Background To evaluate the association between delays in obstetric care and neonatal near-miss mortality events and death in a public maternity referral center. Methods This case-control study enrolled 142 neonates, meeting the near-miss criteria of 5-min Apgar < 7, weight < 1500 g, gestational age < 32 weeks, and use of mechanical ventilation or congenital malformation, as well as 284 controls (without the nea...
Background: Cross-sectional studies are fundamental studies in the practice of epidemiological science. This article aims to present in detail the methodology for conducting a series of cross-sectional studies, as well as the analysis of data through pooled data. Methods: The series of studies are population cross-sectional studies, with statewide coverage, searching for representative sample of reproductive ag...
Childhood obesity is now an epidemic in many countries worldwide and is known to be a multifactorial condition. We aimed to examine the relationship of environmental, socioeconomic, and nutritional factors with childhood overweight and obesity. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children from 2 to 6 years of age in Ceará, Brazil. Children’s nutritional status was assessed by body mass inde...
Objective To assess the prevalence of child development delay and to identify socioeconomic determinants. Study design We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children 2 to 72 months of age residing in the state of Ceara ´, Brazil. In total, 3200 households were randomly selected for participation in the study and had child development assessed with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) versi...
Abstract Introduction: Twenty years ago, the first study was conducted to access adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their relation to outcomes in adulthood. The effects of exposure to childhood trauma can also be transmitted to other generations. There are some studies that suggest the hypothesis that intergenerational transmission may begin during intrauterine life through the change in placental-fetal p...
The scope of this article is to describe the food consumption and eating behavior of quilombola and non-quilombola adolescents from the rural area of Southwest Bahia. A cross-sectional study with 390 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years was conducted in 2015, using an adapted PeNSE and PNS questionnaire. Food consumption was assessed by the frequency of healthy and unhealthy food markers in the previous 7 days. Eati...
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the association between factors related to maternal obstetric history and the emergence of mental disorders in children and adolescents followed at outpatient clinics of a children’s hospital. Methodology: In this cross- sectional study, it was applied to the primary caregivers of the children: consent form, sociodemographic form containing possible factors related to the...
Objetivos: este estudo objetiva estimar as taxas, fatores associados e tendência das taxas de aborto no Nordeste do Brasil. Métodos: série de estudos transversais realizada no Ceará, um dos estados mais pobres do país. Uma amostra de cerca de 27000 mulheres em idade reprodutiva foi utilizada. A ocor- rência de aborto foi aferida através de informação dada pela participante e taxas foram calculadas usando estima...
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 food ins...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:30:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-11-01; 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 an...