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Ricardo Ventura Santos
Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Publications - 37
Citations - 2521
Ricardo Ventura Santos is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Indigenous. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 37 publications receiving 2200 citations. Previous affiliations of Ricardo Ventura Santos include Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration) : a population study
Ian Anderson,Bridget Robson,Michele Connolly,Fadwa Al-Yaman,Espen Bjertness,Alexandra King,Michael Tynan,Richard Madden,Abhay Bang,Carlos E. A. Coimbra,Maria Amalia Pesantes,Hugo Amigo,Sergei Andronov,Blas Armién,Daniel Ayala Obando,Per Axelsson,Zaid Shakoor Bhatti,Zulfiqar A. Bhutta,Peter Bjerregaard,Marius B. Bjertness,Roberto Briceño-León,Ann Ragnhild Broderstad,Patricia Bustos,Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong,Jiayou Chu,Deji,Jitendra Gouda,Rachakulla Harikumar,Thein Thein Htay,Aung Soe Htet,Chimaraoke O. Izugbara,Martina Kamaka,Malcolm King,Mallikharjuna Rao Kodavanti,Macarena Lara,Avula Laxmaiah,Claudia Lema,Ana Maria Leon Taborda,Tippawan Liabsuetrakul,Andrey Lobanov,Marita Melhus,Indrapal I. Meshram,J. Jaime Miranda,Thet Thet Mu,Balkrishna Nagalla,Arlappa Nimmathota,Andrey Ivanovich Popov,Ana Maria Penuela Poveda,Faujdar Ram,Hannah Reich,Ricardo Ventura Santos,Aye Aye Sein,Chander Shekhar,Lhamo Y. Sherpa,Peter Sköld,Sofia Tano,Asahngwa Tanywe,Chidi Ugwu,Fabian O. Ugwu,Patama Vapattanawong,Xia Wan,James R. Welch,Gonghuan Yang,Zhaoqing Yang,Leslie Yap +64 more
TL;DR: Taking into account the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this study recommends that national governments develop targeted policy responses to Indigenous health, improving access to health services, and Indigenous data within national surveillance systems.
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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,Mirian Carvalho De Souza,Luiza Garnelo,Elias Rassi,Maj Lis Follér,Bernardo L. Horta +9 more
TL;DR: The clinical-epidemiological parameters evaluated for indigenous women point to the accentuated occurrence of nutrition transition in all regions of Brazil.
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Saúde, minorias e desigualdade: algumas teias de inter-relações, com ênfase nos povos indígenas no Brasil
TL;DR: In particular, a situacao dos povos indigenas in saude in Brazil is discussed in this article, where a preocupante invisibilidade demografica e epidemiologica resultante da ausencia de informacoes confiaveis for as populacoes indigena is discussed.
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Nutrition transition in Amazonia: Obesity and socioeconomic change in the Suruí Indians from Brazil
Ana Eliza Port Lourenço,Ricardo Ventura Santos,Ricardo Ventura Santos,Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana,Carlos E. A. Coimbra +4 more
TL;DR: This study shows that the Suruí are undergoing a rapid process of nutrition transition, closely associated with the emergence of intragroup differences in SES which have impacted diet and physical activity patterns.
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Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America
TL;DR: Wade et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss race, multiculturalism, and genetics in Latin America, focusing on Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, and present a case study of the practice of population genetics in Colombia.