFESP]; Caetano, Raul; Zaleski, Marcos; Laranjeira, Ronaldo [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2010-11-30)
      Gambling has experienced world-wide growth the current study is the first national survey into household gambling conducted in a developing country the sample was a three-stage probabilistic one designed to cover individuals ...

    • Gravidez na adolescência: perfil sócio-demográfico e comportamental de uma população da periferia de São Paulo, Brasil 

      Chalem, Elisa [UNIFESP]; Mitsuhiro, Sandro Sendin [UNIFESP]; Ferri, Cleusa Pinheiro [UNIFESP]; Barros, Marina Carvalho de Moraes [UNIFESP]; Guinsburg, Ruth [UNIFESP]; Laranjeira, Ronaldo [UNIFESP] (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2007-01-01)
      To identify the socio-demographic behavioral profile of low-income pregnant teenagers, 1,000 adolescents admitted to a Brazilian public maternity hospital from July 24, 2001, to November 27, 2002, were interviewed. ...

    • Inequality in pediatric kidney transplantation in Brazil 

      Koch Nogueira, Paulo Cesar [UNIFESP]; Camargo de Carvalho, Maria Fernanda; Feltran, Luciana de Santis [UNIFESP]; Konstantyner, Tulio [UNIFESP]; Sesso, Ricardo [UNIFESP] (Springer, 2016)
      Background The aim of this study was to describe the access and factors associated with kidney transplantation for children in different regions of Brazil. Methods We analyzed a cohort of 1211 children enrolled on the ...

    • Quality of life among the Brazilian adult population using the generic SF-8 questionnaire 

      Campolina, Alessandro Gonçalves [UNIFESP]; Pinheiro, Marcelo de Medeiros [UNIFESP]; Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita [UNIFESP]; Ferraz, Marcos Bosi [UNIFESP] (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-06-01)
      The objective of this study was to assess the quality of life in the Brazilian adult population, based on the U.S. standard population. It involved a cross-sectional population-based study with probabilistic sampling of ...

    • A revolução demográfica dos povos indígenas no Brasil: a experiência dos Kayabí do Parque Indígena do Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brasil, 1970-2007 

      Pagliaro, Heloisa [UNIFESP] (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-03-01)
      This paper analyzes the demographic dynamics of the Kayabí, a Tupi people in the Xingu Indian Reservation in Central Brazil, from 1970 to 2007. Data were gathered from vital statistics for the Xingu Indian Reservation at ...