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Prevalence and determinants of child undernutrition and stunting in semiarid re...
Correia, Luciano Lima; Silva, Anamaria Cavalcante e; Campos, Jocileide Sales; Andrade, Francisca Maria de Oliveira; Machado, Márcia Maria TavaresOBJECTIVE: To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children in the semiarid region of Brazil. METHODS: Data were collected from two cross-sectional population-based household surveys that used the same methodology. Clustering sampling was used to collect data from 8,000 families in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, for the years 1987 and 2007. Acute undernutrition was calculated...
Reducing child mortality : the contribution of Ceará state, northeast of Brazil...
Silva, Anamaria Cavalcante e; Correia, Luciano Lima; Campos, Jocileide Sales; Andrade, Francisca Maria de OliveiraTo describe the experience of Ceara´, Northeast of Brazil, state on improving child survival, over a 20 year period, and discuss its contribution to Brazil’s progress toward the achievement of MDG 4. Five population-based, statewide household surveys, with children \3 years of age, known as PESMIC (Mother and Child Health Survey of Ceara´), were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001 and 2007. They aimed to invest...