Nutrition, mental health and violence: from pregnancy to postpartum Cohort of women attending primary care units in Southern Brazil--ECCAGE study.
BACKGROUND
Woman's nutritional status, before and during pregnancy, is a strong determinant of health outcomes in the mother and newborn. Gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention increases risk of overweight or obesity in the future and they depend on the pregestational nutritional status and on food consumption and eating behavior during pregnancy. Eating behavior during pregnancy may be the cause or consequence of mood changes during pregnancy, especially depression, which increases likelihood of postpartum depression. In Brazil, a study carried out in the immediate postpartum period found that one in three women experienced some type of violence during pregnancy. Violence and depression are strongly associated and both exposures during pregnancy are associated with increased maternal stress and subsequent harm to the infant. The main objectives of this study are: to identify food intake and eating behaviors patterns; to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders and the experience of violence during and after pregnancy; and to estimate the association between these exposures and infant's health and development.


METHODS
This is a cohort study of 780 pregnant women receiving care in 18 primary care units in two cities in Southern Brazil. Pregnant women were first evaluated between the 16th and 36th week of pregnancy at a prenatal visit. Follow-up included immediate postpartum assessment and around the fifth month postpartum. Information was obtained on sociodemographic characteristics, living circumstances, food intake, eating behaviors, mental health and exposure to violence, and on infant's development and anthropometrics measurements.


CONCLUSIONS
This project will bring relevant information for a better understanding of the relationship between exposures during pregnancy and how they might affect child development, which can be useful for a better planning of health actions aiming to enhance available resources in primary health care.
Nunes
Maria A
MA
Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. maanunes@gmail.com
Ferri
Cleusa P
CP
Manzolli
Patricia
P
Soares
Rafael M
RM
Drehmer
Michele
M
Buss
Caroline
C
Giacomello
Andressa
A
Hoffmann
Juliana F
JF
Ozcariz
Silvia
S
Melere
Cristiane
C
Manenti
Carlo N
CN
Camey
Suzi
S
Duncan
Bruce B
BB
Schmidt
Maria I
MI
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002657:Child Development; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011264:Pregnancy Trimesters; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology
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