ObjectiveTo analyze short-term leaves among the nursing personnel of a university hospital. MethodsStudy population included 965 nursing professionals active on 1 January 2000. Leaves up to 30 days in one year were analyzed. Sickness leaves (one-year aggregate), service demand, and diagnoses were described. Relative risk was estimated through multivariate analysis, using negative binomial distribution. Results Rev Saúde Pública 2003 ; 37(5)Sickness absenteeism, nursing personnel www.fsp.usp.br/rsp Reis RJ dos et al About 65% of workers generated 1,988 appointments, of which 68,6% lead to absence from work. The greatest demand occurred among nursing technicians, women, and statutory workers (OR=1.61; 1.47; 1.53 respectively). Over half the studied population (57.6%) had at least one absence. This corresponds to 87.8% of workers who had physician appointments. These workers generated a total 1,364 leaves of absence -1.41 per worker -and 5,279 workdays were missed. Multivariate analysis was carried out considering each gender separately. An effect was found only for work regime (RR=1,45 e RR=2,43) for both men and women. ConclusionsA relationship exists between absenteeism and work regime. It is necessary to include other variables, such as time working for the company, shift, and number of children.

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Trata-se de estudo qualitativo, realizado no Município de Ribeirão das Neves-MG, com o objetivo de compreender o envolvimento dos homens com a violência. A metodologia consistiu de grupos focais organizados segundo sexo, faixa etária e região administrativa do Município, sendo, ao todo, trinta grupos, com 231 participantes, recrutados aleatoriamente. Para analisar, foi utilizado o método hermenêutico-dialético e, à luz da teoria política de Hannah Arendt, a violência foi interpretada como dominação que perpassa as relações humanas. Homens e mulheres foram identificados como possíveis autores e vítimas de violência, o envolvimento de cada um sendo definido a partir de relações desiguais que estabelecem. Os números da violência, assim como as explicações centradas em teorias biológicas, podem levar à conclusão prematura de que os homens sejam mais violentos do que as mulheres. A fundamentação teórica e a contextualização mais profundas permitem clarear outras faces desse importante problema.

ResumoEste trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a efetivação do direito à saúde das pessoas em privação de liberdade, por meio de grupos focais realizados com três grupos focais com sujeitos envolvidos no contexto carcerário: pessoas presas, agentes penitenciários e profissionais de saúde de uma unidade prisional masculina em Ribeirão das Neves (MG). As discussões foram gravadas, transcritas e submetidas a análise de discurso. O direito à saúde, compreendido como acesso integral a serviços de saúde de qualidade, é questionado enquanto fenômeno real, uma vez que, estando os serviços públicos sucateados, esse acesso está restrito a quem pode pagar. O descaso do Estado em relação ao direito à saúde das pessoas presas é justificado pela função disciplinar da prisão. As precárias condições de trabalho e o julgamento moral sobre a conduta do preso indicam uma recusa em reconhecer a legitimidade de seu direito à saúde. Ainda que as leis brasileiras afirmem saúde como direito de todos e dever do Estado, constata-se a não realização desse direito tanto para as pessoas presas como para os profissionais que atuam no presídio. Palavras-chave: Direito à Saúde; Prisões; Violência; Condições de Trabalho. Élida Lúcia Carvalho Martins AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the realization of the right to health of people deprived of liberty, by means of focus groups conducted with three subjects involved in the prison context: imprisoned people, prison officers, and health professionals in a male prison in Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The discussions were recorded, transcribed, and underwent discourse analysis. The right to health, understood as full access to good-quality health services, is put into question as an actual phenomenon, since, considering that public services are scrapped, this access is restricted to those who can pay for it. State neglect with regard to the right to health of imprisoned people is justified by the disciplinary role played by prison. Poor working conditions and moral judgment on the prisoner's behavior indicate a refusal to recognize the legitimacy of his right to health. Although the Brazilian laws claim that health is a right of all and a duty of the State, we find out the lack of realization of this right both for imprisoned people and for the professionals working in the prison.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a homicide prevention program. METHODS:A quasi-experimental study was performed using time series analysis of homicide incidence in the Morro das Pedras area in the city of Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil, from 2002 to 2006. The number of homicides occurring in this location was compared to other violent and nonviolent favelas and to other neighborhoods of the city, during each of the Program phases. To test the hypothesis that homicide reduction was caused by the actions implemented by the program, a statistical model was developed based on generalized linear models. RESULTS:In the fi rst six months a 69% reduction in the number of homicides was obtained. During the other Program periods, the effect on the reduction of homicides lessened, but the difference among coeffi cients compared to the initial period was not statistically signifi cant. Even with full Program implementation, the effect continued to be similar to the previous periods, probably because the program was implemented in other violent favelas in the city. CONCLUSIONS:The results suggest that the Staying Alive Program model can be an important alternative for the prevention of youth homicides in communities that have characteristics similar to the pilot program in Morro das Pedras.