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Carlos E. A. Coimbra

Carlos E. A. Coimbra

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
40
Citations
6716
World Ranking
5363
National Ranking
33

Overview

Carlos E. A. Coimbra is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and nursing, with 25 publications in health professions and 14 in nursing. The subfields of their work include general health professions, nutrition and dietetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, hematology, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers several key topics, notably Indigenous health and education, child nutrition and water access, maternal and neonatal healthcare, global maternal and child health, iron metabolism and disorders, indigenous studies and ecology, and Amazonian archaeology and ethnohistory.

The scientist has authored several papers, some of which include:

  • Um "fato social total": COVID-19 e povos indígenas no Brasil (2020, Cadernos de Saúde Pública)
  • Socioeconomic determinants of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition in Brazil (2020, Public Health Nutrition)
  • Indigenous children and adolescent mortality inequity in Brazil: What can we learn from the 2010 National Demographic Census? (2020, SSM - Population Health)
  • Food Profiles of Indigenous Households in Brazil: Results of the First National Survey of Indigenous Peoples' Health and Nutrition (2020, Ecology of Food and Nutrition)
  • Health of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: Inequities and the Uneven Trajectory of Public Policies (2022, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health)

Frequent coauthors include James R. Welch, Ricardo Ventura Santos, Aline Alves Ferreira, Ana Lúcia de Moura Pontes, and Andrey Moreira Cardoso.

They have published multiple times in venues such as Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, Revista Comunicação Universitária, and Public Health Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration) : a population study

    Ian Anderson;Bridget Robson;Michele Connolly;Fadwa Al-Yaman

  • The First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil: rationale, methodology, and overview of results

    Carlos E.A. Coimbra;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos;James R. Welch;Andrey Moreira Cardoso

  • Saúde, minorias e desigualdade: algumas teias de inter-relações, com ênfase nos povos indígenas no Brasil

    Carlos Everaldo Alvares Coimbra Jr.;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos

  • The Xavante in Transition: Health, Ecology, and Bioanthropology in Central Brazil

    Carlos E. A. Coimbra;Nancy M. Flowers;Francisco M. Salzano;Ricardo V. Santos

  • Nutritional status of indigenous children: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition in Brazil

    Bernardo L Horta;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos;James R Welch;Andrey M Cardoso

  • Prevalence of anemia and associated factors among indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Maurício S Leite;Andrey M Cardoso;Carlos E A Coimbra;James R Welch

  • Nutrition Transition, Socioeconomic Differentiation, and Gender Among Adult Xavante Indians, Brazilian Amazon

    James R. Welch;James R. Welch;Aline A. Ferreira;Ricardo V. Santos;Ricardo V. Santos;Silvia A. Gugelmin

  • [Infant mortality according to race/color in Brazil: what do the national databases say?].

    Andrey Moreira Cardoso;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr.

  • Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in three Brazilian Indian tribes

    R. H. Ward;F. M. Salzano;S. L. Bonatto;M. H. Hutz

  • Indigenous burning as conservation practice: neotropical savanna recovery amid agribusiness deforestation in Central Brazil.

    James R. Welch;Eduardo S. Brondízio;Scott S. Hetrick;Carlos E. A. Coimbra

  • Mortalidade infantil segundo raça/cor no Brasil: o que dizem os sistemas nacionais de informação? Infant mortality according to race/color in Brazil: what do the national databases say?

    Andrey Moreira Cardoso;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Carlos E. A. Coimbra

  • [An assessment of the nutritional status in a context of socioeconomic change: the Suruí Indians from the state of Rondônia, Brazil].

    Carlos E.A. Coimbra Jr.;Ricardo V. Santos

  • Diarrhea and health inequity among Indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

    Ana Lúcia Escobar;Carlos E A Coimbra;James R Welch;Bernardo L Horta

  • Ethnic group inequalities in coverage with reproductive, maternal and child health interventions: cross-sectional analyses of national surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries.

    Marilia Arndt Mesenburg;Maria Clara Restrepo-Mendez;Hugo Amigo;Alejandra D. Balandrán

  • Crescimento físico e perfil nutricional da população indígena Xavánte de Sangradouro-Volta Grande, Mato Grosso, Brasil

    Maurício Soares Leite;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Silvia Angela Gugelmin;Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr.

  • Estado nutricional e anemia em crianças Suruí, Amazônia, Brasil

    Jesem D. Y. Orellana;Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr;Ana Eliza Port Lourenço;Ricardo Ventura Santos;Ricardo Ventura Santos

  • The burden of tuberculosis in indigenous peoples in Amazonia, Brazil.

    Carlos E.A. Coimbra;Paulo C. Basta

  • Intestinal parasitism in the Xavánte Indians, Central Brazil

    Ricardo V. Santos;Carlos E.A. Coimbra;Nancy M. Flowers;Joaquim P. Silva

  • Socioeconomic differentiation and body morphology in the Surui of southwestern Amazonia

    Ricardo Ventura Santos;Carlos E. A. Coimbra

  • [Tuberculosis among indigenous populations in Rondonia, Amazonia, Brazil].

    Ana Lúcia Escobar;Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr.;Luiz A. Camacho;Margareth C. Portela

  • Hospital morbidity due to paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil (1998–2006)

    Ziadir Francisco Coutinho;Bodo Wanke;Claudia Travassos;Rosely Magalhães Oliveira

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Ventura Santos
Ricardo Ventura Santos Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Francisco M. Salzano
Francisco M. Salzano Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Mara H. Hutz
Mara H. Hutz Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Marilia Sá Carvalho
Marilia Sá Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Sandro L. Bonatto
Sandro L. Bonatto Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas

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