High prevalence of food insecurity, the adverse impact of COVID-19 in Brazilian favela

CV Manfrinato, A Marino, VF Condé… - Public health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To investigate food insecurity (FI) prevalence in two favelas in Brazil in the early
weeks of the social distancing policy, from 27 March 2020 to 1 June 2020. Design: A cross …

Psychological distress, low-income, and socio-economic vulnerability in the COVID-19 pandemic

CLA Santana, CV Manfrinato, PRP Souza, A Marino… - Public Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Although literature broadly reports the impact of COVID-19 on global mental
health, little is known about the extent of its deleterious impact on the most vulnerable …

Tendências e desigualdades na insegurança alimentar durante a pandemia de COVID-19: resultados de quatro inquéritos epidemiológicos seriados

LP Santos, AA Schäfer, FO Meller, J Harter… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo foi analisar tendências e desigualdades na prevalência de insegurança
alimentar na pandemia de COVID-19, de acordo com fatores sociodemográficos e com …

Pathways to poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV: the role of food insecurity and alcohol misuse

H Perazzo, JL Gonçalves, SW Cardoso, B Grinsztejn… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Daily adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) increases the length and quality of life of
people living with HIV (PLHIV). We explored whether socioeconomic status directly impacts …

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and COVID-19 among 5 years-old Amazonian children and their association with poverty and food insecurity

MU Ferreira, I Giacomini, PM Sato… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The epidemiology of childhood SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related
illness remains little studied in high-transmission tropical settings, partly due to the less …

Birth-to-childhood tracking of linear growth and weight gain in the MINA-Brazil Study

BH Lourenço, CZ Rodrigues… - Revista de Saúde …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate birth-to-childhood tracking of linear growth and
weight gain across the distribution of length/height and weight for age z-scores and …

Validity of a 2-item screening tool to identify families at risk for food insecurity in Brazil

A Poblacion, AM Segall-Corrêa… - Cadernos de Saude …, 2021 - SciELO Public Health
This manuscript aimed to develop a brief 2-item screening tool to identify Brazilian
households that include families with children at risk for food insecurity. Psychometric …

A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a nurse home visiting program for pregnant adolescents

D Fatori, P Fonseca Zuccolo, E Shephard, H Brentani… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
To test the efficacy of a nurse home visiting program (HVP) on child development, maternal
and environmental outcomes in the first years of life. We conducted a randomized controlled …

Association between food insecurity and major depressive episodes amid Covid-19 pandemic: results of four consecutive epidemiological surveys from southern …

LP Santos, AA Schäfer, FO Meller… - Public Health …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To assess the association between household food insecurity (FI) and major
depressive episodes (MDE) amid Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. Design: Cross-sectional …

Promoting mother‐infant relationships and underlying neural correlates: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home‐visiting program for adolescent mothers …

FSP Alarcão, E Shephard, D Fatori… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Poverty and teenage pregnancy are common in low‐and‐middle‐income countries and can
impede the development of healthy parent‐child relationships. This study aimed to test …