Alvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite
Biographic Data
| ID | 1776834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvaro Jorge Madeiro |
| FAMILY NAME | Leite |
| SIGNATURE | LEITE A J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal do Ceará |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8691-5986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Spatiotemporal Trends in Dementia Hospitalisation and Mortality Rates Between 2010-2019
Background/Objectives: Dementia affects over 55 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of death and disability, with cases expected to rise due to ageing. In Portugal, dementia prevalence is projected to reach 2.5% by 2040. Dementia increases hospitalisation risk, being the most common neurodegenerative disease-related hospitalisation in Portugal (43.4%). Despite previous studies, there is a lack of detailed spatial analysis on dementia …
Association of Sociodemographic Factors and Maternal Educational Attainment with Child Development among Families Living below the Poverty Line in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil
Maternal educational attainment has been identified as relevant to several child health and development outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the association of sociodemographic and maternal education factors with child development in families living below the poverty line. A cross-sectional study was conducted through telephone contact from May to July 2021 in Ceará, a state in Northeastern Brazil. The study population comprised families with c…
Intimate Partner Violence among women living in families with children under the poverty line and its association with common mental disorders during Covid-19 pandemics in Ceará, Brazil
We conclude that the prevalence of intimate partner violence in families with children up to six years of age living below the poverty line in Ceará is high and is associated with greater chances of common mental disorders in mothers. Also, job loss and reduced access to food caused by the Covid 19 pandemic exacerbated both phenomena, constituting a double burden generator factor on mothers
Covid-19 and children’s screen time in Ceará, Brazil
In the present study, we assessed changes in screen time exposure among 3–6-year-old children in Ceará, Brazil, in 2017 and in 2020 during the pandemic. We analyzed data from a state-wide repeated cross-sectional survey. The COVID impact research was conducted by phone interviews. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines were used to define elevated screen exposure. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prop…
Positive Parenting Behaviors and Child Development in Ceará, Brazil
Parenting practices have been identified as a key determinant of children’s developmental outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of parenting practices with child development in a cross-sectional population-based study in a low-income state in northeastern Brazil. The study included data on 3566 caregiver–child pairs, and the children were aged 0–66 months. Positive parenting behaviors (PPBs) were conceptualized in areas …
Screen time and early childhood development in Ceará, Brazil
Excess screen time exposure was highly prevalent and independently associated with poorer development outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Ceará, Brazil
Coronavirus disease 2019, food security and maternal mental health in Ceará, Brazil
Objective: To quantify the change in the risk of food insecurity and maternal mental disorder (MMD) before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design: Repeated cross-sectional survey. Between 17 July and 10 September 2020, mother–child pairs who were enrolled in a population-based survey in 2017 were re-contacted by telephone for consent and to complete a telephonic COVID-19 survey. We used the Brazilian Food Insecurity S…
Environmental, Socioeconomic, Maternal, and Breastfeeding Factors Associated with Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Ceará, Brazil
Childhood obesity is now an epidemic in many countries worldwide and is known to be a multifactorial condition. We aimed to examine the relationship of environmental, socioeconomic, and nutritional factors with childhood overweight and obesity. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children from 2 to 6 years of age in Ceará, Brazil. Children's nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) Z scores categorized as over…
Interaction between vitamin A supplementation and chronic malnutrition on child development
200 million pre-school age children are not developing properly. Delays in child development are associated with multiple factors. This study aims to analyze if vitamin A supplementation is associated with improved development and how this effect could be mediated by nutritional status. Population-based study surveyed a representative sample of 8000 households, 1232 children 0-35 months, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The variables analysed inclu…
Hábitos alimentares de adolescentes quilombolas e não quilombolas da zona rural do semiárido baiano, Brasil
O objetivo deste artigo é descrever o consumo e o comportamento alimentar de adolescentes quilombolas e não quilombolas da zona rural do sudoeste baiano. Estudo transversal com 390 adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos em 2015, utilizando questionário adaptado da PeNSE e PNS. O consumo alimentar foi avaliado pela frequência nos últimos 7 dias de alimentos marcadores de alimentação saudável e não saudável. Realizar o desjejum foi marcador de comportamento …
Comportamento sexual e fatores associados em adolescentes da zona rural
OBJETIVO: Descrever o comportamento sexual e identificar fatores associados em adolescentes de comunidades rurais da Bahia. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, de base populacional e abordagem domiciliar, realizado em 2015, com adolescentes entre 10 e 19 anos. Foram descritos: relação sexual alguma vez na vida e nos últimos 12 meses; idade na primeira relação sexual; uso de preservativo e número de parceiros; orientação sobre gravidez, aids ou outras in…
