Amélia Augusta De Lima Friche
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 886375 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Amélia Augusta De Lima Friche |
| PRENOMES | Amélia Augusta De Lima |
| SOBRENOME | Friche |
| ASSINATURA | FRICHE A A L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2463-0539 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 54 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 157 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 54 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Interseccionalidade e insegurança alimentar em favelas de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
A insegurança alimentar gera graves implicações para a saúde e a vida das populações. Muitos determinantes sociais já foram identificados, mas a compreensão da insegurança alimentar ainda é limitada devido a uma visão fragmentada que desarticula as diferentes dimensões de vulnerabilidade. Este estudo objetiva analisar a (in)segurança alimentar sob o olhar da interseccionalidade, tendo como local de estudo duas favelas de Belo Horizonte (Minas Ger…
Are extensions in paid parental leave associated with lower infant and neonatal mortality in Latin American cities? Evidence from 148 cities in Chile, Mexico, and Colombia (2000-2015)
We examined changes in infant and neonatal mortality that occurred after extension in the minimum number of days of paid maternity leave and after the implementation of paid paternity leave in 148 cities using longitudinal city-level data (2000-2015) from Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, compiled and harmonized by the Salud Urbana en America Latina (SALURBAL) study. For Chile we also explored variations in these associations according to the mother's…
Acesso físico às feiras de orgânicos municipais em favelas de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Introdução: Favelas são regiões que não foram priorizadas pelas políticas públicas, e isso se reflete no ambiente alimentar e, consequentemente, na dificuldade de acesso aos alimentos, sobretudo aqueles produzidos de forma sustentável. Objetivo: Caracterizar o acesso físico às feiras de orgânicos municipais em favelas de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, identificando desertos e pântanos alimentares e realizando uma comparação com a disponibilidade, …
Conceptual Model on Access to Food in the Favela Food Environment
The inequalities of Brazilian society are amplified in favelas, affecting access to basic sanitation, health, education services, and food. More research is needed to better understand the favela food environment and propose appropriate public food and nutrition policies to increase the availability of and access to healthy food. In this context, this study aimed to develop a conceptual model of the relationship between access to food and the fav…
Dysphagia Screening in Brazilian Older Adults with Dementia
Características da vizinhança em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
A observação social sistemática (OSS) é um método objetivo de mensuração das características físicas e sociais da vizinhança. O objetivo foi construir indicadores intraurbanos a partir do método de OSS e compará-los entre duas favelas e seus entornos em uma capital brasileira. Os indicadores simples foram calculados pelo método de estimadores de razão e agrupados em domínios. A análise de componentes principais gerou os indicadores compostos, sen…
Gender and urban health
Latin American cities have evolved via exclusionary historical processes, resulting in hasty and unplanned urbanization, insufficient infrastructure, and extreme levels of violence. These issues have well-documented health implications. In urban settings, gender may lead to unequal access to opportunities and services, however, its consideration into policies, interventions, and research remains insufficient, potentially exacerbating urban inequi…
Percepção dos residentes de favelas brasileiras sobre o ambiente alimentar
A disponibilidade de venda de alimentos no território pode influenciar no consumo alimentar da população. Entretanto, é importante compreender como as pessoas percebem o seu ambiente alimentar para se entender como essa disponibilidade afeta seu consumo em contextos distintos. O objetivo foi avaliar a percepção dos moradores de favelas brasileiras sobre o ambiente alimentar em suas vizinhanças. Estudo qualitativo, em que foram realizados grupos f…
Discriminação percebida por adultos mais velhos no uso de serviços de saúde
Este trabalho analisa as evidências atuais sobre a discriminação percebida por adultos mais velhos (> 50 anos) no uso de serviços de saúde e identifica os fatores associados a essa experiência. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada a partir de pesquisa nos sítios eletrônicos Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde, CINAHL, Medline, Scopus e Web of Science, em junho de 2021. Foram utilizados os descritores: discriminação social ou ageis…
Gender differences in the association of individual and contextual socioeconomic status with hypertension in 230 Latin American cities from the Salurbal study
The social patterning of hypertension differs by gender and by the level of analysis highlighting the importance of context- and gender-sensitive approaches and policies to reduce the prevalence of hypertension in Latin America
Social environment characteristics are related to self-rated health in four Latin America countries
