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Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007 (2010)

• Authors:
  • Monteiro, Carlos Augusto
  • Benício, Maria Helena D'Aquino
  • Conde, Wolney Lisboa
  • Konno, Sílvia Cristina
  • Lovadino, Ana Lucia
  • Barros, Aluísio J. D
  • Victora, Cesar Gomes
• USP affiliated authors: MONTEIRO, CARLOS AUGUSTO - FSP ; BENICIO, MARIA HELENA D AQUINO - FSP ; CONDE, WOLNEY LISBÔA - FSP
• Unidade: FSP
• DOI: 10.2471/blt.09.069195
• Subjects: DESNUTRIÇÃO INFANTIL (TENDÊNCIAS;PREVALÊNCIA;DISTRIBUIÇÃO;ASPECTOS SOCIOECONÔMICOS); RENDA FAMILIAR (MELHORAMENTO;AVALIAÇÃO;EFEITOS); POLÍTICA SOCIAL; POLÍTICA DE SAÚDE; FATORES SOCIOECONÔMICOS
• Language: Inglês
• Abstract: Objective To assess trends in the prevalence and social distribution of child stunting in Brazil to evaluate the effect of income and basic service redistribution policies implemented in that country in the recent past. Methods The prevalence of stunting (height-for-age z score below \22122 using the Child Growth Standards of the World Health Organization) among children aged less than 5 years was estimated from data collected during national household surveys carried out in Brazil in 1974\201375 (n = 34 409), 1989 (n = 7374), 1996 (n = 4149) and 2006\201307 (n = 4414). Absolute and relative socioeconomic inequality in stunting was measured by means of the slope index and the concentration index of inequality, respectively. Findings Over a 33-year period, we documented a steady decline in the national prevalence of stunting from 37.1 per cent to 7.1 per cent. Prevalence dropped from 59.0 per cent to 11.2 per cent in the poorest quintile and from 12.1 per cent to 3.3 per cent among the wealthiest quintile. The decline was particularly steep in the last 10 years of the period (1996 to 2007), when the gaps between poor and wealthy families with children under 5 were also reduced in terms of purchasing power; access to education, health care and water and sanitation services; and reproductive health indicators.Conclusion In Brazil, socioeconomic development coupled with equity-oriented public policies have been accompanied by marked improvements in livingconditions and a substantial decline in child undernutrition, as well as a reduction of the gap in nutritional status between children in the highest and lowest socioeconomic quintiles. Future studies will show whether these gains will be maintained under the current global economic crisis
• Imprenta:
  • Publisher place: Geneve
  • Date published: 2010
• Source:
  • Título: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • ISSN: 0042-9686
  • Volume/Número/Paginação/Ano: v. 88, n. 4, p. 305\2013311, 2010

Informações sobre o DOI: 10.2471/blt.09.069195 (Fonte: oaDOI API)
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  MONTEIRO, Carlos Augusto et al. Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, v. 88, n. 4, p. 305\2013311, 2010Tradução . . Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.09.069195. Acesso em: 29 jan. 2026.

• APA

  Monteiro, C. A., Benício, M. H. D. 'A., Conde, W. L., Konno, S. C., Lovadino, A. L., Barros, A. J. D., & Victora, C. G. (2010). Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88( 4), 305\2013311. doi:10.2471/blt.09.069195

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  Monteiro CA, Benício MHD'A, Conde WL, Konno SC, Lovadino AL, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007 [Internet]. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2010 ; 88( 4): 305\2013311.[citado 2026 jan. 29 ] Available from: https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.09.069195

• Vancouver

  Monteiro CA, Benício MHD'A, Conde WL, Konno SC, Lovadino AL, Barros AJD, Victora CG. Narrowing socioeconomic inequality in child stunting: the Brazilian experience, 1974–2007 [Internet]. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2010 ; 88( 4): 305\2013311.[citado 2026 jan. 29 ] Available from: https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.09.069195

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