Pan American Journal of Public Health 

Pan American Journal of Public Health

 

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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  • Barriers to and facilitators of access to mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize 
    Oladeji, Olusola; Lai, Joanna; Velazquez, Natalia R.; Bammai, Mohammed I.; Kandel, Ghanshyam; Spyridou, Andria; Beer, Natalia L.; Baitwabusa, Angella E.; Simmons, Juliet; Cuellar, Fidel L.; Quintanilla, Iveth; Augustine, Jeffan (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To identify barriers to and facilitators of access to perinatal mental health services among pregnant adolescents and young mothers in Belize. Methods. This was an exploratory descriptive qualitative ...
  • Opportunities for promoting open data in the Caribbean through biobanks 
    Saluja, Sushant; Anderson, Simon G. (2025-02-11)
    [ABSTRACT]. The establishment of a biobank in the Caribbean represents a vital opportunity to enhance biomedical research and tackle health issues in the area. The Caribbean’s unique genetic diversity, shaped by migration ...
  • Conocimientos, prácticas y seroprevalencia humana de brucelosis en la zona lechera central de Cochabamba, Bolivia 
    Yanez, Rosse Mary; Quitón, Rocío; Rojas, Ernesto; Vargas, Tania; Eid, Daniel; Letesson, Jean-Jacques; Rodríguez, Patricia (2025-01-17)
    [RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Validar la aplicabilidad de la prueba de rosa de bengala (RB), enzimoinmunoensayo (ELISA) indirecto IgG o IgM y la prueba Brucellacapt® al contexto local, determinar la seroprevalencia de brucelosis ...
  • Avaliação do sistema de Vigilância em Saúde das Populações Expostas a Substâncias Químicas, Brasil, 2011 a 2021 
    Silva, Ana Paula Betaressi da; Daniel, Mariely Helena Barbosa; Ferreira, Vanessa de Paula; Chaves, Vitória Martins; Oliveira, Jéssika Angela Freitas de; Cabral, Adriana Rodrigues; Magalhães, Thiago de Brito; Connerton, Patrick Joseph; Guimarães, Luciana Nogueira de Almeida; Moraes, Camile de; Sousa, Orlando Marcos Farias de (2025)
    [RESUMO]. Objetivo. Avaliar o sistema de Vigilância em Saúde das Populações Expostas a Substâncias Químicas (Vigipeq) no Brasil no período de 2011 a 2021. Métodos. Foram avaliados atributos qualitativos (simplicidade de ...
  • Congenital anomalies in Brazil, 2010 to 2022 
    Gomes, Julia A.; Cardoso-dos-Santos, Augusto C.; Bremm, João M.; Alves, Ruanna S.M.; Bezerra, Amarílis B.; Araújo, Valdelaine E.M.; Alves, Ronaldo F.S.; Neto, Dácio L.R.; Cardoso, Letícia O.; Schuler-Faccini, Lavínia; Silva, Clécio H. da (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. Congenital anomalies are an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality in Brazil. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of and main outcomes related to these anomalies in ...
  • Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022 
    Sánchez-Ortiz, Néstor A.; Vargas Flores, Adriana; Morales-Ríos, Jesús E.; Quiroz-Reyes, J. Alai; Colchero, M. Arantxa (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. This study had two objectives: first, to estimate trends in affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods from 2010 to 2022 in Mexico, both nationally and by ...
  • El papel del Comité Panamericano de Vacunación Segura (COPAVASE) en el fortalecimiento de la vacunación segura en las Américas 
    Gentile, Ángela; Vergara, Verónica; Hernández, Herminio; Giraldo, Gloria; Evans-Gilbert, Tracy; Cravioto, Alejandro; Valenzuela, María Teresa; Figueroa, Peter; MacDonald, Noni; Cortés, Jorge Alberto; Molina-León, Helvert Felipe (2025)
    [RESUMEN]. El Manual de vigilancia de eventos supuestamente atribuibles a la vacunación o inmunización en la Región de las Américas fue uno de los primeros pasos hacia la construcción del sistema regional de vigilancia ...
  • Digital knowledge dissemination: The Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery community of practice 
    Docal, Maria; Chang Chiu, Angela; Williams, Haley Kartchner; Lizarraga Sikic, Andrea; Reynolds, Nancy R. (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To analyze a community of practice, the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM), and illustrate the evolution and sustainability of a virtual community of practice aimed at enhancing ...
  • Integrating comprehensive surgical, intensive, and emergency care systems into the Pan American Health Organization’s health agenda 
    Garcia Fuentes, Maria Jose; Gerk, Ayla; Campos, Leticia; Torres, Alejandro; Wurdeman, Taylor; Kumar, Nikathan; Jimbo-Sotomayor, Ruth; Salamea, Juan Carlos; Falcão, Luiz Fernando dos Reis; Parquet, Guido; Meara, John G.; Uribe-Leitz, Tarsicio; Borrero Vega, Alfredo (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. In October 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) formally integrated surgical, intensive, and emergency care into its health agenda. This followed important events, including the June 2024 ...
  • Oropouche virus – another antecedent event for Guillain–Barré syndrome? 
    González-Quevedo, Alina; Lestayo O’Farrill, Zurina; Mustelier Becquer, Reinaldo (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. In May 2024, the Pan American Health Organization issued alerts of increased numbers of cases of Oropouche fever in non-Amazonian regions in Latin America. Following this, an association between Oropouche fever ...
