Association between food environments and fetal growth in pregnant Brazilian women.

Introduction: Birth weight is described as one of the main determinants of newborns' chances of survival. Among the associated causes, or risk factors, the mother's nutritional status strongly influences fetal growth and birth weight outcomes of the concept. This study evaluates the association between food deserts, small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA) and low birth weight (LBW) newborns.

Evaluating the health effect of a Social Housing programme, Minha Casa Minha Vida, using the 100 million Brazilian Cohort: a natural experiment study protocol.

Introduction: Social housing programmes have been shown to influence health, but their effects on cardiovascular mortality and incidence of infectious diseases, such as leprosy and tuberculosis, are unknown. We will use individual administrative data to evaluate the effect of the Brazilian housing programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and incidence of leprosy and tuberculosis.

Methods And Analysis: We will link the baseline of the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort (2001-2015), which includes information on socioeconomic and demographic variables, to the MCMV (2009-2015), CVD mortality (2007-2015), leprosy (2007-2015) and tuberculosis (2007-2015) registries.

Data on prevalence and risk factors associated with spp infection, atopy and asthma development in Northeast Brazilian school children.

In the present article, we provide shortly, data on risk factors for acquiring spp. infection and investigate possible associations between this infection with atopy and asthma in school children of a small town and its semi-rural areas of Northeast Brazil. The data set are composed by demographic, social and home environment variables.

Risk factors for Toxocara spp. seroprevalence and its association with atopy and asthma phenotypes in school-age children in a small town and semi-rural areas of Northeast Brazil.

Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati, are roundworms that live in the intestines of dogs and cats, respectively, and are predominantly agents of human toxocariasis. Studies have suggested that Toxocara spp. seroprevalence increases levels of total and aeroallergen-specific IgE (sIgE), asthma prevalence and asthma morbidity.

[Transdisciplinarity in distance education: a new paradigm in Nursing education].

This article aimed to reflect on the need of applying transdisciplinarity in distance education, since it presumes a new model, transition, change, and transformation. The goal of distance education is the supportive use in virtual and interactive learning environments, allowing the integration of multiple media tools, in an organized manner, to the production, interaction and knowledge socialization elaboration. In Brazil, nursing education has several experiences in using distance education with promising results, demonstrating good acceptance on the part of students and improvements on teaching-learning process.

Anthropometric indicators of insulin resistance.

Some studies have analyzed the efficacy of anthropometric indicators in predicting insulin resistance (IR), for they are more economic and accessible. In this study, the objective was to discuss the measures and anthropometric indices that have been associated with IR. A bibliographic review was done, based on Scielo, Science Direct and Pubmed.

[A proposal for a health evaluation tool for the institucionalized aged based on the concept of Nursing Minimum Data Set].

This article aims at presenting a health evaluation tool for the institutionalized aged developed under the concepts of the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) divided in two sections: identification and health evaluation. It is a methodological research about the development of a data collection tool. The tool is constituted of two sections: Section A contains identification data in the admission, and Section B is the Total Assessment Form, containing data of cognitive, communication, hearing, vision, mood and behavior patterns, and physiological and nutritional conditions.

Proposal for an essential nursing data set to evaluate the health in home care elderly persons.

This paper presents a proposal for a set of computerized data to construct an instrument in initial evaluations of the overall state of health elderly persons. The objective is to establish a common system of language and data-sharing, and to make the data collected available. This is expected to enable better planning and promotion of the quality of the assistance provided to this population.

Childhood anemia prevalence and associated factors in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1996 to estimate the prevalence of anemia in a stratified sample of 603 preschool children and identify factors associated with the disease. Hemoglobin assays were conducted in finger-prick blood samples using a Hemocue hemoglobinometer. Anemia was defined as hemoglobin below 11.

[Hemoglobin concentration, breastfeeding and complementary feeding in the first year of life].

Objective: To assess the relationship between hemoglobin concentration and breastfeeding and complementary feeding during the first years of life.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with 553 children under age 12 months, who attended public healthcare facilities. Hemoglobin concentration was measured by the cyanmethaemoglobin method, using the HemoCue system.