Objective: to develop a social need index for stratification of municipalities and identification of priority areas for reducing fetal mortality. Methods: ecological study, carried out in the state of Pernambuco, between 2010 and 2017. The technique of factor analysis by main components was used for the elaboration of the social need index. In the spatial analysis, the local empirical Bayesian estimator was app...
The article presents considerations on health assessment with its multiple facets, conceptual and methodological approaches, which the authors learned in their professional trajectories experienced in the interfederative instances of the Unified Health System and as members of the Health Assessment Study Group of the Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira. They discuss learning in services from ...
O coeficiente de mortalidade infantil (CMI) é utilizado para comparar as condições de saúde entre países, sendo o principal indicador da quarta meta do milênio, fazendo emergir a discussão sobre seu dimensionamento. Diante das limitações das estimativas de mortalidade baseadas em pesquisas por amostragem, o interesse pelas informações de registro contínuo foi ampliado, em particular quanto a dados subnacionais....
An exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study with quantitative approach, carried out from the secondary database of the Second Research of Breastfeeding Prevalence in Brazilian capitals and the Federal District in 2009. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of the use of artificial nipples in children under one year old in six sanitary districts (SD) of Recife-PE, Brazil. The study included 3,120 children, of...
Estudo descritivo-exploratório, transversal, de abordagem quantitativa, realizado a partir de banco de dados secundários da II Pesquisa de Prevalência de Aleitamento Materno nas Capitais Brasileiras e Distrito Federal do ano de 2009. Possui o objetivo de avaliar a prevalência do uso de bicos artificiais em menores de um ano nos seis distritos sanitários (DS) do município do Recife-PE. Participaram do estudo 3.1...
An exploratory descriptive cross-sectional study with quantitative approach, carried out from the secondary database of the Second Research of Breastfeeding Prevalence in Brazilian capitals and the Federal District in 2009. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of the use of artificial nipples in children under one year old in six sanitary districts (SD) of Recife-PE, Brazil. The study included 3,120 children, of...