Diego G Bassani
Biographic Data
| ID | 204192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diego G Bassani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diego G |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassani |
| SIGNATURE | BASSANI D G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6704-3820 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Maternal perinatal mental health and associated factors during the first postpartum year from a longitudinal birth cohort study in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
During the perinatal period, women in low- and middle-income countries experience high rates of common mental disorders (CMDs). We aimed to estimate CMD prevalence at 6 and 12 months postpartum in Rahim Yar Khan (RYK), Pakistan, and identify factors associated with postpartum mental health. We conducted secondary analysis of a longitudinal birth cohort study, which was nested within the control arm of a community-based, cluster-randomized trial t…
Association of maternal, obstetric, fetal, and neonatal mortality outcomes with Lady Health Worker coverage from a cross-sectional survey of >10,000 households in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Pakistan has among the highest rates of maternal, perinatal, and neonatal mortality globally. Many of these deaths are potentially preventable with low-cost, scalable interventions delivered through community-based health worker programs to the most remote communities. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 10,264 households during the baseline phase of a cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan from June–August …
Head Circumference Versus Length and Weight Deficits up to 2 Years of Age in Bangladesh
Infant undernutrition, defined by length- and weight-based indices, is common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but corresponding deficits in head size have received less attention. In a cohort of term newborns in Dhaka, Bangladesh, we compared the severity of deficits (vs. World Health Organization Growth Standards) in head circumference (HC), length and weight at birth and every 3 months until 2 years of age (n range across timepoint…
The contributions of fertility during adolescence to disability across the life-course
Context Robust associations have been identified between fertility during adolescence and the disablement process, including pathologies, impairments, functional limitations and disability. Limited theoretical or empirical research considers how and why such relationships exist generally or with the individual associated components of disablement.Objective To consolidate and critically evaluate literature to describe testable, theory-based hypoth…
Complementary and alternative metrics for tracking population-level trends in child linear growth
Stunting prevalence is commonly used to track population-level child nutritional status. However, other metrics derived from anthropometric datasets may be used as alternatives to stunting or provide complementary perspectives on the status of linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Data from 156 Demographic and Health Surveys in 63 LMICs (years 2000 to 2020) were used to generate 2 types of linear growth metrics: (i)…
An integrated newborn care kit (iNCK) to save newborn lives and improve health outcomes in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Pakistan
NCT04798833, March 15, 2021
Growth delay
GD is a population-level measure of child health that reflects the role of delayed skeletal development in linear growth faltering
A novel development indicator based on population-average height trajectories of children aged 0–5 years modelled using 145 surveys in 64 countries, 2000–2018
INTRODUCTION: Children's growth status is an important measure commonly used as a proxy indicator of advancements in a country's health, human capital and economic development. We aimed to assess the feasibility of using Super-Imposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) models for summarising population-based cross-sectional height-by-age data of children under 5 years across 64 countries. METHODS: Using 145 publicly available Demographic and …
Behavioural characteristics and abdominal obesity among Brazilian shift working women
Objective: To explore the association between behavioural characteristics with the prevalence of abdominal obesity (AO) among a population of Southern Brazilian shift working women. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted. AO was estimated using waist circumference (WC), and it was used to classify women as having AO (WC ≥ 88 cm). Prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regression with robust variance. Setting: A large plastic utensi…
Effect of an integrated neonatal care kit on cause-specific neonatal mortality in rural Pakistan
BACKGROUND: In 2018, Pakistan had the world's highest neonatal mortality rate. Within Pakistan, most neonatal deaths occur in rural areas where access to health facilities is limited, and robust vital registration systems are lacking. To improve newborn survival, there is a need to better understand the causes of neonatal death in high burden settings and engage caregivers in the promotion of newborn health. OBJECTIVE: To describe the causes of n…
C’est vraiment compliqué
Our study highlights the need for a more flexible funding and management mechanism that can better respond to concerns and issues arising at a local level. As the conflict in Mali continues to worsen, there is an urgent need to improve service delivery to conflict-affected populations
