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Marcia Faria Westphal

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Assis Comaru F, Faria Westphal M
Rev Environ Health . 2021 May; 19(3-4):329-346. PMID: 34058088
Since the outset of the 201 h century, growing urbanization and its contingent waxing populations in Latin America, including Brazil, have come to have alarming effects on the conditions of...
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Faria Westphal M, Franceschini M
Cien Saude Colet . 2016 Jun; 21(6):1819-28. PMID: 27281667
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Nascimento P, Faria Westphal M, Moreira R, Baltar V, Moyses S, Zioni F, et al.
Rev Bras Epidemiol . 2014 Nov; 17 Suppl 2:1-14. PMID: 25409633
Introduction: In order to improve the quality of life and health of the population in recent years there have been several local social agendas, like Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities....
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Baltar V, Sousa C, Faria Westphal M
Rev Bras Epidemiol . 2014 Oct; 17(3):668-79. PMID: 25272260
In observational epidemiology it is usual to select a control group to study the effects of certain exposures on human health. Intervention studies are well known among epidemiologists but it...
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Dowbor T, Faria Westphal M
Rev Saude Publica . 2013 Dec; 47(4):781-8. PMID: 24346679
Objective: To analyze the current status of the interventions related to social determinants of health conducted in the context of the brazilian family health program. Methods: A case study using...
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Cervato-Mancuso A, Faria Westphal M, Araki E, Bogus C
Rev Paul Pediatr . 2013 Oct; 31(3):324-30. PMID: 24142314
OBJECTIVE To identify teaching managers' perceptions regarding the relationship of school feeding and the promotion of healthy eating habits among students. METHODS A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was...
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Faria Westphal M, Zioni F, Almeida M, Nascimento P
Cad Saude Publica . 2011 Jul; 27 Suppl 2:S155-63. PMID: 21789409
The Healthy Cities and Agenda 21 programs improve living and health conditions and affect social and economic determinants of health. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators can be used to...
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Carvalho A, Faria Westphal M, Pereira Lima V
Promot Educ . 2007 Jun; Suppl 1:7-12. PMID: 17596091
Brazil, a Latin American country of continental proportions and contrasts, demographic inequalities, and social inequities, concomitantly faces the challenge of preventing and controlling infectious diseases, injuries, and non-communicable diseases. The...
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Jaime P, Machado F, Faria Westphal M, Monteiro C
Rev Saude Publica . 2007 Feb; 41(1):154-7. PMID: 17273647
We conducted a community trial-type intervention including a sample of 80 families living in a low income neighborhood in the municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2004. The intervention relied...
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Pinheiro M, Faria Westphal M, Akerman M
Cad Saude Publica . 2005 May; 21(2):449-58. PMID: 15905907
Based on a literature review and taking into account a concept of equity and its application to the field of public health, this article discusses the meaning ascribed to the...