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Optimización del desempeño del observador al medir la presión arterial en el consultorio: declaración de posición de la Comisión Lancet de Hipertensión
(2020-07)[RESUMEN]. La hipertensión arterial es una causa modificable muy prevalente de enfermedades cardiovasculares, accidentes cerebrovasculares y muerte. Medir con exactitud la presión arterial es fundamental, dado que un error ... -
Disminución desigual de las tasas de fecundidad en adolescentes de 32 países de la Región de las Américas, 1960-2019
(2020-07)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Conocer la evolución temporal de las tasas de fecundidad en adolescentes (TFA) de los países de la Región de las Américas, categorizándolas para evaluar su movilidad, sus diferencias y generar una ... -
Maternal health training priorities for nursing and allied professions in Haiti
(2020-07)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. This study summarizes the findings of a training needs and priority assessment completed in Haiti. Its objective is to describe the characteristics of nursing and allied professions providing first ... -
A systematic literature review of leptospirosis outbreaks worldwide, 1970–2012
(2020-07)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. This review describes the geographic and temporal distribution of, detection methods for, and other epidemiological features of published leptospirosis outbreaks, with the aim of informing efforts ... -
Recálculo de las tendencias de mortalidad por accidentes, suicidios y homicidios en Argentina, 1997-2018
(2020-07)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Este estudio se propuso describir el impacto del registro deficiente de la causa de muerte en las tendencias de mortalidad por suicidios y homicidios mediante la imputación de información faltante. ... -
Combinação de tarefas do enfermeiro e de outros profissionais na atenção primária em saúde: uma revisão sistemática
(2020-07)[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Avaliar a efetividade da estratégia de combinação de tarefas dos profissionais de saúde, e do enfermeiro na Atenção Primária de Saúde. Método. Revisão sistemática da literatura alinhada com as recomendações ... -
Programa de Formación en Salud Pública para Trabajadores de Salud en la Frontera Brasil-Uruguay
(2020-07)[RESUMEN]. El principal objetivo del Programa de Formación en Salud Pública para la Frontera Brasil-Uruguay fue fortalecer las capacidades formativas locales en salud pública a través del desarrollo de habilidades y ... -
Epidemiological Update: Dengue and other Arboviruses (10 June 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHOOPS, 2020-06-10)In the Region of the Americas, between epidemiological week (EW) 1 and EW 21 of 2020, a total of 1,645,678 cases1 of arboviral disease were reported. Of those, 1,600,947 (97.3%) were dengue cases, 37,279 were chikungunya ... -
Epidemiological Update: Malaria in the Americas in the context of COVID-19 pandemic (10 June 2020)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2020-06-10)After a sustained trend toward reduction of malaria from 2005 to 2014, in recent years the Region of the Americas experienced an increase in the total number of cases due to the increase in cases, since 2015, in the ... -
Monitoring inequality changes in full immunization coverage in infants in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To compare inequalities in full infant vaccination coverage at two different time points between 1992 and 2016 in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Methods. Analysis is based on recent available ... -
Síntesis de evidencia: Guía para el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Chagas
(2020-06)[RESUMEN]. Introducción. La enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana es causada por el protozoo flagelado Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitido principalmente por insectos vectores (denominados popularmente en las diferentes ... -
Análisis de la producción de conocimiento de los egresados de la especialización en salud de la familia del Programa Mais Médicos
(2020-06)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Identificar las principales categorías de análisis en los trabajos de conclusión de curso de los médicos egresados de la especialización en Salud de la Familia del Programa Mais Médicos. Métodos. Estudio ... -
Ensuring health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of public health infrastructure
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly stressed public health systems around the world and exposed the gaps in health care for underserved and vulnerable populations. In the context of the social determinants ... -
Ferritin levels and COVID-19
(2020-06)[Extract]. Ferritin is a key mediator of immune dysregulation, especially under extreme hyperferritinemia, via direct immune-suppressive and pro-inflammatory effects, contributing to the cytokine storm1. It has been reported ... -
Sistema Integrado de Informações Mais Médicos: uma ferramenta de suporte à gestão baseada em evidências
(2020-06)[RESUMO]. O presente trabalho busca detalhar uma experiência pioneira de desenvolvimento de um sistema de informação em saúde voltado para subsidiar a gestão com base em evidências junto à atenção primária à saúde (APS). ... -
Is the Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) leaving a footprint? Taking stock and looking ahead
(2020-06)[Extract]. Thanks to the strong leadership of Brazil, among others, the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition (“Nutrition Decade”) was proclaimed in 2016 by the UN General Assembly. The Nutrition Decade reaches ... -
Suicídio e povos indígenas brasileiros: revisão sistemática
(2020-06)[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Descrever a frequência, as características e os fatores que contribuem para o suicídio em povos indígenas brasileiros. Método. Foi realizada uma revisão sistemática da literatura a partir das bases de ... -
Coping with being cooped up: Social distancing during COVID-19 among 60+ in the United States
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. This study examined the impact of sheltering in place and social distancing among adults aged 60 and older during the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States. Methods. Using convenience ... -
COVID-19 pandemic in Panama: lessons of the unique risks and research opportunities for Latin America
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate ... -
U.S. county level analysis to determine If social distancing slowed the spread of COVID-19
(2020-06)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To analyze the effectiveness of social distancing in the United States (U.S.). Methods. A novel cell-phone ping data was used to quantify the measures of social distancing by all U.S. counties. ...
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