Accuracy of the Simplified Version of the Global Risk Score in Detecting Cardiovascular Risk in Women from Quilombola Communities in the State of Alagoas, Brazil

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are currently the leading cause of death in Brazil and worldwide, justifying the implementation of prevention measures against this public health problem. In this sense, cardiovascular risk (CVR) monitoring allows the establishment of priorities among activities that focus on the CVD problem, assisting in the definition of practices and prognostic analyses. Several algorithms and scores are used to assess CVR, but none have been validated for the Brazilian population, even less so for the country's black population. 1,2 Therefore, there is no consensus on which procedure would be the most appropriate for this purpose.

Perfil socioeconômico e demográfico de crianças e adolescentes quilombolas da Bahia

“…Os remanescentes quilombolas preservaram a sua identidade através da oralidade, das manifestações culturais e da organicidade pautada no modo coletivo de viver e produzir. (7) Estudos de Cavalcante e Ferreira (8) e Neves e Ferreira (9) apresentam o contexto de precariedade socioeconômica e demográfica ao qual os quilombolas estão inseridos e que se reflete em seus indicadores de saúde.…”