We investigated the associations of social and built environment and demographic features of urban areas with self-rated health among adults living in four Latin American countries. We estimated multilevel models with harmonized data from 69,840 adults, nested in 262 sub-cities and 112 cities, obtained from the Salud Urbana en América Latina project. Poor self-rated health was inversely associated with services provision score at the sub-city-lev…
Gender inequality, women's empowerment, and adolescent birth rates in 363 Latin American cities
Inequality and income segregation in Brazilian cities
Residential segregation has brought significant challenges to cities worldwide and has important implications for health. This study aimed to assess income segregation in the 152 largest Brazilian cities in the SALURBAL Project. We identify specific socioeconomic characteristics related to residential segregation by income using the Brazilian demographic census of 2010 and calculated the income dissimilarity index (IDI) at the census tract level …
Cesarean sections and social inequalities in 305 cities of Latin America
We found large variability in CSR across cities highlighting the potential role of local policies on CSR levels. Variability was associated in part with maternal and area education and GDP. Further research is needed to understand the reasons for this pattern and any policy implications it may have
City-Level Travel Time and Individual Dietary Consumption in Latin American Cities
There is limited empirical evidence on how travel time affects dietary patterns, and even less in Latin American cities (LACs). Using data from 181 LACs, we investigated whether longer travel times at the city level are associated with lower consumption of vegetables and higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and if this association differs by city size. Travel time was measured as the average city-level travel time during peak hours and…
Spatial inequalities of retail food stores may determine availability of healthful food choices in a Brazilian metropolis
Objective: To examine the association between economic residential segregation and food environment. Design: Ecological: Food stores categorised according to the NOVA classification were geocoded, and absolute availability was calculated for each neighbourhood. Segregation was measured using local G i * statistic, a measure of the sd between the economic composition of a neighbourhood (the proportion of heads of households in neighbourhoods earn …
Migration is the Driving Force of Rapid Aging in Puerto Rico
Time trends of physical activity for leisure and transportation in the Brazilian adult population
This time-series study examined a 10-year historical series of the physical activity prevalence for leisure and transportation in the Brazilian adult population. Information from 512,969 adults interviewed from the Vigitel between 2010 and 2019 was analyzed. Individuals who reported practicing at least 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity physical activity or at least 75 minutes/week of vigorous-intensity physical activity were considered activ…
Urban income segregation and homicides
This paper investigates the associations of income segregation with homicide mortality across 152 cities in Brazil. Despite GDP increases, an important proportion of the Brazilian population experiences poverty and extreme poverty. Segregation refers to the way that different groups are located in space based on their socioeconomic status, with groups defined based on education, unemployment, race, age, or income levels. As a measure of segregati…
Urban social environment and low birth weight in 360 Latin American cities
Our findings highlight the presence of heterogeneity in the distribution of LBW and the importance of maternal education, local and broader social environments in shaping LBW in urban settings of Latin America. Implementing context-sensitive interventions guided to improve women's education is recommended to tackle LBW in the region
The equigenic effect of greenness on the association between education with life expectancy and mortality in 28 large Latin American cities
Wellcome Trust (Grant, 205177/Z/16/Z)
Characterising variability and predictors of infant mortality in urban settings
Background Urbanisation in Latin America (LA) is heterogeneous and could have varying implications for infant mortality (IM). Identifying city factors related to IM can help design policies that promote infant health in cities. Methods We quantified variability in infant mortality rates (IMR) across cities and examined associations between urban characteristics and IMR in a cross-sectional design. We estimated IMR for the period 2014–2016 using v…
Influência do clima nas hospitalizações por asma em crianças e adolescentes residentes em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
O risco de hospitalização por asma influenciado pelo disparo das condições climáticas é pouco explorado em Minas Gerais. Os objetivos deste artigo são: a) avaliar a influência dos fatores climáticos nas hospitalizações por asma e por infecções virais do trato respiratório inferior (IVTRI), de 2002 a 2012, em crianças e adolescentes residentes em Belo Horizonte (BH) e estimar períodos epidêmicos para as hospitalizações por asma; b) comparar o padr…
Physical Disorders and Poor Self-Rated Health in Adults Living in Four Latin American Cities
Considering that urban environments may affect self-rated health through behavioral and psychosocial mechanisms, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between self-rated health and perceived urban environment characteristics among adults living in four Latin American cities. Data is from a population-based survey by Development Bank of Latin America, encompassing adults between 20 and 60 years old in Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico …
