Childhood hunger experiences and chronic health conditions later in life among Brazilian older adults
Objectives.
To assess the association between childhood hunger experiences and the prevalence of chronic diseases later in life.
To assess the association between childhood hunger experiences and the prevalence of chronic diseases later in life.
To describe the needs of academic staff conducting non-communicable disease (NCD) research at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica.
To determine predictors associated with physical violence during pregnancy, and to determine the relationship between exposure to intimate partner violence during pregnancy and women’s health and suicide ideation in Guyana.
Quantitatively describe relative risk, trends, and geographical inequalities in suicide in adolescents
and young adults in regions of Chile, from 2000 to 2017.
Ecological population study based on records of death by suicide. Suicide death rates and
relative risk (RR) were estimated, by sex, age, and region. Trends and geographical inequalities in suicide in regions of Chile were studied; absolute and relative measures of geographical inequalities were estimated.
To analyze changes in racial/ethnic disparities for unintentional injury mortality from 1999-2016.
Mortality data are from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for all unintentional injuries, analyzed separately by injury cause (motor vehicle accidents [MVA], poisonings, other unintentional) for white, black, and Hispanic populations within four age groups: 15-19, 20-34, 35-54, 55-74 for males and for females.
To describe what is known about the national prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in the Americas across countries and over time, including the geographic coverage, quality, and comparability of national data.
Describe the space-time spread of COVID-19 deaths and analyze its socio-spatial inequalities in Argentina.
COVID-19 deaths in Argentina as of October 17, 2020 were analyzed using data on day, month, and year, and place of residence. The space-time permutation scan method was used to detect the presence of space-time clusters. Poverty levels, population densities, and percentage of older adults in the population were compared for areas in high-mortality clusters and low-mortality clusters.
To report demographic and substance use characteristics and risk of road traffic injury (RTI) from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency department patients from two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
To describe the toxicology of suicide cases recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from 2017 to 2019.
The present descriptive, cross-sectional study examined all the medico-legal reports and police records related to suicide deaths in the state. Multiple correspondence analyses were performed along with independent logistic regression models having ethanol, anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs, illicit drugs, and non-medical substances as dependent variables.
To identify factors associated with chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes among children in Guatemala.