Sandra Valongueiro Alves

Biographic Data

ID228838
NAMESandra Valongueiro Alves
GIVEN NAMESSandra Valongueiro
FAMILY NAMEAlves
SIGNATUREALVES S V
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco
ORCID0000-0001-8532-5346
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS66
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX4

  • Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of the Fall Risk Questionnaire—Portuguese Version

    Open AccessAna Júlia Monteiro, Bernardo Constantino et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Falls are a major problem among older adults worldwide. Early detection of risk factors is important to decrease the burden of falls. The “Fall Risk Questionnaire” (FRQ) is a screening tool used to assess personal fall risk awareness in older populations, and it is also used as a behavior change tool. The aim of the present study was to undertake a cultural and linguistic adaptation of the FRQ to allow its use in the Portuguese population. To ach…

  • The economic burden of congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil

    Open AccessSilke Fernandes, Márcia Pinto et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: The aim of this paper is to estimate the economic burden of children with congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) in Brazil over 5-10 years. METHODS: We conducted a modelling study based on data collected in a case-control study in Brazil, including children with CZS (cases) and typically developing children (controls), born in 2015 and 2016. In total, 484 participants were recruited in two sites, Recife and Rio de Janeiro. Social and economic…

  • Fertility trends during successive novel infectious disease outbreaks

    Open AccessL J Marteleto, Luiz Gustavo Fernandes Sereno et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2022Cited by: 1References: 12

    This study aims to estimate fertility trends in Brazil in the 2010s and early 2020s during a period of back-to-back novel infectious disease outbreaks - Zika virus and COVID-19. We use Brazilian Ministry of Health and Association of Civil Registrar data from 2011-2021 to measure general fertility rates at the national and state levels. We also used seasonal ARIMA model to forecast fertility rates by month and state in 2021 and compared these fore…

  • On gestating and giving birth to a child with congenital zika virus syndrome

    Open AccessMaria José Cremilda Ferreira Alves, Ana Paula Lopes De Melo et al.ARTICLESaúde e Sociedade2022References: 8

    This study analyzes the context of pregnancy, prenatal care and birth of children with Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS). A single case exploratory study was conducted with a mother of a child diagnosed with CZS in Pernambuco, Brazil. Data were collected by an in-depth interview and content was categorized into four themes: discovery of pregnancy; conditions of prenatal and childbirth care; conditions of diagnosis and childcare; and feelings involve…

  • Reproductive planning in Indigenous area and the search for differentiated care

    Open AccessBruna Teixeira Ávila, Sandra Valongueiro AlvesARTICLESaúde e Sociedade2022Cited by: 1References: 6

    Differentiated care is a fundamental principle for a non-colonizing care of the Indigenous populations. One of the challenges within this field is reproductive planning since it involves tensions between collective and individual wills, as well as between authority and autonomy, especially with the more continuous insertion of professionals with the Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctor Program), as occurred in the Yanomami Territory. This article a…

  • Planejamento reprodutivo em área indígena e a busca pela atenção diferenciada

    Open AccessBruna Teixeira Ávila, Sandra Valongueiro AlvesARTICLESaúde e Sociedade2022Cited by: 5References: 6

    A atenção diferenciada é um princípio fundamental para um cuidado não colonizador das populações indígenas. Um dos desafios nesse campo é o planejamento reprodutivo, por envolver tensões entre vontades coletivas e individuais, além da tutela e da autonomia, principalmente com a inserção mais contínua de profissionais via Programa Mais Médicos, como ocorreu no Território Yanomami. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir os aspectos envolvidos na atençã…

  • Sobre gestar e parir uma criança com a Síndrome Congênita do Zika Vírus

    Open AccessMaria José Cremilda Ferreira Alves, Ana Paula Lopes De Melo et al.ARTICLESaúde e Sociedade2022References: 8

    Este artigo busca analisar o contexto de gestação, pré-natal e parto de uma criança com Síndrome Congênita do Zika (SCZ). É um estudo exploratório qualitativo, tipo estudo de caso único, delineado a partir de entrevista em profundidade realizada com uma mãe de criança diagnosticada com SCZ em Pernambuco. A análise dos dados ocorreu mediante a categorização do conteúdo da entrevista em quatro núcleos temáticos: contexto da descoberta da gestação; …