Effects of Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity
Reducing Child Mortality
Prevalence and determinants of child undernutrition and stunting in semiarid region of Brazil
OBJECTIVE : To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children in the semiarid region of Brazil. METHODS : Data were collected from two cross-sectional population-based household surveys that used the same methodology. Clustering sampling was used to collect data from 8,000 families in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, for the years 1987 and 2007. Acute undernutrition was calculated as weight/age
Morbidade neonatal near miss na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil
Dados da pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, um estudo nacional de base hospitalar, incluindo 24.197 puérperas e seus recém-nascidos, de fevereiro de 2011 a julho de 2012, foram utilizados para construir um indicador de morbidade neonatal near miss. Foi utilizada amostragem por conglomerados em três estágios (hospitais, dias, mulheres), estratificada por macrorregião, tipo de município (capital ou interior) e tipo de financiamento hospitalar. Modelos de r…
Fatores associados ao obito neonatal de recem-nascidos de alto risco
Este estudo pretendeu determinar os fatores associados à mortalidade intra-hospitalar, utilizando como variáveis explicativas as características individuais da mãe, da assistência ao pré-natal, parto e período neonatal e dos recém-nascidos internados em Unidades Neonatais de Alto Risco (UTIN) integrantes da Rede Norte-Nordeste de Saúde Perinatal no Nordeste do Brasil. Foi realizado estudo longitudinal, multicêntrico de base hospitalar. A populaçã…
Birth in Brazil
Determinantes da mortalidade neonatal
Este trabalho objetivou determinar os fatores preditores da mortalidade neonatal utilizando modelagem hierarquizada. Trata-se de estudo caso-controle, com 132 casos e 264 controles. Foram considerados casos os recém-nascidos que morreram antes de completar 28 dias, e os controles os sobreviventes, nascidos e filhos de mães residentes em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. O modelo de análise de regressão logística hierarquizada identificou fatores associad…
Linkage entre bancos de dados de nascidos vivos e óbitos infantis em município do Nordeste do Brasil
O objetivo foi analisar a qualidade dos Sistemas de Informações Sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) e do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM), a partir da aplicação do procedimento linkage. Foram utilizados o SINASC contendo 11.182 Declarações de Nascidos Vivos (DNV) entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2002, o SIM com 233 Declarações de Óbitos (DO) de menores de 1 ano entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2003, 207 óbito…
Implementação da estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância no Nordeste, Brasil
OBJETIVO: A maioria das mortes em crianças é evitável. A estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância, desenvolvida pela Organização Mundial da Saúde e Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância, pretende reduzir a mortalidade infantil por meio de ações para melhorar o desempenho dos profissionais de saúde, a organização do sistema de saúde e as práticas da família e da comunidade. O artigo teve por objetivo descrever fatores asso…
Impact of IMCI health worker training on routinely collected child health indicators in Northeast Brazil
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a global strategy including improvements in case management at health facilities, strengthening health systems support and improving key family and community practices relevant to child health. In Brazil, IMCI was introduced in 1997, being largely restricted to training health workers in case management. IMCI training of doctors and nurses took place in many municipalities, but implementati…
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Morbidade neonatal near miss na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil
Dados da pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, um estudo nacional de base hospitalar, incluindo 24.197 puérperas e seus recém-nascidos, de fevereiro de 2011 a julho de 2012, foram utilizados para construir um indicador de morbidade neonatal near miss. Foi utilizada amostragem por conglomerados em três estágios (hospitais, dias, mulheres), estratificada por macrorregião, tipo de município (capital ou interior) e tipo de financiamento hospitalar. Modelos de r…
Linkage entre bancos de dados de nascidos vivos e óbitos infantis em município do Nordeste do Brasil
O objetivo foi analisar a qualidade dos Sistemas de Informações Sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) e do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM), a partir da aplicação do procedimento linkage. Foram utilizados o SINASC contendo 11.182 Declarações de Nascidos Vivos (DNV) entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2002, o SIM com 233 Declarações de Óbitos (DO) de menores de 1 ano entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2003, 207 óbito…
Determinantes da mortalidade neonatal
Este trabalho objetivou determinar os fatores preditores da mortalidade neonatal utilizando modelagem hierarquizada. Trata-se de estudo caso-controle, com 132 casos e 264 controles. Foram considerados casos os recém-nascidos que morreram antes de completar 28 dias, e os controles os sobreviventes, nascidos e filhos de mães residentes em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. O modelo de análise de regressão logística hierarquizada identificou fatores associad…
Fatores associados ao obito neonatal de recem-nascidos de alto risco
Este estudo pretendeu determinar os fatores associados à mortalidade intra-hospitalar, utilizando como variáveis explicativas as características individuais da mãe, da assistência ao pré-natal, parto e período neonatal e dos recém-nascidos internados em Unidades Neonatais de Alto Risco (UTIN) integrantes da Rede Norte-Nordeste de Saúde Perinatal no Nordeste do Brasil. Foi realizado estudo longitudinal, multicêntrico de base hospitalar. A populaçã…
