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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Medicina from Universidade de São Paulo (1957) and doctorate at Cardiology from Universidade de São Paulo (1969). He is currently full professor at Universidade de São Paulo. Has experience in Collective Health, focusing on Epidemiology, acting on the following subjects: mortalidade, saude materna, epidemiologia, estatisticas de saude and mortalidade materna. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This project aims to know data, events and situations occurred in immediate pregnancy-puerperium cycle of women and its gestation products, as well as to evaluate the quality of information on women morbidity and mortality, about the classification of the vital events ‘born alive’, ‘fetal death’ and ‘abortion’, and about the full-filling of the documents ‘death certification’, ‘liveborn c…
Maria Lúcia Lebrão Ruy Laurenti Faculdade de Saúde Pública/USP The Pan American Health Organization carried out in 2000, a multicentric study on the health and well-being of people aged 60 or more in seven Latin American and Caribbean capitals and major cities, including São Paulo. Six years later, a follow-up study was carried out. It was comprised of two subprojects: the first interview…
The health of the elderly is a key element for the social and economic development of Latin American and Caribbean countries. In the '50, the average life expectancy in this region was 51 years. Nowadays, it is more than 68 years, and in many countries, nearly 75. This kind of change represents a major public health challenge. The Pan American Health Organization carried out, in 2000, a m…
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Local presence of low income has been constantly associated with worst health in a variety of settings. On the other hand, the effect of income inequality on health has been so far inconclusive. The present study aims to test the association between income inequality (measured by the Gini coefficient) and health in the Municipality of São Paulo, by analyzing a sample of elderly residents.…
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