[History, overview and challenges of the breast cancer movement in Mexico].

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate equity in access by comparing geographic, economic, and organizational barriers as well as authorization obstacles that women encounter depending on their affiliation with the social security health system. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A retrospective survey was conducted among women undergoing breast c...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Velásquez-De Charry LC,Carrasquilla G,Roca-Garavito S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and explore the meanings of sexual practices among female sex workers (FSW) in Mexico City. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A qualitative and quantitative study was carried out. The qualitative approach was conducted in 1992 and the latter from 1991 to 1992. The study population was a representative sample ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Allen B,Cruz-Valdez A,Rivera-Rivera L,Castro R,Arana-García ME,Hernández-Avila M

更新日期：2003-01-01 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 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

authors： Monárrez-Espino J,Béjar-Lío GI,Vázquez-Mendoza G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:In 1978 the World Health Organization proposed as a goal the following slogan: "Health for everyone in the 2000 year". Though, to obtain the covering first assistance indicators is crucial for the evaluation work and for the analysis of the health strategies. In 1981 the World Health Organization proposed 13 indicator...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valencia GJ,José MV,Serrano OV

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative risk (RR) of non-fatal unintentional and violence-related injury associated with alcohol consumption in three emergency departments in Latin America (2001-2002). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Pair-matched case-crossover was used to obtain RR estimates for alcohol in non-fatal injuries among ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Borges G,Orozco R,Cremonte M,Buzi-Figlie N,Cherpitel C,Poznyak V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the concentration of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and chromium (Cr) and establish the possible association of these heavy metals with some sociodemographic factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A representative sample of one hundred dental students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico living in...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： González M,Banderas JA,Raya C,Báez A,Belmont R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the exposure to lead in children living in various types of contaminated sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study was conducted from June 2008 to December 2009 at four sites in Mexico: Avalos metallurgical, Chihuahua; Morales metallurgical, San Luis Potosí (SLP); Trinidad pottery area, Tlaxcala and C...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Flores-Ramírez R,Rico-Escobar E,Núñez-Monreal JE,García-Nieto E,Carrizales L,Ilizaliturri-Hernández C,Díaz-Barriga F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer morbidity and mortality have decreased substantially during the last 50 years mostly due to successful organized or opportunistic screening with Pap cytology in high and middle income countries. In many low income countries Pap cytology screening is yet to be effectively implemented or has failed to re...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Franco EL,Duarte-Franco E,Ferenczy A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to search the literature for intervention programs in primary care with a multiprofes-sional character, specifically directed at the robust elderly, and with viable and cost-effective interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The search strategies were applied in Cochrane, Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus,...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Costa-de Lima K,Peixoto-Veras R,Pereira-Caldas C,Motta LB,Bonfada D,Marques-Dos Santos M,Bezerra-de Souza DL,Jerez-Roig J

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:In 2014 the Mexican government implemented taxes to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods. In this manuscript, we analyze the scientific evidence linking the consumption of these products to chronic diseases, and summarize the studies that have evaluated the observed a...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Barrientos-Gutiérrez T,Colchero MA,Sánchez-Romero LM,Batis C,Rivera-Dommarco J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the access to health services and the process of care provided to children under five years old who died from acute diarrhea (AD). MATERIAL AND METHODS:In four states of Mexico, a cross-sectional study was carried out. Deaths from AD that occurred in the lapse of one year were included. Informati...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Reyes H,Tomé P,Gutiérrez G,Rodríguez L,Orozco M,Guiscafré H

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the results of a stool work-up protocol in a series of infants and preschoolers with acute diarrhea. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted between April 1999 and March 2000, among 288 children seen at a pediatric office in Guadalajara, Mexico. The mean age (+/-/SD)...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Larrosa-Haro A,Ruiz-Pérez M,Aguilar-Benavides S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prove the benefit of an educational intervention for controlling LDL cholesterol levels in LDL cholesterol. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A quasi-experimental study was conducted; diabetic patients were randomly allocated to an experimental and a control group. The experimental group consisted of 25 patients and t...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cabrera-Pivaral CE,González-Pérez G,Vega-López MG,Centeno-López M

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem affecting all Latin American countries. These countries have the characteristic of a wide base of the pyramidal population structure, with many young people who have been natural targets for the tobacco industry. Therefore in this region there is an urgent need to e...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Zabert G,Chatkin JM,Ponciano-Rodríguez G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The majority of the approximately 14,000 hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean face enormous challenges to live up to the basic prepositions of quality assurance in health care. If methods of quality control in medical education and hospitals are not implemented soon in Latin America, we will face, in the very ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： de Moraes Novaes H

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

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 better understand the health profiles of people with intellectual disability (ID), focusing on the variables that are associated with a poorer health status. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data were collected from the Survey on Disability, Personal Autonomy and Dependency (EDAD 2008) of the Spanish National Statis...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Folch-Mas A,Cortés-Ruiz MJ,Vicens Calderón P,Martínez-Leal R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of maternal overweight and obesity as risk factors for overweight and obesity in Mexican school-age children (5 to 11 years old) who participated in the National Nutrition Survey 1999 (NNS-99). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Information obtained by the NNS-99 was used to evaluate the relationship...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Flores M,Carrión C,Barquera S

更新日期：2005-11-01 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 analyze mortality and incidence for 28 cancers by deprivation status, age and sex from 1990 to 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The data and methodological approaches provided by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2013) were used. RESULTS:Trends from 1990 to 2013 show important changes in cancer epidemiology i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gómez-Dantés H,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Cahuana-Hurtado L,Silverman-Retana O,Montero P,González-Robledo MC,Fitzmaurice C,Pain A,Allen C,Dicker DJ,Hamavid H,López A,Murray C,Naghavi M,Lozano R

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：: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：:The Mexican Ministry of Health requested the National Institute of Public Health to constitute a group of independent, free of conflict-of-interest academic experts on front-of-pack labelling (FOP). This group was instructed to created a positioning paper to contribute to the development of a FOP system for industrial...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Kaufer-Horwitz M,Tolentino-Mayo L,Jáuregui A,Sánchez-Bazán K,Bourges H,Martínez S,Perichart O,Rojas-Russell M,Moreno L,Hunot C,Nava E,Ríos-Cortázar V,Palos-Lucio G,González L,González-de Cossio T,Pérez M,Borja Aburto VH,

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00