[Organization and functioning of health services of the IMSS-Solidaridad program].

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：:To improve the procedures for cardiovascular health care in Mexico it is necessary to be able to perform accurate measurements of the cardiovascular parameters with appropriate equipment and to count with standard values for the Mexican population at the primary health level. Cardiac frequency (CF), systolic arterial ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Brust-Carmona H,Zarco J,Vidrio-Amor H,Calderón-Becerra J,Juárez-Cortez M,Chavarín G

更新日期：1991-09-01 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

authors： Yoon JH,So WY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Smokefree Partnership has recently prepared a map of smokefree campaigns and policies around the world. It focuses primarily on countries that are parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but other countries were included. The smokefree status of 172 countries was mapped. Of these countri...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Griffith G,Welch C,Cardone A,Valdemoro A,Jo C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) are the severe and/or fatal clinical manifestations of dengue fever. Epidemics of DHF/DSS occur mainly in the southeast Asian countries where children are seriously affected and high case-fatality ratio is annually reported. Recently significant epidemics ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ramos C,García H,Villaseca JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish indicators for food security (FS) in two Colombian municipalities. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In 1999-2000, a descriptive study was carried out in two municipalities of the department of Santander, Colombia, that determined the cost of basic food baskets (BFB), to estimate price indices (PI), their va...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Herrán-Falla OF,Prada-Gómez GE,Patiño-Benavides GA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To carry out estimations of the burden of disease for 129 causes in order to identify health priorities in the different geographic regions of the country and to present comparative data between 1995 and 2000. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Indicators such as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and disability adjus...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Rodríguez-Abrego G,Escobedo de la Peña J,Zurita B,Ramírez Tde J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a major public health problem in Latin America (LA) and the most common form of cancer among women. An important variability according to ethnicity/race with respect to incidence/mortality, clinical characteristics, and prognosis is observed throughout LA. In addition, women are more likely to develop...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Amadou A,Torres-Mejía G,Hainaut P,Romieu I

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe associations between anemia and hookworm (Necator americanus) infection in hospitalized women in rural Chiapas, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 68 anemic women (defined as having a hemoglobin level < 10 mg/dl) or with intestinal parasitism, identif...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Brentlinger PE,Capps L,Denson M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to analyze the HIV/AIDS magnitude, distribution, frequency, patterns, trends, risk factors, risk groups, estimation and evaluation of interventions in Mexico during the last twelve years. Results of a summary of statistics and results from several sources are presented including the Nation...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valdespino-Gómez JL,García-García Mde L,del Río-Zolezzi A,Loo-Méndez E,Magis-Rodríguez C,Salcedo-Alvarez RA

更新日期：1995-11-01 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: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：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

authors： Rouvier M,González-Block MA,Becerril-Montekio V,Sesia P,Duarte MB,Flores-Collins E

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the willingness to pay of parents of teenage daughters for a vaccine against human papillomavirus in the Maule Region, Chile. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A sample of 386 parents with daughters between 12 and 18 years old, representing the five largest cities of the Region of Maule, socioeconomically s...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cerda AA,García LY,Albornoz DV

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the results of the Free Antiretroviral Medication Program of the Mexico City HIV/AIDS Program among the affected population in Mexico City. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted of medical attention, antiretroviral treatment and specialized laboratory results data from 2001 t...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Soler Claudín C

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：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：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：:Despite of the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics of the brain in dependent smokers, tobacco smoking continues as an important public hea...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ponciano-Rodríguez G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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

authors： Laguna-Calderón J,Salinas-Oviedo C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the current situation of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic consumption in Mexican hospitals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Antimicrobial susceptibility data from blood and urine isolates were collected. Defined daily dose (DDD) of antibiotic consumption/100 occupied beds (OBD) was calculated. RES...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Miranda-Novales MG,Flores-Moreno K,López-Vidal Y,Rodríguez-Álvarez M,Solórzano-Santos F,Soto-Hernández JL,Ponce de León-Rosales S,UNCAR Network*.

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of financial protection in health is a recently diagnosed "disease" of health systems. The most obvious symptom is that families face economic ruin and poverty as a consequence of financing their health care. Mexico was one of the first countries to diagnose the problem, attribute it to lack of financial prote...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Knaul FM,Arreola-Ornelas H,Méndez-Carniado O,Bryson-Cahn C,Barofsky J,Maguire R,Miranda M,Sesma S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 85,000 hectares in the Mezquital Valley of central Mexico are irrigated with wastewater. The main crops are fodder and cereal crops. A two cross-sectional survey was carried out to test the impact of exposure to raw wastewater and from storage of that wastewater in reservoirs. The main outcomes were diarrhoeal di...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cifuentes E,Blumenthal U,Ruiz-Palacios G,Bennett S,Quigley M,Peasey A,Romero-Alvarez H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an update of knowledge on the role of the vitamin A status in determining child mortality, morbidity and growth. Recent information confirms the earlier conclusion of Beaton et al. that a 23% reduction in young child mortality results following improvements in the vitamin A status. Studies show that the mortal...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Ramakrishnan U,Martorell R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, the pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a profound transition. Globalization and technological advancement represent the principal pressures for change in the market, where it is increasingly more difficult for this type of industry to efficiently recoup the growing cost of innovation. Mexico needs to analy...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： González Pier E

更新日期：2008-01-01 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: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