Publications by authors named "Dirlene Mafalda Ildefonso da Silveira"
Article Synopsis
- About 200 million pre-school age children face developmental delays, influenced by various factors.
- A study conducted in Ceará, Brazil analyzed vitamin A supplementation's impact on child development, involving 1232 children aged 0-35 months.
- Results indicated that vitamin A supplementation benefits cognitive and motor development in well-nourished children, but stunted children did not experience any improvement, highlighting the need for both supplementation and better nutritional status.
Reducing child mortality: the contribution of Ceará state, northeast of Brazil, on achieving the Millennium Development Goal 4 in Brazil.
Matern Child Health J
April 2015
To describe the experience of Ceará, Northeast of Brazil, state on improving child survival, over a 20 year period, and discuss its contribution to Brazil's progress toward the achievement of MDG 4. Five population-based, statewide household surveys, with children <3 years of age, known as PESMIC (Mother and Child Health Survey of Ceará), were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1994, 2001 and 2007. They aimed to investigate levels and causes of mortality and access to child health services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study estimated the prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity in women of reproductive age in the Semi-Arid Region of Brazil. In the cluster sampling of 8,000 households of the state of Ceará, 6,845 women were surveyed. Overweight and obesity were measured by the body mass index and risk factors identified by multivariate analysis.
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