Objective: Estimating the trend in birth weight and its relationship with determining factors in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Methods: This is an ecological time series study whose sample was composed of live births in the State of Alagoas from 1998 to 2018. The source was the Information System on Live Births. Data regarding birth weight, maternal sociodemographic characteristics, and pregnancy-related charac...
Objective: Investigating the epidemiological profile of families living in the coastal cities in northeastern Brazil, considering that the are registered in the Brazilian Cash Transfer Program (CTP). Methods: Cross-sectional study involving a probabilistic sample of 1,444 representative families of the region. A previously tested semi-structured questionnaire was used, containing questions about socioeconomic, ...