Cristiane Costa da Cunha Oliveira

Estudo da prevalência de fluorose dentária em Aracaju

With the aims of determining the prevalence dental fluorosis in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe State, 196 students were submitted to an oral exam, utilizing the Deans index. It was concluded that the prevalence of dental fluorosis in students ranging from 5 to 15 years old in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe State was of 8.16%, not implying in a risk to public health. However, similar studies must be done regularly, besides orientation to governmental departments responsible for water fluoridation, so that the level considered excellent for this area can be respected, avoiding such problem to occur.

Saúde auditiva e qualidade de vida em trabalhadores expostos a agrotóxicos

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between exposure to pesticides and the occurrence of hearing loss among rural workers of Povoado Colonia Treze, Lagarto, State of Sergipe, Brazil. A total of 351 adult workers aged 18 to 59 years were selected, with current or past work activity in rural areas, with or without use of pesticides. The hearing evaluation included a form to record air-borne tonal thresholds using normality criteria recommended by Merluzzi 1979. The instrument used for assessing the quality of life was the Brazilian version of Short Form 36 (SF-36). Statistical analysis was performed (chi-square c2, nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, Cramers V and Cohens d) with a significance level of 95% (p <0.05). The results related the use of pesticide with the degree of toxicity in the presence of hearing loss and indices of quality of life (p <0.001). This study proved that agricultural workers, users of pesticides showed the worst levels of quality of life when compared with those who have not handled them. The use of pesticides and their toxicity class interfered in a most striking way in the classification of hearing loss presented in this group and further studies are recommended to assess other impacts on this population.

Hearing care and quality of life among workers exposed to pesticides

The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between exposure to pesticides and the occurrence of hearing loss among rural workers of Povoado Colônia Treze, Lagarto, State of Sergipe, Brazil. A total of 351 adult workers aged 18 to 59 years were selected, with current or past work activity in rural areas, with or without use of pesticides. The hearing evaluation included a form to record air-borne tonal thresholds using normality criteria recommended by Merluzzi 1979. The instrument used for assessing the quality of life was the Brazilian version of Short Form 36 (SF-36). Statistical analysis was performed (chi-square c², nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test, Cramers V and Cohens d) with a significance level of 95% (p <0.05). The results related the use of pesticide with the degree of toxicity in the presence of hearing loss and indices of quality of life (p <0.001). This study proved that agricultural workers, users of pesticides showed the worst levels of quality of life when compared with those who have not handled them. The use of pesticides and their toxicity class interfered in a most striking way in the classification of hearing loss presented in this group and further studies are recommended to assess other impacts on this population.

Atitudes de alunos expectadores de práticas de bullyng na escola/Attitudes of bullying practices bystanders students at school

O objetivo foi analisar a prevalencia de alunos que testemunham situacoes de violencia escolar, com identificacao de atitudes desses espectadores na problematica do bullying em Aracaju e Nossa Senhora do Socorro, Sergipe, Brasil. Estudo transversal de natureza quantitativa, desenvolvido no periodo de agosto de 2012 a setembro de 2013. Participaram 753 adolescentes. O plano amostral foi baseado na populacao de alunos matriculados em escolas publicas estaduais da Grande Aracaju. Foi utilizado um questionario validado de Violencia entre Pares desenvolvido na Universidade de Lisboa. Mais da metade dos sujeitos da pesquisa (51,4%) testemunharam situacoes de violencia. Entre formas de agressao mais observadas, o bullying verbal teve maior frequencia (55,60%), seguido do bullying fisico (29%). As principais reacoes das vitimas de bullying, e dos que presenciaram alguma situacao de agressao foi nao revidar (42,6%), pedir ao agressor para parar (21,8%) e recorrer a um adulto (12,87%). As vitimas foram apoiadas positivamente pelos espectadores principalmente quando o agressor era do sexo masculino, mais velho e integrado na mesma turma. O apoio ao agressor ocorreu quando maus-tratos foram perpetuados por individuos mais velhos, do sexo masculino e pertencentes a outra turma. Os espectadores ainda nao constituem uma rede de amparo, envolvendo-se passivamente no termino do bullying.