Publications by authors named "Theonas Pereira"

Objective: To assess the association between sociodemographic and perinatal factors and hospital practices to encourage exclusive breastfeeding in neonates in maternity hospitals.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort of live births from the survey "To be born in Brazil" conducted between 2011 and 2012. The weighted number of newborns who met the neonatal near miss criteria was 832.

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Objective: This study evaluates the association between sociodemographic factors, maternal characteristics, organization of health services and neonatal near miss in public and private maternity hospitals in Brazil.

Methods: This is a prospective cohort of live births from the Nascer no Brasil survey, carried out between 2011 and 2012. Variables were established from the literature and organized on three levels: distal, intermediate, and proximal.

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