Infant mortality and mothers' religious involvement in Brazil

Verona, Ana Paula de Andrade; Hummer, Robert A.; Júnior, Cláudio Santiago Dias; Lima, Luciana Conceição de

doi:10.1590/s0102-30982010000100005

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“…Essas pesquisas concluíram que a religião pode influenciar positivamente no comportamento dos fiéis por meio da adoção de estilos de vida saudáveis (ELLISON; LEVIN, 1998, REGNERUS, 2003 ou de forma negativa, gerando sentimento de culpa ou constrangimento das pessoas devido a coerção e cobrança dos membros que apresentarem comportamento desviante (KRAUSE; WULFF, 1998, KRAUSE;ELLISON, 2009). Estudos mostram que a influência da religião na vida dos fiéis se daria por meio de princípios de moral, ensinamentos, normas, modelos de comportamento e mecanismos de coação adotados (VERONA, 2010;McQUILLAN, 2004).…”

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“…No Brasil, pesquisas sobre comportamento demográfico e religião ainda são poucas (WOOD; WILLIAMS; CHIJIWA, 2007, VERONA, 2010, ZANATA 2011, principalmente envolvendo a influência da religião no uso de contracepção pelos fiéis. Os estudos existentes sobre essa temática, em sua maioria, se concentram no comportamento sexual e fecundidade entre adolescentes (MIRANDA-RIBEIRO et al, 2009;McKINNON;GARRARD-BURNETT, 2008).…”

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Uso de contracepção por mulheres de diferentes grupos religiosos: diferenças ou semelhanças?

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Carvalho

2015

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ResumoAs religiões são consideradas um fator cultural importante para a determinação das atitudes e comportamentos dos indivíduos, o que por sua vez pode ter influência em muitas variáveis sociodemográficas como: sexualidade, casamento, contracepção, aborto, dentre outras. Uma variável importante que pode ser influenciada pela religião é o uso de contracepção, gerando padrões contraceptivos diferenciados por segmento religioso. A religião possui diversos mecanismos de influência na vida dos fiéis, entre eles, as normas e diretrizes, bem como sansões e coação. Este estudo tem o objetivo de identificar e analisar os possíveis diferenciais no uso de contracepção segundo religiões entre mulheres sexualmente ativas no país. Para isso foram utilizados dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher de 2006 e modelo de regressão logística binomial. Os resultados sugerem que as mulheres católicas usavam mais contracepção moderna, principalmente hormonal. Já as evangélicas usavam mais contracepção tradicional, esterilização e camisinha. Dessa forma, apesar da igreja católica ser contra o uso de contracepção moderna, suas normas parecem não influenciar tanto o comportamento contraceptivo das fiéis. Outra inferência é que a baixa frequência aos cultos pode gerar pouco comprometimento e levar a uma relativização doutrinária. Palavras-chave: religião; contracepção. AbstractThe religions are considered an important cultural factor to determination of the individuals' attitudes and behaviors, which in its turn can influence in many social and demographic variables such as sexuality, marriage, contraception, abortion, among others. An important variable that could be influenced by religion is the use of contraception, generating patterns differentiated by religious segment. Religion has several mechanisms of influence in the lives of practitioners of a faith, among them the rules, guidelines, sanctions and coercion. This study aims to identify and analyze possible differences in contraceptive use by religions between sexually active women in the Brazil. We used data from the National Survey of Demography and Health of Children and Women 2006 and binomial logistic regression model. The results suggest that Catholic women used more modern contraception especially hormonal options. Already evangelical women used more traditional contraception and sterilization. Thus, although the Catholic Church is against the use of modern contraception, its rules do not seem to influence the contraceptive behavior of faithful. Another inference relates to the fact that low frequency on cults may generate little commitment and lead to doctrinal relativism.

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Uso de contracepção por mulheres de diferentes grupos religiosos: diferenças ou semelhanças?

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Carvalho

2015

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“…According to the study, compared to Catholics, traditional Protestants in northeast Brazil are characterised by higher levels of education and household income, are more likely to be married and to live in households with piped water. Bivariate results of another study extended to the whole of Brazil found significantly fewer infant deaths among Protestant mothers when compared to Catholic ones; however, after adjusting for socioeconomic and demographic factors, denominational differences in infant deaths became statistically non-significant (Verona et al, 2010). The findings from both Brazilian studies illustrate the importance of socioeconomic differences across religious denominations in explaining child deaths.…”

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Religious Affiliation and Under-Five Mortality in Mozambique

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2012

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Summary The influence of religion on health remains a subject of considerable debate both in developed and developing settings. This study examines the connection between the religious affiliation of the mother and under-five mortality in Mozambique. It uses unique retrospective survey data collected in a predominantly Christian area in Mozambique to compare under-five mortality between children of women affiliated to organised religion and children of non-affiliated women. It finds that mother’s affiliation to any religious organisation, as compared to non-affiliation, has a significant positive effect on child survival net of education and other socio-demographic factors. When the effects of affiliation to specific denominational groups is examined, only affiliation to the Catholic or mainline Protestant churches and affiliation to Apostolic churches are significantly associated with improved child survival. It is argued that the advantages of these groups may be achieved through different mechanisms: the favourable effect on child survival of having mothers affiliated to the Catholic or mainline Protestant churches is likely due to these churches’ stronger connections to the health sector, while the beneficial effect of having an Apostolic mother is probably related to strong social ties and mutual support in Apostolic congregations. The findings thus shed light on multiple pathways through which organised religion can affect child health and survival in sub-Saharan Africa and similar developing settings.

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“…The scientific community is interested in investigating morbidity patterns of population groups that share behaviors associated with health, such as dietary and physical activity patterns, as well as alcohol and tobacco consumption. Some of these groups, including those of a religious nature, acquire structure and operation of typical social networks, which also tend to favor more homogeneous health behaviors 1 .…”

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