ABSTRACT Objective. To appraise the presence and magnitude of inter- and intra-country health inequalities related to HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) among young females. Methods. We analyzed household surveys in twenty LAC countries, that included data from female adolescents and young wo...
Disparidades en el Estado de Salud,
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud,
Infecciones por VIH/prevención & control,
Condones,
América Latina/epidemiología,
Región del Caribe/epidemiología,
Modelos Teóricos,
Conducta Sexual,
Factores de Edad,
Factores Sexuales
RESUMEN Objetivo. Determinar y caracterizar áreas de riesgo potencial de la ocurrencia de leishmaniasis cutánea (LC) en América Latina (AL). Método. Estudio observacional ecológico con unidades de observación definidas por municipios con transmisión de LC entre 2014-2018. Se utilizaron variables...
Abstract Identifying the risk factors for dental caries is vital in epidemiology and clinical practices for developing effective preventive strategies, both, at the individual and collective levels. Different causality/determination models have been proposed to understand the development process of denta...
Sampaio, Fabio Correia;
Bönecker, Marcelo;
Paiva, Saul Martins;
Martignon, Stefania;
Ricomini Filho, Antonio Pedro;
Pozos-Guillen, Amaury;
Oliveira, Branca Heloisa;
Bullen, Miriam;
Naidu, Rahul;
Guarnizo-Herreño, Carol;
Gomes, Juliana;
Malheiros, Zilson;
Stewart, Bernal;
Ryan, Maria;
Pitts, Nigel.
Abstract Dental caries can be effectively managed and prevented from developing into cavitated lesions while preserving tooth structure at all levels. However, the strong correlation between caries and socioeconomic factors may compromise the efficacy of preventive strategies. The high prevalence of pers...
Abstract Robust epidemiological data allow for logical interventions taken in the interest of public health. Dental caries is a major public health problem driven by increased sugar consumption and various biological, behavioral, and psychosocial factors, and is known to strongly affect an individual's q...
Abstract Dental caries remains highly prevalent in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACC). However, this disease can be controlled through interventions that implement evidence-based strategies in an affordable manner and that target all population groups instead of the most affluent only. Therefo...
Argentina,
Brasil,
Región del Caribe,
Cariostáticos/uso terapéutico,
Chile,
Colombia,
Susceptibilidad a Caries Dentarias,
Caries Dental/epidemiología,
Caries Dental/prevención & control,
Guatemala,
América Latina/epidemiología,
México,
Nicaragua,
Panamá,
Perú,
Uruguay
INTRODUÇÃO: Pouco se sabe sobre o enfrentamento e a mitigação da COVID-19 em instituições de longa permanência para idosos (ILPIs) na América Latina. OBJETIVO: Descrever como os gestores de ILPIs de países hispano-americanos planejaram e adequaram suas rotinas de enfrentamento da COVID-19 e se f...
Saracco, Aldo Sergio;
Zelada, Banny;
Olivares, Jorge;
Bettini, Marli;
Solari, Sandra G;
Pava, Diana;
Niño, Yezid;
Ramos, Viviana;
Venegas, Judith;
Puente, Eduardo;
Quilo, Carolina Guzmán;
Hernández, Magda;
Alvarez, Estefanía González;
Patiño, Hildaura Acosta de;
Tortorella, María Noel;
Madurga, Mariano.
Resumen Los centros de información y asesoramiento toxicológico CIATs de América Latina, en el contexto de la pandemia de COVID-19, recibieron una serie de llamadas para consultas y asesoramientos relacionados con el uso de dióxido de cloro/clorito de sodio, que se estaban empleando en el tratamiento...
Feune de Colombi, Nicole;
Bueno, Flavia;
Alger, Jackeline;
Baker, Bonny;
Canario, Julio;
Mestra, Laureano;
Osorio, Lyda;
Solar Hormazabal, Orielle;
E Soriano, Mario;
Matta, Gustavo;
Lang, Trudie;
J Soto, Ramón.
Antecedentes: La Red de Salud Global estableció, en enero 2020, una comunidad de práctica para abordar la investigación en COVID-19 en países de ingresos bajos/medios. Objetivo: Identificar prioridades en investigación sobre COVID-19 que requieren atención urgent...
