The trajectory of infant health as a measurement of social development: the case of the city of São Paulo over five decades

• Grant number: 94/03493-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: May 01, 1995
• End date: July 31, 1999
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Augusto Monteiro
• Grantee: Carlos Augusto Monteiro
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa (PRO-PESQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 98/06609-5 - A shift in the obesity social paradigm is emerging: economic and cultural-educational predictors of adult obesity in brasil., AR.EXT; 97/02875-0 - The changing dimension, social distribution and determinants of nutritional disorders in the brazilian nutrition transition., AR.EXT

Abstract

This project is part of a research program aiming to assess and understand determinants of social development trends in a specific society based on the study of trends of health and nutrition indicators as well as economic, demographic and social policies variables. The present program of activities includes: the updating of the assessment of health and nutrition status of the underfive population living in the city of São Paulo (1995/96); the analysis of social equity regarding child health indicators and determinants; the study of trends taking advantage of three comparable surveys of the underfive population living in São Paulo city in 1974, 1985 and 1996. (AU)