To assess the effect of coverage of the Bolsa Família Program (BFP) on oral cancer mortality rates in Brazil between 2005 and 2017, adjusting for health care coverage and socioeconomic characteristics of the Brazilian federative units.
To describe the current scenario of oral health in quilombola communities in Brazil.
A search was performed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, and SciELO, without date limits. Articles published in English, Portuguese, or Spanish were included if they described research performed in Brazil to investigate oral health in individuals self-declared as belonging to officially recognized quilombola communities. The quality of evidence of included studies was analyzed.
This study sought to quantify the prevalence of food insecurity among Salvadorian households, to identify the determinants of food insecurity and to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity.
To establish a ranking of national immunization programs in Latin America that compares the various realities, identifies challenges and unachieved goals, and encourages countries to search for strategies to overcome the obstacles they face.
The mission of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is to serve as an important vehicle for disseminating scientific public health information relevant to the Region of the Americas. The journal aims to strengthen national and local health systems and to bridge the gap between health care and policy-makers, ultimately improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.
For most of the “world health days”, the reader will find below a selection of published manuscripts with links to the full-text papers.
To assess the adoption of tobacco packaging and labeling policies based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)’s Article 11 guidelines, in the WHO Region of the Americas (AMRO).
To develop a tool that measures levels of adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-poor settings, based on a combination of four methods for measuring adherence.
To determine the existence of association between depressive symptoms and mortality in older individuals in Latin America.
The Pan American Journal of Public Health draws readers’ attention to an error in the following article, pointed out by the authors. Rathe M, Hernández-Peña P, Pescetto C, Van Mosseveld C, Borges dos Santos MA and Rivas L. Primary health care expenditure in the Americas: measuring what matters. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022;46:e70. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.70
In page 3, table 1, HC.3.4 Outpatient long-term care (health), should read HC.3.4 Home-based long-term care (health).
The Pan American Journal of Public Health draws readers’ attention to an error in the following article, pointed out by the authors. Flood D, Edwards EW, Giovannini D, Ridley E, Rosende A, Herman WH et al. Integrating hypertension and diabetes management in primary health care settings: HEARTS as a tool. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022;46:e150. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.150 In page 1, the affiliation of William H. Herman should read number 5 Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States of America
