Sandra Valongueiro Alves
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 228838 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sandra Valongueiro Alves |
| NOMBRES | Sandra Valongueiro |
| APELLIDO | Alves |
| FIRMA | ALVES S V |
| AFILIACIONES | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8532-5346 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 66 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of the Fall Risk Questionnaire—Portuguese Version
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Analysing the intersection between health emergencies and abortion during Zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Postpartum depression among women with unintended pregnancy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Women's Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil
Planejamento reprodutivo em área indígena e a busca pela atenção diferenciada
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…
Avaliação da qualidade da atenção ao aborto
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
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…
Hope and trust in times of Zika
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
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…
Analysing the intersection between health emergencies and abortion during Zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia
Intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy
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…
Maternal Mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil
This study examines changes in levels and patterns of maternal mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1994 and 2003. The research was carried out in five sub-regions of Pernambuco using the Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) method and based on death certificates of women of reproductive age registered in the local System of Information on Mortality. In-depth interviews with family members were also conducted for the abortion-related deaths. …
Incidence and risk factors for intimate partner violence during the postpartum period
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…
Common mental disorders and intimate partner violence in pregnancy
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 …
Fertility trends during successive novel infectious disease outbreaks
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…
Reproductive planning in Indigenous area and the search for differentiated care
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…
Avaliação da qualidade da atenção ao aborto na perspectiva das usuárias
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…
Emergency and permanence of the Zika virus epidemic
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…
Postpartum depression among women with unintended pregnancy
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…
Tubal ligation regret and related risk factors
A case-control study was carried out at a public teaching hospital in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil in 1997 to investigate risk factors among women who feel regret after undergoing sterilization through tubal ligation. The study compared sterilized women who had requested or undergone a tubal reversal with women who were also sterilized but had not undergone this surgery, nor had requested to do so. Women showing a significantly greater probab…
Avaliação de procedimentos para identificar mortes maternas
Os principais problemas identificados no sistema de vigilância do óbito materno em Pernambuco, Brasil, foram a baixa cobertura e qualidade das informações e a inadequação do instrumento de notificação. Com base nesta crítica, decidiu-se elaborar uma nova ficha de notificação chamada Ficha Confidencial de Notificação de Mortes de Mulheres em Idade Fértil, e em seguida avaliar os procedimentos disponíveis para identificar óbitos maternos entre os ó…
Avaliação de procedimentos para identificar mortes maternas
Os principais problemas identificados no sistema de vigilância do óbito materno em Pernambuco, Brasil, foram a baixa cobertura e qualidade das informações e a inadequação do instrumento de notificação. Com base nesta crítica, decidiu-se elaborar uma nova ficha de notificação chamada Ficha Confidencial de Notificação de Mortes de Mulheres em Idade Fértil, e em seguida avaliar os procedimentos disponíveis para identificar óbitos maternos entre os ó…
Maternal Mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil
This study examines changes in levels and patterns of maternal mortality in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1994 and 2003. The research was carried out in five sub-regions of Pernambuco using the Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) method and based on death certificates of women of reproductive age registered in the local System of Information on Mortality. In-depth interviews with family members were also conducted for the abortion-related deaths. …
Tubal ligation regret and related risk factors
A case-control study was carried out at a public teaching hospital in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil in 1997 to investigate risk factors among women who feel regret after undergoing sterilization through tubal ligation. The study compared sterilized women who had requested or undergone a tubal reversal with women who were also sterilized but had not undergone this surgery, nor had requested to do so. Women showing a significantly greater probab…
Representações de profissionais da saúde sobre famílias de crianças e adolescentes vítimas de violência
OBJETIVOS: analisar as representações de profissionais da saúde sobre famílias de crianças e adolescentes vítimas de violência, atendidas em um serviço de referência da rede pública de saúde do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. MÉTODOS: foram aplicadas dez entrevistas semiestruturadas a psicólogos, trabalhadores e educadores sociais. Também foi realizada observação participante de forma suplementar às entrevistas. O material foi submetido à técnica de …
Qualidade da atenção ao aborto no Sistema Único de Saúde do Nordeste brasileiro
O aborto é grave problema de saúde no Brasil e suas complicações podem ser evitadas por atenção adequada e oportuna. O artigo avalia a qualidade da atenção às mulheres admitidas por aborto em hospitais do Sistema Único de Saúde, em Salvador, Recife e São Luís, tendo como referência as normas do Ministério da Saúde e o grau de satisfação das usuárias. Trata-se de inquérito com 2.804 usuárias, internadas por complicações do aborto em 19 hospitais, …
Causas externas e mortalidade materna
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
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…
Atenção ao aborto no Sistema Único de Saúde no Nordeste Brasileiro
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
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
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…
Postpartum depression among women with unintended pregnancy
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
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…
Women's Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil
Emergency and permanence of the Zika virus epidemic
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
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
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…
Zika, abortion and health emergencies
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…
Protecting hard-won gains for mothers and newborns in low-income and middle-income countries in the face of Covid-19
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
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
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
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…
Barriers in Accessing Care for Consequence of Unsafe Abortion by Black Women
Analysing the intersection between health emergencies and abortion during Zika in Brazil, El Salvador and Colombia
The economic burden of congenital Zika Syndrome in Brazil
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
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…
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