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Actividad Física y Tabaquismo

Resumen En Chile, según la Encuesta Nacional de salud 2009-10, el 88,6% de la población general no realiza deporte o actividad física en su tiempo libre, y esta conducta de inactividad física aumenta con la edad y es mayor en los niveles educacionales bajos y en las mujeres. La evidencia reporta que ...

Depresión adulta y experiencias infantiles adversas: evidencia de un subtipo depresivo complejo en consultantes de la atención primaria en Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Background: Traumatic experiences during childhood may influence the development of mental disorders during adulthood. Aim: To determine clinical and psychosocial variables that are associated with a higher frequency of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in patients who consult for depression in Primar...

Homenaje a los maestros Cora Mayers y Alfredo Demaría

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Dr. Cora Mayers Glehy, was the director of the Nursing School, head of the Department of Health Education of the General Health Office, a founding member of the Pediatric Society and Dr. Alfredo Demaría Andreani, was a prominent student leader, first sanitarian graduated in the University of John Hopkin...

La creencia epistemológica constructivista sobre el conocimiento científico varía en función del año de formación en los estudiantes de Medicina pero no en los estudiantes de otras carreras de la salud

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
Background: To optimize the teaching-learning process it is fundamental to know the representations that students have regarding knowledge. Epistemological beliefs are implicit theories that guide the practical actions of people. Aim: To characterize and compare epistemological beliefs regarding the nat...

Desarrollo de una matriz conceptual para la innovación curricular en profesiones de la salud

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (9), 2017
We herein describe the conceptual dimension of the curricular innovation process carried out in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile. We describe the context of innovation. The theoretical pertinence and relevance of a competence driven curriculum for health care professionals is discussed....

Pacientes ilegítimos: Acceso a la salud de los inmigrantes indocumentados en Chile

Salud colect; 13 (3), 2017
RESUMEN Chile se ha ido convirtiendo en un país de destino para las migraciones sudamericanas, las cuales generan un impacto en los servicios públicos, en particular en salud, a nivel económico, social y cultural. El objetivo de este artículo es aportar información documentada sobre los problemas de...

Organophosphorous pesticides: their effects on biosentinel species and humans: control and application in Chile

Int. j. morphol; 35 (3), 2017
The environment is negatively affected by the increasing accumulation of both natural and man-made waste and by-products. Organophosphorous pesticides -malathion, diazinon and methamidophos- are used worldwide in pest control. The aim of this report is to review the effects of organophosphates on the mal...

Uses of hazardous medicinal plants: composition of the essential oil of Clinopodium gilliesii (Benth. ) Kuntze (Lamiaceae), collected in Chile

Clinopodium gilliesii (Benth.) Kuntze, harvested in the Chilean highlands, contains a surprising 93.87% of the toxic monoterpene pulegone in the essential oil. These results show remarkable differences with studies of the same species carried out in Argentina and Peru. These dissimilarities in the monote...

External and gastrointestinal parasites of the rufous-collared sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (Passeriformes, Emberizidae) in Chile

Abstract A total of 277 rufous-collared sparrows, Zonotrichia capensis Müller, 1776 (Emberizidae), were examined for external parasites. The birds were captured using mist nets in seven locations in northern and central Chile. Additionally, seven carcasses from central Chile (the Biobío region) were ne...