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- Title
Metodologia das Pesquisas Populacionais de Saúde Materno-Infantil: uma série transversal realizada no Estado do Ceará de 1987 a 2007.
- Authors
Lima Correia, Luciano; Cavalcante e Silva, Anamaria; Sales Campos, Jocileide; de Oliveira Andrade, Francisca Maria; Ildefonso da Silveira, Dirlene Mafalda; Tavares Machado, Márcia Maria; Lima Rocha, Hermano Alexandre; Alves da Cunha, Antonio José Ledo
- Abstract
Objectives: to describe the methods used in mother-child health studies (PESMIC), over a period of 20 years in Ceará. Methods: a series of studies carried out over a twenty-year period were examined with regard to the following aspects: a) population-based crosssectional series studies, with a representative sample of 8000 families; b) questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were used, studying the levels and causes of infant mortality, the prevalence of mother and child malnutrition, the duration of breastfeeding, vaccination coverage, the prevalence and management of diarrhea and access to mother-child health services; c) the results obtained were outcome variables (mainly infant mortality) and various determining factors relating to the child and the mother and social and economic conditions. Results: the response rate was nearly 100% for the five studies (1986-2007) and there were important changes in socio-demographic and health indicators, an 81% reduction in the infant mortality rate, a 43% increase in breastfeeding an immunization rate of 95%. There was also a 243% increase in overweight. In total the five studies covered 177,132 residents, 47,508 women and 13,049 children. Conclusions: it is recommended that these studies should be continued using the same methodology, making it possible to analyze variations over time.
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Mother & Child Health (BJMCH) / Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil (RBSMI), 2014, Vol 14, Issue 4, p353
- ISSN
1519-3829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1519-38292014000400005