Evaluating Health Literacy among Adolescent and Young Adult Pregnant Women from a Low-Income Area of Northeast Brazil
Adequate health literacy is important for strong health outcomes during pregnancy, particularly among mothers with high risk of adverse outcomes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Understanding the health literacy of young pregnant women in low-income settings could support strategies to reduce adverse outcomes in this population. This exploratory study assessed the health literacy of young pregnant adolescents and young adults from a rural are…
Use of Medications by Breastfeeding Women in the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study
Background: This study describes medication use by women up to 3 months postpartum and evaluates the association between medication use by women who were still breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum and weaning at 6 and 12 months. Methods: Population-based cohort, including women who breastfed ( n = 3988). Medications were classified according to Hale's lactation risk categories and Brazilian Ministry of Health criteria. Duration of breastfeeding w…
Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of group antenatal care in Senegalese health posts
Almost all pregnant women in Senegal receive some antenatal care (ANC), yet only around half receive four or more visits and provision of education and counselling during ANC is often inadequate and, in some cases, non-existent. This results in missed opportunities to provide support and to counsel women regarding appropriate care-seeking practices and health behaviours during pregnancy and across the continuum of care. This pilot effectiveness–i…
Gastos com a assistência ao parto
Apesar de a maioria dos partos no Brasil ser financiada pelo Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), existem gastos diretos (pessoais privados) envolvidos no nascimento. Este estudo visa a comparar o desembolso materno para financiar os partos das crianças pertencentes às coortes de nascimento de Pelotas de 2004 e 2015. Foram utilizadas informações coletadas logo após o nascimento e aos três meses de idade. As variáveis analisadas incluem informações socio…
Strengthening health research capacity to address adolescent fertility in Northeast Brazil
Setting weights for fifteen CHNRI criteria at the global and regional level using public stakeholders
INTRODUCTION: Stakeholder involvement has been described as an indispensable part of health research priority setting. Yet, more than 75% of the exercises using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) methodology have omitted the step involving stakeholders in priority setting. Those that have used stakeholders have rarely used the public, possibly due to the difficulty of assembling and/or accessing a public stakeholder group.…
Exploring individual and demographic characteristics and their relation to CHNRI Criteria from an international public stakeholder group
INTRODUCTION: The Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method for health research prioritisation relies on stakeholders weighting criteria used to assess research options. These weights in turn impact on the final scores and ranks assigned to research options. Three quarters of CHNRI studies published to date have not involved stakeholders in criteria weighting. Of those that have, few incorporated members of the public into sta…
Association of breastfeeding, maternal anthropometry and body composition in women at 30 years of age
This study aimed at assessing the association of breastfeeding with maternal body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, fat mass index, fat free mass index, android/gynoid fat ratio and bone mineral density. In 1982, the maternity hospitals in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, were daily visited and all live births were identified and examined. These subjects underwent follow-up for several times. At 30 years of age, the participants wer…
Fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality in the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort and associated factors
This study aimed to describe fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality and associated factors in participants of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. The child mortality sub-study followed up all deaths in the first year of life. Data were collected on intrauterine fetal deaths (weight ≥ 500g and/or gestational age ≥ 20 weeks), neonatal deaths (< 28 days of life), and post-neonatal deaths (from 28 days to the end of the first year of life).…
Prioritizing research for integrated implementation of early childhood development and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition platforms
BACKGROUND: Existing health and nutrition services present potential platforms for scaling up delivery of early childhood development (ECD) interventions within sensitive windows across the life course, especially in the first 1000 days from conception to age 2 years. However, there is insufficient knowledge on how to optimize implementation for such strategies in an integrated manner. In light of this knowledge gap, we aimed to systematically id…
Conditional random slope
OBJECTIVES: Conditioning child growth measures on baseline accounts for regression to the mean (RTM). Here, we present the "conditional random slope" (CRS) model, based on a linear-mixed effects model that incorporates a baseline-time interaction term that can accommodate multiple data points for a child while also directly accounting for RTM. METHODS: In two birth cohorts, we applied five approaches to estimate child growth velocities from 0 to …
