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| A B LudermirSummaryAffiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Country: Brazil Publications
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Postnatal depression in women after unsuccessful attempted abortionAna Bernarda Ludermir
Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Br J Psychiatry 198:237-8. 2011..An unsuccessful abortion attempt was associated with postnatal depression (adjusted OR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.0-2.5). In Brazil abortion is illegal under most circumstances...
Violence against women by their intimate partner during pregnancy and postnatal depression: a prospective cohort studyAna Bernarda Ludermir
Programa de Pós Graduação Integrado em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Hospital das Clinicas, Cidade Universitaria, Recife, PE, Brazil
Lancet 376:903-10. 2010..We aimed to investigate the association of postnatal depression with psychological, physical, and sexual violence against women by their intimate partners during pregnancy...
Informal work and common mental disordersAna Bernarda Ludermir
Dept de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Conselheiro Rosa e Silva, 377 1601, Gracas, Recife, Pernambuco, C E P 52020 220, Brasil
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:485-9. 2003..This paper investigates the association between informal work and common mental disorders in Northeast Brazil...
Common mental disorders in late pregnancy in women who wanted or attempted an abortionA B Ludermir
Departamento de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Psychol Med 40:1467-73. 2010..This study investigated the common mental disorders (CMDs) of depression and anxiety in the third trimester of pregnancy in women who wanted or had attempted an abortion in a poor region of Brazil...
Investigating the effect of demographic and socioeconomic variables on misclassification by the SRQ-20 compared with a psychiatric interviewAna Bernarda Ludermir
Dept de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Conselheiro Rosa e Silva, 377 1601, Gracas, Recife, Pernambuco, C E P 52020 220, Brazil
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:36-41. 2005..In this paper, the association between demographic and socioeconomic variables and misclassification by the SRQ-20 were investigated and the size of misclassification estimated in a population-based survey...
Tubal ligation regret and related risk factors: findings from a case-control study in Pernambuco State, BrazilAna Bernarda Ludermir
Departamento de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil
Cad Saude Publica 25:1361-8. 2009..It is necessary to assess women's psycho-socio-demographic profiles, their reasons for requesting tubal ligation and to advise the patient about family planning in order to reduce rates of post-sterilization regret...
Is there a gender difference on the association between informal work and common mental disorders?Ana Bernarda Ludermir
Depto de Medicina Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Avenida Conselheiro Rosa e Silva, 377 1601, Gracas, Recife, Pernambuco, C E P 52020 220, Brazil
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:622-7. 2005..The results of the present study suggest that working outside the protection of employment legislation and with limited opportunity for skill use may be a risk for women's mental health...
Violence against women by their intimate partner and common mental disordersAna Bernarda Ludermir
Department of Social Medicine, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Soc Sci Med 66:1008-18. 2008..Policies and strategies aimed at reducing gender-based violence are necessary for preventing and reducing anxiety and depression among women...
Links between social class and common mental disorders in Northeast BrazilA B Ludermir
Department of Social Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Gracas, Recife, Brasil
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 36:101-7. 2001..The Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) was used to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorder...
[Productive employment, gender and mental health]A B Ludermir
Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670 911, Brasil
Cad Saude Publica 16:647-59. 2000..This finding highlighted the need to incorporate a gender approach (reflecting a social dimension of sex-related inequalities) to the theoretical framework based on social classes adopted here...
[Common mental disorders and social support in a rural community in Zona da Mata, Pernambuco State, Brazil]Albanita Gomes da Costa
Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Cad Saude Publica 21:73-9. 2005..The results show the importance of investments in social support networks to promote interactions between individuals and increase individuals' self-confidence and power to deal with problems...
Common mental disorders among health care studentsVera Lúcia Dutra Facundes
Department of Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 27:194-200. 2005....
Changes in family structure and regret following tubal sterilizationKatia Maria de Melo Machado
, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil
Cad Saude Publica 21:1768-77. 2005..More strict criteria are suggested in the indication of tubal sterilization, including an in-depth profile of the woman requesting tubal sterilization and identification of risk factors for future regret...
[Evaluation of procedures for identifying maternal deaths]Sandra Valongueiro
Núcleo de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670 901, Brasil
Cad Saude Publica 19:S293-301. 2003..This finding reinforces the need to improve maternal mortality surveillance in the study area, taking into account the RAMOS method and the new instrument...
[Living conditions and occupational organization associated with common mental disorders]Ana Bernarda Ludermir
Departamento de Medicina Social, Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 36:213-21. 2002..To determine the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and evaluate their association with living conditions and occupational organization...
[The mortality differentials by violence against adolescents according to living conditions strata and race/color in the city of Recife]Inês Eugênia Ribeiro da Costa
Saúde de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
Cien Saude Colet 14:1781-8. 2009..Amongst the violent deaths, 92.45% reached black adolescents and 7.55% white ones. The results show up inequalities in mortality by violence disclosing a tragic panorama in the trajectory of life of the adolescents...
[Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in regions of Brazil]Lilia Blima Schraiber
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 41:797-807. 2007..To analyze the results from the "WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence", on the prevalence of intimate partner violence against women found in Brazil...
