abstract：:The clinical behavior of dengue fever in Mexico has changed, now with the occurrence of hemorrhagic cases. In response to the emergence of such cases, a specific epidemiologic surveillance system has been designed and implemented. This system includes the means to monitor the factors involved in the evolution of the d...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Montesano-Castellanos R,Ruiz-Matus C

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:This work is a review of the philosophical analysis surrounding the concept of "humanism" and what it means to be a human being, in relationship to daily life, education and medicine. The authors establish a direct relationship between humanism and bioethics as they relate to the new trends acquired through the develo...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Soberón-Acevedo G,García-Viveros M,Narro-Robles J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main points of encounter and/or differences between two sociomedical analytical models are discussed. Both models have substantially contributed to an integrated perspective on public health. Discussion is focused on the conceptual construction of social processes and the contribution of these social processes on ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： López-Arellano O,Blanco-Gil J

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of "earthenware dishes" is associated with high blood lead levels in children. Measurements of lead in blood were done in 169 school-children. Of this sample 100 children were selected: 50 of them with the lowest concentration of lead in blood and 50 with the highe...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Vega-Franco L,Alvear G,Meza-Camacho C

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:The present research is included in the fields of public health, social sciences and gender studies. Its objective is to provide insight into the nursing behaviour of two groups of mothers, their domestic and extra-domestic child care arrangements and their attitudes towards breast-feeding. Thirty-five mothers were se...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Pérez-Gil-Romo SE,Rueda-Arróniz F,Díez-Urdanivia-Coria S

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:The evaluation of the program for enhancing health services showed advances in the building and provision of equipment for the health units, as well as development of additional operative capability until 1991. One of the main characteristics of the evaluation process, was the utilization of the local and state inform...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Lezana-Fernández MA,Alvarez-Lucas CH,Leviz-Cordero A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the injuries for "E" code in 10191 subjects attending four general hospitals of Mexico City. Seventy-nine per cent of them were males and 29.1 per cent were females. THe highest utilization rate of the care unit was during weekends. Only 14 per cent of the study population were admitted to the hospital. Peop...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Meneses-González F,Rea R,Ruíz-Matus C,Hernández-Avila M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of Tabasco is localized in the endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis where both diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis have recently been reported. The objective of the present study was to obtain reliable information of the situation of this disease--which has a great relevance as...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Córdova-Uscanga C,Albertos-Alpuche NE,Andrade-Narváez FJ,Canto-Lara SB

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description of the information that the adolescent and youth population of Mexico City has concerning the knowledge and use of contraceptive methods, as well as the reasons why they do not adopt some contraceptive method during their sexual relations. The data obtained...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： García-Baltazar J,Figueroa-Perea JG

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of seropositivity of rubella obtained through the National Seroepidemiological Survey (NSS) of 1987-1988 is compared with the observed annual patterns of morbidity and with theoretical serological profiles based upon the age-distribution of cases. In spite of a lack of direct correspondence among the NSS r...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： José MV,Olvera J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Seroepidemiologic survey was carried out by the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health from March 1987 to May 1988. One of the objectives of this survey was to know the mean cholesterol levels in the whole country and in each of the different states of the Mexican Republic by sex an...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Posadas-Romero C,Sepúlveda J,Tapia-Conyer R,Magos C,Cardoso-Saldaña G,Zamora-González J,Lerman-Garber I

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the most recent advances in the field of contraception and family planning. The author discusses the evolution of hormonal contraception--reduction in dosage, new routes of administration, new progestogens, counseling and patient selection, improved hormonal contraceptives--intrauterine contracept...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Faúndes A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the paths taken by developing countries to improve the health and well-being of their populations in a context of diminishing resources is discussed. Emphasis is placed on Latin American countries and the objective is to clarify the changing nature of the relationship between health and social well-being...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Brachet-Márquez V

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the transition of the organized social response in health with emphasis on local health systems. After reviewing a few basic definitions (health system, local health system, health care system, institutional system of health services), the author discusses the health transition (transition of the ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gutiérrez G

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：: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：:The Aedes aegypti was almost eradicate from The Americas in the early sixties but reinfested the Region a few years later, and dengue transmission has become a major health problem. The Americas have been affected by dengue epidemics since the 1970s and hemorrhagic fever is becoming a threat for millions of people liv...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Gómez-Dantés H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profile of type-II non-insulin dependent diabetic patients is characterized by overweight; exogenous obesity originates from inadequate nourishment habits and, among other things, educational, cultural, and psychological conditions. With regard to metabolic deficiency control, the explanation is centered fundament...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Cabrera Pivaral CE,Novoa Menchaca A,Centeno López NM

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:The presence of ferruginous bodies (FB) at 90 autopsy cases were analysed. The cases belong to 1975, 1982 and 1988. Two grams of lung was digested and observed the following results: 4.2 FB/g in 1975, 17.0 FB/g in 1982 and 42.5 FB/g in 1988. Males, Mexico City dowlers, smokers and carcinoma bronchogenic group were exp...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Arenas Huertero FJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:This article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of unintentional and intentional injury mortality in México City for the period 1970-1986. The mortality rates and trends were obtained out of 73,197 registered deaths, (according to the 9th revision of the International Disease Classification). Deaths due ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Híjar-Medina MC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes 33 risk indicators about problematic drugs use, based in epidemiological studies in representative student samples, carried out in Mexico since 1975. The indicators are distributed among the variation sources proposed by the classic epidemiological model (environment-agent-host), and are aimed to...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Castro-Sariñana ME

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses recent evidence pointing to an infectious etiology of premature rupture of the membranes and preterm labor. We conclude that antepartum infection is strongly related to preterm labor, premature rupture of the membranes and perinatal morbidity and mortality. ...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Yáñez-Velasco L,Gatica-Marquina R,Salinas-Velázquez JL,Cortés-Pérez J,Figueroa-Arredondo P,Calderón-Jaimes E

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The Social Functioning Scale (SFS) is described, together with its rationale and development. The instrument consists of 35 items, and was administered to a sample of 320 adult patients of a health center. Social functioning is assessed in a semistructured, 30 minute interview. The patient reports the level of satisfa...

journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico

authors： Valencia M,Rojas E,González C,Ramos L,Villatoro J

更新日期：1989-09-01 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