- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Global Health Care Issues
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Business and Management Studies
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Education and Public Policy
- Gender, Education, and Development Issues
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Physical Education and Gymnastics
Universidade Federal da Bahia
2022-2025
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2013-2018
Associação Saúde da Família
2016
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
2016
Renfe Operadora (Spain)
2016
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
2013
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have been implemented globally to alleviate poverty. Although tuberculosis (TB) is closely linked poverty, the effects of CCT on TB outcomes among populations facing social and economic vulnerabilities remain uncertain. Here we estimated associations between participation in world's largest program, Brazilian Bolsa Família Program (BFP), reduction incidence, mortality case-fatality rates using nationwide 100 Million Cohort 2004 2015. We also evaluated...
Importance Latin America has implemented the world’s largest and most consolidated conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs during last 2 decades. As a consequence of COVID-19 pandemic, poverty rates have markedly increased, large number newly low-income individuals, especially children, been left unprotected. Objective To evaluate association CCT with child health in American countries decades forecast mortality trends up to 2030 according alternative implementation options. Design,...
BackgroundLatin American and Caribbean countries are dealing with the combined challenges of pandemic-induced socicoeconomic stress increasing public debt, potentially leading to reductions in welfare health-care services, including primary care. We aimed evaluate impact coverage on child mortality Latin America over past two decades forecast potential effects mitigation during current economic crisis.MethodsThis multicountry study integrated retrospective evaluations Brazil, Colombia,...
Este artigo tem como objetivo verificar o impacto do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) para as famílias Nordeste brasileiro, sobre suas principais metas: alívio imediato da pobreza/desigualdade de renda e a frequência escolar. Para tanto, utilizou os microdados PNAD, nos anos 2004 2006. Visando expurgar possível viés seleção apontado por Heckman et al. (1998), aplica-se metodologia Propensity Score Matching (PSM). Ademais, foi calculado índice Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) se há menos domicílios...
Importance The health outcomes of increased poverty and inequalities in low- middle-income countries (LMICs) have been substantially amplified as a consequence converging multiple crises. Brazil has some the world’s largest conditional cash transfer (Programa Bolsa Família [PBF]), social pension (Beneficio de Prestacão Continuada [BPC]), primary care (Estratégia Saúde da [ESF]) programs that could act mitigating interventions during current polycrisis era increasing poverty, slow or...
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) are the world's most widely implemented interventions for poverty alleviation. Still, there is no solid evidence of CCT effects on reduction burden Tuberculosis (TB) in marginalized and extremely vulnerable populations. We estimated effect
The world is currently experiencing multiple economic crises due to the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, and inflation surge, which disproportionately affect children, especially low- middle-income countries (LMICs). We evaluated if expansion of Social Assistance, represented by Pensions (SP) Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT), could reduce infant child mortality, mitigate excess deaths among children Brazil, one LMICs most affected these crises. conducted a retrospective impact evaluation...
O impacto do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) ao longo das distribuições da renda e jornada de trabalho famílias pobres brasileiras foi verificado utilizando os microdados Censo Amostral IBGE 2010 o estimador Efeito Quantílico Tratamento (EQT) Firpo (2007). grupode tratamento controleforam amboscompostos por elegíveis programa, porém entram no grupo apenas as que efetivamente receberam benefício. As participam PBF, quando comparadas às não beneficiadas: a) podem ter maior, menor ou semelhante,...
Resumo: O presente estudo avalia os efeitos do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) no mercado de trabalho das famílias pobres que residem em áreas rurais Brasil. Para a análise, foi utilizado o Censo Demográfico (2010) e duas metodologias: Balanceamento por Entropia Efeito Quantílico Tratamento (EQT), verificam efeito médio ao longo da distribuição, respectivamente. Visando melhorar equilíbrio entre grupo tratados controle aplicado algoritmo CEM, desenvolvido Iacus, King Porro (2009). Dessa forma,...
Background: Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) are the world's most widely implemented interventions for poverty alleviation. Still, there is no solid evidence of CCT effects on reduction burden Tuberculosis (TB) in marginalized and extremely vulnerable populations. We estimated effect Bolsa Família Program (BFP), largest world, TB incidence, mortality, case-fatality rate using a nationwide cohort 54.5 million individuals during 12-year period Brazil.Methods: selected low-income who entered...
<title>Abstract</title> Chronic diseases disproportionately affect ethnic and gender groups, yet the social determinants driving these disparities in Latin America are not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed data from 96,726,891 adults obtained national health surveys Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador during 2018–2019. We employed random forest models to predict chronic disease diagnoses based on education, occupation, access essential services like sewage, piped water, garbage collection....
Background: We aimed to evaluate the impact of Primary Health Care (PHC) consolidation on child mortality in Latin America over last two decades, and forecast potential PHC mitigation effects during current economic crises.Methods: This multi-country study integrated retrospective evaluations Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico (BCEM) from 2000-19 with forecasting models up 2030. estimated under-five rates (U5MR) for different age groups causes, adjusting all relevant demographic,...
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