Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental disorders cooccur in adulthood, which is why their determinants and common risk factors should be addressed at an early age. Therefore, we estimated the association of the major risk factors for NCDs with depression and suicide risk by structural equation modeli...
O objetivo do presente artigo é revisar a literatura que aborda a relação entre violência por parceiro íntimo contra a mulher e insegurança alimentar. A busca por materiais foi realizada nas bases de dados Pubmed, SciELO, Lilacs e Medline. Foram incluídos estudos prospectivos, retrospectivos e tra...
Introducción: El sobrepeso y la obesidad constituyen factores de riesgo para múltiples enfermedades crónicas. Sin embargo, pueden ser controlados si existe un nivel de conocimiento adecuado de sus elementos generales, lo cual en muchas ocasiones se desconoce. Objetivo: Aplicar una intervención edu...
O transplante de fígado é procedimento cirúrgico complexo que possibilita o tratamento de pessoas com doenças hepáticas progressivas, terminais e irreversíveis, promovendo a melhoria da qualidade de vida. Porém, a mortalidade em candidatos ao transplante de fígado é preocupação constante, tant...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the occurrence and factors associated with common mental disorders in pregnancy and depressive symptoms in postpartum, as well as the association between both in the Brazilian Western Amazon. METHODS This is a prospective cohort in the MINA-Brazil study with women wh...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the longitudinal effect of double burden of malnutrition (DBM) on the risk of developing child and adolescent overweight or obesity. METHODS Analysis of the Peruvian Young Lives Study, younger cohort: baseline (2002) and 4 follow-ups (2006-2007, 2009-2010, 2013-2014, and ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the association between socioeconomic level and the presence of obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Peruvian population. METHODS Secondary analysis of data from the National Demographic and Family Health Survey ( Encuesta Nacional Demográfica y de ...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To expose visibility of the health concerns of sexual and gender minority groups in Chile, as well as to provide a platform to advocate for policies that support the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority people in the country. METHODS The health conditions and risk fact...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence pattern of anemia among Indigenous children in Latin America. METHODS: PRISMA guidelines were followed. Records were identified from the databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and Lilacs by two independent researchers between May and June 2021. Studies were inc...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between bacterial vaginosis and cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in young and adult women. METHODS This systematic review and meta-analysis was based on the Prisma methodological guidelines. PubMed and Web of Science were searched using t...
