A influência dos fatores comportamentais maternos na ocorrência do baixo peso ao nascer

Taqueco Teruya Uchimura; Sophia Cornblutz Szarfarc; Nelson Shozo Uchimura

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v23i0.3009

The influence of behavioral maternal factors on low birthweight

Taqueco Teruya Uchimura UEM
Sophia Cornblutz Szarfarc USP
Nelson Shozo Uchimura UEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v23i0.3009

Abstract

Evaluation of influence of behavior factors is provided in cases of low weight at birth. Sample population comprised mothers and their under one-year old children, assisted for health units of Maringá, State of Paraná, in 1998. LBW children were those weighing < 2500 g (WHO); mothers at risk were who smoked 5 or more cigarettes/day and those who took 3 or more cups of coffee/day. Within the mothers with LBW children, 21.0% were smokers. Four hundred and nineteen mothers (72.8%) drank coffee. Multiple analyses showed that, mothers that smoked 5 or more cigarettes/day presented a danger 3.49 times higher in conceiving LWB children. Although estimates do not present a causal relationship between caffeine and weight at birth, smoking influences fetal growth, as has been shown by the proportion of smokers among mothers with LWB children.

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Author Biography

Taqueco Teruya Uchimura, UEM

Possui graduação em Enfermagem e Obstetrícia pela Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo (1976), mestrado em Saúde Pública pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (1994) e doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo (2000). Atualmente é professor Associado da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Ciências da Saúde, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: aleitamento materno, baixo peso ao nascer, peso ao nascer, crianças e anemia Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-05-06

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Uchimura, T. T., Szarfarc, S. C., & Uchimura, N. S. (2008). The influence of behavioral maternal factors on low birthweight. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 23, 745-751. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v23i0.3009

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Vol 23 (2001)

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Health Sciences

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