  • Barriers in Accessing Care for Consequence of Unsafe Abortion by Black Women

    Open AccessEmanuelle Freitas Goes, Greice Maria De Souza Menezes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2021

  • Analysing the intersection between health emergencies and abortion during Zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia

    Open AccessClare Wenham, Camila Abagaro et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2021Cited by: 3References: 65

  • Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19

    Open AccessWarren Graham, Bosede Bukola Afolabi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    The adverse impact of COVID-19 on maternal and newborn services in low-income and middle-income countries risks undermining improvements in health outcomes and care achieved over the last three decades. Alarming declines in the use of services and in the quality of care in health facilities are being reported from sources on the ground, captured rapidly and in real time using e-communication tools. Local solutions to the direct and indirect chall…

  • Hope and trust in times of Zika

    Open AccessClarissa Simas, Loveday Penn-Kenkana et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020Cited by: 4References: 46

    This article investigates how hope and trust played out for two groups at the forefront of the Zika epidemic: caregivers of children with congenital Zika syndrome and healthcare workers. We conducted 76 in-depth interviews with members of both groups to examine hope and trust in clinical settings, as well as trust in public institutions, in the health system and in the government of Brazil. During and after the Zika epidemic, hope and trust were …

  • Vulnerabilidade racial e barreiras individuais de mulheres em busca do primeiro atendimento pós-aborto

    Open AccessEmanuelle Freitas Goes, Greice Maria De Souza Menezes et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020Cited by: 4References: 25

    As desigualdades sociais no Brasil se refletem na busca por atenção pelas mulheres com abortamento, as quais enfrentam barreiras individuais, sociais e estruturais, expondo-as a situações de vulnerabilidades. São as negras as mais expostas a essas barreiras, desde a procura pelo serviço até o atendimento. O estudo objetivou analisar os fatores relacionados às barreiras individuais na busca do primeiro atendimento pós-aborto segundo raça/cor. A pe…

  • Avaliação da qualidade da atenção ao aborto na perspectiva das usuárias

    Open AccessEstela Maria Leão De Aquino, Michael Reichenheim et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020Cited by: 1References: 26

    As complicações do aborto são um importante problema de saúde pública e pesquisas para avaliar a qualidade da atenção requerem ferramentas de aferição adequadas. Este estudo dá sequência ao processo de refinamento de um instrumento para esse fim - QualiAborto-Pt. Utilizando-se dados de um inquérito com 2.336 mulheres internadas por complicações do aborto em 19 hospitais de três capitais do Nordeste brasileiro (Salvador - Bahia, Recife - Pernambuc…

  • Zika, abortion and health emergencies

    Open AccessClare Wenham, Amaral Arévalo et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2019

    BACKGROUND: The Zika outbreak provides pertinent case study for considering the impact of health emergencies on abortion decision-making and/or for positioning abortion in global health security debates. MAIN BODY: This paper provides a baseline of contemporary debates taking place in the intersection of two key health policy areas, and seeks to understand how health emergency preparedness frameworks and the broader global health security infrast…

  • Emergency and permanence of the Zika virus epidemic

    Open AccessMartha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Monique Nascimento et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018Cited by: 1References: 6

    Recently, the Zika virus epidemic has caused a setting of health emergency in Brazil. This event has mobilized several stakeholders to look at this reality -where women, men and children born with the marks of these diagnoses are differently affected -as one with vectors, illnesses and obscure diagnosis situations. Recalling this recent memory means summoning the political realms to demand the commitment to the health of the population in context…

  • Epidemia de microcefalia e vírus Zika

    Open AccessMaria De Fátima Pessoa Militão De Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira De Souza et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018References: 63

    Em agosto de 2015, neuropediatras de hospitais públicos do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, observaram um aumento do número de casos de microcefalia desproporcional associado a anomalias cerebrais. Esse fato gerou comoção social, mobilização da comunidade acadêmica e levou o Ministério da Saúde a decretar emergência de saúde pública nacional, seguida pela declaração de emergência de saúde pública de interesse internacional da Organização Mundial da Sa…

  • Delays in access to care for abortion-related complications

    Open AccessThalia Velho Barreto De Araújo, Estela Maria Leão De Aquino et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018References: 22

    Around 18 million unsafe abortions occur in low and middle-income countries and are associated with numerous adverse consequences to women's health. The time taken by women with complications to reach facilities where they can receive appropriate post-abortion care can influence the risk of death and the extent of further complications. All women aged 18+ admitted for abortion complications to public-sector hospitals in three capital cities in th…

