She holds a bachelor's degree in Nursing from the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing at the University of São Paulo (1991), a master's and doctorate in Public Health from the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo (2000 and 2005), a post-doctorate from the Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States (2013), and a post-doctorate from the School of Nursing at the University of São Paulo (2014), where she is Vice-Director and Full Professor of the Department of Public Health Nursing. She has conducted research in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, with an emphasis on contraception, reproductive intention and preconception health. She is a member of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) Research Project Review Panel, of the World Health Organization. She has two daughters and was on maternity leave in 2006/2007 and 2009/2010. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This proposal is about including Brazil in the Global Early Adolescent Study - GEAS. Launched in 2014, the GEAS is the first international study focused on gender norms, health, and social outcomes among early adolescents (10 to 14 years-old). The GEAS includes a two-phase process. Phase 1, completed in June 2016, included the formative research, which took place in 15 countries, not inc…
Background: Adolescent fertility rate has recently declined in Brazil, with marked regional differences. However, childbirths among very young adolescents aged 10 to 14 years occur at much lower rates. In face of drastic consequences when very young adolescents become pregnant and the lack of data, we aimed to explore temporal trends for fertility rates among very young adolescents (10 to…
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This is a subproject that aims to verify how far women who pass through an abortion are supported by health professionals in their reproductive planning both during and a month after their hospitalization. This approach is justified by the perspective of consolidating sexual and reproductive rights, especially because a 2005 technical norm of Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends that c…
Trata-se de uma proposta de trabalho para solicitação de Bolsa de Estágio no Exterior junto ao Departamento Population, Family and Reproductive Health da Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Estados Unidos, sob supervisão da Profa. Dra. Amy Ong Tsui. Sua finalidade é o aprimoramento na área da epidemiologia reprodutiva, com especial ênfase no aprofund…
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