Maternal social and pyschological conditions and physical growth in low-income children in Piauí, Northeast Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-388

  Surkan, Pamela J ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^a   Carvalho Vieira, Lina M ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Peterson, Karen E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Campus da Ininga   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Childhood growth; Depression; Mothers; Nutrition; Social support

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM;

BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; SOUTH AMERICA; TERESINA;

EID: 33845430162     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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