Ines Lessa

Biographic Data

ID3666848
NAMEInes Lessa
GIVEN NAMESInes
FAMILY NAMELessa
SIGNATURELESSA Í
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal da Bahia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS93
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX4

  • Hipertensão arterial sistêmica no Brasil

    Open AccessInes LessaARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2010Cited by: 2

  • Prevalência de dor crônica e fatores associados na população de Salvador, Bahia

    Open AccessKatia Sá, Abrahão Fontes Baptista et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2009Cited by: 3References: 15

    OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de dor crônica, identificando os fatores associados. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal realizado em amostra populacional de 2.297 indivíduos com idade igual ou superior a 20 anos, em Salvador (BA), em 1999 e 2000. Aplicou-se em domicílio questionário padronizado para coleta de dados sobre dor e características sociodemográficas e a medida da circunferência abdominal. O critério para classificação de dor crônica foi duraç…

  • Brain white matter lesions correlated to newborns death and lethality

    Open AccessNayara Argollo, Ines Lessa et al.ARTICLERevista Brasileira de Saúde…2006

    OBJECTIVES: to describe hospital lethality rates and factors correlated to death in neonates with brain white matter lesions. METHODS: a retrospective study was performed from January 1994 to December 2001. Neonates with white brain matter lesions were divided into survival and death groups and their medical files reviewed through the single blind method to determine evolution. Death certificates provided the cause of death. The groups were compa…

  • Discursive Struggles Within Social Welfare

    Ines LessaARTICLEThe British Journal of Social Work2005Cited by: 14

    This paper is an attempt at exploring the contemporary neo-liberal contexts in which social and community services operate and the opportunities for undertaking struggles around rights and entitlements to social welfare within this context. It discusses the centrality of single motherhood for the redefinition of the relationships of shared well-being among citizens and proposes the frameworks of discourse analysis and identity construction as cen…

  • Prevalência e fatores associados ao sedentarismo no lazer em adultos

    Open AccessFrancisco José Gondim Pitanga, Ines LessaARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2005Cited by: 18References: 11

    O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência e determinantes do sedentarismo no lazer em adultos, na cidade de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. O desenho foi transversal em amostra de 2.292 adultos > 20 anos de idade, sendo 1.271 (55,0%) do sexo feminino. Sedentários no lazer foram aqueles que informaram não participar de atividades físicas nos momentos de lazer, em uma semana habitual. Inicialmente, calculou-se a prevalência do sedentarismo no lazer…

  • Doenças crônicas não-transmissíveis no Brasil

    Open AccessInes LessaARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2004

    A literatura na área da saúde pública é pobre em textos sobre vigilância epidemiológica (VE) para DCNT, mas contém várias propostas de programas e várias redes em andamento nos 5 continentes. O tema encontra-se em destaque mundial, não só pela liderança das doenças cardiovasculares na mortalidade na grande maioria dos países, como pela já considerada pandemia da obesidade, inclusive em crianças e adolescentes. A endemia do diabetes é esperada. No…

  • Simultaneidade de fatores de risco cardiovascular modificáveis na população adulta de Salvador (BA), Brasil

    Open AccessInes Lessa, Maria Jenny Araujo et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2004

    The high proportion of clustering cardiovascular risk factors in Salvador, with or without hypertension, especially in the population with little schooling and in black individuals, suggests the need for broad social strategies to reduce social inequality, promote health, and facilitate the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors

  • Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

    Open AccessNaomar Almeida Filho, Naomar Almeida-Filho et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2004Cited by: 24References: 19

    OBJECTIVE: To study patterns of alcohol consumption and prevalence of high-risk drinking. METHODS: A household survey was carried out in a sample of 2,302 adults in Salvador, Brazil. Cases of High-Risk Drinking (HRD) were defined as those subjects who referred daily or weekly binge drinking plus episodes of drunkenness and those who reported any use of alcoholic beverages but with frequent drunkenness (at least once a week). RESULTS: Fifty-six pe…

  • Social inequality and depressive disorders in Bahia, Brazil

    Open AccessNaomar Almeida Filho, Naomar Almeida-Filho et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004Cited by: 32References: 55

  • Capture-recapture method to estimate lower extremity amputation rates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Open AccessEthel Rejane Stambovsky Spichler, David Spichler et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2001

    These findings show a high incidence of LEAs in Brazil, when compared to countries such as Spain, that is attributable mainly to peripheral vascular disease and diabetes mellitus

  • Cirrhosis of the liver in Brazil

    Open AccessInes LessaARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…1997

    This descriptive study was done using official data on mortality from cirrhosis of the liver for the year 1989. Its objectives are: (a) to describe mortality from cirrhosis of the liver in Brazilian adults; (b) to estimate the productive years of life lost (PYLL) prematurely (between 20 and 59 years of age) from this cause; and (c) to show any regional differences in cirrhosis mortality or PYLL. The raw data were adjusted by age and sex, using th…