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The Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAJPH) is the flagship technical and scientific periodical of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, which is the Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America. Established in 1922 as Boletín Panamericano de Sanidad, it subsequently became known as Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana until 1997, when it merged with its English-language counterpart, the Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (established in 1966), to form the multilingual publication that exists today. The RPSP/PAJPH is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, and effective 2009, is published in an electronic-only format. Full texts of all manuscripts may be accessed through this web site and other international and regional scientific databases including PubMed Central, PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO Public Health, Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ and LILACS.

La Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (RPSP) es la publicación científica y técnica de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana, que es la Secretaría de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), con sede en Washington, DC, Estados Unidos de América. Fundada en 1922 como Boletín Panamericano de Sanidad, adoptó el nombre de Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana hasta 1997, cuando se fusionó con su contraparte en idioma inglés, el Boletín de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (creado en 1966) para formar la publicación multilingüe que existe hoy en día. La RPSP es una revista de acceso abierto con revisión de pares y a partir del 2009 se publica exclusivamente en formato electrónico. Los textos completos de los manuscritos se pueden descargar desde este sitio web y las principales bases de datos científicas internacionales y regionales, como PubMed Central, PubMed/MEDLINE, SciELO Salud Pública, Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ y LILACS.

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Maternal health training priorities for nursing and allied professions in Haiti

Brandt, Amelia J.; Pedroza, Julio; Cassiani, Silvia H. de Bortoli; Brown, Samantha; da Silva, Fernando A. Menezes (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 ...
Disminución desigual de las tasas de fecundidad en adolescentes de 32 países de la Región de las Américas, 1960-2019

Guerrero Núñez, Juan (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 ...
Recálculo de las tendencias de mortalidad por accidentes, suicidios y homicidios en Argentina, 1997-2018

Santoro, Adrián (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. ...
A systematic literature review of leptospirosis outbreaks worldwide, 1970–2012

Munoz-Zanzi, Claudia; Groene, Emily; Morawski, Bozena M.; Bonner, Kimberly; Costa, Federico; Bertherat, Eric; Schneider, Maria Cristina (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 ...
Optimización del desempeño del observador al medir la presión arterial en el consultorio: declaración de posición de la Comisión Lancet de Hipertensión

Padwal, Raj; Campbell, Norm R. C.; Schutte, Aletta E.; Olsen, Michael Hecht; Delles, Christian; Etyang, Anthony; Cruickshank, J. Kennedy; Stergiou, George; Rakotz, Michael K.; Wozniak, Gregory; Jaffe, Marc G.; Benjamin, Ivor; Parati, Gianfranco; Sharman, James E. (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 ...
Monitoring inequality changes in full immunization coverage in infants in Latin America and the Caribbean

Colomé-Hidalgo, Manuel; Donado Campos, Juan; Gil de Miguel, Ángel (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

Organización Panamericana de la Salud (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

Quintana, Pedro Brito; Rosales, Carlos; Vivas Francesconi, Gabriel; Novaes, Carolina Carvalho; Rocha, Viviane Paula Santos; Rocha, Thiago Augusto Hernandes (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

Benjamin, Georges C. (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

Vargas-Vargas, Manuel; Cortés-Rojo, Christian (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

Rosales, Carlos; Francesconi, Gabriel Vivas; Molina, Joaquín; Listovsky, Gabriel; Carvalho, Carolina; Kemper, Elisandréa Sguario; Rocha, Viviane Santos; Rocha, Thiago Augusto Hernandes (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

Mahy, Lina; Wijnhoven, Trudy (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

Souza, Ronaldo Santhiago Bonfim de; Oliveira, Júlia Costa de; Alvares-Teodoro, Juliana; Teodoro, Maycoln Leôni Martins (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

Emerson, Kerstin Gerst (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

Loaiza, Jose R.; Kosagisharaf, Rao; Eskildsen, Gilberto A.; Ortega-Barria, Eduardo; Miller, Matthew J.; Gittens, Rolando A. (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

Banerjee, Tannista; Nayak, Arnab (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. ...
Effectiveness of a comprehensive blood pressure control program in primary health care in Peru

Kim, Jong Koo; Jo, Hye-yeon; Malo, Miguel A.; Nam, Eun Woo (2020-05)

[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a comprehensive blood pressure (BP) control program on improving lifestyle indicators, BP levels, and laboratory examination results among people living in low-income ...
Distance learning and patient safety: Report and evaluation of an online patient safety course

Ortega, Johis; Cometto, Maria Cristina; Zárate Grajales, Rosa A.; Malvárez, Silvina; Cassiani, Silvia; Falconi, Carmen; Friedeberg, Daniel; Peragallo-Montano, Nilda (2020-05)

[ABSTRACT]. Patient safety is a critical topic in health care globally, with implications for nurses, physicians, administrators, and most importantly, patients and their well-being. Online distance learning (ODL) is widely ...
Contribution of amenable mortality to life expectancy differences between the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao and the Netherlands

Verstraeten, Soraya P. A.; van Oers, Hans A. M.; Mackenbach, Johan P. (2020-05)

[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify specific health care areas whose optimization could improve population health in the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao. Methods. Comparative observational study using mortality ...
Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection and related collaborative activities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Moreno, Ralfh; Ravasi, Giovanni; Avedillo, Pedro; Lopez, Rafael (2020-05)

[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To inform about the most recent epidemiological trends and integrated programmatic response to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV coinfection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Methods. A descriptive ...