The use of Complementary and Integrative Practices (CIP) is on the increase and its institutionalization in Primary Health Care (PHC) is a challenge. This article discusses the use, care, and policies of CIP at international and national levels found in the indexed literature. A review of the literature in PubMed/Medline and the Virtual Health Library was conducted using the key search words “Homeopathy,” “Acupuncture,” “Herbal Medicine,” “Body Practices,” “Primary Health Care” and other related terms in English, Spanish and Portuguese between 2002 and 2011. The use in the literature of CIP for the treatment of specific diseases from a biomedical perspective was observed, as well as evaluations of its use for the treatment of specific disea...
Chronic degenerative diseases constitute one of the main causes of death at a global level, and thei...
This article analyses the themes and conceptual-theoretical approaches of the social support in the ...
Advances in new technologies associated with improvement of knowledge in medicine have promoted impo...
The literature shows methodological differences in measuring physical activity in relation to frailt...
In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and causative factors associated with selfmedic...
Objective: To determine the time of diagnosis of typical orofacial clefts in different Brazilian reg...
[EN] A Spanish version of the article is provided (see section before references). This paper prese...
Polypharmacy for the elderly and associated factors were assessed. A cross-sectional study was condu...
The article seeks to investigate patterns of performance and relationships between grip strength, ga...
The objective was to identify factors associated with happiness in the elderly. A cross-sectional, p...
The vaccine against influenza is the main preventative intervention in public health for this diseas...
The study aimed to reflect on adolescents’ speeches regarding their justifications for non-adherence...
Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-medication in children and adolescents in the municip...
[EN] Promotion of Health and Quality of life as well prevention of health hazards is essential for t...
Chronic degenerative diseases constitute one of the main causes of death at a global level, and thei...
This article analyses the themes and conceptual-theoretical approaches of the social support in the ...
Advances in new technologies associated with improvement of knowledge in medicine have promoted impo...
The literature shows methodological differences in measuring physical activity in relation to frailt...
In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and causative factors associated with selfmedic...
Objective: To determine the time of diagnosis of typical orofacial clefts in different Brazilian reg...
[EN] A Spanish version of the article is provided (see section before references). This paper prese...
Polypharmacy for the elderly and associated factors were assessed. A cross-sectional study was condu...
The article seeks to investigate patterns of performance and relationships between grip strength, ga...
The objective was to identify factors associated with happiness in the elderly. A cross-sectional, p...
The vaccine against influenza is the main preventative intervention in public health for this diseas...
The study aimed to reflect on adolescents’ speeches regarding their justifications for non-adherence...
Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-medication in children and adolescents in the municip...
[EN] Promotion of Health and Quality of life as well prevention of health hazards is essential for t...
Chronic degenerative diseases constitute one of the main causes of death at a global level, and thei...
This article analyses the themes and conceptual-theoretical approaches of the social support in the ...
Advances in new technologies associated with improvement of knowledge in medicine have promoted impo...