OBJECTIVE To meet the information need of Brazilian municipalities concerning breastfeeding practices as part of health care planning, a study was carried out to describe breastfeeding and to identify weaning-related factors. METHODS Of all municipalities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, openly called to participate in the study, 84 joined in. Personnel underwent training to collect data du...

INTRODUCTION The number of foreign migrants tends to grow. The situation of people living away from their own country is complex and has an impact on the public health system. The objective of this article was to analyze the perinatal risk of migrant mothers and their newborn infants in comparison to native Argentine mothers and their newborn infants. METHODS Cohort study that included 2000 m...

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present case control study was to evaluate the association between maternal periodontitis and preeclampsia. Objectives: To evaluate following periodontal parameters in women with preeclampsia & to compare them with non-preeclamptic women. 1. Bleeding on probing, 2 .Probing depth, 3. Clinical attachment level MATERIAL AND METHODS: Initially 310 women were included in t...

When to commence breeding is a crucial life-history decision that may be the most important determinant of an individual's lifetime reproductive output and can have major consequences on population dynamics. The age at which individuals first reproduce is an important factor influencing the intensity of potential costs (e.g. reduced survival) involved in the first breeding event. However, quant...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether risk factors for preterm (<37 weeks gestation) and early-term birth (37 and 38 weeks gestation) are similar. DESIGN Nationally representative cross-sectional study of births. SETTING France in 2010. PARTICIPANTS Live singleton births (n=14 326). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES Preterm and early-term birth rates overall and by mode of delivery (sp...

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of and factors associated with overweight in children under 4 years of age in Feira de Santana, state of Bahia, Brazil. METHODS Cross-sectional study nested within a birth cohort of 793 children born in Feira de Santana, Brazil. Independent variables were related to infant characteristics, social and demographic factors, maternal reproductive aspects, and...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors associated with nipple trauma in women breastfeeding exclusively in a maternity unit. METHODS This was a case-control study that recruited 146 recently-delivered mothers in rooming-in wards: 73 cases, defined as women with nipple trauma, and 73 controls, defined as women free from this pathology. Women breastfeeding exclusively were tested daily for a diagnosis o...