[Recent advances in contraception and family planning].

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：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 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：:This essay describes the history of the civil society breast cancer movement in Mexico, the role played by breast cancer NGOs and the changes they must undergo for their activities to impact the quality of life of men and women dealing with this disease. The concept of civil society today has been transformed, regaini...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Maza-Fernández ME,Vecchi-Martini E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Characterize diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Bogota, Colombia and examine the extent and determinants of patient delay. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Using a census approach we identified 1 106 women with breast cancer. Information was gathered through personal interviews and the review of medical records...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Piñeros M,Sánchez R,Cendales R,Perry F,Ocampo R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the medical complications in a cohort of HIV-infected, pregnant women and to determine the risk of having the virus in the development of these complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cohort study of 44 HIV-infected and 88 seronegative pregnant women was performed. Pregnancy was followed and perina...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Figueroa-Damián R

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 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：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：:In 1983 the IMSS-COPLAMAR Program (administrated by the Mexican Institute of Social Security since 1979) established an integral health care model aimed at preparing both the clinical workers and the people of the communities to their care, so they could: 1) Identify the most frequent diseases in their town, together ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Flores Alvarado A,Morán Zenteno JA

更新日期：1989-11-01 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

authors： Rouvier M,González-Block MÁ,Sesia P,Becerril-Montekio V

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To contribute to the knowledge on the impact of human productive activities on the environment, human health, and the survival of animal species. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A study case of water bodies in the south of Sonora was conducted in 1996. The software Decision Support System for Industrial Pollution Contr...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： López-Ríos O,Lechuga-Anaya M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mexico ratified the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in 2004 and is obligated to move forward with implementing its provisions, including Article 8 (Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke). The country has already faced opposition from the tobacco industry. This paper addresses industry tactics against toba...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective::To analyze trends in inequality in financial protection and healthcare in Mexico between 2000 and 2012, using simple and complex measures. Materials and methods::Analysis of national health surveys 2000, 2006 and 2012, generating estimates of absolute and relative gaps and the slope index of inequality usin...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gutiérrez JP,García-Saisó S,Espinosa-de la Peña R,Balandrán DA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association of total globalization and its different dimensions with overweight and obesity in 10 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries between 1995 and 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A sample of 848 405 women aged 20-49 was analyzed. Multiple logistic regression models were used, adjustin...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Martín García C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the health conditions in Dominican Republic and the characteristics of the Dominican health system, including its structure and coverage, its financial sources, the health expenditure, the physical, material and human resources available, the stewardship functions developed by the Ministry of Publ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rathe M,Moliné A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of lead exposure on the time elapsed to become pregnant. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study population consisted of 142 women residing in Mexico City between 1997 and 2001, who were already participating in a study to evaluate effects of lead exposure on reproductive health. Measurements...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Guerra-Tamayo JL,Hernández-Cadena L,Téllez-Rojo MM,Mercado-García Adel S,Solano-González M,Hernández-Avila M,Hu H

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：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

authors： Lazalde-Ramos BP,Zamora-Pérez AL,Sosa-Macías M,Galaviz-Hernández C,Zúñiga-González GM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Establish provider delay for breast cancer and related factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:1,106 women with breast cancer were approached in health care institutions of Bogota, Colombia. According to the history of first consultation, we established diagnostic and treatment incidence rates, which were compared for...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Piñeros M,Sánchez R,Perry F,García OA,Ocampo R,Cendales R

更新日期：2011-11-01 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

authors： Sánchez-Báez JJ,Gómez-Espinosa M,Padilla-Galina P

更新日期：1989-07-01 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 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 evaluate the exposure to selenium in drinking water in Los Altos de Jalisco (Jalisco State Heights). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The concentration of selenium was determined in 125 water wells, and the exposure doses to selenium were estimated for babies, children and adults. RESULTS:The estimated values of th...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Hurtado-Jiménez R,Gardea-Torresdey J

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:The results of several surveys about intrahospitalary infections performed with the same methodology were used to calculate the dimensions of these infections in Mexico. Based on these results, the mortality rate associated with intrahospitalary infections, estimating a five per cent crude mortality, would be 32.1 in ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ponce De León Rosales S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To offer current evidence about age at sexual initiation and contraceptive use among adolescent and adult women of different age groups, places of residence, and marital status in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Data were analyzed from ENSANUT 2006 and 2012 surveys on knowledge and use of contraceptives. RESU...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Allen-Leigh B,Villalobos-Hernández A,Hernández-Serrato MI,Suárez L,de la Vara E,de Castro F,Schiavon-Ermani R

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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 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