This special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health on women’s health aims to identify and reflect on the main challenges that demographic, social, and epidemiological changes will pose to women’s health in the Region of the Americas in the coming years. The manuscripts address a variety of subjects ranging from the health of women at different stages of life, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, non-communicable chronic diseases, infectious diseases, and mental and occupational health, to adapting quality health services to meet promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation needs during the different stages of life and in several regional contexts.
REFLEXIONES DE LA DIRECTORA / FROM THE DIRECTOR
A new agenda for women’s health in the Americas
Una nueva agenda de salud de la mujer en las Américas
Carissa F. Etienne
EDITORIAL
Women’s health in the Region of the Americas [La salud de la mujer en la Región de las Américas]
Leticia Artiles, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Aníbal Faundes, Suzanne Jacob Serruya, Alejandra López Gómez y Raffaela Schiavon
ARTÍCULOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN ORIGINAL / ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES
Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction [Transición obstétrica en la Encuesta Global de la Organización Mundial de la Salud sobre Salud Materna y Neonatal: exploración de las vías de reducción de la mortalidad materna]
Solange da Cruz Chaves, José Guilherme Cecatti, Guillermo Carroli, Pisake Lumbiganon, Carol J. Hogue, Rintaro Mori, Jun Zhang, Kapila Jayaratne, Ganchimeg Togoobaatar, Cynthia Pileggi-Castro, Meghan Bohren, Joshua Peter Vogel, Özge Tunçalp, Olufemi Taiwo Oladapo, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Marleen Temmerman, and João Paulo Souza
Consumo de alcohol antes y durante la gestación en Argentina: prevalencia y factores de riesgo [Alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy in Argentina: prevalence and risk factors]
Mariana B. López, Vanessa Arán Filippetti y Mariana Cremonte
Mortes maternas em Belo Horizonte, Brasil: percepções sobre qualidade da assistência e evitabilidade [Maternal deaths in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: perceptions of quality of care and preventability]
Lilian Valim Resende, Roberto Nascimento Rodrigues e Maria do Carmo Fonseca
Tendencia de la mortalidad por causas externas en mujeres gestantes o puérperas y su relación con factores socioeconómicos en Colombia, 1998–2010 [Trend in mortality from external causes in pregnant and postpartum women and its relationship to socioeconomic factors in Colombia, 1998–2010]
Edwin Salazar, Carolina Buitrago, Federico Molina y Catalina Arango Alzate
Maternal near miss among women using the public health system in the Amazon and Northeast regions of Brazil [Morbilidad materna extremadamente grave entre las usuarias del sistema de salud pública en las regiones amazónica y noreste del Brasil]
José G. Cecatti, Renato T. Souza, Rodolfo C. Pacagnella, Maria C. Leal, Erly C. Moura, and Leonor M. P. Santos
Desigualdades y características sociodemográficas de la mortalidad materna en La Guajira, Colombia, 2010–2012 [Inequalities and sociodemographic characteristics of maternal mortality in La Guajira, Colombia, 2010–2012]
Shirley Nájera Arregocés y Rafael Tuesca Molina
“Siempre me critican”: barriers to reproductive health in Ocotal, Nicaragua [“Siempre me critican”: barreras de acceso a la salud reproductiva en Ocotal, Nicaragua]
Samantha M. Luffy, Dabney P. Evans, and Roger W. Rochat
Estimativas corrigidas de feminicídios no Brasil, 2009 a 2011 [Corrected estimates of femicides in Brazil, 2009 to 2011]
Leila Posenato Garcia, Lucia Rolim Santana de Freitas, Gabriela Drummond Marques da Silva e Doroteia Aparecida Höfelmann
Sob a sombra da maternidade: gravidez, ideação suicida e violência por parceiro íntimo [Under the shadow of maternity: pregnancy, suicidal ideation, and intimate partner violence]
Mariana de Oliveira Fonseca-Machado, Lisiane Camargo Alves, Vanderlei José Haas, Juliana Cristina dos Santos Monteiro e Flávia Gomes-Sponholz
