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Virgínia Torres Schall
Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Publications - 141
Citations - 2014
Virgínia Torres Schall is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health education. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 141 publications receiving 1921 citations.
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Avaliação estratégica de educação em grupo e individual no programa educativo em diabetes
Heloisa de Carvalho Torres,Laércio Joel Franco,Mayra Alves Stradioto,Virginia Alonso Hortale,Virgínia Torres Schall +4 more
TL;DR: As duas estrategias do programa educativo em diabetes foram efetivas, porem a educacao em grupo apresentou melhores resultados de controle glicemico do que a individual.
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The effect of the number of stool samples on the observed prevalence and the infection intensity with Schistosoma mansoni among a population in an area of low transmission.
Martin Johannes Enk,Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima,Sandra Costa Drummond,Virgínia Torres Schall,Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho +4 more
TL;DR: The data demonstrate that control programmes based on the examination of a single KK slide, as the case in Brazil, tend to underestimate significantly the prevalence and overestimate infection intensity and indicate that the possible solution of this problem lies in targeted mass treatment including age groups with the highest proportions of those infected.
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A experiência de jogos em grupos operativos na educação em saúde para diabéticos
Heloisa de Carvalho Torres,Heloisa de Carvalho Torres,Virginia Alonso Hortale,Virgínia Torres Schall +3 more
TL;DR: The strategy can be characterized as an educational tool from the perspective of health promotion and disease prevention and control and a better understanding of the participants' experience with their illness.
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Validação dos questionários de conhecimento (DKN-A) e atitude (ATT-19) de Diabetes Mellitus
TL;DR: Os instrumentos mostraram ser de facil compreensao pelos sujeitos do estudo e confiaveis e validos para uso na avaliacao de programas educativos em Diabetes Mellitus na realidade brasileira.
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Health education: new perspectives
TL;DR: Uma educação em saúde ampliada inclui políticas públicas, ambientes apro p ri a d o s mais integradas e part i c i p a t i va s.