Disparities in food consumption between economically segregated urban neighbourhoods
Objective: To examine associations between economic residential segregation and prevalence of healthy and unhealthy eating markers. Design: Cross-sectional. A stratified sample was selected in a three-stage process. Prevalence of eating markers and their 95 % CI were estimated according to economic residential segregation: high (most segregated); medium (integrated) and low (less segregated or integrated). Segregation was measured at the census t…
Pesquisa Nascer no Brasil
Estudo de coorte sobre a mortalidade neonatal na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, com entrevista e avaliação de prontuários de 23.940 puérperas entre fevereiro de 2011 e outubro de 2012. Utilizou-se modelagem hierarquizada para análise dos potenciais fatores de risco para o óbito neonatal. A taxa de mortalidade foi 11,1 por mil; maior nas regiões Norte e Nordeste e nas classes sociais mais baixas. O baixo peso ao nascer, o risco gestacional e condições…
Building a Data Platform for Cross-Country Urban Health Studies
Studies examining urban health and the environment must ensure comparability of measures across cities and countries. We describe a data platform and process that integrates health outcomes together with physical and social environment data to examine multilevel aspects of health across cities in 11 Latin American countries. We used two complementary sources to identify cities with ≥ 100,000 inhabitants as of 2010 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Col…
Assessing the Psychometric and Ecometric Properties of Neighborhood Scales in Developing Countries
Self-rated health in urban adults, perceptions of the physical and social environment, and reported comorbidities
This study assesses the prevalence of poor self-rated health and investigates its association with individual and environmental characteristics in adults with and without reported morbidity. A household survey assessed 4,048 adults in two districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We used Poisson regression with robust variance stratified by the presence of reported morbidity. Prevalence of poor self-rated health was 29.9% (42.6% in…
The urban environment from the health perspective
This study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban environment: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis. All events were obtained through the city health database and geoprocessed using residential addresses and 80 planning units consisting of census tracts. We used thematic maps, proportionate mortality/mor…
Developing a Conceptual Framework of Urban Health Observatories toward Integrating Research and Evidence into Urban Policy for Health and Health Equity
Indicadores de saúde materno infantil em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2001
A análise espacial de indicadores de saúde tem sido um importante instrumento na detecção de diferenciais intra-urbanos. O estudo objetivou traçar um perfil dos nascimentos em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, em 2001, analisando a presença de conglomerados espaciais de indicadores de saúde do recém-nascido e suas mães, a partir de dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos. Para cada área de abrangência das Unidades Básicas de Saúd…
Urban upgrading and its impact on health
There is little scientific evidence that urban upgrading helps improve health or reduce inequities. This article presents the design for the BH-Viva Project, a "quasi-experimental", multiphase, mixed-methods study with quantitative and qualitative components, proposing an analytical model for monitoring the effects that interventions in the urban environment can have on residents' health in slums in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A p…
Gender inequality, women's empowerment, and adolescent birth rates in 363 Latin American cities
Characterising variability and predictors of infant mortality in urban settings
Background Urbanisation in Latin America (LA) is heterogeneous and could have varying implications for infant mortality (IM). Identifying city factors related to IM can help design policies that promote infant health in cities. Methods We quantified variability in infant mortality rates (IMR) across cities and examined associations between urban characteristics and IMR in a cross-sectional design. We estimated IMR for the period 2014–2016 using v…
Association of socioeconomic factors with body mass index, obesity, physical activity, and dietary factors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Obesity prevalence is rapidly increasing in developing countries. Existing research investigating social patterning of obesity and its risk factors in Latin American urban contexts has inconsistent findings. This study analyzed a multistage household survey in adults in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Marginal models were used to examine the association of education and household and neighborhood income with body mass index (BMI), obe…
Leisure-time physical activity in the vicinity of Academias da Cidade Program in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
This study analyzed leisure-time physical activity among 1,621 adults who were non-users of the Academias da Cidade Program in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, but who lived in the vicinity of a fitness center in operation (exposed Group I) or in the vicinity of two sites reserved for future installation of centers (control Groups II and III). The dependent variable was leisure-time physical activity, and linear distance from the house…
