[A psychosocial analysis of community experiences of health education].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among injection drug users (IDUs) in two northern Mexican cities. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Between February and April 2005, IDUs were recruited in Tijuana (N=222) and Ciudad Juarez (N=206) using respondent-d...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： White EF,Garfein RS,Brouwer KC,Lozada R,Ramos R,Firestone-Cruz M,Pérez SG,Magis-Rodríguez C,Conde-Glez CJ,Strathdee SA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the medical complications in a cohort of HIV-infected, pregnant women and to determine the risk of having the virus in the development of these complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cohort study of 44 HIV-infected and 88 seronegative pregnant women was performed. Pregnancy was followed and perina...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Figueroa-Damián R

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and risk factors for oral high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infec- tion in human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-infected men. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Consecutive male outpatients with HIV-infection were enrolled. Demographic and behav- ioral risk data were obtained. Anal swabs an...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ablanedo-Terrazas Y,Romero-Mora K,Gómez-Palacio M,Alvarado-de la Barrera C,Ruiz-Cruz M,Hernández-Juan R,Reyes-Terán G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of occupational exposure to noise, as well as its relationship with other factors that can induce hearing loss. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In January and February 1997, we conducted sonometry and dosimetry tests in a cement factory, as well as audiometric test in 85 cement workers, to identify...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Gaytán SI,Santos-Burgoa C,Becker-Meyer JP,Macías-Carrillo C,López-Cervantes M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify health perceptions and practices and non-adherence to therapy among tuberculosis patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Qualitative research work consisting of 11 group interviews with 62 tuberculosis patients during 1997-1998 in the Central, Highlands, and Border Regions of Chiapas, Mexico. RESULTS:Per...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Alvarez-Gordillo GC,Alvarez-Gordillo JF,Dorantes-Jiménez JE,Halperin-Frisch D

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the coverage of lung cancer in Mexico and offer recommendations in this regard. MATERIALS AND METHODS:By means of the conformation of a multidisciplinary group, we analyze the burden of the disease relative to the lung cancer and the access to the medical treatment offered by the different public ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Charvel S,Cobo-Armijo F,Hernández-Ávila M,Reynales-Shigematsu LM,Salas J,Arrieta O,Santillán-Doherty P,Roldán-Xopa J,Pérez-Cuevas R,Escudero-de Los Ríos PM,Lluis Segú-Tolsa J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review was to analyze the scientific production about extra-curricular physical activity (PA) in western children of 6-12 years. Medline / Pub-Med, Scopus and Google Scholar were used. This search collects articles published between January 1990 and May 2013. A total of 104 publications were analyz...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Reloba-Martínez S,Martín-Tamayo I,Martínez-López EJ,Guerrero-Almeida L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among primary health care programs, one of those that has the highest benefit/cost ratio is measles immunization. An estimate of cases, complicated cases and deaths that could have occurred if such immunization program would not have been run, and costs of medical care (hospitalization, physician's visits, medical tre...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cárdenas Ayala VM,Ruiz Matus C,Cabrera Coello L,Montesano Castellanos R,Garrido Lozada MT,Olvera Castillo R,Díaz Ortega JL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Smokefree Partnership has recently prepared a map of smokefree campaigns and policies around the world. It focuses primarily on countries that are parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but other countries were included. The smokefree status of 172 countries was mapped. Of these countri...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Griffith G,Welch C,Cardone A,Valdemoro A,Jo C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the lack of information regarding abortion attitudes in Mexico, an abortion opinion survey was conducted in Mexico City among 387 women and 338 men. Respondents were asked if they agreed with a woman's abortion decision under seven different circumstances. Affirmative responses were analyzed by respondents'...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Núñez-Fernández L,Shrader-Cox E,Benson J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profile of type-II non-insulin dependent diabetic patients is characterized by overweight; exogenous obesity originates from inadequate nourishment habits and, among other things, educational, cultural, and psychological conditions. With regard to metabolic deficiency control, the explanation is centered fundament...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cabrera Pivaral CE,Novoa Menchaca A,Centeno López NM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has been underdiagnosed because it does not have a specific clinical presentation, and the signs and symptoms are similar to the irritable bowel syndrome and pelvic inflammatory disease. EOC is less common than breast and cervical cancer, but it is more lethal. On the whole, EOC has...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gallardo-Rincón D,Espinosa-Romero R,Muñoz WR,Mendoza-Martínez R,Villar-Álvarez SD,Oñate-Ocaña L,Isla-Ortiz D,Márquez-Manríquez JP,Apodaca-Cruz Á,Meneses-García A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document summarizes the most relevant epidemiologic characteristics of infant and child mortality in Latin America. The gap in infant mortality rates between Latin America and the developed countries is wide and appears to be increasing. In the developed countries, 980 of each 1000 infants survive to the age of...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Behm-Rosas H

