CSP Supplement Examines the Challenges Facing Health Systems in Latin America in the Post-Pandemic Era

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed long-standing weaknesses in Latin American health systems and underscored the need to explore approaches that go beyond an immediate response to future public health emergencies. It is from this perspective that Cadernos de Saúde Pública publishes the supplement “Challenges Facing Health Systems in Post-Pandemic Latin America“, edited by Cristiani Vieira […]

Risk of Violence Against Older Adults: The Role of Social Interactions, Social Support, and Quality of Life

In this interview, Adriana Lopes Elias discusses the study’s objectives, methodology, and main findings, highlighting how social interactions, social support, and quality of life can help reduce the risk of violence against older adults and inform prevention strategies. How did the idea for this study arise, and what question did it seek to answer? The […]

SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Indigenous Pataxó community of Southern Bahia, Brazil: second wave of transmission and vaccine effects

SARS-CoV-2 in Pataxó Indigenous Communities in Southern Bahia A study shows that, despite vaccination, virus transmission persisted in the second wave of COVID-19, driven by precarious working conditions and high mobility within this ethnic group. While vaccines did not prevent infections, they slowed transmission and reduced the severity of symptoms. Women, the elderly, and people […]

Childhood vaccination: doubts, ambiguities and decision-making in middle-class mothers in Argentina

Vaccine Hesitancy in Argentina This article examines how middle-class mothers in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area make decisions about vaccinating their children. The study identified different patterns of reluctance or refusal: the influence of healthcare professionals during childbirth and pediatric visits, the adoption of “natural” lifestyles, distrust of biomedicine, and the active search for information […]

Surveillance and public health at the borders: an analysis of immediate reporting events in Paraná, Brazil (2010-2019)

🌎 International borders present specific challenges for public health surveillance. A study in CSP analyzed immediately notifiable events in Brazil, and especially in the state of Paraná, highlighting diseases such as extra-Amazonian malaria, dengue fever, hantavirus, and botulism. These regions presented distinct patterns of incidence and mortality, revealing critical vulnerabilities that require international cooperation and […]

Transgender and gender nonconforming people’s vulnerability to food insecurity: systematic review and meta-synthesis

Transgender, transvestite, and gender non-conforming people face profound inequalities that permeate daily life, and this can include the right to food. A systematic review of CSP analyzes how experiences of stigma, discrimination, and violence structure food insecurity among this group. The findings show that transphobia, family exclusion, employment barriers, gender-based violence, and lack of safe […]

Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people: identification of demands and experiences based on a qualitative study in communities in five Brazilian cities

Vulnerability in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Young People A qualitative study with 139 young people from low-income communities in Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, and Salvador identified vulnerabilities in three areas: individual, programmatic, and social. Lack of information, stigma, fear of HIV diagnosis, and precarious health services hinder access […]

Green April Campaign: Raising Awareness About Occupational Health and Safety

🟢 Green April | Workers’ Health Green April invites us to reflect on a topic that CSP has been covering for decades: the relationship between work and health. Throughout its history, the journal has featured reflections in various sections, such as “Review” and “Essay,” in addition to broadening the debate in its “Thematic Supplement.” The […]

Sexual abuse and substance use before or during sex among transgender women in Brazil

⚠️ More than half of the transgender women and transvestites participating in a national study reported having suffered sexual abuse or attempted abuse throughout their lives. A new article published in CSP analyzed data from the TransOdara study, conducted between 2019 and 2021 in five Brazilian capitals, with more than a thousand transgender women and […]

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH): a study of Brazilian rural public elementary schools

💧 A study published in CSP analyzed the lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in rural public elementary schools in Brazil between 2011 and 2023 and revealed persistent regional disparities. The Northern Region had the highest likelihood of lacking these services, especially in schools located on indigenous lands, with few students, and in […]

Critical analysis of the conceptualization of work among older adults in the contemporary era

This critical essay analyzes the definitions developed between 2000 and 2025 from a Western perspective and asks: do we still view work in old age in a limited way? The analysis shows that these conceptualizations fall into two categories: the microsocial (focusing on productive aging, professional identity, occupational therapy, and even workaholism) and the macrosocial, […]

Association between tobacco company corporate social responsibility claims, support for the company and policies, and perceptions and intentions among Brazilians

🚬 An experimental study involving more than 4,000 Brazilian adults shows that exposure to a video lasting just three minutes—featuring corporate social responsibility messages from a fictional tobacco company—was sufficient to improve the company’s image and reduce perceptions of the harm caused by cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The effect was even stronger among women and nonsmokers. […]