To describe patterns of multimorbidity in six diverse Latin American and Caribbean countries, examine its effects on primary care experiences, and assess its influence on reported overall health care assessments.
To assess maternal health training priorities for primary care human resources for health (HRH) in nursing and allied health workers in Colombia, Honduras, and Nicaragua, to inform maternal care HRH strategic planning efforts.
Propose a pedestrian crosswalk safety rating (PCSR) for primary roads in Mexico City in order to rate crosswalk safety at intersections with a traffic light and then compare the PCSR with traffic accidents so as to empirically determine any association between the quality of the crosswalk and the traffic accident rate.
Identify factors related to behavioral changes in smokers over 18 years of age following implementation of provincial policies for 100% smoke-free spaces in Argentina.
A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted. The multilevel technique was used with data from different hierarchies. Secondary data sources were used: National Risk Factor Surveys 2005, 2009, and 2013.
To 1) describe clinical characteristics of adult patients in Chile with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) associated with influenza viruses, and 2) analyze virus subtypes identified in specimens collected from those patients, hospital resources used in clinical management, clinical evolution, and risk factors associated with a fatal outcome, using observational data from the SARI surveillance network (SARInet).
Behavioral economics is a field of knowledge and practices that studies the effect of psychological, cognitive, emotional, and social factors relating to decision-making by individuals and institutions. It assumes that human choices are not the result of careful consideration of costs and benefits, and that some aspects (e.g., defaults, framings, and anchoring effects) may influence an individual’s decision-making. Thus, the aim of this essay is to present some general aspects of behavioral economics and discuss its possible application in the promotion of healthy behaviors.
To identify and summarize existing literature on the burden of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and viral hepatitis (VH) in indigenous peoples and Afrodescendants in Latin America to provide a broad panorama of the quantitative data available and highlight problematic data gaps.
This meta-analysis examines the relationship between early-life obesity and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in adulthood.
The objective of this study is to prepare a “Concept Map on Health and Intellectual Property in Central America and the Dominican Republic” in order to help identify the main access barriers to health, especially medicines, and to guide state authorities toward actions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policies.
Dengue virus is an endemic now ravaging the MERCOSUR region. The objective of this research is to assess the epidemiological situation caused by dengue in the MERCOSUR Member States and Associate States.
Statistical data were used (estimated dengue morbidity rates for the period 1980-2015, with particular focus on 1991-2015), together with a corpus of health legislation, commercial law, arbitration awards, executive reports, and subject-specific literature.
