Cesar Victora
Biographic Data
| ID | 3679772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cesar Victora |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cesar |
| FAMILY NAME | Victora |
| SIGNATURE | VÍCTORA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal de Pelotas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Magnificent Example of Why We Need Multilateral Organizations Such as WHO
Women’s health and well-being in five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries: Domains and their associations with early-life conditions
Background: Women's health and well-being (WHW) have been receiving growing attention, but limited progress has been made on how to measure its different domains in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We used data from five long-term birth cohorts in Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines and South Africa to explore different domains of adult WHW, and how these domains relate to early life exposures. Methods: Based upon an a priori conceptualis…
Paving the way to understanding female-headed households: Variation in household composition across 103 low- and middle-income countries
Background: Female-headed households (FHHs) are regarded as disadvantaged. There are multiple social trajectories that can lead to women heading households. It is important to distinguish between these trajectories, as well as societal norms and contextual factors, to understand how and when are FHHs represented as a dimension of gender inequity. Our analysis defines and describes a typology of 16 FHH types (FHH16) based on demographic characteri…
Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high‐income countries: Levels, trends and challenges
Monitoring indicators of breastfeeding practices is important to protect and evaluate the progress of breastfeeding promotion efforts. However, high-income countries lack standardized methodology to monitor their indicators. We aimed to update and summarize nationally representative annual estimates of breastfeeding indicators in high-income countries and to describe methodological issues pertaining to the data sources used. A review was conducte…
Prevalence of antibodies against Sars-CoV-2 according to socioeconomic and ethnic status in a nationwide Brazilian survey
The prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil shows steep class and ethnic gradients, with lowest risks among white, educated and wealthy individuals
Saúde reprodutiva, materna, neonatal e infantil nos 30 anos do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)
Este estudo apresenta um sumário das intervenções realizadas no âmbito do setor público e os indicadores de resultado alcançados na saúde de mulheres e crianças, destacando-se os avanços no período 1990-2015. Foram descritos indicadores de atenção pré-natal, assistência ao parto e saúde materna e infantil utilizando dados provenientes de Sistemas de Informação Nacionais de nascidos vivos e óbitos; inquéritos nacionais; e publicações obtidas de di…
Improved measurement for mothers, newborns and children in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
BACKGROUND: An urgent priority in maternal, newborn and child health is to accelerate the scale-up of cost-effective essential interventions, especially during labor, the immediate postnatal period and for the treatment of serious infectious diseases and acute malnutrition. Tracking intervention coverage is a key activity to support scale-up and in this paper we examine priorities in coverage measurement, distinguishing between essential interven…
Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring: A prospective study in five low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)
BACKGROUND: Both young and advanced maternal age is associated with adverse birth and child outcomes. Few studies have examined these associations in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and none have studied adult outcomes in the offspring. We aimed to examine both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs. METHODS: In this prospective study, we pooled data from COHORTS (Consortium for Health Orientated Research in Transitioning Societies…
Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from preterm birth and low birth weight by 2015
Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality
Addressing International Child Health Priorities
Fatores de risco sociais, familiares e comportamentais para obesidade em adolescentes
Our results show that it is important to stratify data from obesity studies according to sex. In addition, early-life factors were more strongly associated with obesity than factors present during adolescence. However, the possibility of reporting bias cannot be ruled out, especially in terms of the information provided on diet and physical exercise. Whenever possible, the study of concurrent risk factors for obesity in adolescence should take in…
The Latin American trial of psychosocial support during pregnancy: Effects on mother's wellbeing and satisfaction
Can infant mortality be reduced by promoting breastfeeding? Evidence from São Paulo city
An ambitious breastfeeding promotion programme was launched in Brazil in 1981 which included the use of mass media, health personnel training and re-organization of health service routines. A comparison of two health surveys carried out in Greater São Paulo before (1981) and after (1987) the implementation of the programme showed an important increase in the median duration of breastfeeding from 84 to 146 days, respectively. The potential impact …
The Latin American trial of psychosocial support during pregnancy: Effects on mother's wellbeing and satisfaction
Can infant mortality be reduced by promoting breastfeeding? Evidence from São Paulo city
