Abstract Fascioliasis is a freshwater snail-borne zoonotic disease. The Northern Bolivian Altiplano is a very high altitude endemic area where the highest human prevalences and intensities have been reported. Preventive chemotherapy by treatment campaigns is yearly applied. However, liver fluke infection...
Biología,
Bolivia,
Bovinos,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/epidemiología,
Fasciola hepatica,
Fascioliasis/epidemiología,
Fascioliasis/veterinaria,
Salud Única,
Dinámica Poblacional,
Ovinos,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas,
Porcinos,
Enfermedades de los Porcinos
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las características de la evolución de la mortalidad en los últimos veinte años en Argentina, a partir del estudio del proceso de compresión de la mortalidad, según sexo y región geográfica. Se analizó la compresión de la mortalidad, según la metodologí...
Ideally, life expectancy should be a decreasing function of age. When this fact is not observed, this situation is known as the life table paradox. This paper investigated the timing (and health metrics at the time) in which Brazil and its Federation Units (FU) overcame (or are expected to overcome) this...
ABSTRACT Objective To know the institutionalization process and the functional clinical condition of elderly people who suffered family violence, from the perspective of the elderly and professionals. Methods Qualitative, which used oral history as a data collection technique. Held in a long-term insti...
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the prevalence of mechanical restraint and factors associated with its practice in elderly in Home Care. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with 162 elderly randomly assigned to a home care program in Rio de Janeiro, from March 2018 to July 2018. Used as a techniq...
ABSTRACT Objectives To describe personal conditions and home structure that predisposes the elderly to the risk of falling, in the perspective of Neuman's stressors; to describe the content, structure and origin of social representations about falling at home by elderly people; and conjecture the implic...
Abstract Introduction: Aging of the population and the accompanying increase in prevalence of chronic illnesses mean that more people will need palliative care. This need has not been extensively quantified in middle-income countries to policy planning and expanding health care. Objective: Provide an e...
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Nuestro país es uno de los más envejecidos de América Latina y el Caribe. A finales de 2019 el 20,8 por ciento de su población tenía 60 años o más, para el 2030 se espera alcance un 30 por cientop.1 Desde hace algunos años hay más personas mayores que niños en Cuba. El 86 por ...
Introducción: En la actualidad, el envejecimiento poblacional es uno de los problemas demográficos más relevantes. Constituye una prioridad del estado cubano la protección al adulto mayor y las acciones de salud para el aumento de la calidad de vida. Objetivo: Diseñar una estrategia de intervenci...
