Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani

Biographic Data

ID1779874
NAMEAlexandra Valéria Maria Brentani
GIVEN NAMESAlexandra Valéria Maria
FAMILY NAMEBrentani
SIGNATUREBRENTANI A V M
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de São Paulo
ORCID0000-0001-6650-9705
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Implementation barriers of Brazil’s national home visitation program for early childhood development

    Open AccessChristopher Westgard, Ana Carolina Silva Onofre et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    This research delves into the challenges faced in implementing home visitation programs for early childhood development, focusing on the Programa Criança Feliz (PCF) in Brazil. We aimed to better understand what barriers are hindering PCF from creating a greater positive impact on its primary outcomes. This is a cross-sectional qualitative study. We conducted qualitative interviews and focus group discussions in 11 Brazilian municipalities. The s…

  • The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low‐income urban sample in Brazil

    Open AccessDana Charles Mccoy, Marta Dormal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2024

    BACKGROUND: Existing research on the impacts of adversity on young children's psychological well-being has largely focused on household-level risk factors using observational methods in high-income countries. This study leverages natural variation in the timing and location of community homicides to estimate their acute effects on the regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes of Brazilian 3-year-olds. METHODS: = 41.05 months; 53% female;…

  • The creation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children aged 0–3 years

    Open AccessGareth McCray, Dana Charles Mccoy et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: With the ratification of the Sustainable Development Goals, there is an increased emphasis on early childhood development (ECD) and well-being. The WHO led Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) project aims to provide population and programmatic level measures of ECD for 0-3 years that are valid, reliable and have psychometrically stable performance across geographical, cultural and language contexts. This paper reports on the …

  • Análise da influência do momento do ingresso em creches no desenvolvimento infantil

    Open AccessChristyann Lima Campos Batista, Alexandra Valéria Maria BrentaniARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2023References: 32

    Este estudo objetivou analisar a relação entre a idade de ingresso nos programas de educação na primeira infância (EPI) e o desenvolvimento infantil. Trata-se de um estudo transversal com dados oriundos da Coorte de Nascimentos da Região Oeste de São Paulo, Brasil. Realizou-se o acompanhamento de crianças nascidas no Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo durante 36 meses, entre os anos de 2012 e 2014, e de seus cuidadores respondent…

  • Associations between neighborhood violence during pregnancy and birth outcomes

    Open AccessAngelica Carreira dos Santos, Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Higher exposure to violent crimes in the close vicinity of pregnant women's residence is associated with substantial increases in the odds of adverse birth outcomes. Policies to improve neighborhood safety can potentially contribute not only to the short-term wellbeing of populations but may also have large social, economic, and health benefits in the long term

  • A home visit-based early childhood stimulation programme in Brazil—a randomized controlled trial

    Open AccessAlexandra Valéria Maria Brentani, Susan Walker et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Home visiting programmes are increasingly recognized as one of the most effective interventions to improve child health and development in low-income settings. However, the best platforms to deliver such programmes remain unclear. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test the relative effectiveness of child development agents (CDAs) and community health workers (CHWs) as two possible delivery platforms for early childhood development (EC…

  • Prevalência de problemas de saúde mental na infância na atenção primária

    Open AccessDaniel Fatori, Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2018

    O presente estudo populacional de corte transversal teve como objetivo verificar a prevalência de problemas de saúde mental (PSM) e descrever o uso de serviços de saúde numa amostra de crianças atendidas em unidades de saúde (UBS) do município de São Paulo. Responsáveis de 825 crianças de 6-11 anos de idade foram entrevistados. PSM das crianças foram avaliados pelo “Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire” e uso de serviços por uma versão adaptad…

  • Rollout of community-based family health strategy (programa de saude de familia) is associated with large reductions in neonatal mortality in São Paulo, Brazil

    Open AccessAlexandra Valéria Maria Brentani, Sandra Josefina Ferraz Ellero Grisi et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2016

    Community based health delivery platforms may be a highly effective way to reduce neonatal mortality in urban areas of low and middle income countries, even when access to general health services is almost universal

  • The effects of a people-centred model on longitudinality of care and utilization pattern of healthcare services--Brazilian evidence

    Open AccessAna Paula Scoleze Ferrer, Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2014Cited by: 1References: 23

    Brazil is experiencing a time of change in pattern of care: from 'traditional' to Family Health Strategy (FHS), a model guided by the principles of people, family and community-centred medicine. The heterogeneity in care currently offered affects the primary care impact. This study aims to evaluate the longitudinality of care and correlate this primary care principle to the utilization pattern of care among patients hospitalized due to preventabl…

  • Núcleos de Apoio à Saúde da Família

    Open AccessAndréa Tenório Correia Da Silva, Marcia Ernani De Aguiar et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012Cited by: 15References: 9

    Os Núcleos de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF) foram criados para ampliar a resolutividade da atenção primária. A iminência da implantação na região oeste do Município de São Paulo, Brasil, motivou a realização de oficinas para elaborar uma proposta de NASF por profissionais da atenção primária à saúde. Utilizamos a análise hermenêutica para estudar o material transcrito. As categorias temáticas foram: papel, constituição, funcionamento, relação c…