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0073/2022 - DETERMINANTS OF PREMATURE BIRTH: PROPOSAL FOR A HIERARCHICAL THEORETICAL MODEL
DETERMINANTES DO NASCIMENTO PREMATURO: PROPOSTA DE UM MODELO TEÓRICO HIERARQUIZADO

Author:

• Aline dos Santos Rocha - Rocha, A.S - <linny_rochaa@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-6446

Co-author(s):

• Ila Rocha Falcão - Falcão, I.R - <falcao.ila@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-3858
• Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira - Teixeira, C. S. S. - <csst.camila@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-7957
• Flavia Jôse Oliveira Alves - Alves, F.J.O - <flaviajosy1@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1613-2270
• Andrêa Jacqueline Fortes Ferreira - Ferreira, A.J.F - <andrea18f@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-3624
• Natanael de Jesus Silva - Silva, N.J. - <silva_natanael@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3002-1032
• Márcia Furquim de Almeida - Almeida, M.F - <marfural@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-1888
• Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva - Ribeiro-Silva, R.C - <ritaribeiroufba@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8387-9254


Abstract:

Preterm birth (PB) is a syndrome resultinga complex relationship between multiple factors which do not have fully understood relationships and causality. This article discusses a hierarchical theoretical model of PB determinants, considering maternal characteristics such as sociodemographic, psychosocial, nutritional, behavioral and biological aspects, traditionally associated with increased risk of PB. The variables were distributed in six dimensions within three hierarchical levels (distal, intermediate and proximal). In this model, the socioeconomic determinants of the mother, family, household and neighborhood play indirect effects on PB through variables at the intermediate level, which in turn affect biological risk factors at the proximal level that have a direct effect on PB. The study presents a hierarchical theoretical model of the factors involved in the PB determination chain and their interrelationships. Understanding these interrelationships is an important step in trying to break the causal chain that makes some women vulnerable to preterm birth.

Keywords:

Premature Birth; Risk factors; Theoretical models.

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Rocha, A.S, Falcão, I.R, Teixeira, C. S. S., Alves, F.J.O, Ferreira, A.J.F, Silva, N.J., Almeida, M.F, Ribeiro-Silva, R.C. DETERMINANTS OF PREMATURE BIRTH: PROPOSAL FOR A HIERARCHICAL THEORETICAL MODEL. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/May). [Citado em 28/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/determinants-of-premature-birth-proposal-for-a-hierarchical-theoretical-model/18329?id=18329&id=18329



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