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-communicable diseases are at the center of international consultation and there's a general agreement on saying that several issues need to be solved before implementing prevention strategies and intervention programs. A sound knowledge of all the factors involved in the epidemic spread of a disease is the first t...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： de Hoyos-Parra R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess changes in the magnitude of food insecurity (FI) in Mexican households in poverty from 2012 to 2018 and to analyze the association of FI with the access, availability and consumption of food. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data on 4 464 households were drawn from the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Mundo-Rosas V,Unar-Munguía M,Hernández-F M,Pérez-Escamilla R,Shamah-Levy T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease in the state of Jalisco, Mexico was described for the first time in 1967; however, knowledge on the disease remains in a slow process. Between 1967 and 2006, the disease was described in its acute and chronic forms. The vector species have been identified, and the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has been iso...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Lozano-Kasten F,Magallón-Gastélum E,Soto-Gutiérrez M,Kasten-Monges M,Bosseno MF,Brenière SF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents some ideas on the relation between personal income and the quantity and quality of education and health. It is suggested that the high degree of inequality in income in Mexico could be attributed to ancestral differences in educative and health care opportunities. In the short run, the desirable de...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Aspe P,Beristáin J

更新日期：1989-03-01 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 evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the Two Whooley questions and the Arroll question, using the SCID, The Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-I) as the gold standard for detecting perinatal depression. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We interviewed 210 women during pregnancy and 6 months postpartum. RESUL...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Navarrete L,Nieto L,Lara MA,Lara MDC

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Epidemiological studies have shown the association between atmospheric pollutants and increase in mortality due to cardiovascular causes, especially in patients with previous cardio-respiratory diseases. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms by which these events take place have not been elucidated. One of the pr...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Riojas-Rodríguez H,Holguin F,González-Hermosillo A,Romieu I

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Understand what Mexican key stakeholders think about the judicialization of the right to health in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS:30 semi-structured interviews were conducted at different settings in Mexico City with representatives of the judiciary, legislative power, Health Sector (HS), pharmaceutical indus...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cobo-Armijo F,Charvel S,Pelcastre-Villafuerte BE

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain information about emotional ailments based on the experience of adults in a socially underserved urban community, their social support resources to cope with them, and their health care expectancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study began in 2000, in the Magdalena Contreras District of Mexico City. D...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Mora-Ríos J,Ito-Sugiyama ME

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the independent effect of poor school performance and tobacco persistence using a prospective population study of students who remained on school grounds during the follow-up period. Two measurements were taken over a period of three years. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cohort study conducted within sch...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Anaya-Ocampo R,Arillo-Santillán E,Sánchez-Zamorano LM,Lazcano-Ponce E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the procedures for cardiovascular health care in Mexico it is necessary to be able to perform accurate measurements of the cardiovascular parameters with appropriate equipment and to count with standard values for the Mexican population at the primary health level. Cardiac frequency (CF), systolic arterial ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Brust-Carmona H,Zarco J,Vidrio-Amor H,Calderón-Becerra J,Juárez-Cortez M,Chavarín G

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to analyze the progress made in the Americas in the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) after its tenth anniversary of entry into force. At the time of the analysis, 30 of the 35 countries of the Americas are Parties to the FCT...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Blanco A,Sandoval RC,Martínez-López L,Caixeta RB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVO: To identify tobacco industry's strategies aimed at containing the full adoption of public health policies established by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. DISCUSSION:Tobacco industry interference in the design, adoption and implementation of tobacco control policies has intensified sin...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Madrazo-Lajous A,Guerrero-Alcántara A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the magnitude and distribution of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency in Mexican children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Folate and vitamin B12 serum concentrations were measured in a probabilistic sample of 2 099 children. Adjusted prevalence, mean concentrations and relevant associations were calculated ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cuevas-Nasu L,Mundo-Rosas V,Shamah-Levy T,Méndez-Gómez Humaran I,Avila-Arcos MA,Rebollar-Campos Mdel R,Villalpando S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the experiences and perspectives on the disease and stigma from the vantage point of the persons affected by TB in El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, México to inform research on health-related stigma and interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Semi-structured interviews to study TB-related stigma and the i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Moya EM,Lusk MW

更新日期：2013-01-01 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