Changes in leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian pregnant women
Despite the increase in the proportion of women engaged in LTPA before pregnancy between 2004 and 2005, LTPA levels remained stable during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy and declined during the third gestational trimester over the period. Interventions to encourage the maintenance of LTPA practice throughout pregnancy are urgently needed
No Female Disadvantage in Anthropometric Status among Children in India
Female disadvantage in child mortality, intra-household allocation of food and coverage of health interventions has been shown to exist in India. At the same time, there has been limited examination of female disadvantage in nutritional status. Using measures of anthropometry and anthropometric failure, we study female disadvantage in child nutritional status from the data collected from the Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS) undertaken …
Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood diarrhoea
An expert panel exercise was conducted to assess feasibility and potential effectiveness of 10 emerging health interventions against childhood diarrhoea. Twelve international experts were invited to take part in a CHNRI priority setting process. This group used 12 different criteria relevant to successful development and implementation of the emerging interventions, nine of which were retained in the final analysis. They showed most collective op…
Socioeconomic, demographic and lifestyle factors associated with dietary patterns of women living in Southern Brazil
This study focused on the association between dietary patterns and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. A population-based cross-sectional study was performed in 1,026 adult women from Southern Brazil. Dietary patterns were identified using principal components analysis. In the multivariable analysis, a Poisson regression model was used to estimate the prevalence ratio and 95%CI. Wealthier women were more likely to follow healthy diets. A Low…
Desigualdades na realização do exame clínico de mama em São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Foi realizado um estudo transversal de base populacional com o objetivo de estabelecer o nível de cobertura de exame clínico de mamas entre as mulheres de 20 a 60 anos residentes em São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, e descrever as características associadas à sua não-realização. O desfecho foi definido como realização de exame clínico de mamas por médico no ano que antecedeu a entrevista. Foram utilizados dois modelos de análise multivaria…
Racial inequalities in access to women's health care in southern Brazil
The aim of this population-based cross-sectional study was to investigate access by 20 to 60 year-old women - both black and white - to early detection (pap-smear) exams for breast and cervical cancer in two towns - São Leopoldo and Pelotas - in Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. Estimates of the association between race/color and access to pap-smear and breast exams were adjusted for income, education, economic class and age. Of the 2,030…
No Female Disadvantage in Anthropometric Status among Children in India
Female disadvantage in child mortality, intra-household allocation of food and coverage of health interventions has been shown to exist in India. At the same time, there has been limited examination of female disadvantage in nutritional status. Using measures of anthropometry and anthropometric failure, we study female disadvantage in child nutritional status from the data collected from the Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS) undertaken …
Fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality in the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort and associated factors
This study aimed to describe fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality and associated factors in participants of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. The child mortality sub-study followed up all deaths in the first year of life. Data were collected on intrauterine fetal deaths (weight ≥ 500g and/or gestational age ≥ 20 weeks), neonatal deaths (< 28 days of life), and post-neonatal deaths (from 28 days to the end of the first year of life).…
Violência física e fatores associados
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de violência física e sua associação com aspectos sociodemográficos, eventos estressantes e utilização de serviços de saúde por problemas emocionais. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal de base populacional realizado em amostra de 1.954 sujeitos com 14 anos ou mais, residentes em Canoas, RS, 2002-2003. A amostragem por conglomerados seguiu sistemática pré-estabelecida. Os dados foram coletados em visitas domiciliares com q…
Validity of the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs' (CPITN) for population periodontitis screening
The aim of the present study was to validate two versions of CPITN for periodontitis diagnosis. A sample of 400 individuals underwent full mouth periodontal examination including Clinical Attachment Loss, Periodontal Pocket Depth, and Sub-gingival Calculus. Full and partial CPITN versions were derived from this exam (gold standard). Contingency tables were constructed and operational characteristics obtained, as well as ROC curves. The results sh…
