Abstract:
:This paper describes a plan for the attention of addictions from a public health perspective; it defines strengths of this perspective and its limitations to face the special challenges that the problem represents for social policies; adopts a wider perspective that includes the integration of health and social issues in measuring policy results having as a main aim the benefit of the person and of the communities with a perspective of the populations well being. It describes the challenge the country faces as producer, route of traffic and rates of consumption, analyzes briefly the evidence of public policies and makes a series of recommendations.
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Salud Publica Mexjournal_title
Salud publica de Mexicoauthors
Medina-Mora ME,Real T,Villatoro J,Natera Gdoi
10.1590/s0036-36342013000100010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-01-01 00:00:00pages
67-73issue
1eissn
0036-3634issn
1606-7916pii
S0036-36342013000100010journal_volume
55pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the adequacy and variability of the diet served to Tarahumara children in indigenous boarding schools. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Records of food and drinks served for meals, weighed daily, were obtained from Monday through Friday for 10 consecutive weeks in two selected boarding schools. Nutrient intake...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342010000100005
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:ETIOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION: Causal factors related with cognitive disability are multiples and can be classified as follows: Genetic, acquired (congenital and developmental), environmental and sociocultural. Likewise, in relation to the classification, cognitive disability has as a common denominator a subn...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342008000800005
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::During his administration as Minister of Health, doctor Guillermo Soberón led one of the most important structural changes in health of this century in Mexico. All along the process, an ideological and doctrinal corpus was created. In this paper the main streams of this corpus are presented. ...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.21149/8140
更新日期:2018-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21149/9834
更新日期:2018-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342006000200007
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze the proportion of expenditure and its frequency in food and beverages consumed inside and outside of households, at national and regional level, in Mexico between 1984 and 2014. MATERIALS AND METHODS:It analyzes data of household expenditure of food and beverages taken from the National Survey of ...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21149/8220
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze the characteristics of problems in the health system that present barriers to maternal care, according to their representation and rating by officials in different positions and social contexts. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Workshops were held with state health system officials from Mexican states with hi...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342011000100008
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The social nature of AIDS and its transmission in the context of social relations that are intimate and resistant to social control, justify assigning the social sciences a significant role in fighting AIDS. The social sciences should be involved in conceptualizing, understanding, and modifying the processes favoring...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 社论
doi:
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In order to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in epidemiologic studies in the community, our department has designed the Modified Psychiatric Interview (MPI), a semi-structured interview derived from the Standardized Psychiatric Interview by Goldberg et al. This instrument confirms the presence of "psychiatr...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the utilization and associated factors for preventive and curative care utilization among children affiliated to the Medical Insurance for a New Generation (SMNG). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data from the 2009 National Survey of SMNG was analyzed. RESULTS:The analysis represented 1,316,867 children; ...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342012000700005
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine whether leisure-time physical activity (PA) is associated with hypertension status in Korean adults (men, 586; women, 1135) who visited a public health promotion center for a medical checkup in Seoul from 2010 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for ag...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21149/spm.v55i5.7249
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this paper, an overview of the quality of care activities undertaken at the General Direction of Medical Services of the Federal District Department is presented. The current standing of the medical services is briefly described, as well as the prevailing Reorientation Program, aimed at improving the quality of the...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To introduce the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio (HSMR) as an alternative to assess the quality of hospital care in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data-sets of public hospital discharges were used as source of information. The analyses were based in a logistic model to estimate the risk of hospital death...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.21149/8318
更新日期:2017-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342010000800015
更新日期:2010-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present research is included in the fields of public health, social sciences and gender studies. Its objective is to provide insight into the nursing behaviour of two groups of mothers, their domestic and extra-domestic child care arrangements and their attitudes towards breast-feeding. Thirty-five mothers were se...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Aedes aegypti was almost eradicate from The Americas in the early sixties but reinfested the Region a few years later, and dengue transmission has become a major health problem. The Americas have been affected by dengue epidemics since the 1970s and hemorrhagic fever is becoming a threat for millions of people liv...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To identify and prioritize problems in states' health systems which limit the efficacy of interventions to prevent maternal mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We made a conceptual mapping of priority problems perceived as such by communities of practice (COP) in four states with high ratios of maternal mortali...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342013000200010
更新日期:2013-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This work is a review of the philosophical analysis surrounding the concept of "humanism" and what it means to be a human being, in relationship to daily life, education and medicine. The authors establish a direct relationship between humanism and bioethics as they relate to the new trends acquired through the develo...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lead regulations and standards have resulted in a lower exposure to lead in the general population of the United States of America. This paper highlights some of the know-how developed through lead-containing experiences, particularly regarding lead content in air and water. The availability of a solid and clear scien...
journal_title:Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0036-36342006000700004
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00