Objective

To assess primary health care professionals’ knowledge regarding the timely detection of childhood cancer in five priority cities in Colombia. 

Methods

Descriptive cross-sectional study with an analytical component, of 141 nursing, general medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics professionals in five of the Colombian cities with the highest rates of mortality due to this cause. A multivariate analysis was performed to predict the percentage of success obtained on each section of the test and overall. 

Objective

This study investigates awareness of and support for Mexico’s bans on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products among adults who smoke. 

Objectives

To evaluate implementation of the second round of human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervical screening, introduced in Argentina in 2012–2014 through the Jujuy Demonstration Project for women 30 years and older, and describe the characteristics of women who adhere to the recommended five-year rescreening interval. 

Objective

To estimate years of life lost (YLL) due to cervical cancer (CC) at the subnational level in Argentina from 2001 to 2020 and identify spatial and spatiotemporal clusters of CC mortality. 

In Ecuador, the health emergency caused by COVID-19 required the State’s concerted effort to provide safe, effective, and free vaccines. At the start of 2022, the country reached broad vaccination coverage, placing it among the countries in the Americas with the strongest achievements in this area.

Objective

To synthesize the grades of physical activity (PA) indicators for children and adolescents (5–17 years) in Latin American countries; explore the social determinants of health (SDoH) for PA indicators; and identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to improve PA levels.

Objective

To identify groups of women in Brazil more likely to have deliveries outside health facilities and the types of professionals attending these deliveries, and to assess related social determinants.

Objective

To collect and analyze longitudinal data on hospital discharges in Chile between 1952 and 2020, both at the national level and within the public subsystem. Patterns of change were identified in relation to the following key institutional milestones: the Curative Medicine Act of 1968, the creation of the National Health Services System in 1979, and the implementation of the Universal and Guaranteed Access Reform in 2005.

Objective

To analyze the content of industrially produced trans fatty acids stated in the nutrition labeling and ingredients list of prepackaged products marketed in Costa Rica.

Methods

Descriptive, cross-sectional study analyzing the presence and content of industrially produced trans fatty acids stated in the nutritional labeling and ingredients list of 7,402 prepackaged foods in two supermarket chains in Costa Rica. The analysis was based on the current policy of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on this subject.