NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Inquérito de Saúde no Município de São Paulo 2008 Provider São Paulo Municipal Health DepartmentTabulations only Geography Brazil (BRA) São Paulo Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 09/2008 - 02/2009 Series or system Brazil - São Paulo Health Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalHouseholdIndividualInterview Summary The São Paulo Health Survey (ISA) was first conducted in 2003, and again in 2008 and 2014, by the city's Municipal Health Department in collaboration with researchers from the University of São Paulo and a few other local institutions. The ISA is intended to produce information and knowledge on the health status, living conditions, lifestyle, and health care utilization of the urban population. Survey topics include socioeconomic characteristics, nutritional status, maternal and child health, health care use, preventive examinations, and health care spending. Informed by a probablisitic stratified sample design, the survey collected data via direct interview from a representative of each private household sampled. For the 2008 survey, 3,271 people were interviewed. Keywords 24HR dietary recall, Adolescents, Alcohol use, Amputation, Anemia, Antenatal care, Anxiety, Appetite loss, Birth place, Birth weight, Caesarean section, Calcium, Caloric intake, Cancers, Chronic kidney diseases, Cirrhosis of the liver, Clinical breast exams, Colonoscopy, Community health clinics, Dairy products, Diabetes, Diet, Dietary fiber, Dietary protein, Digestive diseases, Disability, Education, Epilepsy, Fatigue, Financial assistance for health, Fish, Fruits, Headache, Health care access, Health care prices, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing loss, Heart disease, Height, Hospitals, Hypertension, Iron, Legumes, Leprosy, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, Mental health symptoms, Micronutrients, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nuts, Obesity, Occult blood, Osteoporosis, Overnutrition, Pap smears, Paralysis, Place of delivery, Preterm birth, Prevalence, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Processed meats, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Race, Religion, Schistosomiasis, Screening, Screening mammography, Secondhand smoke, Skin diseases, Sleep, Starchy vegetables, Stroke, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Tuberculosis, Unipolar depressive disorders, Unprocessed red meat, Upper respiratory infections, Vision loss, Weight, Whole grains, Zinc Citation Contributors University of São Paulo State University of Campinas São Paulo State University Health Institute (São Paulo, Brazil) São Paulo Municipal Health Department Funders São Paulo Municipal Health Department Suggested citation Health Institute (São Paulo, Brazil), State University of Campinas, São Paulo Municipal Health Department, São Paulo State University, University of São Paulo. Brazil - São Paulo Health Survey 2008-2009. GHDx Entry last modified on: May 9, 2022