Intergenerational Association of Short Maternal Stature with Stunting in Yanomami Indigenous Children from the Brazilian Amazon

Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves, Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos, Sandra de Souza Hacon and Paulo Cesar Basta
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Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana: Leônidas e Maria Deane Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rua Teresina, 476, Adrianópolis, Manaus 69057-070, Brazil
Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez: Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160-3° Piso, Centro, Pelotas 96020-220, Brazil
Juliana dos Santos Vaz: Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160-3° Piso, Centro, Pelotas 96020-220, Brazil
Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves: Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 1160-3° Piso, Centro, Pelotas 96020-220, Brazil
Ana Claudia Santiago de Vasconcellos: Laboratory of Professional Education in Health Surveillance, Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Av. Brasil, 4365-Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
Sandra de Souza Hacon: Samuel Pessoa Department of Endemics, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil
Paulo Cesar Basta: Samuel Pessoa Department of Endemics, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, Brazil

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: To describe the factors associated to stunting in <5-year-old Yanomami Brazilian children, and to evaluate the association of short maternal stature to their offspring’s stunting. A cross-sectional study carried out in three villages in the Yanomami territory. We performed a census, in which all households with children < 5-years-old were included. The length/height-for-age z-score Keywords: poverty areas; undernutrition; indigenous populations; intergenerational relations; epidemiologic determinants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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