Desigualdades na realização do exame clínico de mama em São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Foi realizado um estudo transversal de base populacional com o objetivo de estabelecer o nível de cobertura de exame clínico de mamas entre as mulheres de 20 a 60 anos residentes em São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, e descrever as características associadas à sua não-realização. O desfecho foi definido como realização de exame clínico de mamas por médico no ano que antecedeu a entrevista. Foram utilizados dois modelos de análise multivaria…
Violência física e fatores associados
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de violência física e sua associação com aspectos sociodemográficos, eventos estressantes e utilização de serviços de saúde por problemas emocionais. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal de base populacional realizado em amostra de 1.954 sujeitos com 14 anos ou mais, residentes em Canoas, RS, 2002-2003. A amostragem por conglomerados seguiu sistemática pré-estabelecida. Os dados foram coletados em visitas domiciliares com q…
Inadequate Use of Prenatal Services Among Brazilian Women
CONTEXT: To improve the uptake of prenatal care it is important to know how the use of prenatal care varies by maternal attitudes and social and demographic factors. METHODS: Information about social and demographic variables prenatal care parity pregnancy planning abortion attempts satisfaction with pregnancy and satisfaction with the relationship with the childs father was collected from 611 postpartum women in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. …
Gender inequity and age-appropriate immunization coverage in India from 1992 to 2006
BACKGROUND: A variety of studies have considered the affects of India's son preference on gender differences in child mortality, sex ratio at birth, and access to health services. Less research has focused on the affects of son preference on gender inequities in immunization coverage and how this may have varied with time, and across regions and with sibling compositions. We present a systematic examination of trends in immunization coverage in I…
Child sexual abuse in southern Brazil and associated factors
The prevalence of child sexual abuse (CSA) in the population has been poorly described in developing countries. Population data on child sexual abuse in Brazil is very limited. This paper aims to estimate lifetime prevalence of child sexual abuse and associated factors in a representative sample of the population aged 14 and over in a city of southern Brazil. A two-stage sampling strategy was used and individuals were invited to respond to a conf…
Socioeconomic, demographic and lifestyle factors associated with dietary patterns of women living in Southern Brazil
This study focused on the association between dietary patterns and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. A population-based cross-sectional study was performed in 1,026 adult women from Southern Brazil. Dietary patterns were identified using principal components analysis. In the multivariable analysis, a Poisson regression model was used to estimate the prevalence ratio and 95%CI. Wealthier women were more likely to follow healthy diets. A Low…
Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008
Child mortality from solid-fuel use in India
Child mortality risks, from all causes, due to solid fuel exposure were lower than previously, but as exposure was common solid, fuel caused 6% of all deaths at ages 0-4, 20% of deaths at ages 1-4 or 128 000 child deaths in India in 2004. Solid fuel use has declined only modestly in the last decade. Aside from reducing exposure, complementary strategies such as immunization and treatment could also reduce child mortality from acute respiratory in…
Avaliação do usuário sobre o atendimento oftalmológico oferecido pelo SUS em um centro urbano no sul do Brasil
A avaliação do usuário é um importante componente da qualidade dos serviços em saúde. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a satisfação do usuário quanto ao atendimento oftalmológico prestado por um serviço credenciado do SUS num centro urbano do Sul do Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, no qual se aplicou questionário sobre o perfil socioeconômico e demográfico do usuário, questões relacionadas à qualidade do atendimento e sugestões e/ou …
Trends in selective abortions of girls in India
O6-4.2 HIV mortality and infection in India
Introduction To determine the rates of death and infection from HIV in India in a nationally-representative survey of deaths among 1.1 million homes. Methods Survey of 123 000 deaths at all ages from 2001 to 2003. Main outcome measures HIV mortality and infection. Results HIV accounted for 8.1% (99% CI 5.0% to 11.2%) of all deaths among adults aged 25–34 years. In this age group, about 40% of deaths from HIV were due to AIDS and 26% were due to t…
Racial inequalities in access to women's health care in southern Brazil
The aim of this population-based cross-sectional study was to investigate access by 20 to 60 year-old women - both black and white - to early detection (pap-smear) exams for breast and cervical cancer in two towns - São Leopoldo and Pelotas - in Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. Estimates of the association between race/color and access to pap-smear and breast exams were adjusted for income, education, economic class and age. Of the 2,030…
Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood diarrhoea
An expert panel exercise was conducted to assess feasibility and potential effectiveness of 10 emerging health interventions against childhood diarrhoea. Twelve international experts were invited to take part in a CHNRI priority setting process. This group used 12 different criteria relevant to successful development and implementation of the emerging interventions, nine of which were retained in the final analysis. They showed most collective op…
