[Concept and practice of international health in the Takemi program].

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 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess STI/AIDS risk behaviors and occupational risk factors among adolescent hotel workers in Puerto Vallarta. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Comparative cross-sectional study conducted in 1998, among 288 workers adolescents of 38 hotels in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Variables were collected on working conditions, e...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rasmussen-Cruz B,Hidalgo-San Martín A,Alfaro-Alfaro N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::We aimed to explore organ donation and transplantation in Mexico from the point of view of transplantation health professionals. Materials and methods::A qualitative study was carried out. Twenty six organ transplantation health professionals from seven states of Mexico participated. Semi-structured face-to...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Ibarra LE,Mercado-Martínez FJ,Martínez-Castañeda A

更新日期：2017-01-01 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

authors： Tovar-Guzmán VJ,Barquera S,López-Antuñano FJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 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

authors： Puentes-Rosas E,Rincón K,Garrido-Latorre F

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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

authors： Katz G,Lazcano-Ponce E

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 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：:In this report the organization and performance of the IMSS-Solidaridad Program of Mexico is described. This program is managed by the Mexican Institute for Social Security, which services 10.5 million inhabitants of the rural underserved areas, with federal government resources in 18 states. This study compares the s...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Velázquez-Díaz G

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:Cervical cancer is a major public health problem, as it is the second most common cancer in women world-wide after breast cancer. About 80% of the half a million cases estimated to occur annually in the world, occur in developing countries. The epidemiological evidence linking human papillomavirus (HPV) to cervical ca...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Muñoz N,Bosch FX

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity of a battery of functional capacity tests in community-living elderly Canadians. MATERIAL AND METHODS: DESIGN:cross-sectional study. STUDY POPULATION:baseline data from 1793 men and women aged 74.4 +/- 4.1 participating in the NuAge longitudinal study were collected from December 200...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Avila-Funes JA,Gray-Donald K,Payette H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) is becoming a relatively common condition in North America. Diagnosis at the chronic stage depends on demonstration of specific antibodies in body fluids, since parasitologic or pathologic diagnosis is uncertain at this stage. Therefore, standardization of immunodiagnostic te...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Monteón VM,Guzmán-Bracho C,Floriani-Verdugo J,Ramos-Echevarría A,Velasco-Castrejón O,Reyes PA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus types (HPV) infection is an important tool in the screening of cervical cancer and triage of cytological abnormalities. The different techniques for detection of this cancer need to be contrasted and validated for use in population screening. MATERIAL AND METHODS:C...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cañadas MP,Lloveras B,Lorincz A,Ejarque M,Font R,Bosch FX,de Sanjosé S

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the experiences and perspectives on the disease and stigma from the vantage point of the persons affected by TB in El Paso, Texas, and Juárez, México to inform research on health-related stigma and interventions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Semi-structured interviews to study TB-related stigma and the i...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Moya EM,Lusk MW

更新日期：2013-01-01 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

authors： Rozenbojm J,Palladino E,Azevedo AC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop an automated model for the operational regionalization needed in the planning of the health service networks proposed by the new Mexican health care model (Modelo Integrador de Servicios de Salud MIDAS). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Using available data for México during 2005 and 2007, a geospatial model ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Ávila JE,Santos-Luna R,Palacio-Mejía LS,Salgado-Salgado AL,Ríos-Salgado VH,Rodríguez-López MH,Sepúlveda-Amor J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::To explore indebtedness dynamics in an Afromexican town by an inclusive epidemiological approach. Materials and methods::Qualitative study through 75 questionnaires, 20 interviews to depth and six focal groups in a support process to the Municipal Health Commission in Santiago Tapextla, Oaxaca. Results::Ca...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hersch-Martínez P,Rodríguez-Hernández B

更新日期：2017-03-01 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 evaluate the genetic variability of domain III of envelope (E) protein and to estimate phylogenetic relationships of dengue 4 (Den-4) viruses isolated in Mexico and from other endemic areas of the world. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A phylogenetic study of domain III of envelope (E) protein of Den-4 viruses was c...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Mota J,Ramos-Castañeda J,Rico-Hesse R,Ramos C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is a major global public health problem affecting Latin America and Mexico Prevention and control measures, focusing on epidemiological surveillance and vector control, have been partially effective and costly, thus, the development of a vaccine against dengue has created great expectations among health authori...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hernández-Ávila M,Lazcano-Ponce E,Hernández-Ávila JE,Alpuche-Aranda CM,Rodríguez-López MH,García-García L,Madrid-Marina V,López Gatell-Ramírez H,Lanz-Mendoza H,Martínez-Barnetche J,Díaz-Ortega JL,Ángeles-Llerenas A,Barrientos-Gut

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (ETB), as well as the impact of PCR results on clinical management. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted a study of nested PCR tests in 45 patients and a review of patient hospital files, calcul...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： García-Elorriaga G,Gracida-Osorno C,Carrillo-Montes G,González-Bonilla C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study on teenagers from 14 to 17 years of age based on data from the National Survey on Drug Addiction conducted in 1988. The aim of this study was to discover the factors linked to drug consumption among Mexican urban teenagers. This paper reports prevalence rates (PR), raw and adjusted by gen...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Nazar-Beutelspacher A,Tapia-Conyer R,Villa-Romero A,León-Alvarez G,Medina-Mora ME,Salvatierra-Izaba B

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the health, labor and social factors which contribute to quitting work in two transnational electronic parts factories in Tijuana, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cohort study of 725 women employed either at a Japanese or an American electronic parts factory in Tijuana was performed between January...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Guendelman S,Samuels S,Ramírez-Zetina M

更新日期：1999-07-01 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