[The health system of Dominican Republic].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in the Calakmul municipality of the Campeche State, during two years. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Individuals with skin lesions were evaluated. Aspirates taken from the lesions were cultured, PCR was performed to diagnose the Leishmania species. RESULTS:The culture detected ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Rivera MP,Hernández-Montes O,Chiñas-Pérez A,Batiza-Avelar JM,Sánchez-Tejeda G,Wong-Ramírez C,Monroy-Ostria A

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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：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：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 factors associated with open communication between mental health professionals and parents of patients with intellectual disabilities and other neurodevelopmental disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cross-sectional survey in 759 mental health professionals. The association between the pattern of...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ángeles-Llerenas A,Domínguez-Esponda R,Katz-Guss G,Astudillo-García CI,Rodríguez-Valentín R,Madrigal-de León E,Salvador-Carulla L,Lazcano-Ponce E

更新日期：2020-09-01 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 identify factors associated with susceptibility, tobacco use and addiction in young people from 13 to 15 years of age, to determine conditions of risk and identify possible correlates to the development of public policies on smoking in Costa Rica. Materials and methods::Information available from the fou...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Fonseca-Chaves S,Méndez-Muñoz J,Bejarano-Orozco J,Guerrero-López CM,Reynales-Shigematsu LM

更新日期：2017-01-01 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

abstract：:Data from a National Nutrition Survey conducted in 1988 in a probability sample of 13,236 households and 17,426 children under five, representative at the national level and for four regions (North, Center, South, and Mexico City), were analyzed. Risks for wasting and stunting and odds ratios were obtained by region, ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rivera-Dommarco J,González-Cossío T,Flores M,Hernández-Avila M,Lezana MA,Sepúlveda-Amor J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prevalence of serum iron and zinc deficiencies and low serum concentrations (LSC) of copper and magnesium in Mexican adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Blood samples from subjects (≥20 years, both genders) participating in the 2006 National Health and Nutrition Survey were used to measure the seru...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Mejía-Rodríguez F,Shamah-Levy T,Villalpando S,García-Guerra A,Méndez-Gómez Humarán I

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Four experiences in health education in communities located in the state of Lara in Venezuela were analyzed from a sociopsychological perspective. Under a qualitative approach, the information was obtained from three sources: documentary analysis of didactic material; participant observation in workshops, and intervie...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández M,Alvarado ML,Soto V,Rodríguez G

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether child dietary intake of folate and vitamin B12, is associated with mental and psychomotor development in Mexican children, respectively, at 24 and 30 months of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Information about neurodevelopment and dietary intake of folate and vitamin B12 at 24 and 30 months of...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gatica-Domínguez G,Rothenberg SJ,Torres-Sánchez L,Schnaas ML,Schmidt RJ,López-Carrillo L

更新日期：2018-07-01 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

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：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：:The right to health and its operational form, as an organized social response to health: the right to health protection, are the mainstay for the global push towards universal health coverage. The path to achieve this goal is particular to each country and relates to the baseline and specific context in relation to wh...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Fajardo-Dolci G,Gutiérrez JP,García-Saisó S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Institutions such as World Health Organization and United Nations have considered the necessity to establish programs to control and preserve our environment. From the beginning, industrial development has polluted the air, water and soil, in some cases irreversibly affecting the ecosystems. Rampant use of natural res...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Velasco-Suárez M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and reassign misclassified AIDS deaths in Mexico, reconstructing the time series of mortality from 1983 to 2012, by state, sex, age, and affiliation to social security. MATERIALS AND METHODS:15.5 million deaths from 1979 to 2012 were analyzed. The HIV-AIDS mortality correction was done in three p...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cahuana-Hurtado L,Chilian-Herrera O,Bautista-Arredondo S,Contreras-Loya D,Franco-Marina F,González-Vilchis JJ,Lozano R

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：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：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：: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 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：OBJECTIVE:To provide an assessment of the contours of the injury field today and to raise questions about our future direction. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We classified the self-reported activities of injury centers, assessed trends in injury-related publications in peer review journals, and compared data on current funding...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Segui-Gomez M,Miller M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：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：: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 study aims to describe the ways in which Mexican adolescents and adults with intellectual disability exercise autonomy. Two focus groups were carried out with family members who are the legal guardians of people with intellectual disability who have received independent living training at the Center for Integral ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Allen-Leigh B,Katz G,Rangel-Eudave G,Lazcano-Ponce E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00