Surveillance of mother-tochild HIV transmission: socioeconomic and health care coverage indicators

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2009

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Revista de Saúde Pública

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REDALYC : Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Salud Vertical HIV Infections Ecological Studies Health Inequalities prevention & control

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Care and treatment

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Christovam Barcellos et al., « Surveillance of mother-tochild HIV transmission: socioeconomic and health care coverage indicators », Revista de Saúde Pública, ID : 10670/1.n4v8et

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"OBJECTIVE: To identify clustering areas of infants exposed to HIV during pregnancy and their association with indicators of primary care coverage and socioeconomic condition. METHODS: Ecological study where the unit of analysis was primary care coverage areas in the city of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, in 2003. Geographical Information System and spatial analysis tools were used to describe indicators of primary care coverage areas and socioeconomic condition, and estimate the prevalence of liveborn infants exposed to HIV during pregnancy and delivery. Data was obtained from Brazilian national databases. The association between different indicators was assessed using Spearman’s nonparametric test. RESULTS: There was found an association between HIV infection and high birth rates (r=0.22, p

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