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Effects of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity : a twenty-year time se...
Rocha, Hermano Alexandre Lima; Silva, Anamaria Cavalcante e; Correia, Luciano Lima; Campos, Jocileide Sales; Machado, Márcia Maria TavaresThe present study aimed to determine the prevalence of supplementation between 1987 and 2007, and to measure the impact of this on morbidity. Five sequential cross-sectional studies in a 20-year time span were analyzed. Each had a sample of 8,000 domiciles representative of Ceara´, in northeastern Brazil. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, followed by bivariate and multivariate analyses. Increases ...
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...