Introduction: Since the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, many consequences have been constantly faced by the population. The threat related to the numbers of contamination, accentuated by catastrophic reports of serious illness or death, added to the scenes shown in the media of hastily built cemeteries and crowded hospitals can have a direct effect on the mental health of the population, generating fear and insecurity. Adolescents, when infected with the coronavirus, have the same clinical symptoms as adults. In this context, when it comes to worsening health, mental health problems and domestic violence were the main predisposing factors that caused damage to well-being, societal characteristics that should influence the individual and collective health of adolescents. Therefore, knowing the relevance of this theme, this study aimed to identify in the literature the characteristics of mental disorders that affect adolescents during the pandemic. Methodology: This is a descriptive, exploratory, integrative literature review, carried out from a bibliographic survey in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Online Library (SCIELO). Results and Discussions: Clinically, adolescents are proposed to develop the same symptoms of mental disorders as adults during the period of isolation. The context of the economic crisis, social isolation and the weakening of health services are related as the main factors that contributed to the development of mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, self-mutilation and panic syndromes. Final considerations: Therefore, it became evident that the main disorders that affect young people and adolescents during the period of isolation, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, are ansiety and depression. In addition, the main causes that trigger such problems are isolation measures and family problems.

We analyzed the spatial relation between incomplete vaccine coverage for children and the distance from vaccination services. This was a cross-sectional study of children from 13 to 35 months of age from the cities of São Luís (Maranhão State) and Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo State), Brazil, and from basic health units (UBS, in Portuguese). The sample consisted of 2,744 children from São Luís and 3,325 from Ribeirão Preto. Data about incomplete vaccine coverage for children were obtained from the BRISA birth cohorts. Data about the quality of UBS vaccination services were obtained from the first cycle of the Brazilian National Program for Improvement of Access and Quality of Basic Care (PMAQ-AB, in Portuguese). For the spatial analysis, we determined the distance between the residence of the children (with and without a complete vaccine calendar) and the vaccination services of the UBS (classified according to number of structural items). Incomplete vaccine coverage was more pronounced in São Luís, with greater percentages for human rotavirus and triple viral vaccines, with the latter being the least available. In Ribeirão Preto, incomplete BCG vaccine coverage was more pronounced, with the tetravalent vaccine being the least available. Children from the two cities showed similarities: most of them had adult mothers with 9 to 11 years of schooling and did not reside with siblings in the household. They also showed differences: in São Luís, most mothers belonged to the economic class C, while in Ribeirão Preto they belong to the A and B classes. In the two cities with different socioeconomic conditions, complete vaccine coverage seemed not to depend on the location or quality of the vaccination service. Although São Luís showed a better structure of the services, incomplete vaccine coverage was higher compared to Ribeirão Preto.

O aumento da quantidade de mulheres encarceradas nos sistemas prisionais, crescem exponecialmente nas últimas décadas. Embora com participação reduzida em relação aos homens na criminalidade, há violação e desigualdade de seus direitos, e invisibilidade das políticas públicas que deveriam garantir o seu regresso a sociedade em condições adequadas. Nesse contexto, objetiva-se compreender a realidade e as singularidades do sistema carcerário feminino no Brasil e no mundo. O presente estudo desenvolveu extensa revisão de literatura, com base em estudos científicos sobre as mulheres encarceradas. A pesquisa desenvolvida, identificou a necessidade da implementação de diferentes metodologias que visam avaliar a realidade das mulheres encarceradas, bem como o desenvolvimento e redirecionamento de políticas públicas ligadas as mulheres nos sistemas prisionais e setores da sociedade.

Schistosomiasis is considered one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), which affects around 240 million people worldwide. In Brazil, Schistosomiasis mansoni has been registered in 19 states, predominantly in rural areas. This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of Schistosomiasis mansoni cases in the Maranhao State from 2007 to 2016, as well as the temporal trend over this period. The data were obtained from secondary sources: Schistosomiasis Control Program of Maranhao (PCE-MA) and Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). The State Health Regions (HRs) were considered analysis units. Maranhao had a positivity rate of 3.8 for the period. The Regions that presented the highest percentages of positivity in the state were Pinheiro (7.92), Ze Doca (3.30), and Viana (3.10). Municipalities such as Bacuri, Serrano do Maranhao, and Bequimao, located in the Pinheiro HR, showed positivity rates of 16.56, 13.31, and 11.01 respectively. The spatial analysis of schistosomiasis cases showed that Maranhao has two main centers for the spread of the disease, both located in the northern portion of the state, namely the Baixada Maranhense and the east coast. This study concluded that the positivity of Schistosomiasis mansoni in Maranhao was stable over the analyzed period. The state still maintains the Baixada Maranhense micro-region as an important area for the spread of the disease reaching socially vulnerable population groups.