Knowledge of Pregnant Women About Neonatal Tongue Screening in Southern Brazil, 2017

Marcos Cezar Pomini surveyed 427 pregnant women receiving prenatal care at a school hospital in southern Brazil from May to December 2017. The dataset contains responses on sociodemographic profiles, gestational characteristics, and knowledge about the neonatal tongue screening test (TL). Results showed 7.7% of women knew the test and 10.5% had misinformation.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between sociodemographic factors and health knowledge based on education and income variables.
• Identifying information sources for maternal health topics based on the reported role of nursing professionals.
• Analyzing disparities in neonatal screening awareness based on reported differences by schooling and income levels.

Strengths

• Survey of 427 pregnant women provides a substantive sample size.
• Data collection period is specified (May to December 2017).
• Analysis includes statistical associations (chi-square test) with p-values for education and income.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single hospital in southern Brazil.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Marcos Cezar Pomini

Collection Method

Information collected through individual questionnaires administered to pregnant women.

Time Range

May to December 2017

Freshness

Data collection concluded in December 2017; recency for current applications is low.

Geography

A school hospital in southern Brazil