Sensitivity and specificity of the three Whooley and Arroll questions for detecting perinatal depression in Mexican women.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk of psychiatric disorders across three family generations. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The research design corresponds to a "family history study" and is based upon a household survey conducted in 1995, on a representative sample of Mexico City's adult population aged 18 - 65 years (n=1932). Bri...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Caraveo-Anduaga JJ,Nicolini-Sánchez H,Villa-Romero A,Wagner FA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the patterns of antimicrobial resistance organisms isolated in blood cultures from patients detected in a tertiary level of care, teaching oncological hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS:All strains obtained from blood cultures from 1998 to 2003 were included and processed using the Bactec and Microsc...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cornejo-Juárez P,Velásquez-Acosta C,Díaz-González A,Volkow-Fernández P

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：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：:While there has been a substantial decline in lead exposure in the United States during the past two decades, mobilization of existing lead stored in bone potentially represents an important endogenous source of exposure for menopausal women. It has been hypothesized that lead may be mobilized from skeletal stores dur...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Berkowitz GS,Moline JM,Todd AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe associations between anemia and hookworm (Necator americanus) infection in hospitalized women in rural Chiapas, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 68 anemic women (defined as having a hemoglobin level < 10 mg/dl) or with intestinal parasitism, identif...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Brentlinger PE,Capps L,Denson M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) are the severe and/or fatal clinical manifestations of dengue fever. Epidemics of DHF/DSS occur mainly in the southeast Asian countries where children are seriously affected and high case-fatality ratio is annually reported. Recently significant epidemics ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ramos C,García H,Villaseca JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to review the decentralization process that took place in the 1980s. First, some principles in relation to this topic are presented. Next, the legal foundations and the agreements which were established for Federation-states coordination are outlined, as well as basic points related to...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Soberón-Acevedo G,Martínez-Narváez G

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the injuries for "E" code in 10191 subjects attending four general hospitals of Mexico City. Seventy-nine per cent of them were males and 29.1 per cent were females. THe highest utilization rate of the care unit was during weekends. Only 14 per cent of the study population were admitted to the hospital. Peop...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Meneses-González F,Rea R,Ruíz-Matus C,Hernández-Avila M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi in blood donors from Hospital General Regional (HGRO) of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS per its abbreviation in Spanish). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Between October 2001 and January 2002, blood samples were collected from voluntary ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ramos-Ligonio A,Ramírez-Sánchez ME,González-Hernández JC,Rosales-Encina JL,López-Monteon A

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:This article establishes the hypothesis that predisposing, enabling and household needs influence the complete vaccination status of children. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data from the 2004 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (N= 3530) was used. The data was analyzed using descriptive and multiple logistic reg...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rahman M,Obaida-Nasrin S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of financial protection in health is a recently diagnosed "disease" of health systems. The most obvious symptom is that families face economic ruin and poverty as a consequence of financing their health care. Mexico was one of the first countries to diagnose the problem, attribute it to lack of financial prote...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Knaul FM,Arreola-Ornelas H,Méndez-Carniado O,Bryson-Cahn C,Barofsky J,Maguire R,Miranda M,Sesma S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To construct and validate a scale to assess violence by the male partner against women. An index of severity of the emotional and physical damage was also designed to assess the intensity of the violent actions against women. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The sample consisted of a total of 26 042 women who participat...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valdez-Santiago R,Híjar-Medina MC,Salgado de Snyder VN,Rivera-Rivera L,Avila-Burgos L,Rojas R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To design an instrument for measuring beliefs about the social, psychological, and physiological consequences of women's climacteric stage. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study included 340 women affiliated to Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado (Institute for Social Servic...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Chávez-Ayala R,Andrade-Palos P,Rivera-Rivera L

更新日期：2002-09-01 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 estimate the optimum size for hemodialysis units to maximize production given capital constraints. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A national study in Mexico was conducted in 2009. Three possible methods for estimating a units optimum size were analyzed: hemodialysis services production under monopolistic market, u...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Avila-Palomares P,López-Cervantes M,Durán-Arenas L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Takemi Program in International Health was established at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1983 as a research and advanced training program for midcareer health professionals concerned with the allocation of resources for health, especially in developing countries. This essay describes the origins of the Tak...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Reich MR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the risk for alcohol abuse among individuals with a positive family history of alcohol abuse (FH+). MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study population was a sample (n = 8,890) drawn from a 1988 national survey on addictions in Mexico City's urban population. Data analysis consisted of frequency and associat...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Natera-Rey G,Borges G,Medina-Mora Icaza ME,Solís-Rojas L,Tiburcio-Sainz M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of a hospital-acquired infections control program is to decrease the risk of acquisition and the morbidity and costs associated. The organization of a team with technical and humanistic leadership is essential. Every infection control program must also develop strategies that allow: a) identificatio...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Navarrete-Navarro S,Rangel-Frausto MS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the current health care reform issues in Canada. The provincial health insurance plans of the 1960s and 1970s had the untoward effects of limiting the federal government's clout for cost control and of promoting a system centered on inpatient and medical care. Recently, several provincial commissio...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Baris E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conceptual and methodological basis of the National Health Survey II (NHS-II) are described and recent advances in multidisciplinary public health research in Mexico, both conceptual and methodological, are synthesized. The design of the NHS-II concentrated on the study of the access, quality of care and health at...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors：

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of cholera patients and patients with diarrhea of different etiology (controls), treated at Mexican Institute of Social Security medical units in northeast Mexico City, from 1995 to 1998. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cross-sectional analytical study design....

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Vilchis-Guizar AE,Uribe-Márquez S,Pérez-Sánchez PL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A geriatric evaluation was carried out in a group of 37 elderly nursing home residents. A complete history and physical examination was performed in all the patients. We identified 185 new medical problems in the patients, 40.7 per cent of whom were rehabilitation candidates. A functional status evaluation on daily ac...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Banda-Arévalo JP,Salinas-Martínez R

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：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：: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