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The Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion (Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde – RBPS) was established in 1984 and is devoted to Health Promotion, including public policies, healthy environments, community capacity building, individual and collective skills development, and reorientation of health services. It aims to foster Health/Public Health Promotion by publishing scientific evidence arising from research and actions relevant and correlated to this area. It publishes quantitative and qualitative studies, descriptive and analytical research, clinical trials, and epidemiological and environmental studies whose ultimate objective is the dissemination of scientific knowledge on Health Promotion and Public/Collective Health. RBPS publishes editorials, original articles, review articles and description of experience. This OPEN ACCESS journal is published quarterly in a bilingual format via the Journals Portal of the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) (http://periodicos.unifor.br/). All the manuscripts submitted to the journal are checked for similarity prior to peer review.

*e-ISSN-1806-1230.

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Current Issue

Vol. 39 (2026)
Published: 2026-05-29

Essays

  • Medicalization and the Logic of Consumption: The Medical-Industrial Complex and Epistemicide in Medical Education

    Jessica Corrêa Pantoja, José Lúcio Martins Machado, Maria Elisa Gonzalez Manso
    1-10
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17034
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Medicalização e a Lógica do Consumo: O Complexo Médico-Industrial e o Epistemicídio na Formação Médica

Original Article

  • Body Image, Sexual Function, and Sexual Satisfaction in Women with Breast Cancer

    Eduarda Silva Kingma Fernandes, Angélica Atala Lombelo Campos, Maximiliano Ribeiro Guerra, Rafaela Russi Ervilha, Jane Rocha Duarte Cintra, Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro, Maria Teresa Bustamante Teixeira
    1-12
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.16404

  • Food and Nutrition Education in Primary Health Care for Individuals with Chronic Diseases: A Clinical Trial

    Mariana Correia Stevenson Braga, Natália de Aquino Guerreiro, Solange Andreoni, Luciana Yuki Tomita
    1-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17176
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Educação Alimentar e Nutricional na Atenção Primária com Pessoas com Doenças Crônicas: Ensaio Clínico

  • Assessment of Sexual Quality of Life and Menopausal Symptoms in a Vulnerable Population

    Sofia Liz Gutierrez, Giannina Fernandes de Carvalho Juliatti, Camilly de Cássia Carbinatto, Dyana Carolina Teixeira Trevisan, Bárbara Bueno Pereira, Silvio Martins de Oliveira, Nathália Carbinatti Franzini, Naila Albertina de Oliveira
    1-12
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17035
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Avaliação da Qualidade de Vida Sexual e Sintomas da Menopausa na População Vulnerabilizada

  • International Conferences on Health Promotion: Evolution, Conceptual Inflections, and Contemporary Challenges for the Global Agenda

    Izaltina Adão, Claudia Flemming Colussi, Dais Gonçalves Rocha
    1-14
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17033
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Conferências Internacionais sobre Promoção da Saúde: Evolução, Inflexões Conceituais e Desafios Contemporâneos para a Agenda Global

  • Knowledge of Primary Health Care Users about Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV

    Caren Cerqueira Mina, Cleuma Sueli Santos Suto, Sálem Ramos de Almeida, Allana Letícia Dantas Rodrigues Araujo, Adson Mateus Santos Martins, Ivana Eneida do Nascimento Santos , Lílian Cristina Oliveira dos Santos
    1-14
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17031
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Conhecimento de Usuários da Atenção Básica sobre Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis e Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana

  • Breastfeeding: When Emotions Flow and Not Everything is Happiness

    Ana Yibby Forero Torres, Edna Rocio Rubio Galvis
    1-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.16693
    Translations of this article:  Português (Brasil) 

  • Psychological Telecare in Traditional Communities of the Amazon during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Andréia de Azevedo Swierczynski Pitombo, Ivo Emílio da Cruz Jung , Verônica Farina Azzolin, Euler Esteves Ribeiro , Virgílio Vianna, Kelly Cristina Cebalho, Cristina Maranghello , Ketlen Nascimento Gomes, Márcia Batista Santoro, Eduardo Vélez-Martin, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Fernanda Barbisan
    1-16
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.15780

  • Epidemiological Profile of Pregnant Women and Neonates Born by Cesarean Section at a University Hospital

    Vitória Montenegro Silva, Letícia Ramos de Sousa, Gabriel Nelson Rolim Remigio, João Pedro Borges da Costa Amaral Henriques, Rodrigo Ramalho Rodrigues, Cristina Wide Pissetti
    1-11
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.16200

Review Article

  • Ethnic-Racial Inequalities in the Health of the Black Population in Brazil: An Integrative Review

    Vanessa Alves Sousa, Rayanne Ribeiro Costa, Lucas Lima Sousa, Adriano Martins Ferreira, Luciana Ramos Dias, Luciane Sousa Pessoa Cardoso, Sara Fiterman Lima
    1-10
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.16679

  • Therapeutic Choices in Breast Cancer and their Impact on Women’s Quality of Life

    Felipe da Silva Santos, Yasmin Ayana Ximenes Amorim, José Ferreira de Sousa Netto, Gevânio Bezerra de Oliveira Filho
    1-12
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.16033

Experience Report

  • Tree as Metaphor: Reflections and Propositions of Community Health Workers on their Work in the Territory in the Context of Violence and COVID-19

    Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Andre Sá Oliveira, Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa Machado, Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira, Andréa Silvia Walter de Aguiar, Alice Maria Correia Pequeno, Grayce Alencar Albuquerque, José Maria Ximenes Guimarães, Elaine Ferreira Nascimento, Anya Pimentel Gomes Fernandes Vieira-Meyer
    1-11
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5020/18061230.2026.17032
    This article is a translation in English of the article:  Árvore como Metáfora: Reflexões e Proposições dos ACS sobre seu Trabalho no Território, no Contexto de Violência e COVID-19
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