Características individuais associadas à autopercepção da extensão territorial da vizinhança
É crescente o interesse em investigar os impactos da vizinhança na saúde. Para definir vizinhança, duas estratégias principais são encontradas: uma utiliza fronteiras artificiais criadas para finalidades administrativas, a outra considera a definição do indivíduo, vizinhança autopercebida. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os fatores associados à heterogeneidade da autopercepção da dimensão territorial da vizinhança entre os participantes d…
The equigenic effect of greenness on the association between education with life expectancy and mortality in 28 large Latin American cities
Wellcome Trust (Grant, 205177/Z/16/Z)
Sentidos do Nascer
A exposição Sentidos do Nascer (SDN) é uma ação de educomunicação inovadora que visa contribuir para mudança de cultura sobre o parto e nascimento no Brasil, incentivar o parto normal e apoiar a redução das elevadas taxas de cesarianas desnecessárias. Trata-se de uma exposição imersiva e interativa que articula linguagens e técnicas para sensibilizar o grande público e instigá-lo, de forma lúdica, a conhecer mais e se posicionar criticamente sobr…
Overweight in men and women among urban area residents
The present study aimed to evaluate factors associated with overweight among adults living in urban areas, with the income of the census tract as a context variable. The survey assessed individuals from two health districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Excess weight was determined by body mass index > 25kg/m2. Multilevel logistic regression was used. The sample comprised 2,935 individuals aged 20 to 60 years. The prevalence of o…
Social context of neighborhood and socioeconomic status on leisure-time physical activity in a Brazilian urban center
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and investigate its association with contextual characteristics of the social and physical environment in different socioeconomic statuses, using a household survey in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (2008-2009). Leisure-time physical activity was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; and the social and physical environment by scales …
Are extensions in paid parental leave associated with lower infant and neonatal mortality in Latin American cities? Evidence from 148 cities in Chile, Mexico, and Colombia (2000-2015)
We examined changes in infant and neonatal mortality that occurred after extension in the minimum number of days of paid maternity leave and after the implementation of paid paternity leave in 148 cities using longitudinal city-level data (2000-2015) from Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, compiled and harmonized by the Salud Urbana en America Latina (SALURBAL) study. For Chile we also explored variations in these associations according to the mother's…
Migration is the Driving Force of Rapid Aging in Puerto Rico
Time trends of physical activity for leisure and transportation in the Brazilian adult population
This time-series study examined a 10-year historical series of the physical activity prevalence for leisure and transportation in the Brazilian adult population. Information from 512,969 adults interviewed from the Vigitel between 2010 and 2019 was analyzed. Individuals who reported practicing at least 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity physical activity or at least 75 minutes/week of vigorous-intensity physical activity were considered activ…
Web Data Mining
To overcome the challenge of obtaining accurate data on community food retail, we developed an innovative tool to automatically capture food retail data from Google Earth (GE). The proposed method is relevant to non-commercial use or scholarly purposes. We aimed to test the validity of web sources data for the assessment of community food retail environment by comparison to ground-truth observations (gold standard). A secondary aim was to test wh…
Homicídios em Belo Horizonte, MG
Os homicídios no Brasil são um dos indicadores mais sensíveis da desigualdade social nas cidades. Assim, políticas de proteção social integradas nos territórios podem impactar esse evento em saúde. Este artigo objetiva descrever os homicídios em Belo Horizonte à luz de um modelo conceitual, parte de um processo avaliativo de um projeto de reurbanização na cidade. A partir da revisão da literatura, construiu-se um modelo conceitual para a compreen…
Do speed cameras reduce speeding in urban areas
This observational study aimed to estimate the prevalence of speeding on urban roadways and to analyze associated factors. The sample consisted of 8,565 vehicles circulating in areas with and without fixed speed cameras in operation. We found that 40% of vehicles 200 meters after the fixed cameras and 33.6% of vehicles observed on roadways without speed cameras were moving over the speed limit (p < 0.001). Motorcycles showed the highest recorded …
Urban road traffic deaths
This study analyzes the profile of deaths from road traffic accidents in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by linking two public databases, the Information System of the Urban Transportation and Transit Company (BH10) and the Mortality Information System (SIM). The linked database (n = 306) identified a 24% under-recording rate for deaths and differed in the age distribution from the BH10 database and in roadway user category when compa…
The Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health
The Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health (OSUBH), housed in an academic setting, was founded in 2002 as part of a broader agenda to strengthen local and national health systems. Its mission is to build the capacity of the workforce in research on population health and to conduct studies on urban issues that can guide the planning of activities aimed at improving the health of populations, especially in heavily urbanized areas, associated w…
The urban environment from the health perspective
This study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban environment: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis. All events were obtained through the city health database and geoprocessed using residential addresses and 80 planning units consisting of census tracts. We used thematic maps, proportionate mortality/mor…
Indicadores de saúde materno infantil em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2001
A análise espacial de indicadores de saúde tem sido um importante instrumento na detecção de diferenciais intra-urbanos. O estudo objetivou traçar um perfil dos nascimentos em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, em 2001, analisando a presença de conglomerados espaciais de indicadores de saúde do recém-nascido e suas mães, a partir de dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Nascidos Vivos. Para cada área de abrangência das Unidades Básicas de Saúd…
P2-87 Effects of neighbourhood features on obesity
Introduction The prevalence of obesity seems to be increasing in most parts of the world. Some studies have examined the association between the environment and obesity. Objective To address how neighbourhood factors affect obesity by examining individual, household and neighbourhood-level characteristics. Methods Data from a multistage (census tracts, households, and residents) household survey (2008-2009) conducted in Belo Horizonte City by the…
P1-426 Assessing the psychometrics and the ecometrics measurements of neighbourhood scales
Introduction Although relevant, specific instruments are necessary to better understand the relationship between features of neighbourhood and health events, very few studies have developed instruments to measure neighbourhood features in developing countries. Objective To develop valid and reliable measures of neighbourhood context useful in a Latin American urban context; assess their psychometrics and ecometrics properties and examine individu…
Urbanização, globalização e segurança viária
Sao Paulo, noite chuvosa de domingo, meados de julho. SNF, divorciado, voltava da festa de aniversario da filha de 5 anos, Maya. De motocicleta, seu meio de transporte e instrumento de trabalho, e que acabara de adquirir, aproveitando a facilidade de linha de credito vigente para o financiamento. Afinal, gastava quase 4 horas durante a semana para ir e vir do trabalho e nos finais de semana em que ia visitar a filha, que residia com a mae do outr…
Assessing the Psychometric and Ecometric Properties of Neighborhood Scales in Developing Countries
Developing a Conceptual Framework of Urban Health Observatories toward Integrating Research and Evidence into Urban Policy for Health and Health Equity
O uso de escalas de silhuetas na avaliação da satisfação corporal de adolescentes
O objetivo foi sintetizar estudos sobre satisfação corporal de adolescentes, com foco no uso da escala de silhuetas. Realizaram-se buscas nas bases de dados MEDLINE, LILACS e SciELO, além de teses e dissertações. Foram consideradas 36 publicações nacionais e internacionais. A escala mais utilizada foi a de Stunkard et al., e as imagens foram apresentadas em ordem ascendente, em folha única e autoaplicada. A maioria comparou satisfação versus insa…
Características individuais associadas à autopercepção da extensão territorial da vizinhança
É crescente o interesse em investigar os impactos da vizinhança na saúde. Para definir vizinhança, duas estratégias principais são encontradas: uma utiliza fronteiras artificiais criadas para finalidades administrativas, a outra considera a definição do indivíduo, vizinhança autopercebida. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os fatores associados à heterogeneidade da autopercepção da dimensão territorial da vizinhança entre os participantes d…
Pesquisa Nascer no Brasil
Estudo de coorte sobre a mortalidade neonatal na pesquisa Nascer no Brasil, com entrevista e avaliação de prontuários de 23.940 puérperas entre fevereiro de 2011 e outubro de 2012. Utilizou-se modelagem hierarquizada para análise dos potenciais fatores de risco para o óbito neonatal. A taxa de mortalidade foi 11,1 por mil; maior nas regiões Norte e Nordeste e nas classes sociais mais baixas. O baixo peso ao nascer, o risco gestacional e condições…
Association of socioeconomic factors with body mass index, obesity, physical activity, and dietary factors in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Obesity prevalence is rapidly increasing in developing countries. Existing research investigating social patterning of obesity and its risk factors in Latin American urban contexts has inconsistent findings. This study analyzed a multistage household survey in adults in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Marginal models were used to examine the association of education and household and neighborhood income with body mass index (BMI), obe…
Urban health
As we near the end of the second decade of the 21 st century, a question emerges for urban health researchers: "What progress have we made in the field?" In a forum published in CSP ten years ago 1 we asked: "What is urban health?"
