Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

About: Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is a facility organization based out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Trypanosoma cruzi. The organization has 18673 authors who have published 36752 publications receiving 802378 citations. The organization is also known as: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz & FIOCRUZ.

Análise qualitativa: teoria, passos e fidedignidade

Abstract: This essay seeks to conduct in-depth analysis of qualitative research, based on benchmark authors and the author's own experience. The hypothesis is that in order for an analysis to be considered reliable, it needs to be based on structuring terms of qualitative research, namely the verbs 'comprehend' and 'interpret', and the nouns 'experience', 'common sense' and 'social action'. The 10 steps begin with the construction of the scientific object by its inclusion on the national and international agenda; the development of tools that make the theoretical concepts tangible; conducting field work that involves the researcher empathetically with the participants in the use of various techniques and approaches, making it possible to build relationships, observations and a narrative with perspective. Finally, the author deals with the analysis proper, showing how the object, which has already been studied in all the previous steps, should become a second-order construct, in which the logic of the actors in their diversity and not merely their speech predominates. The final report must be a theoretic, contextual, concise and clear narrative.

Endemic and epidemic dynamics of cholera: the role of the aquatic reservoir

Abstract: In the last decades, attention to cholera epidemiology increased, as cholera epidemics became a worldwide health problem. Detailed investigation of V. cholerae interactions with its host and with other organisms in the environment suggests that cholera dynamics is much more complex than previously thought. Here, I formulate a mathematical model of cholera epidemiology that incorporates an environmental reservoir of V. cholerae. The objective is to explore the role of the aquatic reservoir on the persistence of endemic cholera as well as to define minimum conditions for the development of epidemic and endemic cholera.

Gênero, morbidade, acesso e utilização de serviços de saúde no Brasil

Abstract: O objetivo deste trabalho e analisar o perfil de morbidade referida, acesso e uso de servicos de saude em homens e mulheres no Brasil, segundo idade e regiao urbana e rural. Os dados da PNAD/98 mostram que as diferencas de genero na morbidade variam com a idade: desfavoraveis aos meninos ate os 10 anos e desfavoraveis as mulheres a partir dos 15 anos, aumentando ate os 64 anos e reduzindo apos esta idade. A alta prevalencia de atendimento indica que as barreiras de acesso dos que procuram servicos de saude sao pequenas. No entanto, o elevado percentual de nao procura face as necessidades percebidas sugere que as barreiras de acesso sao anteriores e dependem da oferta. A cobertura por planos de saude e bem maior na regiao urbana, mas nao ha diferencas de genero significantes nas regioes. As diferencas entre homens e mulheres nas taxas de uso curativo sao pequenas, se comparadas com as de uso preventivo, maiores para as mulheres, assim como as taxas de internacao, mesmo excluindo os partos. O financiamento das internacoes nao foi diferente entre homens e mulheres, ao contrario do financiamento de outros tipos de atendimento: maior cobertura por planos para mulheres na regiao urbana; na regiao rural, maior uso do SUS para as mulheres e maior desembolso de recursos proprios para os homens.