Cauane Blumenberg

A study investigating the association between the length of use of mobile phones and the prevalence of neck pain was presented at the XXI Post-graduate Encounter of the Federal University of Pelotas.

The findings of the study reveal that individuals using mobile devices between three and seven hours have 36% increased prevalence of neck pain compared to those with less than one hour of use. Those using mobile devices for seven or more hours have 76% increase prevalence.

The study, led by Cauane Blumenberg, was presented by Mariana Echeverria, a PhD student of the Post-graduate Program in Epidemiology. Betina Flesch, Fernando Guimarães, Inaê Valério, Leonardo Zanini and Sarah Karam complete the list of authors.

The ‘Epidemiologia da desigualdade: quatro décadas de coortes de nascimentos’ (Epidemiology of inequalities: four decades of birth cohorts) book is now available for purchase at the ABRASCO books website.

The piece, organized by Cesar Victora, Fernando C. Barros, Mariangela Silveira and Antônio Augusto Silva, presents main results of a set of studies that contributed to design public health policies in Brazil. Twenty six researchers, including Cauane Blumenberg, wrote nine chapters covering maternal and infant health aspects.

The book was edited by the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (ABRASCO) and was written in Portuguese.