Do speed cameras reduce speeding in urban areas
This observational study aimed to estimate the prevalence of speeding on urban roadways and to analyze associated factors. The sample consisted of 8,565 vehicles circulating in areas with and without fixed speed cameras in operation. We found that 40% of vehicles 200 meters after the fixed cameras and 33.6% of vehicles observed on roadways without speed cameras were moving over the speed limit (p < 0.001). Motorcycles showed the highest recorded …
Urban road traffic deaths
This study analyzes the profile of deaths from road traffic accidents in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, by linking two public databases, the Information System of the Urban Transportation and Transit Company (BH10) and the Mortality Information System (SIM). The linked database (n = 306) identified a 24% under-recording rate for deaths and differed in the age distribution from the BH10 database and in roadway user category when compa…
Leisure-time physical activity in the vicinity of Academias da Cidade Program in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
This study analyzed leisure-time physical activity among 1,621 adults who were non-users of the Academias da Cidade Program in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, but who lived in the vicinity of a fitness center in operation (exposed Group I) or in the vicinity of two sites reserved for future installation of centers (control Groups II and III). The dependent variable was leisure-time physical activity, and linear distance from the house…
The Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health
The Belo Horizonte Observatory for Urban Health (OSUBH), housed in an academic setting, was founded in 2002 as part of a broader agenda to strengthen local and national health systems. Its mission is to build the capacity of the workforce in research on population health and to conduct studies on urban issues that can guide the planning of activities aimed at improving the health of populations, especially in heavily urbanized areas, associated w…
Self-rated health in urban adults, perceptions of the physical and social environment, and reported comorbidities
This study assesses the prevalence of poor self-rated health and investigates its association with individual and environmental characteristics in adults with and without reported morbidity. A household survey assessed 4,048 adults in two districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. We used Poisson regression with robust variance stratified by the presence of reported morbidity. Prevalence of poor self-rated health was 29.9% (42.6% in…
Overweight in men and women among urban area residents
The present study aimed to evaluate factors associated with overweight among adults living in urban areas, with the income of the census tract as a context variable. The survey assessed individuals from two health districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Excess weight was determined by body mass index > 25kg/m2. Multilevel logistic regression was used. The sample comprised 2,935 individuals aged 20 to 60 years. The prevalence of o…
Urban upgrading and its impact on health
There is little scientific evidence that urban upgrading helps improve health or reduce inequities. This article presents the design for the BH-Viva Project, a "quasi-experimental", multiphase, mixed-methods study with quantitative and qualitative components, proposing an analytical model for monitoring the effects that interventions in the urban environment can have on residents' health in slums in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A p…
Social context of neighborhood and socioeconomic status on leisure-time physical activity in a Brazilian urban center
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity and investigate its association with contextual characteristics of the social and physical environment in different socioeconomic statuses, using a household survey in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (2008-2009). Leisure-time physical activity was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire; and the social and physical environment by scales …
Temporal and Spatial Trends in Childhood Asthma-Related Hospitalizations in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and Their Association with Social Vulnerability
Our findings suggest that social and environmental factors may be determinants of disparities in severe asthma
Posição socioeconômica e deficiência
O objetivo deste estudo é investigar a associação da posição socioeconômica e comorbidades com o autorrelato da deficiência. Dados provenientes de inquérito populacional em Belo Horizonte, entre 2008 e 2009. Amostragem foi probabilística, estratificada por conglomerados em três estágios: setor censitário, domicílio e indivíduos. A variável resposta foi deficiência, definida a partir do autorrelato de problemas nas funções ou nas estruturas do cor…
Building a Data Platform for Cross-Country Urban Health Studies
Studies examining urban health and the environment must ensure comparability of measures across cities and countries. We describe a data platform and process that integrates health outcomes together with physical and social environment data to examine multilevel aspects of health across cities in 11 Latin American countries. We used two complementary sources to identify cities with ≥ 100,000 inhabitants as of 2010 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Col…
Violência obstétrica
O excesso de intervenções no parto no Brasil tem sido reportado como violência obstétrica e contribui para os índices elevados morbi-mortalidade materna e neonatal. A exposição Sentidos do Nascer busca incentivar o parto normal para promover a saúde e melhorar a experiência de parir e nascer no País. Este artigo analisa o perfil e a experiência de parto de 555 mulheres que visitaram a exposição durante a gestação, com enfoque na percepção sobre v…
Mortality from Homicides in Slums in the City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Background : Homicide rates in Brazil are among the highest worldwide. Although not exclusive to large Brazilian cities, homicides find their most important determinants in cities' slums. In the last decade, an urban renewal process has been initiated in the city of Belo Horizonte, in Brazil. Named Vila Viva project, it includes structuring urban interventions such as urban renewal, social development actions and land regularization in the slums …
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