Pan American Journal of Public Health: Recent submissions
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(2024)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To estimate the prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous populations in selected areas of the state of Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil. Methods. This was a population-based survey ...
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(2024)[RESUMEN]. Propósito de la revisión. HEARTS en las Américas es la adaptación regional de la iniciativa mundial HEARTS, de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, para la prevención y el control de las enfermedades cardiovasculares ...
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(2024-03-08)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Construir y comparar el ranking de los programas nacionales de inmunizaciones (PNI) de América Latina del año 2020 con el año anterior. Métodos. Se evaluaron 18 PNI con base en la información pública ...
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(2024-03-08)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives To identify the prevalence and determinants of continued breastfeeding in Haitian children aged 12–23 months. Methods Three cross-sectional surveys were conducted yearly during the summers of 2017 ...
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(2024-03-08)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To obtain a comprehensive overview of organ donation, organ utilization, and discard in the entire donation process in Colombia. Methods. A retrospective study of 1 451 possible donors, distributed ...
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(2024-03-08)[ABSTRACT]. This article points out deficiencies in present-day definitions of public health surveillance, which include data collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination, but not public health action. Controlling ...
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(2024-03-08)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. The rational use of medicines offers a cost-saving strategy to maximize therapeutic outcomes for developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rational use of medicines ...
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(2024-03-08)[ABSTRACT]. We estimated trends in the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Chilean primary and secondary students before and after Chile’s 2016 regulations on the marketing and availability of foods high in energy, ...
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(2024-03-08)On 19-20 April 2021, PAHO convened all the CCs in the Region of the Americas for a webinar on Engaging Our Partners to Achieve the SDGs Together (3). As a result of this meeting, PAHO received recommendations to improve ...
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(2024-03-03)[ABSTRACT]. More than 8 million older people in Latin America depend on long-term care (LTC), accounting for 12% of people aged ≥ 60 years and almost 27% of those aged ≥ 80. It is crucial to develop sustainable strategies ...
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(2024)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To provide a comprehensive overview of geographical patterns (2001–2010) and time trends (1993–2012) of cancer incidence in children aged 0–19 years in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and ...
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(2024-02-27)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To validate the implementation drivers scale among first-level mental health care professionals in Colombia. The scale is designed as a tool to guide the implementation of strategies that effectively ...
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(2024)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Identificar y analizar los incidentes de productos médicos subestándares, falsificados, no registrados y robados al inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19. Métodos. Búsqueda detallada en los sitios web de ...
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(2024-02-12)[RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Analizar la existencia y actualización de las listas de medicamentos nacionales (LMN) y guías de práctica clínica (GPC) para el tratamiento de la diabetes en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Comparar ...
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(2024)[RESUMEN]. La declaración SPIRIT 2013 tiene como objetivo mejorar la exhaustividad de los informes de los protocolos de los ensayos clínicos proporcionando recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia para el conjunto mínimo ...
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Neonatal mortality in countries of the Americas, 2000–2020: trends, inequalities, and target-setting (2024)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. To analyze temporal trends and inequalities in neonatal mortality between 2000 and 2020, and to set neonatal mortality targets for 2025 and 2030 in the Americas. Methods. A descriptive ecological ...
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(2024-01-08)[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Realizar uma revisão sistemática de publicações científicas que abordaram experiências de aplicação de métodos de estratificação para definir áreas de risco de transmissão de sarampo. Método. Foram ...
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(2024)[ABSTRACT]. Objective. This study aimed to analyze estimates of in-hospital delivery-related maternal mortality and socio-demographic factors influencing this mortality in Ecuador during 2015 to 2022. Methods. Data from ...
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(2024-01-08)The prevalence of snakebite envenoming and its understated impact on health and socioeconomic well-being in the Caribbean demand urgent attention. As a One Health challenge, this issue intersects human, animal, and ...
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(2024-01-08)El consumo de tabaco es, todavía, uno de los principales factores de riesgo de morbilidad y mortalidad en todo el mundo. Sin embargo, las acciones realizadas para el control del tabaco en las últimas décadas, en especial ...