[Self-reported hearing loss and visual impairment in adults from Central Mexico].

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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of dental fluorosis in primary dentition of a San Luis Potosi children population, and its association to fluoride concentration in drinking water and urine. An additional objective was, to develop, validate, and test a specific index for dental fluo...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Loyola-Rodríguez JP,Pozos-Guillén AJ,Hernández-Guerrero JC,Hernández-Sierra JF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of knowledge and attitudes about family planning (FP) with its practice in couples of the Peruvian jungle region. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in the jungle region in Peru (Pucallpa and Tarapoto), among 600 couples. Males were > or = 15 years old and ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： de la Cruz-Peñarán D,Langer-Glas A,Hernández-Prado B,González-Rengijo GF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify a valid cutoff point associated with Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Depression Scale (CES-D) of seven items, which allows the classification of older adults according to presence/absence of clinically significant depressive symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Screening study with 229 older adults ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Salinas-Rodríguez A,Manrique-Espinoza B,Acosta-Castillo GI,Franco-Núñez A,Rosas-Carrasco O,Gutiérrez-Robledo LM,Sosa-Ortiz AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Mesoamerican Public Health Institute (IMSP) was constituted in 2009 as the technical organ of the Mesoamerican Public Health System (SMSP) and the Virtual Network of Academic Institutions. Health system capacity strengthening needs and preliminary training results were assessed in the first phase. MATERI...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： González-Block MA,Molina-Rodríguez JF,Becerril V,Vargas E,Consejo Directivo del IMSP.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the internal consistency, as well as the construct, concurrent and external consistency of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-R) in Mexican adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The data are from two samples of middle-school students from Mexico City. The questionnaire include...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： González-Forteza C,Jiménez-Tapia JA,Ramos-Lira L,Wagner FA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of Tabasco is localized in the endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis where both diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis have recently been reported. The objective of the present study was to obtain reliable information of the situation of this disease--which has a great relevance as...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Córdova-Uscanga C,Albertos-Alpuche NE,Andrade-Narváez FJ,Canto-Lara SB

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present commentary discusses several translations of the term odds into Spanish, and argues in favor of some translations and against others. The need for more precision in the use of terminology, that is often used in misleading ways, both in English and in Spanish, is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Tapia-Granados JA

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:The prevalence of AIDS in Mexico and the frequency of sexually transmitted risks was analyzed in relation to the socioeconomic strata of the patients. The study was based on the obligatory notifications of AIDS received by the Ministry of Health between 1982 and september of 1988. The findings show that AIDS is accumu...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： González Block MA,Liguori AL,Bazúa LF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is the first of two parts of a research report on the evolution and magnitude of poverty in Mexico. Herein are presented the methodologies used in both parts and the evolution of poverty. The Poverty Line methodology (PL), in its Standard Basket of Essential Satisfiers version, is succinctly explained. Tw...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Boltvinik J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::To analyze trends in inequality in financial protection and healthcare in Mexico between 2000 and 2012, using simple and complex measures. Materials and methods::Analysis of national health surveys 2000, 2006 and 2012, generating estimates of absolute and relative gaps and the slope index of inequality usin...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gutiérrez JP,García-Saisó S,Espinosa-de la Peña R,Balandrán DA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the price elasticity of the demand for cigarettes in Mexico based on data sources and a methodology different from the ones used in previous studies on the topic. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Quarterly time series of consumption, income and price for the time period 1994 to 2005 were used. A long-run dem...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Olivera-Chávez RI,Cermeño-Bazán R,de Miera-Juárez BS,Jiménez-Ruiz JA,Reynales-Shigematsu LM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This research analyzes the direct and indirect relationships among family functioning, multidimensional self-esteem (family, academic, social, and physical self-esteem) and substance use. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study participants were composed of two independent samples of Spanish adolescents who provided...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Musitu G,Jiménez TI,Murgui S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence, awareness and proportion of adults with an adequate control of hypertension. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Blood pressure was measured at 8 352 adults who participated in the Ensanut MC 2016. The adults who reported having diagnosis of hypertension or had systolic blood pressure values (T...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Campos-Nonato I,Hernández-Barrera L,Pedroza-Tobías A,Medina C,Barquera S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether the presence of polymorphisms of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma PPARγ (Pro 1 2Ala) and PPARGC1B (Ala203Pro) modifies the association between the inorganic arsenic (iAs) methylation capacity and breast cancer (BC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mexican women were interviewed, and...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Pineda-Belmontes CP,Hernández-Ramírez RU,Hernández-Alcaraz C,Cebrián ME,López-Carrillo L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents theoretical reflections on health promotion in the Brazilian public health context. Some characteristics and problems of the international debate are highlighted, but our focus is the position of health promotion as it is discussed in the Brazilian health system. We follow the foucauldian perspecti...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Luciana K,Ferreira-Neto JL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the number of micronuclei and nuclear anomalies in Mexico's indigenous population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:One hundred twenty indigenous individuals were evaluated, including thirty from the ethnicities Cora, Huichol, Tarahumara and Tepehuano. The number of micronuclei (MN) and any nuclear abnorma...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Lazalde-Ramos BP,Zamora-Pérez AL,Sosa-Macías M,Galaviz-Hernández C,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, as in other Latin American countries, there was a sharp increase in the number of medical schools in the past 20 years. The result was a steep increase in the number of physicians. These professionals are in many cases, however, poorly trained. As a consequence, public, as well as private health services, a...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rozenbojm J,Palladino E,Azevedo AC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiologic and demographic transitions have resulted in demographic aging of the Mexican population, increasing the absolute number and percentage of the elderly population. While in 1990, 3.1 million of persons were 65 and older constituting 3.7% of the country's population, these figures are projected to be 1...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ham-Chande R

