| FHS | Family Health Strategy |
| BFP | Bolsa Família Program |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| SUS | Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde) |
| NMR | Neonatal Mortality Rate |
| ENMR | Early Neonatal Mortality Rate |
| LNMR | Late Neonatal Mortality rate |
| IMR | Infant Mortality Rate |
| U5MR | Under-five Mortality Rate |
| PNMR | Post-neonatal mortality rate |
| MEDLINE | US National Library of Medicine |
| LILACS | Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences |
| SciELO | Scientific Electronic Library Online |
| MMAT | Mixed Method Appraisal Toll |
| CMHC | Conceptual Model of Health Capability |
| LBW | Low Birth Weight |
| LBWP | Low Birth Weight Paradox |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Growth |
| GBD | Global Burden Disease |
| NIP | National Immunization Program |