Carlos Ε A Coimbra

Biographic Data

ID458756
NAMECarlos Ε A Coimbra
GIVEN NAMESCarlos Ε A
FAMILY NAMECoimbra
SIGNATURECOIMBRA C Ε A
AFFILIATIONSFundação Oswaldo Cruz
ORCID0000-0003-4085-1080
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS109
TOTAL CITATIONS676
AUTHOR COUNT109
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX14

  • Factors Associated With Anemia in Xavante Indigenous Children From Central Brazil

    Open AccessLarissa de Lima Alves Paresque, Juliana De Bem Lignani et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2025

    OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the factors associated with anemia in Xavante children from the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Territory (IT) in Central Brazil through path analysis. METHODS: A survey was conducted with children between 6 months and 5 years in the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Reserve in 2011. Hemoglobin levels, anthropometric measurements, and socioeconomic/demographic data were collected, and cut-off points were recommended…

  • Adaptation of prenatal care offered to indigenous women

    Open AccessGislaine Recaldes de Abreu, Renata Palópoli Pícoli et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2024

    This study aimed to analyze the adaptation of prenatal care offered to Indigenous women and its association with maternal characteristics and health services. This is a cross-sectional study, conducted with 461 Indigenous women who gave birth and/or received immediate postpartum care in the municipalities of Mato Grosso do Sul, between 2021 and 2022. An indicator of minimum prenatal adequacy was developed, which was classified as adequate when th…

  • Adequação da assistência pré-natal ofertada à mulher indígena

    Open AccessGislaine Recaldes de Abreu, Renata Palópoli Pícoli et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2024

    Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a adequação do pré-natal ofertada à mulher indígena e sua associação com características maternas e do serviço de saúde. Trata-se de estudo transversal, de abrangência estadual, realizado com 461 mulheres indígenas que tiveram parto e/ou receberam atendimento pós-parto imediato, em municípios de Mato Grosso do Sul, entre 2021 e 2022. Elaborou-se um indicador de adequação mínima do pré-natal, sendo classific…

  • Adecuación de la atención prenatal ofrecida a mujeres indígenas

    Open AccessGislaine Recaldes de Abreu, Renata Palópoli Pícoli et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2024

    Este estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la adecuación de la atención prenatal ofrecida a las mujeres indígenas y su asociación con las características de los servicios de salud. Se trata de un estudio transversal, con cobertura estatal, realizado con 461 mujeres indígenas que dieron a luz y/o recibieron atención posparto inmediata en municipios de Mato Grosso do Sul entre 2021 y 2022. Se desarrolló un indicador de adecuación mínima de la atenció…

  • Health of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil

    Ricardo Ventura Santos, James R Welch et al.CHAPTER2022Cited by: 2

    Victims of epidemics, slavery, genocide, and countless other episodes of violence during the colonial enterprise in Brazil, which continues decades into the 21st century in some regions, Indigenous peoples face health inequities resulting from a five-century history of social marginalization and vulnerability. Since the late 1990s, the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in the country have benefited from progressive legislation that valu…

  • Indigenous migration patterns in Brazil based on the 2010 national demographic census

    Open AccessM Campos, Ricardo Ventura Santos et al.ARTICLESN Social Sciences2021

    Research in several Latin American countries points to violence, loss of traditional territories, and seeking education, health, and wage labor as key variables in triggering rural–urban migration among Indigenous people. This study presents an analysis of the migration patterns of Indigenous people in Brazil, compared to non-indigenous people, based on data from the most recent national census, conducted in 2010. Migration characteristics relate…

  • Indigenous fire ecologies, restoration, and territorial sovereignty in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Open AccessJ R Welch, Carlos Ε A CoimbraARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 3References: 81

    Indigenous and traditional peoples worldwide ignite vegetation to promote resource availability, diversity, and resilience. Their burning traditions are indispensable for sustenance, territorial management, and cultural expression. In some countries, Indigenous peoples are key partners in developing fire policies and interventions. The Brazilian federal government has recently undertaken pilot fire management projects with Indigenous participatio…

  • Birth weight of indigenous children in Brazil

    Open AccessAline Alves Ferreira, Mirian Carvalho De Souza et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2021Cited by: 2References: 10

