[Description of duplicate records held on the Notifiable Diseases Information System, Brazil, 2008-2009]. / Descrição dos registros repetidos no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação, Brasil, 2008-2009.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the proportion of duplicate records held on the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System, 2008-2009. METHODS: identification of duplicate records of dengue, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis, meningitis and tuberculosis was conducted using Reclink III(r); the proportion of duplicate records was calculated by geographical region, state and municipal population size categories. RESULTS: visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and meningitis had higher proportions of duplicate notification (5.3% and 3.6%, respectively) whilst leprosy had the lowest (0.7%); the states with highest repetitions were Rio Grande do Norte (VL 6.8% and leprosy 5.1%), Rio de Janeiro (tuberculosis 2.5% and meningitis 4.9%) and Goiás (dengue 2.0% and meningitis 7.2%). CONCLUSION: the Northeast region had the highest proportion of duplicate records for four of the six diseases analyzed; with the exception of dengue, percentage repetition was lower in municipalities with larger population size.

Validación del inventario de bienestar subjetivo con muestras de jóvenes y adolescentes argentinos, brasileros y mexicanos / Validation of a subjective well-being inventory with youth and adolescents Argentinean, Mexican, and Brazilian samples

El objetivo del estudio fue adaptar el inventario de bienestar subjetivo de Nacpal y Shell para su empleo con jóvenes y adolescentes latinoamericanos. Se efectuó la equivalencia conceptual, semántica y operacional de la versión prototípica del instrumento. La versión definitiva fue administrada a una muestra de 1,891 jóvenes y adolescentes (730 mexicanos, 664 argentinos y 497 brasileros), quienes además respondieron una selección de reconocidos instrumentos desarrollados para explorar resiliencia, afrontamiento del estrés, sentido del humor, inteligencia emocional y valores culturales. El análisis de la validez factorial mostró una estructura de 6 factores que explicaron casi el 59% de la varianza total. La validez de constructo quedó demostrada a partir de las positivas y significativas correlaciones entre el bienestar subjetivo y la mayoría de las variables medidas. La confiabilidad del instrumento adaptado alcanzó niveles satisfactorios. A la luz de los resultados obtenidos, se efectúan algunas sugerencias para futuras investigaciones en el área.

The aim of this study was to adapt the Well-Being Inventory of Nacpal & Shell for using with Latinamerican youth and adolescents. The conceptual, semantic and operational equivalence of inventory prototype version was analized. The final version was administered to a sample of 1,891 students (730 Mexicans, 664 Argentines and 497 Brazilians) who also filled a set of recognized instruments developed to explore resilience, coping, sense of humor, emotional intelligence and cultural values.The exploration of factorial validity showed six orthogonal factors which explained almost 59% of total variance. Construct validity was demostrated through positive and significant correlations between subjective well-being and most of the variables considered. Reliability of the adapted instrument reached satisfactory levels. In light of the results some suggestions for future research in the area are made.