[An evaluation of the Mexico-BID Health Services Improvement Program, 1991].

abstract：:The effectiveness of vaccines and immunization in the prevention of infectious diseases is one of the greatest successes in medicine. In recent years, with access to cutting edge genomic and proteomic technology, it is possible to accelerate the development of new and improved vaccines with better immunogenicity and s...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Mota-Sánchez J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe de prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in a sample of Mexican elderly population from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS:1 920 subjects ≥60 years of age were included. Hemoglobin, serum concentrations of ferritin and CRP were measured. The ris...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Contreras-Manzano A,Cruz Vde L,Villalpando S,Rebollar R,Shamah-Levy T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mechanism to evade the immune system are induced during cervical cancer development, including the decrease of expression of class I HLA molecules and secretion of specific cytokines by tumoral cells. Consequently, the stimulation of cytotoxic (CTL) and helper (TH) T lymphocytes, as well as the natural killer ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Berumen J,Villegas N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To keep record of the knowledge and use of information of the different food labels on industrialized products in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We administered a semi-structured survey-developed by research¬ers free of conflict interestin a subsample of the National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2016. This su...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Tolentino-Mayo L,Rincón-Gallardo Patiño S,Bahena-Espina L,Ríos V,Barquera S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Social Functioning Scale (SFS) is described, together with its rationale and development. The instrument consists of 35 items, and was administered to a sample of 320 adult patients of a health center. Social functioning is assessed in a semistructured, 30 minute interview. The patient reports the level of satisfa...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valencia M,Rojas E,González C,Ramos L,Villatoro J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse who are the people giving psychological and instrumental support to the elderly, as well as potential differences among these caregivers according to age and/or sex of the elderly. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Manheim interview for social support was used to gather the opinions of 101 elder people (>65 ye...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Meléndez-Moral JC,Tomás-Miguel JM,Navarro-Pardo E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work discusses the problems of atmospheric pollution of three Megacities of Latin America (Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Santiago). The environmental pollution control programs implemented by the Government are revised and the evolution of pollution levels during the period of 1988-1995 at Santiago de Chile a...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Lacasaña-Navarro M,Aguilar-Garduño C,Romieu I

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS and human rights are closely related issues. This paper describes the relationship between AIDS and human rights, the impact and consequences of discrimination and the importance of the defense of human rights as a cornerstone strategy in AIDS prevention. Some general ethical aspects are addressed and two dilemma...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rico B,Uribe-Zúñiga P,Panebianco-Labbé S,del Río-Chiriboga C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical behavior of dengue fever in Mexico has changed, now with the occurrence of hemorrhagic cases. In response to the emergence of such cases, a specific epidemiologic surveillance system has been designed and implemented. This system includes the means to monitor the factors involved in the evolution of the d...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Montesano-Castellanos R,Ruiz-Matus C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description of the information that the adolescent and youth population of Mexico City has concerning the knowledge and use of contraceptive methods, as well as the reasons why they do not adopt some contraceptive method during their sexual relations. The data obtained...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： García-Baltazar J,Figueroa-Perea JG

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer morbidity and mortality have decreased substantially during the last 50 years mostly due to successful organized or opportunistic screening with Pap cytology in high and middle income countries. In many low income countries Pap cytology screening is yet to be effectively implemented or has failed to re...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Franco EL,Duarte-Franco E,Ferenczy A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the current situation of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic consumption in Mexican hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Antimicrobial susceptibility data from blood and urine isolates were collected. Defined daily dose (DDD) of antibiotic consumption/100 occupied beds (OBD) was calculated. RES...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Miranda-Novales MG,Flores-Moreno K,López-Vidal Y,Rodríguez-Álvarez M,Solórzano-Santos F,Soto-Hernández JL,Ponce de León-Rosales S,UNCAR Network*.

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the correlates of secondhand smoke exposure (SHS) in public and private settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data came from the 2016 National Survey of Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco use. Multilevel Poisson models were conducted to evaluate factors associated with SHS. RESULTS:Having a higher education, bei...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Zavala-Arciniega L,Gutiérrez-Torres DS,Paz-Ballesteros WC,Reynales-Shigematsu LM,Fleischer NL

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem affecting all Latin American countries. These countries have the characteristic of a wide base of the pyramidal population structure, with many young people who have been natural targets for the tobacco industry. Therefore in this region there is an urgent need to e...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Zabert G,Chatkin JM,Ponciano-Rodríguez G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To approach the cost analysis of the health services for eight tracer conditions, in three institutions of the public sector and in five of the private sector. MATERIAL AND METHODS:First, production functions and inputs required for standard case-management of each tracer condition were identified. Subsequen...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Arredondo A,Damián T,de Icaza E

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the mortality trends of cancer attributable to tobacco smoking, particularly lung cancer, for the 1980-1997 period in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Mortality trends were analyzed for each type of cancer associated to tobacco smoking, according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)....