    Birth weight is an important predictor of perinatal, infant, and preschool-age children morbimortality. However, information about indigenous children's birth weight is still scarce. This study aimed to analyze the birth weight of indigenous children based on data from the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition, Brazil (2008-2009). This is the first study to address indigenous children's birth weight based on a nationwi…

  • The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study in Brazil

    Open AccessJ R Welch, Aline Alves Ferreira et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2020

    OBJECTIVE: The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study was developed to permit granular tracking of contemporary health challenges faced by indigenous communities in Brazil, taking into consideration ongoing historical processes that may be associated with increases in child undernutrition, adult obesity, and cardiovascular disease risks. METHODS: This was an open-cohort study with six semiannual data collection waves from 2009 to 2012. The study was u…

  • Indigenous children and adolescent mortality inequity in Brazil

    Open AccessRicardo Ventura Santos, Gabriel Mendes Borges et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020

    Indigenous peoples worldwide are highly disadvantaged compared to national baseline populations. Given historical challenges to accessing relevant data for Brazil, the present study innovates by using 2010 Brazilian National Demographic Census data to estimate mortality curves in Indigenous children and adolescents <20 years. The non-parametric smoothing approach TOPALS (tool for projecting age-specific rates using linear splines) was employed. A…

  • Socioeconomic determinants of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women

    Open AccessCarlos Ε A Coimbra, Felipe G Tavares et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020Cited by: 21References: 17

    Results point to distinct patterns of associations between socioeconomic indicators and the occurrence of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women, which have potentially significant implications from a public policy perspective for Indigenous peoples in Brazil

  • Food Profiles of Indigenous Households in Brazil

    Open AccessJ R Welch, Aline Alves Ferreira et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2020Cited by: 9References: 13

    The objective of the present study was to characterize the food profiles in Indigenous households participating in the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition in Brazil. Multiple correspondence analysis was used to estimate distances between regions and foods from three sources (local Indigenous production, purchased, and external donation), in addition to "not consumed." The combined distribution of the first two dimens…

  • Pineapple Among the Indigenous Nambikwara

    Open AccessCarlos Ε A Coimbra, J R WelchARTICLEEthnobiology Letters2020References: 3

    In the region that is today Brazil, presence of pineapple in the food of Indigenous peoples was noted early by the Portuguese and other European explorers, who described the presence of the plant in Indigenous gardens and around villages along the Atlantic coast and in the interior. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the ethnobotany and history of pineapple in South America, particularly Central Brazil, based on the first known photo…

  • Perfil de utilização de medicamentos antineoplásicos entre indígenas atendidos pelo Sistema Único de Saúde

    Open AccessCamila Alves Matos, Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-De-Castro et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020Cited by: 1References: 9

    Estima-se que no Brasil existam cerca de 900 mil indígenas (0,4% da população do país) pertencentes a mais de 300 etnias diferentes. Porém, informações sobre a epidemiologia do câncer e sobre os medicamentos antineoplásicos utilizados no tratamento desses indivíduos são escassas. Os objetivos do presente estudo são identificar os medicamentos antineoplásicos utilizados e descrever o perfil de utilização deles na população indígena tratada no Bras…

  • "Um "fato social total

    Open AccessRicardo Ventura Santos, Ana Lucia Pontes et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020Cited by: 25References: 3

  • Ancestralidade genética indígena como fator de risco para tuberculose? Perspectivas críticas e implicações em políticas públicas na saúde indígena

    Open AccessRicardo Ventura Santos, Luiz Antônio Bastos Camacho et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2020References: 8

    Amerindian genetic ancestry as a risk factor for tuberculosis? Critical perspectives and implications for public policies in indigenous peoples's health Ancestralidad gentica indgena como factor de riesgo para la tuberculosis? Perspectivas crticas e implicaciones en polticas

  • Excesso de peso em crianças indígenas Xukuru do Ororubá, Pernambuco, Brasil

    Open AccessThatiana Regina Fávaro, Aline Alves Ferreira et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Cited by: 2References: 39

