Alvaro A Cruz

Biographic Data

ID3668914
NAMEAlvaro A Cruz
GIVEN NAMESAlvaro A
FAMILY NAMECruz
SIGNATURECRUZ A A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal da Bahia
ORCID0000-0002-7403-3871
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Effects of Pack training on the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by primary care clinicians during 2 years of implementation in Florianópolis, Brazil

    Open AccessSameer Shekar, M Bachmann et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    BACKGROUND: Training primary care doctors and nurses to use Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) improved management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a previous randomised trial. The present study examined the training effects including a second year of follow-up with expanded coverage of repeated training sessions. METHODS: Using a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial design, 48 clinics were randomly allocated eit…

  • The UK’s Global Health Respiratory Network

    Open AccessAziz Sheikh, Harry Campbell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019

    Respiratory disorders are responsible for considerable morbidity, health care utilisation, societal costs and approximately one in five deaths worldwide [1-4]. Yet, despite this substantial health and societal burden – which particularly affects the world’s poorest populations and as such is a major contributor to global health inequalities – respiratory disorders have historically not received the \npolicy priority they warrant. For example, des…

  • Weight gain in the first two years of life, asthma and atopy

    Open AccessSheila M A Matos, Sheila MA Matos et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To evaluate the association between weight gain in the first two years of life and the occurrence of wheezing, asthma, serum IgE, skin reactivity and pulmonary function. Design Cohort study. Setting The metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Subjects The association was studied between 1997 and 2005 in 669 children up to 11 years of age. Data were collected on asthma and risk factors, both current factors and those present in t…

  • Padrão alimentar, asma e sibilo atópico e não atópico em crianças e adolescentes

    Open AccessSilvana D''Innocenzo, Silvana D'Innocenzo et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2014References: 34

    Avaliou-se, em estudo transversal, a influência do padrão alimentar sobre a ocorrência de sibilo e asma atópica e não atópica em 1.168 crianças e adolescentes em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. Sibilo e sintomas de asma nos últimos 12 meses foram obtidos por meio do questionário ISAAC. Atopia foi definida pela presença de IgE específica a aerolérgenos. Questionário de frequência alimentar foi usado para definir padrões alimentares. Empregou-se regressõe…

  • Desigualdades sociais na distribuição espacial das hospitalizações por doenças respiratórias

    Open AccessFernanda Pedro Antunes, Maria Da Conceição Nascimento Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013Cited by: 2References: 22

    Para verificar as desigualdades sociais nas hospitalizações por doenças do aparelho respiratório em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 2001-2007, realizou-se estudo ecológico espacial, tendo como unidade de análise zonas de informação. Estas foram estratificadas considerando um indicador de condições de vida e analisadas por regressão de Poisson. A distribuição espacial das taxas de hospitalização por doenças do aparelho respiratório variou de 3,3 a 80,5/1…

  • Global asthma prevalence in adults

    Open AccessTed To, Teresa To et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    This study provides a global estimate of the burden of asthma in adults, and suggests that asthma continues to be a major public health concern worldwide. The high prevalence of smoking remains a major barrier to combating the global burden of asthma. While the highest prevalence rates were observed in resource-rich countries, resource-poor nations were also significantly affected, posing a barrier to development as it stretches further the deman…

  • Trends in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009

    Open AccessFernanda Pedro Antunes, Maria Da Conceição Nascimento Costa et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2012References: 22

    Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of hospitalizations in Brazil (excluding hospital admissions related to childbirth, pregnancy, and postpartum). To analyze the trend and seasonality of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009, a time trend study was performed using simple linear regression. Hospitalization rates for all respiratory diseases and specifically for asthma, chronic obstructive pul…

  • Overweight, asthma symptoms, atopy and pulmonary function in children of 4–12 years of age

    Open AccessSheila M A Matos, Sheila MA Matos et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    Objective To evaluate the association between overweight and the occurrence of asthma and atopy in a cohort of children of 4–12 years of age living in the city of Salvador in 2005. Design Cross-sectional study nested in a cohort. Setting The metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Subjects The study included 1129 children of 4–12 years age who presented complete information on the variables used here. Skin tests for allergy, spirometry, f…

  • Asthma cases in childhood attributed to atopy in tropical area in Brazil

    Open AccessSérgio Souza da Cunha, Maurício Lima Barreto et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2010

    Most asthma cases in an urban underprivileged setting in Brazil were not attributable to atopy. This observation has important implications for understanding the risk factors for the asthma epidemic in Latin America

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of a state funded programme for control of severe asthma

    Open AccessRosana Franco, Andreia Costa Santos et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2007

    A programme for control of severe asthma in a developing country can reduce morbidity, improve quality of life and save resources from the health system and patients families