  • Women's Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil

    Open AccessL J Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Development Review2017Cited by: 23References: 60

  • Postpartum depression among women with unintended pregnancy

    Open AccessCynthia Nunes de Oliveira Brito, Sandra Valongueiro Alves et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2015Cited by: 1References: 26

    OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between unintended pregnancy and postpartum depression.METHODS This is a prospective cohort study conducted with 1,121 pregnant aged 18 to 49 years, who attended the prenatal program devised by the Brazilian Family Health Strategy, Recife, PE, Northeastern Brazil, between July 2005 and December 2006. We interviewed 1,121 women during pregnancy and 1,057 after childbirth. Unintended pregnancy was evaluated duri…

  • Incidence and risk factors for intimate partner violence during the postpartum period

    Open AccessElisabete Pereira Silva, Sandra Valongueiro Alves et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2015Cited by: 2References: 21

    OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence and identify risk factors for intimate partner violence during postpartum. METHODS This prospective cohort study was conducted with women, aged between 18-49 years, enrolled in the Brazilian Family Health Strategy in Recife, Northeastern Brazil, between 2005 and 2006. Of the 1.057 women interviewed during pregnancy and postpartum, 539 women, who did not report violence before or during pregnancy, were evaluated…

  • Atenção ao aborto no Sistema Único de Saúde no Nordeste Brasileiro

    Open AccessMaria Teresa Seabra Soares Britto E Alves, Thalia Velho Barreto De Araújo et al.ARTICLERevista Brasileira de Saúde…2014

    Objetivos: avaliar a estrutura de maternidades que prestam atenção a mulheres em situação de abortamento no Sistema Único de Saúde, em Salvador, Recife e São Luís. Métodos: foram selecionadas três maternidades em cada capital. Os dados foram obtidos por entrevista com gerente do serviço ou equipe de direção e observação direta. Utilizou-se instrumento com 120 questões pontuadas abrangendo seis componentes - planta física, recursos materiais, recu…

  • Common mental disorders and intimate partner violence in pregnancy

    Open AccessAna Bernarda Ludermir, Sandra Valongueiro Alves et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2014Cited by: 2References: 26

    OBJECTIVE : To investigate the association between common mental disorders and intimate partner violence during pregnancy. METHODS : A cross sectional study was carried out with 1,120 pregnant women aged 18-49 years old, who were registered in the Family Health Program in the city of Recife, Northeastern Brazil, between 2005 and 2006. Common mental disorders were assessed using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Intimate partner violence …

  • Avaliação da qualidade da atenção ao aborto

    Open AccessEstela Maria Leão De Aquino, Greice Maria De Souza Menezes et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2014Cited by: 5References: 5

    No Brasil, são escassas as pesquisas sobre a qualidade da atenção ao aborto inseguro. O presente artigo visa a apresentar a primeira etapa da construção de instrumento para estudo sobre a assistência hospitalar prestada pelo Sistema Único de Saúde em três cidades. Foram definidas quatro dimensões essenciais da atenção - acolhimento e orientação, qualidade técnica do cuidado, continuidade da atenção, insumos/ambiente físico - e respectivos critéri…

  • Causas externas e mortalidade materna

    Open AccessMercia Maria Rodrigues Alves, Sandra Valongueiro Alves et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2013Cited by: 5References: 13

    OBJETIVO: Analisar os óbitos por causas externas e causas mal definidas em mulheres em idade fértil ocorridos na gravidez e no puerpério precoce. MÉTODOS: Foram estudados 399 óbitos de mulheres em idade fértil de Recife, PE, de 2004 a 2006. A pesquisa utilizou o método Reproductive Age Mortality Survey e um conjunto de instrumentos de investigação padronizados. Foram usados como fontes de dados laudos do Instituto Médico Legal, prontuários hospit…

  • Intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy

    Open AccessAna Carolina Da C Azevêdo, Thalia Velho Barreto De Araújo et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013Cited by: 3References: 33

    This study investigated the association between unintended pregnancy and intimate partner violence before pregnancy. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,054 women, aged 18 to 49, in Recife, Northeastern Brazil, from July 2005 to March 2006. Non-conditional logistic regression analysis was performed with a hierarchical strategy for entering variables into the model, according to the conceptual framework defined. Unintended pregnancy was…