    Os poucos estudos que abordam o tema de saúde e nutrição em indígenas da macrorregião Nordeste do Brasil sinalizaram situações diferenciadas em alguns aspectos, quando comparados principalmente à realidade de indígenas do Norte e Centro-oeste. Este trabalho objetivou estimar a magnitude das prevalências e risco de sobrepeso e excesso de peso em crianças menores de dez anos da etnia Xukuru do Ororubá, Estado de Pernambuco, e avaliar os fatores soc…

  • Avaliação da atenção pré-natal ofertada às mulheres indígenas no Brasil

    Open AccessLuiza Garnelo, Bernardo L Horta et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Cited by: 17References: 18

    Este estudo avalia a atenção pré-natal de mulheres indígenas com idades entre 14-49 anos, com filhos menores de 60 meses no Brasil. O Primeiro Inquérito Nacional de Saúde e Nutrição dos Povos Indígenas avaliou 3.967 mulheres que atendiam a tais requisitos, sendo 41,3% da Região Norte; 21,2% do Centro-oeste; 22,2% do Nordeste; e 15% do Sul/Sudeste. O pré-natal foi ofertado a 3.437 (86,6%) delas. A Região Norte registrou a maior proporção de mulher…

  • Rural Health in Brazil

    Open AccessCarlos Ε A Coimbra, Carlos E A Coimbra JrARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2018

    The demographic dynamics of the Brazilian population has undergone important transformations throughout the last century, in particular from the 1940s. These changes have been characterized by sharp declines in fertility and mortality rates, increased life expectancy at birth, and consequently aging of the general population. This scenario was followed, step-by-step, by rapid urbanization, which has [...]

  • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)

    Open AccessIan Anderson, Bridget Robson et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

  • Physical growth curves of indigenous Xavante children in Central Brazil

    Open AccessAline Alves Ferreira, J R Welch et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2016Cited by: 10References: 23

    The nutritional profile of Indigenous children in Brazil is comparable to those observed in some of the least developed regions of the world.Weight and height growth curves were characterised based on longitudinal data from a local Indigenous population experiencing the double burden of child under-nutrition and adult obesity.Anthropometric data were collected in six waves from 2009-2011 for children <10 in two proximate Xavante villages in Centr…

  • Cem anos de Frederico Simões Barbosa

    Open AccessCarlos Ε A Coimbra, Carlos E A Coimbra JrARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2016References: 1

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  • Diarrhea and health inequity among Indigenous children in Brazil

    Open AccessAna Lúcia Escobar, Carlos Ε A Coimbra et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    According to results of the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition, almost a quarter of Indigenous children throughout the country had diarrhea during the previous week. This prevalence is substantially higher than that documented in 2006 for Brazilian children < 5 years generally (9.4%). Due to its exceedingly multicausal nature, the set of associated variables that remained associated with child diarrhea in the final …

  • Obesidade e excesso de peso em adultos indígenas Xukuru do Ororubá, Pernambuco, Brasil

    Open AccessThatiana Regina Fávaro, Ricardo Ventura Santos et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2015Cited by: 17References: 22

    Este estudo transversal visa a descrever a distribuição de excesso de peso e obesidade e sua associação com variáveis demográficas e socioeconômicas entre 794 adultos indígenas, de 19 a 59 anos, da etnia Xukuru do Ororubá, povo indígena cujas terras estão localizadas no Município de Pesqueira, agreste de Pernambuco, Brasil. A análise da associação entre as variáveis de desfecho, excesso de peso (IMC > 24,99kg/m2) e obesidade (> 29,99kg/m2) e as v…

  • Estado nutricional de crianças indígenas Guarani nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, Brasil

    Open AccessCarla Tatiana Garcia Barreto, Ana Margarida Cardoso et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2014Cited by: 14References: 12

    O presente estudo reporta os resultados de inquérito nutricional de crianças indígenas Guarani < 5 anos de idade nos estados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, Brasil. As prevalências de desnutrição, segundo vários índices antropométricos foram de: 50,4% (baixa estatura para idade), 7,9% (baixo peso para idade) e 0,8% (baixo peso para estatura). O déficit de estatura verificado na criança Guarani foi 96% maior do que nas crianças indígenas no Brasil …