An ambitious breastfeeding promotion programme was launched in Brazil in 1981 which included the use of mass media, health personnel training and re-organization of health service routines. A comparison of two health surveys carried out in Greater São Paulo before (1981) and after (1987) the implementation of the programme showed an important increase in the median duration of breastfeeding from 84 to 146 days, respectively. The potential impact …
Can infant mortality be reduced by promoting breastfeeding? Evidence from São Paulo city
An ambitious breastfeeding promotion programme was launched in Brazil in 1981 which included the use of mass media, health personnel training and re-organization of health service routines. A comparison of two health surveys carried out in Greater São Paulo before (1981) and after (1987) the implementation of the programme showed an important increase in the median duration of breastfeeding from 84 to 146 days, respectively. The potential impact …
The Latin American trial of psychosocial support during pregnancy: Effects on mother's wellbeing and satisfaction
Fatores de risco sociais, familiares e comportamentais para obesidade em adolescentes
Our results show that it is important to stratify data from obesity studies according to sex. In addition, early-life factors were more strongly associated with obesity than factors present during adolescence. However, the possibility of reporting bias cannot be ruled out, especially in terms of the information provided on diet and physical exercise. Whenever possible, the study of concurrent risk factors for obesity in adolescence should take in…
Addressing International Child Health Priorities
Breastfeeding and the risk for diarrhea morbidity and mortality
Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from preterm birth and low birth weight by 2015
Association between maternal age at childbirth and child and adult outcomes in the offspring: A prospective study in five low-income and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)
BACKGROUND: Both young and advanced maternal age is associated with adverse birth and child outcomes. Few studies have examined these associations in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and none have studied adult outcomes in the offspring. We aimed to examine both child and adult outcomes in five LMICs. METHODS: In this prospective study, we pooled data from COHORTS (Consortium for Health Orientated Research in Transitioning Societies…
Improved measurement for mothers, newborns and children in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals
BACKGROUND: An urgent priority in maternal, newborn and child health is to accelerate the scale-up of cost-effective essential interventions, especially during labor, the immediate postnatal period and for the treatment of serious infectious diseases and acute malnutrition. Tracking intervention coverage is a key activity to support scale-up and in this paper we examine priorities in coverage measurement, distinguishing between essential interven…
Saúde reprodutiva, materna, neonatal e infantil nos 30 anos do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)
Este estudo apresenta um sumário das intervenções realizadas no âmbito do setor público e os indicadores de resultado alcançados na saúde de mulheres e crianças, destacando-se os avanços no período 1990-2015. Foram descritos indicadores de atenção pré-natal, assistência ao parto e saúde materna e infantil utilizando dados provenientes de Sistemas de Informação Nacionais de nascidos vivos e óbitos; inquéritos nacionais; e publicações obtidas de di…
Prevalence of antibodies against Sars-CoV-2 according to socioeconomic and ethnic status in a nationwide Brazilian survey
The prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil shows steep class and ethnic gradients, with lowest risks among white, educated and wealthy individuals
Monitoring breastfeeding indicators in high‐income countries: Levels, trends and challenges
Monitoring indicators of breastfeeding practices is important to protect and evaluate the progress of breastfeeding promotion efforts. However, high-income countries lack standardized methodology to monitor their indicators. We aimed to update and summarize nationally representative annual estimates of breastfeeding indicators in high-income countries and to describe methodological issues pertaining to the data sources used. A review was conducte…
Paving the way to understanding female-headed households: Variation in household composition across 103 low- and middle-income countries
Background: Female-headed households (FHHs) are regarded as disadvantaged. There are multiple social trajectories that can lead to women heading households. It is important to distinguish between these trajectories, as well as societal norms and contextual factors, to understand how and when are FHHs represented as a dimension of gender inequity. Our analysis defines and describes a typology of 16 FHH types (FHH16) based on demographic characteri…
Women’s health and well-being in five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries: Domains and their associations with early-life conditions
Background: Women's health and well-being (WHW) have been receiving growing attention, but limited progress has been made on how to measure its different domains in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We used data from five long-term birth cohorts in Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines and South Africa to explore different domains of adult WHW, and how these domains relate to early life exposures. Methods: Based upon an a priori conceptualis…
A Magnificent Example of Why We Need Multilateral Organizations Such as WHO
Medicine (12 works) · Demography (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (7 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 works) · Population (5 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Political science (4 works)