Impact of IMCI health worker training on routinely collected child health indicators in Northeast Brazil
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a global strategy including improvements in case management at health facilities, strengthening health systems support and improving key family and community practices relevant to child health. In Brazil, IMCI was introduced in 1997, being largely restricted to training health workers in case management. IMCI training of doctors and nurses took place in many municipalities, but implementati…
Prevalence and determinants of child undernutrition and stunting in semiarid region of Brazil
OBJECTIVE : To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children in the semiarid region of Brazil. METHODS : Data were collected from two cross-sectional population-based household surveys that used the same methodology. Clustering sampling was used to collect data from 8,000 families in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, for the years 1987 and 2007. Acute undernutrition was calculated as weight/age
Implementação da estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância no Nordeste, Brasil
OBJETIVO: A maioria das mortes em crianças é evitável. A estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância, desenvolvida pela Organização Mundial da Saúde e Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância, pretende reduzir a mortalidade infantil por meio de ações para melhorar o desempenho dos profissionais de saúde, a organização do sistema de saúde e as práticas da família e da comunidade. O artigo teve por objetivo descrever fatores asso…
Effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) on health worker performance in Northeast-Brazil
A multi-country evaluation is being carried out in Brazil and four other countries to determine the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). We examine the effect of IMCI on the quality of health care provided to children under five visiting health facilities. A health facility survey was conducted at 24 facilities (12 with IMCI) in each of four States in the Northeast. We assessed the quality of c…
Impact of IMCI health worker training on routinely collected child health indicators in Northeast Brazil
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a global strategy including improvements in case management at health facilities, strengthening health systems support and improving key family and community practices relevant to child health. In Brazil, IMCI was introduced in 1997, being largely restricted to training health workers in case management. IMCI training of doctors and nurses took place in many municipalities, but implementati…
Implementação da estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância no Nordeste, Brasil
OBJETIVO: A maioria das mortes em crianças é evitável. A estratégia Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância, desenvolvida pela Organização Mundial da Saúde e Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância, pretende reduzir a mortalidade infantil por meio de ações para melhorar o desempenho dos profissionais de saúde, a organização do sistema de saúde e as práticas da família e da comunidade. O artigo teve por objetivo descrever fatores asso…
Linkage entre bancos de dados de nascidos vivos e óbitos infantis em município do Nordeste do Brasil
O objetivo foi analisar a qualidade dos Sistemas de Informações Sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC) e do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM), a partir da aplicação do procedimento linkage. Foram utilizados o SINASC contendo 11.182 Declarações de Nascidos Vivos (DNV) entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2002, o SIM com 233 Declarações de Óbitos (DO) de menores de 1 ano entre 1o de janeiro de 2000 e 31 de dezembro de 2003, 207 óbito…
Birth in Brazil
Determinantes da mortalidade neonatal
Este trabalho objetivou determinar os fatores preditores da mortalidade neonatal utilizando modelagem hierarquizada. Trata-se de estudo caso-controle, com 132 casos e 264 controles. Foram considerados casos os recém-nascidos que morreram antes de completar 28 dias, e os controles os sobreviventes, nascidos e filhos de mães residentes em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. O modelo de análise de regressão logística hierarquizada identificou fatores associad…
Reducing Child Mortality
Prevalence and determinants of child undernutrition and stunting in semiarid region of Brazil
OBJECTIVE : To analyze the evolution in the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition in children in the semiarid region of Brazil. METHODS : Data were collected from two cross-sectional population-based household surveys that used the same methodology. Clustering sampling was used to collect data from 8,000 families in Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, for the years 1987 and 2007. Acute undernutrition was calculated as weight/age
Morbidade neonatal near miss na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil
Dados da pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, um estudo nacional de base hospitalar, incluindo 24.197 puérperas e seus recém-nascidos, de fevereiro de 2011 a julho de 2012, foram utilizados para construir um indicador de morbidade neonatal near miss. Foi utilizada amostragem por conglomerados em três estágios (hospitais, dias, mulheres), estratificada por macrorregião, tipo de município (capital ou interior) e tipo de financiamento hospitalar. Modelos de r…
Fatores associados ao obito neonatal de recem-nascidos de alto risco
Este estudo pretendeu determinar os fatores associados à mortalidade intra-hospitalar, utilizando como variáveis explicativas as características individuais da mãe, da assistência ao pré-natal, parto e período neonatal e dos recém-nascidos internados em Unidades Neonatais de Alto Risco (UTIN) integrantes da Rede Norte-Nordeste de Saúde Perinatal no Nordeste do Brasil. Foi realizado estudo longitudinal, multicêntrico de base hospitalar. A populaçã…