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The degree of aggregation is determined for the whole population and for different age-specific strata and is used for assessing the reinfection rate after a mass antihelminthic chemotherapeutic intervention. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The degree of aggregation of Ascaris lumbricoides is derived from prevalence an...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ruíz A,Ocampo G,Soto A,José MV

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the current knowledge of pathogen-insect interactions amenable for the design of molecular-based control strategies of vector-borne diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We examined malaria, dengue, and Chagas disease pathogens and insect molecules that participate in interactions during their vectors i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Zumaya-Estrada FA,Rodríguez MC,Rodríguez MH

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Mexico ratified the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 2004 and is obligated to move forward with implementing its provisions, including Article 8 (Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke). The country has already faced opposition from the tobacco industry. This paper addresses industry tactics against toba...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 85,000 hectares in the Mezquital Valley of central Mexico are irrigated with wastewater. The main crops are fodder and cereal crops. A two cross-sectional survey was carried out to test the impact of exposure to raw wastewater and from storage of that wastewater in reservoirs. The main outcomes were diarrhoeal di...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cifuentes E,Blumenthal U,Ruiz-Palacios G,Bennett S,Quigley M,Peasey A,Romero-Alvarez H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the mortality risk of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM2.5-10) particles in the Metropolitan Area of Mon-terrey (MAM). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective ecological time-series analysis (2000-2014) was conducted using total and specific causes of mortality, and daily mean PM2.5 and PM2.5-10. General...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Martínez-Muñoz A,Hurtado-Díaz M,Cruz JC,Riojas-Rodríguez H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we report the published cases of human and porcine cysticercosis, as well as Taenia solium taeniasis diagnosed in Mexico during the last 10 years. Numerical data allow us to state that this disease remains as a public health problem in our country. Whereas efficient tools have been developed for the diag...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Fleury A,Sciutto E,Larralde C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with utilization of breast clinical examination (BCE) and their relationship with institutional medical practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This is a qualitative study conducted between 1996 and 1997 in medical units of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Institute of Soci...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Poblano-Verástegui O,Figueroa-Perea JG,López-Carrillo L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This research analyzes the direct and indirect relationships among self-motivation, perceived competition and psychological well-being and ill-being. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data from 491 Spanish college students (299 men and 192 women) who practice sports were collected using a cross-sectional design. Statisti...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Castillo I,Molina-García J,Alvarez O

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the frequency and factors associated with therapy noncompliance in type-2 diabetes mellitus patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in 79 patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus seen in major hospitals of Mexico City. Patients were visited at home, from March 1998 to...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Ronquillo L,Téllez-Zenteno JF,Garduño-Espinosa J,González-Acevez E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00