No Female Disadvantage in Anthropometric Status among Children in India
Female disadvantage in child mortality, intra-household allocation of food and coverage of health interventions has been shown to exist in India. At the same time, there has been limited examination of female disadvantage in nutritional status. Using measures of anthropometry and anthropometric failure, we study female disadvantage in child nutritional status from the data collected from the Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS) undertaken …
Prioritizing research for integrated implementation of early childhood development and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition platforms
BACKGROUND: Existing health and nutrition services present potential platforms for scaling up delivery of early childhood development (ECD) interventions within sensitive windows across the life course, especially in the first 1000 days from conception to age 2 years. However, there is insufficient knowledge on how to optimize implementation for such strategies in an integrated manner. In light of this knowledge gap, we aimed to systematically id…
Conditional random slope
OBJECTIVES: Conditioning child growth measures on baseline accounts for regression to the mean (RTM). Here, we present the "conditional random slope" (CRS) model, based on a linear-mixed effects model that incorporates a baseline-time interaction term that can accommodate multiple data points for a child while also directly accounting for RTM. METHODS: In two birth cohorts, we applied five approaches to estimate child growth velocities from 0 to …
Changes in leisure-time physical activity among Brazilian pregnant women
Despite the increase in the proportion of women engaged in LTPA before pregnancy between 2004 and 2005, LTPA levels remained stable during the first and second trimesters of pregnancy and declined during the third gestational trimester over the period. Interventions to encourage the maintenance of LTPA practice throughout pregnancy are urgently needed
Strengthening health research capacity to address adolescent fertility in Northeast Brazil
Setting weights for fifteen CHNRI criteria at the global and regional level using public stakeholders
INTRODUCTION: Stakeholder involvement has been described as an indispensable part of health research priority setting. Yet, more than 75% of the exercises using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) methodology have omitted the step involving stakeholders in priority setting. Those that have used stakeholders have rarely used the public, possibly due to the difficulty of assembling and/or accessing a public stakeholder group.…
Exploring individual and demographic characteristics and their relation to CHNRI Criteria from an international public stakeholder group
INTRODUCTION: The Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method for health research prioritisation relies on stakeholders weighting criteria used to assess research options. These weights in turn impact on the final scores and ranks assigned to research options. Three quarters of CHNRI studies published to date have not involved stakeholders in criteria weighting. Of those that have, few incorporated members of the public into sta…
Association of breastfeeding, maternal anthropometry and body composition in women at 30 years of age
This study aimed at assessing the association of breastfeeding with maternal body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, fat mass index, fat free mass index, android/gynoid fat ratio and bone mineral density. In 1982, the maternity hospitals in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, were daily visited and all live births were identified and examined. These subjects underwent follow-up for several times. At 30 years of age, the participants wer…
Fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality in the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort and associated factors
This study aimed to describe fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality and associated factors in participants of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. The child mortality sub-study followed up all deaths in the first year of life. Data were collected on intrauterine fetal deaths (weight ≥ 500g and/or gestational age ≥ 20 weeks), neonatal deaths (< 28 days of life), and post-neonatal deaths (from 28 days to the end of the first year of life).…
Effect of an integrated neonatal care kit on cause-specific neonatal mortality in rural Pakistan
BACKGROUND: In 2018, Pakistan had the world's highest neonatal mortality rate. Within Pakistan, most neonatal deaths occur in rural areas where access to health facilities is limited, and robust vital registration systems are lacking. To improve newborn survival, there is a need to better understand the causes of neonatal death in high burden settings and engage caregivers in the promotion of newborn health. OBJECTIVE: To describe the causes of n…
C’est vraiment compliqué
Our study highlights the need for a more flexible funding and management mechanism that can better respond to concerns and issues arising at a local level. As the conflict in Mali continues to worsen, there is an urgent need to improve service delivery to conflict-affected populations
Medicine (37 works) · Environmental health (24 works) · Population (24 works) · Demography (20 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (15 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 works) · Nursing (11 works) · Pediatrics (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works)