Effects of Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity
Comportamento sexual e fatores associados em adolescentes da zona rural
OBJETIVO: Descrever o comportamento sexual e identificar fatores associados em adolescentes de comunidades rurais da Bahia. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, de base populacional e abordagem domiciliar, realizado em 2015, com adolescentes entre 10 e 19 anos. Foram descritos: relação sexual alguma vez na vida e nos últimos 12 meses; idade na primeira relação sexual; uso de preservativo e número de parceiros; orientação sobre gravidez, aids ou outras in…
Interaction between vitamin A supplementation and chronic malnutrition on child development
200 million pre-school age children are not developing properly. Delays in child development are associated with multiple factors. This study aims to analyze if vitamin A supplementation is associated with improved development and how this effect could be mediated by nutritional status. Population-based study surveyed a representative sample of 8000 households, 1232 children 0-35 months, in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The variables analysed inclu…
Hábitos alimentares de adolescentes quilombolas e não quilombolas da zona rural do semiárido baiano, Brasil
O objetivo deste artigo é descrever o consumo e o comportamento alimentar de adolescentes quilombolas e não quilombolas da zona rural do sudoeste baiano. Estudo transversal com 390 adolescentes de 10 a 19 anos em 2015, utilizando questionário adaptado da PeNSE e PNS. O consumo alimentar foi avaliado pela frequência nos últimos 7 dias de alimentos marcadores de alimentação saudável e não saudável. Realizar o desjejum foi marcador de comportamento …
Environmental, Socioeconomic, Maternal, and Breastfeeding Factors Associated with Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Ceará, Brazil
Childhood obesity is now an epidemic in many countries worldwide and is known to be a multifactorial condition. We aimed to examine the relationship of environmental, socioeconomic, and nutritional factors with childhood overweight and obesity. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of children from 2 to 6 years of age in Ceará, Brazil. Children's nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) Z scores categorized as over…
Screen time and early childhood development in Ceará, Brazil
Excess screen time exposure was highly prevalent and independently associated with poorer development outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Ceará, Brazil
Coronavirus disease 2019, food security and maternal mental health in Ceará, Brazil
Objective: To quantify the change in the risk of food insecurity and maternal mental disorder (MMD) before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design: Repeated cross-sectional survey. Between 17 July and 10 September 2020, mother–child pairs who were enrolled in a population-based survey in 2017 were re-contacted by telephone for consent and to complete a telephonic COVID-19 survey. We used the Brazilian Food Insecurity S…
Covid-19 and children’s screen time in Ceará, Brazil
In the present study, we assessed changes in screen time exposure among 3–6-year-old children in Ceará, Brazil, in 2017 and in 2020 during the pandemic. We analyzed data from a state-wide repeated cross-sectional survey. The COVID impact research was conducted by phone interviews. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines were used to define elevated screen exposure. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the prop…
Positive Parenting Behaviors and Child Development in Ceará, Brazil
Parenting practices have been identified as a key determinant of children’s developmental outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of parenting practices with child development in a cross-sectional population-based study in a low-income state in northeastern Brazil. The study included data on 3566 caregiver–child pairs, and the children were aged 0–66 months. Positive parenting behaviors (PPBs) were conceptualized in areas …
Association of Sociodemographic Factors and Maternal Educational Attainment with Child Development among Families Living below the Poverty Line in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil
Maternal educational attainment has been identified as relevant to several child health and development outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the association of sociodemographic and maternal education factors with child development in families living below the poverty line. A cross-sectional study was conducted through telephone contact from May to July 2021 in Ceará, a state in Northeastern Brazil. The study population comprised families with c…
Intimate Partner Violence among women living in families with children under the poverty line and its association with common mental disorders during Covid-19 pandemics in Ceará, Brazil
We conclude that the prevalence of intimate partner violence in families with children up to six years of age living below the poverty line in Ceará is high and is associated with greater chances of common mental disorders in mothers. Also, job loss and reduced access to food caused by the Covid 19 pandemic exacerbated both phenomena, constituting a double burden generator factor on mothers
Spatiotemporal Trends in Dementia Hospitalisation and Mortality Rates Between 2010-2019
Background/Objectives: Dementia affects over 55 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of death and disability, with cases expected to rise due to ageing. In Portugal, dementia prevalence is projected to reach 2.5% by 2040. Dementia increases hospitalisation risk, being the most common neurodegenerative disease-related hospitalisation in Portugal (43.4%). Despite previous studies, there is a lack of detailed spatial analysis on dementia …
Medicine (17 works) · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare (11 works) · Population (11 works) · Demography (10 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Pediatrics (7 works) · Gerontology (5 works)