title: Doctoral Theses from Nursing Postgraduate Programs in Brazil and their Association with the Millennium Development Goals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Millennium Development Goals are centered around combatting poverty and other social evils all over the world. Thus, this study seeks to identify the Millennium Development Goals as an object of study in theses from Postgraduate Nursing Programs in Brazil scoring 5 (national excellence) and 6 or 7 (international excellence), and evaluate the association between the score for the program and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory descriptive document research. Data were collected from the Notes on Indicators/Coordination for Higher Education Personnel Improvement for the 15 Postgraduate Nursing Courses scoring between 5 and 7 in the three-year-period of 2010/2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  of the 8 Millennium Development Objectives, 6 were dealt with in the theses. There was an association (Fisher's exact test p-value=0.0059) between the distribution of the theses and the program scores in relation to the Millennium Development Objectives (p-valor=0.0347)CONCLUSION: the doctoral theses were slightly related to the Millennium Development Objectives, covering the population's economic development, health conditions and quality of life. It is recommended that Postgraduate Programs in Nursing pay closer attention to the Millennium Development Objectives.
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
authors: RA
authors: Rodrigues
authors: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
authors: Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz
authors: ML
authors: Robazzi
authors: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors: Alacoque Lorenzini
authors: AL
authors: Erdmann
authors: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, BR.
authors: Josicélia Dumet
authors: JD
authors: Fernandes
authors: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors: Alba Lucia Bottura Leite
authors: AL
authors: de Barros
authors: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BR.
authors: Flávia Regina Souza
authors: FR
authors: Ramos
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D001938:Brazil; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D014480:United Nations