graduation at Medicina from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (1980), master's at Pediatria from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (1990) and doctorate at Área de Pediatria from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (1995). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Child Health, acting on the following subjects: epidemiologia, saude perinatal, brazil, classe social and peso ao nascer. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The present study consists of two major subprojects. The first will evaluate new risk factors for preterm birth, such as components of two causality chains, i.e., the neuroendocrine and immune-inflammatory hypotheses. According to the first hypothesis, stress during pregnancy may favor the release of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRH) and the induction of preterm delivery potentiated b…
A change in health problems has been observed in most Latin American countries as the incidence of infant mortality, malnutrition, low birth weight, and infectious and parasitic diseases decreases, although, on the other hand, non-transmissible chronic diseases have increased among adults. In Brazil the current epidemiological profile is represented by the diseases of underdevelopment ver…
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The proper establishment of the mother-infant relationship is considered essential for the social and psychological well-being in adulthood. Allied to this factor, recent studies have suggested that maternal genetic susceptibility may be associated with different patterns of establishment of emotional bonds between mother and baby, with studies of this nature acquiring great importance. E…
The birth of a child presents a series of challenges and difficulties on the mother, such as stress, reduced hours of sleep, adjustment of the marital relationship and social isolation. Since this is a time marked by biological, psychological and social changes, the gravid-puerperal period is considered to be one of the periods more vulnerable to the occurrence of psychiatric disorders. A…
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