Spatial Distribution of Gestational Syphilis in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Health Services Inequalities.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of gestational syphilis from 2008 to 2018 in Brazil and identify correlations with socioeconomic and health-care aspects. This ecological study used municipalities of Brazil as the unit of analysis. Data collection took place between June and July 2021. Data were extracted for 2008 to 2018, and information on the epidemic in animals in the country was obtained from data records. The gestational syphilis detection rate was the dependent variable, and the independent variables were the Municipal Human Development Index, the proportion of doctors per inhabitant in primary health care (PHC), and the percentage of PHC coverage. The data went through an aggregation process in 482 immediate regions of urban articulation. The global Moran's I index and

SUBMITTER: da Costa Dantas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature