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Psychometric validation of the audio-guided rBVQ instrument for bullying evalua...
Ferreira-Junior,Valdemir; Coutinho-Lourenco,Fausto; Menezes,Alessandra A. S.; Gusmoes,Julia Dell; Cogo-Moreira,Hugo; Sanchez,Zila M.Abstract The revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (rBVQ) is an internationally used instrument to identify bullying, but due to Brazilian students’ low proficiency in reading and writing, it had to be adapted for audio-guided use through smartphones. We investigated construct validity, using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), under a two-correlated factor solution. Participated 1,742 fifth graders and 2,3...
Elos Program's Efficacy Evaluation in School Management of Child Behavior: A No...
Schneider,Daniela Ribeiro; Garcia,Douglas; D’Tolis,Paulo Otávio Andrade Oliveira; Ribeiro,Alessandra Mafra; Cruz,Joselaine Ida da; Sanchez,Zila M.Abstract The Elos Program resulted from a Brazilian cultural adaptation of the Good Behavior Game, a preventive strategy for classroom management to reduce aggressive and disruptive behaviors. The goal is to discuss the Elos Program’s efficacy during its implementation in 16 elementary Brazilian public schools in two cities in 2016. The design was a non-randomized controlled trial with 80 classes in each group,...
An epidemiological study of childhood development in an urban setting in Brazil
Caetano,Sheila C.; Ribeiro,Marcos V.V.; Askari,Melanie S.; Sanchez,Zila M.; do Rosário,Maria C.; Perissinoto,Jacy; Resegue,Rosa; Felix,ErikaObjective: Mental illness is an important public health concern, often starting early in life and particularly impacting children from low-and middle-income countries. Our aims were to 1) determine, in a representative sample of public preschool 4- to 5-year old children in Brazil, the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing disorders and socioemotional development delays; and 2) to identify modifiable ri...
Predicting latent classes of drug-related problems among adolescents: secondary...
Almeida,Mireille C.; Valente,Juliana Y.; Sanchez,Zila M.Objective: To detect latent patterns of drug-related problems and their predictors among adolescents. Methods: A three-wave randomized controlled trial was conducted among 6,391 7th and 8th graders (51.02% girls) at 72 public schools in six Brazilian cities to evaluate the #Tamojunto school-based drug prevention program. Patterns of drug use and behavior problems were identified through latent class analysis, a...
Translating science into policy: mental health challenges during the COVID-19 p...
Mari,Jair J.; Gadelha,Ary; Kieling,Christian; Ferri,Cleusa P.; Kapczinski,Flavio; Nardi,Antonio E.; Almeida-Filho,Naomar; Sanchez,Zila M.Several stressors associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are expected to affect the mental health of global populations: the effects of physical distancing, quarantine, and social isolation; the emotional suffering of health and other frontline workers; neuropsychiatric sequelae in those affected by the virus; the impact to families of lives lost to the disease; differential effects for those w...
Binge drinking and frequent or heavy drinking among adolescents: prevalence and...
Conegundes,Lara Silvia Oliveira; Valente,Juliana Y.; Martins,Camila Bertini; Andreoni,Solange; Sanchez,Zila M.Abstract Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic, school, and family factors associated with the patterns of binge drinking and frequent or heavy drinking among adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, nested in a randomized controlled trial, of 6285 seventh and eighth grade adolescent students from Brazilian public schools. The associations between binge drinking (consumption of five or more ...
Belief patterns and drug use in a sample of Brazilian youth: an exploratory lat...
Healy,Shannon; Martins,Silvia S.; Fidalgo,Thiago M.; Sanchez,Zila M.Objective: Adolescent substance abuse is a public health concern worldwide, and its prevention is the subject of numerous programmatic efforts. Yet, little research exists on the structure of drug-related belief patterns in youth and their utility in preventive program planning. The aim of this study is to determine the structure of drug-related beliefs among 12-15-year-old students in Brazil using latent class...
Exposure to violence: associations with psychiatric disorders in Brazilian youth
Fidalgo,Thiago M.; Sanchez,Zila M.; Caetano,Sheila C.; Andreoni,Solange; Sanudo,Adriana; Chen,Qixuan; Martins,Sílvia S.Objective: The effects of exposure to violent events in adolescence have not been sufficiently studied in middle-income countries such as Brazil. The aims of this study are to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among 12-year-olds in two neighborhoods with different socioeconomic status (SES) levels in São Paulo and to examine the influence of previous violent events and SES on the prevalence of...
Percepções da comunidade escolar sobre a implantação do programa unplugged em e...
Medeiros,Pollyanna Fausta Pimentel de; Pereira,Ana Paula Dias; Schneider,Daniela Ribeiro; Sanchez,Zila M.Resumo O objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar as percepções da comunidade escolar sobre o programa Unplugged, implantado pelo Ministério da Saúde em escolas públicas brasileiras de ensino fundamental II. A metodologia utilizada foi a qualitativa e envolveu coleta de dados através de 11 grupos focais de professores (n=13), alunos (n=54) e administradores escolares (n=11) em 8 escolas de 3 cidades brasileir...
Evaluation of the Implementation of a Preventive Program for Children in Brazil...
Schneider,Daniela Ribeiro; Pereira,Ana Paula Dias; Cruz,Joselaine Ida; Strelow,Milene; Chan,Gail; Kurki,Anja; Sanchez,Zila M.Abstract The article discusses the pilot implementation of the evidence-based preventive program Good Behavior Game (GBG) in public schools in four Brazilian cities. GBG is a method for classroom behavior management by teachers, which aims at developing sociability among elementary school students between 6 and 10 years old. The objective of this study was to evaluate the program implementation process, focusin...