Domestic violence as a threat to maternal and child well-being in an urban migrant community in Peru [La violencia doméstica como una amenaza para el bienestar maternoinfantil en una comunidad urbana de migrantes del Perú]
Brieanne K. Kohrt, Sandra Barrueco, and Catalina P. Pérez
Violência sexual: narrativas de mulheres com transtornos mentais no Brasil [Sexual violence: narratives of women with mental disorders in Brazil]
Jaqueline Almeida Guimarães Barbosa, Marina Celly Martins Ribeiro de Souza e Maria Imaculada de Fátima Freitas
Tendencias de la mortalidad por agresiones en mujeres de países seleccionados de América Latina, 2001–2011 [Trends in mortality by assault in women in selected countries of Latin America, 2001–2011]
Florencia Molinatti y Laura Débora Acosta
HIV e violência contra mulheres: estudo em município com alta prevalência de Aids no Sul do Brasil [HIV and violence against women: study in a municipality with high prevalence of Aids in the South of Brazil]
Roger Flores Ceccon e Stela Nazareth Meneghel
La brecha de género en violencia doméstica en adultos mayores en América Latina: el Estudio IMIAS [The gender gap in domestic violence in older adults in Latin America: the IMIAS Study]
Dimitri Taurino Guedes, Carmen Lucía Curcio, Beatriz Alvarado LLano, María Victoria Zunzunegui y Ricardo Guerra
Factores de riesgo psicosocial y satisfacción laboral en trabajadoras estacionales de Chile [Psychosocial risk factors and work satisfaction in female seasonal workers in Chile]
Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez, Jairo Carrasco, Álvaro Bastías, María Doris Méndez y Andrés Jiménez
Childhood trauma is associated with depressive symptoms in Mexico City women [Los traumas durante la niñez se asocian con síntomas depresivos en las mujeres de la Ciudad de México]
Maria Openshaw, Lisa M. Thompson, Pilar Bernal de Pheils, Maria Eugenia Mendoza-Flores, and Janice Humphreys
Soccer and sexual health education: a promising approach for reducing adolescent births in Haiti [Fútbol y educación en salud sexual: un enfoque prometedor para reducir los partos en adolescentes en Haití]
Kathryn C. Kaplan, Judy Lewis, Bette Gebrian, and Katherine Theall
Infecção pelo HIV em adolescentes do sexo feminino: um estudo qualitativo [HIV infection in female adolescents: a qualitative study]
Stella Regina Taquette, Adriana de Oliveira Rodrigues e Livia Rocha Bortolotti
Tendencias de mortalidad por cáncer de mama en Córdoba, Argentina, 1986–2011: algunas interpretaciones sociohistóricas [Trends in mortality from breast cancer in Córdoba, Argentina, 1986–2011: some socio-historical interpretations]
Natalia Tumas, Camila Niclis, Alberto Osella, María del Pilar Díaz y Adrián Carbonetti
Obesidade em mulheres brasileiras: associação com paridade e nível socioeconômico [Obesity in Brazilian women: association with parity and socioeconomic status]
Regicely Aline Brandão Ferreira e Maria Helena D’Aquino Benicio
Assessment of provider competence and quality of maternal/newborn care in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries [Evaluación de la competencia de los proveedores y la calidad de la atención materna y del recién nacido en países de América Latina y el Caribe]
Joyce E. Thompson, Sandra Land, Alma Virginia Camacho-Hubner, and Judith T. Fullerton
INFORMES ESPECIALES / SPECIAL REPORTS
Modelo para abordar integralmente la mortalidad materna y la morbilidad materna grave [Model for a comprehensive approach to maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity]
Ariel Karolinski, Raúl Mercer, Paula Micone, Celina Ocampo, Pablo Salgado, Dalia Szulik, Lucila Swarcz, Vicente R. Corte, Belén Fernández del Moral, Jorge Pianesi y Pier Paolo Balladelli
OPINIÓN Y ANÁLISIS / OPINION AND ANALYSIS
Exigibilidad del derecho a la protección de la salud en los servicios de obstetricia en México [Enforceability of the right to health protection in obstetric services in Mexico]
Alejandro Meza, Sandra Mancinas, Sergio Meneses y David Meléndez
Inclusão de parteiras tradicionais no Sistema Único de Saúde no Brasil: reflexão sobre desafios [Inclusion of traditional birth attendants in the public health care system in Brazil: reflecting on challenges]
Christine Ranier Gusman, Ana Paula de Andrade Lima Viana, Margarida Araújo Barbosa Miranda, Mayane Vilela Pedrosa e Wilza Vieira Villela