ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the accuracy of the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension (SNAPPE II) as a death predictor, to determine the cutoff point for mortality, and to analyze the association of independent variables with death. Methods: Prospective, longitudinal, hospital-based study on newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the first time from November 1, 201...
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é descrever o consumo e o comportamento alimentar de adolescentes quilombolas e não quilombolas da zona rural do sudoeste baiano. Estudo transversal com 390 adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos em 2015, utilizando questionário adaptado da PeNSE e PNS. O consumo alimentar foi avaliado pela frequência nos últimos 7 dias de alimentos marcadores de alimentação saudável e não saudável. Realiza...
Abstract Objectives: this study intends to estimate the rates, associated factors and trends of selfreported abortion rates in the northeast of Brazil. Methods: series of population-based surveys realized in Ceará, northeast of Brazil, one of the poorest states in the country. A sample of about 27,000 women of reproductive age was used. Abortion was assessed according to women´s information and rates were calcu...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the sexual behavior and to identify associated factors in adolescents from rural communities in Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, population-based, and household-based study, carried out in 2015 with adolescents aged 10 to 19 years. We described the variables of sexual intercourse in life and in the last 12 months, age at first intercourse, condom use and number ...
Abstract Background Food insecurity has important effects on human health, particularly in children’s. It continues to increase, with an estimated prevalence of 14.9% in the USA and 35% in Brazil. There have been few studies on the effect of cash transfer programs (CTPs) on the prevalence of food security in Brazil. Objective Evaluate the association between cash transfer programs and reductions in inequity and...
Abstract Objective: To compare the autonomic behavior between malnourished children and a control group using analysis of heart rate variability (HRV). Method: Data were analyzed from 70 children who were divided into two groups: malnourished and eutrophic, according to the Z-score nutritional status for height and age. For analysis of HRV indices, heart rate was recorded beat to beat with the child in the supi...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate factors associated with neonatal death within 24 hours after birth in very low birth weight preterm newborns. Methods: Prospective cohort of live births with gestational age of 230/7–316/7 weeks, birth weight of 500–1499g without malformations, in 19 public maternity hospitals in nine capitals in northeastern Brazil from July to December 2007. The 19 hospitals were assessed in re...
Resumo Objetivos: Descrever o conceito dos primeiros mil dias, sua importância para a saúde e ações a serem implantadas, em especial pelos pediatras, para que a criança alcance nutrição e desenvolvimento saudáveis. Fonte dos dados: Revisão não sistemática nas bases SciELO, Lilacs, Medline, Scopus e Web of Science nos últimos dez anos com os termos mil dias, nutrição infantil, desenvolvimento infantil, infância,...
Dados da pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, um estudo nacional de base hospitalar, incluindo 24.197 puérperas e seus recém-nascidos, de fevereiro de 2011 a julho de 2012, foram utilizados para construir um indicador de morbidade neonatal near miss. Foi utilizada amostragem por conglomerados em três estágios (hospitais, dias, mulheres), estratificada por macrorregião, tipo de município (capital ou interior) e tipo de fi...
OBJECTIVE : 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 calculat...