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OS povos indígenas no contexto do desenvolvimento econômico nacional: desafios à política etnocida perpetrada pelo estado Brasileiro

O presente artigo procura mostrar que o foco central do processo etnocida progressivo para com os povos indígenas no Brasil tem sido sobretudo a precarização da demarcação de terras por parte do Estado, cabendo uma análise jurídica e social dessa evolução histórica.

Effect of health on economic growth in Nigeria: an application of the ARDL model

The paper empirically investigates the effect of health on economic growth from 1970 to 2017, using Autoregressive Re-Distributed Lag (ARDL). Life expectancy at birth was used as a proxy for health and real capital GDP as a proxy for economic growth. The results suggest that infant mortality rate decreases economic growth in both the short and the long-run and both statistically significant at 1% level. While better health improves economic performance, it follows from the positive and significant relationship between health and economic growth in the short and long run.

Oral rehabilitation with complete implant-supported dental prosthesis: A budget impact analysis from the unified health system perspective

Objective: The aim of the study was to estimate the budget impact of complete implant-supported dental prostheses in the rehabilitation of mandibular edentulism in patients within the context of the Brazilian national health system - “Sistema Único de Saúde” - SUS. Methods: Treatment with complete implant-supported dentures was compared with the technology most frequently used - Conventional Complete Dental Prosthesis.

Socio-demographic determinants of social studies knowledge among students of upper basic schools in Ebonyi state

This research work is carried out on socio-demographic determinants of social studies knowledge among students of upper basic schools in Ebonyi State. It is a descriptive survey research. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The population of this study comprised all 10, 298 Public Upper Basic II Students in the one hundred and eighty nine (189) Public Upper Basic Schools in the three Education Zones of Ebonyi State. The sample of this study was 515 Upper Basic II Students which represents 5% of the entire population in the area of the study.

Análise farmacoeconômica da dispensação de enoxaparina em gestantes em um hospital de alta complexidade em belém-Pará

O tromboembolismo venoso (TEV) é um problema de alto risco em gestantes, sendo que a enoxaparina é o principal medicamento de escolha para o tratamento dessa patologia. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a dispensação desse fármaco em gestantes em um hospital de alta complexidade em Belém-PA, no período de janeiro de 2019 a novembro de 2020, descrevendo as características farmacoeconômicas dessa dispensação.

Revelações pandêmicas: O rompimento do direito à educação de qualidade sob a política da Austeridade Econômica

This article aims to analyze, in the light of the ecopedagogy theoretical-epistemological foundations, the set of Brazilian educational laws edited in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the basic principle of Brazilian education of full development of the human being.

Assistência domiciliar na prevenção de quedas e melhoria da qualidade de vida em idosos: revisão integrativa

Estudo com objetivo de investigar em dez bases de dados da literatura, o que foi publicado nos últimos cinco anos a respeito da assistência domiciliar voltada para a prevenção de quedas e a qualidade de vida da pessoa idosa. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa, realizada nas bases: PUBMED/MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, BDENF, SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE, SCIELO, IBECS, CUIDEN e COCHRANE, foram encontrados 30 estudos dos quais oito (08) foram selecionados para amostra final. As publicações ocorreram entre 2016 a 2019, prevalecendo estudos com nível II de evidência.

The covid-19 pandemic and the impact on individuals with mental disorders: an integrative review

The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the mental health of the general population and of people with previous mental disorders. Objective: to verify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of individuals with preexisting mental disorders. Method: integrative review, performed through the search in the databases Virtual Health Library (VHL), Medical Publications (PubMed), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), American Psychological Association (PsycINFO), Scopus (Elsevier), SciELO, Portal CAPES and Medline.