2004
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2004000300007
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Abstract: This study aims to describe and identify factors associated with environmental quality and characteristics of children exposed to environmental risk factors in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This was a prospective, population-based study, including 630 children from the 1993 birth cohort. During the year 1998, environmental quality and other information were assessed using the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment. Data were submitted to univariate analysis. The association between the v… Show more

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“…A cross-sectional study carried out with 5,539 pregnant youth older than 20 years, seen in prenatal outpatient clinics from public hospitals of six capitals of Brazilian States, reported an association between smoking and low schooling of pregnant patients (less than nine years of schooling). 13 Since low maternal schooling may be considered a marker of low income related to several unfavorable psychosocial characteristics, 14 one may hypothesize that adolescents living in disadvantaged conditions may not have been aware enough of the harms of smoking together with the possibility of a smoking mother being a model for adolescent daughters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A cross-sectional study carried out with 5,539 pregnant youth older than 20 years, seen in prenatal outpatient clinics from public hospitals of six capitals of Brazilian States, reported an association between smoking and low schooling of pregnant patients (less than nine years of schooling). 13 Since low maternal schooling may be considered a marker of low income related to several unfavorable psychosocial characteristics, 14 one may hypothesize that adolescents living in disadvantaged conditions may not have been aware enough of the harms of smoking together with the possibility of a smoking mother being a model for adolescent daughters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the literature, income is a determinant for the quality of life of families concerning access to health, education, food and housing. 9 The parents' economic level seems to be related to higher access to information and, consequently, greater knowledge about the mechanisms that could generate more appropriate motor development and a more stimulating environment for their children, regardless of the infant's age.…”
Section: Economic Classifi Cationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These authors also reported that good-quality child upbringing requires considerable expenditure, which favors infant development. 9 Thus, the condition of poverty seems to amplify the child's vulnerability, thus leading to unfavorable motor development results.…”
Section: Economic Classifi Cationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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