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Tovar-Guzmán VJ,Barquera S,López-Antuñano FJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To offer current evidence about age at sexual initiation and contraceptive use among adolescent and adult women of different age groups, places of residence, and marital status in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data were analyzed from ENSANUT 2006 and 2012 surveys on knowledge and use of contraceptives. RESU...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Allen-Leigh B,Villalobos-Hernández A,Hernández-Serrato MI,Suárez L,de la Vara E,de Castro F,Schiavon-Ermani R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the approximately 14,000 hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean face enormous challenges to live up to the basic prepositions of quality assurance in health care. If methods of quality control in medical education and hospitals are not implemented soon in Latin America, we will face, in the very ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： de Moraes Novaes H

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the social construction of stigma and discrimination processes associated with HIV/AIDS and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), based on the perceptions of health care providers in three states of the Mexican Republic. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Qualitative and quantitative description. Observation at n...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Infante C,Zarco A,Cuadra SM,Morrison K,Caballero M,Bronfman M,Magis C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the evidence on the relationship between air pollution and an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from Covid-19. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An adaptation of the Cochrane rapid review methodology was used. The search was performed in PubMed and MedRxiv and was limited until April 28 and 26, respec...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Félix-Arellano EE,Schilmann A,Hurtado-Díaz M,Texcalac-Sangrado JL,Riojas-Rodríguez H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the stages in the building of the general hospitals of 144 beds included in the Health Services Reconstruction and Reordering Program. The Program is being carried out by the Health Ministry in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, emphasizing the reordering sense of the activities developed to ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Soberón G,Ruíz de Chávez M,Ortega-Lomelín R,Martínez-Narváez G,Ruíz-Ibarra I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Analyze the impact of a mixed regime of infectious and chronic conditions among older adults in Mexico on their health progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 12 207 adults from the Mexican Health and Aging Study were included. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the relationship betw...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Samper-Ternent R,Michaels-Obregon A,Wong R,Palloni A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to analyze the HIV/AIDS magnitude, distribution, frequency, patterns, trends, risk factors, risk groups, estimation and evaluation of interventions in Mexico during the last twelve years. Results of a summary of statistics and results from several sources are presented including the Nation...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valdespino-Gómez JL,García-García Mde L,del Río-Zolezzi A,Loo-Méndez E,Magis-Rodríguez C,Salcedo-Alvarez RA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The feasibility of the use of WHO impregnated paper and biochemical assays to determine lethal concentrations (LC50 and LC99) and insecticide metabolic enzyme levels of Triatoma dimidiata. MATERIALS AND METHODS:LC50 and LC99 were calculated with WHO papers impregnated at different concentrations of malathion...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Acero-Sandoval A,Penilla-Navarro RP,López-Ordóñez T,Rodríguez MH,Ordóñez-González JG,Solís-Santoyo F,Rodríguez AD

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the maternal, work, and health services factors associated with a short duration of breast-feeding in working mothers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out between November 1998 and March 1999, among 265 mothers medically insured by (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, I...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Navarro-Estrella M,Duque-López MX,Trejo y Pérez JA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze mortality and incidence for 28 cancers by deprivation status, age and sex from 1990 to 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The data and methodological approaches provided by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2013) were used. RESULTS:Trends from 1990 to 2013 show important changes in cancer epidemiology i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gómez-Dantés H,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Cahuana-Hurtado L,Silverman-Retana O,Montero P,González-Robledo MC,Fitzmaurice C,Pain A,Allen C,Dicker DJ,Hamavid H,López A,Murray C,Naghavi M,Lozano R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the percentage of Mexican adults that may require lipid-lowering treatment according to National Cholesterol Education Program-III guidelines, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANut 2006). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Information was obtained from 4 040 subjects aged 20 to...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gómez-Pérez FJ,Rojas R,Villalpando S,Barquera S,Rull J,Aguilar-Salinas CA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is a major public health problem, as it is the second most common cancer in women world-wide after breast cancer. About 80% of the half a million cases estimated to occur annually in the world, occur in developing countries. The epidemiological evidence linking human papillomavirus (HPV) to cervical ca...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Muñoz N,Bosch FX

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document briefly describes the health conditions of the Colombian population and, in more detail, the characteristics of the Colombian health system. The description of the system includes its structure and coverage; financing sources; expenditure in health; physical material and human resources available; monito...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Guerrero R,Gallego AI,Becerril-Montekio V,Vásquez J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2014 the Mexican government implemented taxes to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods. In this manuscript, we analyze the scientific evidence linking the consumption of these products to chronic diseases, and summarize the studies that have evaluated the observed a...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Barrientos-Gutiérrez T,Colchero MA,Sánchez-Romero LM,Batis C,Rivera-Dommarco J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00