Results: 47

Geografia e saúde: o lugar como premissa da atividade informacional da Atenção Básica do Sistema Único de Saúde

Saúde Soc; 25 (3), 2016
Resumo O presente artigo visa chamar a atenção para a necessidade de se considerar o lugar como uma variável importante da atividade de informação em saúde na Atenção Básica do Brasil. Enquanto processo normatizado e fundamentado no centralismo do Estado e numa metodologia restrita de se enxerga...

Transmisión materno-fetal de Trypanosoma cruzi, un problema de salud poco estudiado en México: caso Chiapas

Salud pública Méx; 58 (3), 2016
Resumen: Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de infección de Trypanosoma cruzi en 1 125 mujeres embarazadas y la frecuencia con que éstas la transmiten a sus hijos en Tapachula y Palenque, Chiapas. Material y métodos: Se determinó la prevalencia materna por serología, la frecuencia de transmisión...

Epidemiología de la brucelosis caprina y ovina en la provincia de Formosa, Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 48 (2), 2016
Se realizó un estudio epidemiológico de brucelosis en 516 majadas caprinas o mixtas (caprinos/ovinos) de las 3 regiones agroecológicas de la provincia de Formosa, Argentina. Mediante las pruebas de aglutinación en placa con antígeno tamponado y de fijación del complemento en suero se estudiaron un ...

The importance of registries in cancer control

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Cancer is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world, with 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million deaths annually. A marked disparity exists between developed countries and developing countries, with 57% of new cases and 65% of deaths in 2012 occurring in developing countrie...

Hospitalization and mortality in Mexico due to breast cancer since its inclusion in the catastrophic expenditures scheme

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: To compare trends in hospital discharges and mortality due to breast cancer (BC) in Mexico from 2004 to 2012 by insurance condition before and after incorporating BC comprehensive treatment into the System of Social Protection in Health (Sistema de Protrección Social en Salud, SPSS)...

The burden of cancer in Mexico, 1990-2013

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract: Objective: To analyze mortality and incidence for 28 cancers by deprivation status, age and sex from 1990 to 2013. Materials and methods: The data and methodological approaches provided by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2013) were used. Results: Trends from 1990 to 2013 show important cha...

Prostate cancer mortality according to marginalization status in Mexican states from 1980 to 2013

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: To assess prostate cancer (PC) mortality in Mexico from 1980 to 2013, according to the state marginalization level. Materials and methods: Using age-adjusted rates in men ≥ 40 years old, we estimated trends and age-cohort-period effects of PC mortality from 1980-2013 according...

Cancer mortality in the Mexican Social Security Institute, 1989-2013

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract Objetive: To analyze cancer mortality in affiliates of the Mexican Social Security Institute (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - IMSS) and time trends in the risk of death due to cancer from 1989 to 2013. Materials and Methods: A descriptive analysis of cancer mortality trends in beneficia...

The burden of disease of cancer in the Mexican Social Security Institute

Salud pública Méx; 58 (2), 2016
Abstract: Objective: To estimate the disease burden of cancer in the affiliate population of the Mexican Social Security Institute (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, IMSS) in 2010 by delegation. Materials and methods: The Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to prema...

Geographic weighted regression: applicability to epidemiological studies of leprosy

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Geographic information systems (GIS) enable public health data to be analyzed in terms of geographical variability and the relationship between risk factors and diseases. This study discusses the application of the geographic weighted regression (GWR) model to health data to impro...