Rafaela Costa Martins

Biographic Data

ID3679758
NAMERafaela Costa Martins
GIVEN NAMESRafaela Costa
FAMILY NAMEMartins
SIGNATUREMARTINS R C
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de Pelotas
ORCID0000-0003-3538-7228
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Role of Parenting on Child Socioemotional Development

    Open AccessAdriane X Arteche, Otávio Amaral De Andrade Leão et al.ARTICLEChild & Youth Care Forum2026

  • Gender Division of Housework and Intimate Partner Violence Among Mothers of Toddlers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessChristian Loret De Mola Zanatti, Carolina De Vargas Nunes Coll et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024References: 5

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, we evaluated the association between gender division of housework and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in a population-based cohort of mothers. We collected data on psychological, physical, and sexual IPV using an adapted version of the World Health Organization Violence Against Women instrument and division of housework using a validated questionnaire. We used logistic regression to calculate adjusted o…

  • Influence of parental physical activity on offspring’s nutritional status

    Open AccessCauane Blumenberg, Rafaela Costa Martins et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    Objective: To investigate the influence of parental physical activity on offspring’s nutritional status in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: The main outcomes were overweight and obesity status of children. The main exposure was parental physical activity over time, measured during the 11, 15 and 18 years of age follow-ups. The exposure was operationalised as cumulative, and the most recent measure befor…

  • Maus-tratos infantis e comportamentos sexuais de risco na idade adulta

    Open AccessRoberta Hirschmann, Rafaela Costa Martins et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2021

    Os maus-tratos infantis são um problema de saúde pública e podem gerar graves consequências, como envolvimento em comportamentos sexuais de risco (CSR). O objetivo deste artigo é identificar os estudos que avaliaram a associação entre diferentes tipos de maus-tratos infantis e CSR na idade adulta, por meio de uma revisão sistemática da literatura. A busca foi realizada nas bases de dados PubMed, Web of Science, PsycNET e Lilacs. Os critérios de i…

  • A WhatsApp-Based Intervention to Improve Maternal Social Support and Maternal–Child Health in Southern Brazil

    Open AccessAngela C B Trude, Rafaela Costa Martins et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2021

    Participatory learning and action cycles with women's groups have been recommended by the WHO to promote maternal and newborn health, but few studies have tested its feasibility and acceptability in mobile health (mHealth) interventions among mothers of toddlers. This was a mixed-method feasibility assessment of an 8-week WhatsApp-based maternal support group for mothers of toddlers (12-18 months of age) enrolled in a birth cohort study in Southe…

  • Validity assessment of a portable anthropometer to measure length in 24-month children from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort

    Open AccessThaynã Ramos Flores, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: This study aimed to assess the validity of a portable anthropometer against the gold standard among 2-year-old infants from the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: A fixed Harpenden ® infant anthropometer was considered as the gold standard for measuring infant length due to its greater precision and stability. The portable SANNY ® (model ES2000) anthropometer was the instrument to be validated. The…

  • Are parental monitoring and support related with loneliness and problems to sleep in adolescents? Results from the Brazilian School-based Health Survey

    Open AccessAdriana Kramer Fiala Machado, Andrea Wendt et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 1References: 29

  • Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care

    Open AccessRafaela Costa Martins, Adriana Kramer Fiala Machado et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 2References: 41

    Parent training programmes have significant potential to improve the quality of children's early environments and thereby their development and life-course outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify and explain the extent to which parents engaged in two group-based training programmes, offered to high-risk families enrolled in a randomized controlled trial study called PIÁ in Southern Brazil. The programmes were: (1) ACT: Raising Safe Kids, …

  • Physical activity in the rural population of Pelotas, Brazil

    Open AccessRafaela Costa Martins, Inácio Crochemore-Silva et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2018

    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the level of physical activity in general and by domains of practice in the rural area of Pelotas, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, as well as their associated factors. METHODS: This is a population-based, cross-sectional study with adults living in the rural area of Pelotas. The questionnaire used to measure the prevalence of physical activity was the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire. Individuals who reported at l…

  • Population-based study in a rural area

    Open AccessHelen Denise Gonçalves Da Silva, Elaine Tomasi et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2018

    OBJECTIVE: To describe the planning, sampling, operational aspects of the field, and the sample obtained during a research conducted in a rural area, specifying and discussing the main logistical difficulties unique to these places and the solutions adopted. METHODS: We carried out a population-based, cross-sectional survey between January and June 2016, with a representative sample of the population aged 18 years or over living in the rural area…