  • Farmacovigilância de vacinas contra COVID-19 no Brasil: ações realizadas, lições aprendidas e próximos passos 
    Silva, Roberta Mendes Abreu; Cabral, Cibelle Mendes; Percio, Jadher; Nóbrega, Martha Elizabeth Brasil da; Kobayashi, Carla Dinamerica; Martins, Adriano Ferreira; Cardoso, Felipe Daniel; Porto, Victor Bertollo Gomes; Capovilla, Leon; Moraes, Mônica Brauner de; Andrade, Paulo Henrique Santos; Fernandes, Eder Gatti (2025)
    [RESUMO]. Objetivo: Documentar as ações de farmacovigilância das vacinas contra a covid-19 que foram desenvolvidas pelo Programa Nacional de Imunizações do Brasil. Métodos: Pesquisa documental informativa no período de ...
  • Análisis del sistema de vigilancia de los ESAVI por vacunas contra la COVID-19 en Colombia, 2021-2023 
    Saza-Londoño, William; Pinzón-Fajardo, Diana Yisenia; Urrea-Duque, María Victoria; Pinzón-Niño, Eliana Lizeth; Sánchez-León, Edna Margarita; Urieles-Sierra, Katterine Isabel; Pinto-Díaz, Carlos Andrés; Molina-León, Helvert Felipe (2025)
    [RESUMEN]. Objetivo. Describir el funcionamiento del sistema de vigilancia de los eventos supuestamente atribuibles a la vacunación o inmunización (ESAVI) en Colombia con las herramientas de evaluación propuestas por la ...
  • Brazil’s response to public health emergencies in 2023: lessons for the international community 
    Souza, Ana Sara Semeão de; Cavalcante, João Roberto; Proença, Raquel; Frank, Carlos Henrique Michiles; Mendonça, Thiago Basílio; Costacurta, Giovana Ferreira; Rodrigues, Igor de Assis; Fonseca, José Lucas Pinho da; Freitas, Daniel Roberto Coradi de; Filho, Edenilo Baltazar Barreira; Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia; Garcia, Márcio Henrique de Oliveira (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To describe the Brazilian experience of responding to public health emergencies in 2023, the organizational structure, and epidemiological characteristics. Methods. Three emergencies (case studies) ...
  • Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama 
    Norero, Ximena; Estripeaut, Dora; Castaño, Elizabeth; Levy, Jacqueline; Lichtenberger, Paola; Díaz-Madriz, José Pablo; Bustos, José Luis; Rojas Cortés, Robin; Levy-Hara, Gabriel (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To conduct a point prevalence survey (PPS) of antibiotic use in the main pediatric tertiary-level hospital in Panama City to establish antibiotic prevalence and identify key areas for addressing ...
  • Hospital-based health technology assessment (HTA) in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review 
    Itaborahy, Alex; Canuto Santos, Vania Cristina; Ribeiro Salomon, Flávia Cristina; Bregman, Caroline; Mateus, Iandy; Santos, Marisa (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To provide an overview of hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the technologies assessed, resources utilized, evaluation ...
  • Mental health risk communication and community participation among an Indigenous people in Colombia 
    Agudelo-Hernández, Felipe; Coral-Vela, Lizeth Paola; Pabuena-Yepes, Luz Helena (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To describe and analyze a community participation process to develop recommendations for adequate communication of mental health risks among the Wayuú people of Colombia. Methods. This qualitative ...
  • Development of an agenda for research and action on climate change and health in the Caribbean 
    Hassan, Saria; Philippe, Calae; West, Renée M.; McFarlane, Shelly; Polson-Edwards, Karen; Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana; Hospedales, C. James; Dubrow, Robert; Allen, Caroline F. (2025)
    [ABSTRACT]. This paper delineates the development of the Caribbean Research for Action Agenda which aims to empower Caribbean Small Island Developing States to reduce their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change ...
  • From hope to reality: How telehealth and strategic procurement are reshaping public health 
    Silva Jr., Jarbas Barbosa da; García Saisó, Sebastián; Cornejo, Santiago; Rodriguez, Daniel; Fitzgerald, James; Marti, Myrna; Balleste, Jordi; Itman, Isaac; Otero, Carlos; Báscolo, Ernesto; D'Agostino, Marcelo (2025)
    For decades, the promise of “Leaving no one behind” has been an aspirational goal in global health – an ideal enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and echoed in countless declarations (1). Yet, for ...
  • Control de equinococosis quística: perspectivas en el siglo XXI 
    Larrieu, Edmundo; Vieira Alves, Renato; Vigilato, Marco (2025)
    [RESUMEN]. La equinococosis quística (EQ) es un problema grave de salud pública en América del Sur; la Organización Panamericana de la Salud la incluye en su Plan de acción para el control de las enfermedades infecciosa ...
  • Reasons for organ and tissue donation refusal and opposition: a scoping review 
    Roza, Bartira de Aguiar; Schuantes-Paim, Sibele Maria; Oliveira, Priscilla Caroliny; Malosti, Raquel Duarte; Knhis, Neide da Silva; Menjivar, Ana; Beltrán Duran, Mauricio; Schirmer, Janine (2024-12-23)
    [ABSTRACT]. Objective. To map the reasons why individuals oppose or refuse organ and tissue donation, from an international perspective. Methods. A scoping review was conducted from May 2022 to February 2024 using a ...

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