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.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
A new agenda for women’s health in the Americas
Carissa F. Etienne
Article's language: English
EDITORIAL
Women’s health in the Region of the Americas
Leticia Artiles, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Aníbal Faundes, Suzanne Jacob Serruya, Alejandra López Gómez y Raffaela Schiavon
Article's language: English
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES
Obstetric transition in the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health: exploring pathways for maternal mortality reduction
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
Article's language: English
Alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy in Argentina: prevalence and risk factors
Mariana B. López, Vanessa Arán Filippetti y Mariana Cremonte
Article's language: Spanish
Maternal deaths in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: perceptions of quality ofcare and preventability
Lilian Valim Resende, Roberto Nascimento Rodrigues e Maria do Carmo Fonseca
Article's language: Portuguese
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
Article's language: Spanish
Maternal near miss among women using the public health system in the Amazon and Northeast regions of Brazil
José G. Cecatti, Renato T. Souza, Rodolfo C. Pacagnella, Maria C. Leal, Erly C. Moura, and Leonor M. P. Santos
Article's language: English
Inequalities and sociodemographic characteristics of maternal mortality in La Guajira, Colombia, 2010–2012
Shirley Nájera Arregocés y Rafael Tuesca Molina
Article's language: Spanish
“Siempre me critican”: barriers to reproductive health in Ocotal, Nicaragua
Samantha M. Luffy, Dabney P. Evans, and Roger W. Rochat
Article's language: English
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
Article's language: Portuguese
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
Article's language: Portuguese
Domestic violence as a threat to maternal and child well-being in an urban migrant community in Peru
Brieanne K. Kohrt, Sandra Barrueco, and Catalina P. Pérez
Article's language: English
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
Article's language: Portuguese
Trends in mortality by assault in women in selected countries of Latin America, 2001–2011
Florencia Molinatti y Laura Débora Acosta
Article's language: Spanish
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
Article's language: Portuguese
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
Article's language: Spanish
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
Article's language: Spanish
Childhood trauma is associated with depressive symptoms in Mexico City women
Maria Openshaw, Lisa M. Thompson, Pilar Bernal de Pheils, Maria Eugenia Mendoza-Flores, and Janice Humphreys
Article's language: English
Soccer and sexual health education: a promising approach for reducing adolescent births in Haiti
Kathryn C. Kaplan, Judy Lewis, Bette Gebrian, and Katherine Theall
Article's language: English
HIV infection in female adolescents: a qualitative study
Stella Regina Taquette, Adriana de Oliveira Rodrigues e Livia Rocha Bortolotti
Article's language: Portuguese
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
Article's language: Spanish
Obesity in Brazilian women: association with parity and socioeconomic status
Regicely Aline Brandão Ferreira e Maria Helena D’Aquino Benicio
Article's language: Portuguese
Assessment of provider competence and quality of maternal/newborn care in selected Latin American and Caribbean countries
Joyce E. Thompson, Sandra Land, Alma Virginia Camacho-Hubner, and Judith T. Fullerton
Article's language: English
SPECIAL REPORTS
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
Article's language: Spanish
OPINION AND ANALYSIS
Enforceability of the right to health protection in obstetric services in Mexico
Alejandro Meza, Sandra Mancinas, Sergio Meneses y David Meléndez
Article's language: Spanish
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
Article's language: Portuguese