Filipa De Castro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3670101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Filipa De Castro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Filipa |
| FAMILY NAME | De Castro |
| SIGNATURE | DE CASTRO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6710-6315 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Concurrent validity of scores from phone-based caregiver reports on early childhood development
The Impact of an Integrated Nurturing Care Intervention to Improve Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Nampula Province, Mozambique
Objective: To estimate the effect of integrating responsive care, early learning, and development monitoring into a community-based package of activities on nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene, on improvements in early childhood development outcomes. Design: This was a quasi-experimental study with nonequivalent comparison groups. The study primary outcome, early childhood development, was measured using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) a…
Lead Exposure Can Affect Early Childhood Development and Could Be Aggravated by Stunted Growth
Children with stunted growth are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of lead exposure. These results add to previous research calling for action to reduce lead exposure, particularly in children with chronic undernutrition
Adolescent Friendly Services
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of adolescent friendly health services. METHODS: Qualitative assessment using the simulated user technique in first level clinics of Health Services of Morelos, Mexico, during 2018. Ten out of 17 facilities with non-exclusive adolescent friendly services were randomly selected. An additional facility with exclusive adolescent friendly services was included as an intensive subsample. Four adolescents served as simu…
I Matter, I Learn, I Decide”
Contribution of Second and Higher‐Order Births to Adolescent Fertility in Mexico
This study estimates the contribution of second and higher‐order births to the adolescent fertility rate in Mexico from 2006 to 2014. We used data from nationally representative surveys for 2006, 2009, and 2014 to estimate the adolescent fertility rate, and the first, second, and higher‐order birth components for the triennium prior to each survey at the national and state level. Our results showed that the second and higher‐order component was 1…
Factors associated with pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican women aged 15-24
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with poor health and socioeconomic factors. The adolescent pregnancy rate in Mexico is the highest among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We aimed to explore the factors associated with pregnancies and births in adolescent and young adult women. Using the 2015 Mexican National Survey of Boys, Girls, and Women (ENIM), we examined two dichotomous outcomes: "ever pregnant…
Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate alcohol consumption on some conditions. With our comprehensive approach to health accounting within the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016, we generated improved estimates of alcohol use and alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjus…
II. Human Development
Contribution of Second and Higher‐Order Births to Adolescent Fertility in Mexico
This study estimates the contribution of second and higher‐order births to the adolescent fertility rate in Mexico from 2006 to 2014. We used data from nationally representative surveys for 2006, 2009, and 2014 to estimate the adolescent fertility rate, and the first, second, and higher‐order birth components for the triennium prior to each survey at the national and state level. Our results showed that the second and higher‐order component was 1…
II. Human Development
Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate alcohol consumption on some conditions. With our comprehensive approach to health accounting within the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016, we generated improved estimates of alcohol use and alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjus…
Contribution of Second and Higher‐Order Births to Adolescent Fertility in Mexico
This study estimates the contribution of second and higher‐order births to the adolescent fertility rate in Mexico from 2006 to 2014. We used data from nationally representative surveys for 2006, 2009, and 2014 to estimate the adolescent fertility rate, and the first, second, and higher‐order birth components for the triennium prior to each survey at the national and state level. Our results showed that the second and higher‐order component was 1…
Factors associated with pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican women aged 15-24
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with poor health and socioeconomic factors. The adolescent pregnancy rate in Mexico is the highest among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We aimed to explore the factors associated with pregnancies and births in adolescent and young adult women. Using the 2015 Mexican National Survey of Boys, Girls, and Women (ENIM), we examined two dichotomous outcomes: "ever pregnant…
Adolescent Friendly Services
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of adolescent friendly health services. METHODS: Qualitative assessment using the simulated user technique in first level clinics of Health Services of Morelos, Mexico, during 2018. Ten out of 17 facilities with non-exclusive adolescent friendly services were randomly selected. An additional facility with exclusive adolescent friendly services was included as an intensive subsample. Four adolescents served as simu…
I Matter, I Learn, I Decide”
Lead Exposure Can Affect Early Childhood Development and Could Be Aggravated by Stunted Growth
Children with stunted growth are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of lead exposure. These results add to previous research calling for action to reduce lead exposure, particularly in children with chronic undernutrition
Concurrent validity of scores from phone-based caregiver reports on early childhood development
The Impact of an Integrated Nurturing Care Intervention to Improve Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Nampula Province, Mozambique
Objective: To estimate the effect of integrating responsive care, early learning, and development monitoring into a community-based package of activities on nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene, on improvements in early childhood development outcomes. Design: This was a quasi-experimental study with nonequivalent comparison groups. The study primary outcome, early childhood development, was measured using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) a…
Medicine (6 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Reproductive health (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)