Browsing by Subject "Women"

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    • Acceso de mujeres sordas y/o con discapacidad auditiva a atención con matrona en Chile 
      Flández Solar, Ninoska; Fariña Fica, Tania (Universidad de Chile, 2021)
      Objetivo: Describir las características y frecuencia de atención con matrón/a por parte de las mujeres Sordas y/o con discapacidad auditiva en Chile en los últimos doce meses. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio exploratorio, ...
    • Acciones afirmativas cuotas y paridad en la representación política de las mujeres 
      Góngora Villa, Pablo (Universidad de Chile, 2023)
      A pesar de que la condición jurídica de la mujer ha ido evolucionando positivamente hacia un modelo que le reconoce cada día mayor autonomía y derechos, aún persisten desigualdades que las someten a una discriminación ...
    • Actualización de la infección por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres 
      Cannoni Berd, Gigliola Carolina; Ribbeck Baraibar, Daniela Andrea; Hernández, Olivia; Casacuberta Volpato, María Jesús (Elsevier, 2021)
      La infección por Chlamydia trachomatis es la infección de transmisión sexual bacteriana más frecuente en el mundo. En este artículo se revisa la prevalencia reportada en Chile, cuadro clínico, diagnóstico, tratamiento, ...
    • Adherencia al tratamiento anti-retroviral para el VIH/SIDA en mujeres: una mirada socio-cultural 
      Belmar Prieto, Julieta; Stuardo Avila, Valeria Andrea (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2017)
      Background: Adequate adherence to HAART has a high impact on survival of AIDA patients. There is little consensus on the causes of low adherence to treatment in women, who are in a situation of inequality in terms of ...
    • Assessment of cardiovascular risk in women with periodontal diseases according to c-reactive protein levels 
      Da Venezia, Claudia; Hussein Rojas, Nayib Ignacio; Hernández Ríos, Marcela; Contreras Balbontín, Johanna; Morales Chvets, Alicia Alvarovna; Valdés, Macarena; Rojas, Francisca; Matamala López, Loreto; Hernández Ríos, Patricia (MDPI, 2021)
      Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are highly prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide. Periodontitis may act as a non-traditional cardiovascular risk (CVR) factor, linked by a low-grade systemic inflammation mediated by ...
    • Body mass index, iron absorption and iron status in childbearing age women 
      Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate worldwide. Some studies have observed an association between iron (Fe) deficiency (ID) and obesity, however more research is needed. Objective: To ...
    • Caracterización de la internacionalización de servicios de Arquitectura liderada por mujeres, caso 4MA 
      Santander Arancibia, Constanza Angélica (Universidad de Chile, 2022)
      El comercio internacional no es neutral ante el género, es decir, tiene efectos diferenciados entre hombres y mujeres en distintos ámbitos, perjudicando en avanzar hacia una agenda más inclusiva y sostenible. Por lo tanto, ...
    • Culturally-sensitive complaints of depressions and anxieties in women 
      Halbreich, Uriel; Alarcon, Renato D.; Calil, Helena; Douki, Saida; Gaszner, Peter; Jadresic, Enrique; Jasovic-Gasic, Miroslava; Kadri, Nadia; Kerr-Correa, Florence; Patel, Vikram; Sarache, Xarifa; Trivedi, J. K. (2007)
      Background: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and constructs. "Cross-cultural sensitivity" emphasizes culturally-appropriate translations of symptoms and questions, assuming ...
    • Different lifestyles in young women from urban and rural areas may explain different cardiovascular risk 
      Castelo-Branco, Camil; Blümel, Juan Enrique; Cancelo, Maria J.; Pantoja, Loreto; Binfa Esbir, Lorena; Aprikian, Daniel; Sarrá, Salvador (2006)
      Background: Inadequate lifestyles (LS) in young women may be related to the increasing population that migrate to the cities. Objective: To compare the LS in rural and urban women and to assess their relation with educational ...
    • Eating behaviour, gender, and body mass index 
      Lolas Stepke, Fernando; Sanfuentes, Maria Teresa (Informa Healthcare, 1990)
      The administration of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) of Stunkard and Messick to a sample of university students indicates that, whereas in women self-reported body mass index (BMI, weight/height2) is positively ...
    • Effect of excessive gestational weight on daughters’ breast density at the end of puberty onset 
      López, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Shepherd, John; Michels, Karin; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana (Nature, 2020)
      The effect of excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) is related to adverse health outcomes in the offspring; however, its effect on the daughters' breast density is unclear. We aimed to assess the association between ...
    • Effect of various calcium salts on non-heme iron bioavailability in fasted women of childbearing age 
      Candia, Valeria; Ríos Castillo, Israel; Carrera Gil, Frank; Vizcarra, Berta; Olivares, Manuel; Chaniotakis, Sotiris; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Elsevier, 2018)
      Introduction: Micronutrient deficiencies are one of the most important public health issues worldwide and iron (Fe) deficiency anemia is the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency. Iron deficiency often coexists with ...
    • Effectiveness of a normative nutrition intervention (diet, physical activity and breastfeeding) on maternal ... 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Araya, Marcela; Casanello, Paola; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Maternal obesity before and during pregnancy predicts maternal and infant risks of obesity and its associated metabolic conditions. Dietary and physical activity recommendations during pregnancy as well ...
    • Efficacy of a high-iron dietary intervention in women with celiac disease and iron deficiency without anemia: ... 
      Scricciolo, Alice; Elli, Luca; Doneda, Luisa; Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla; Branchi, Federica; Ferretti, Francesca; Vecchi, Marurizio; Roncoroni, Leda (MDPI, 2020)
      Background and Aim. Iron deficiency without anemia (IDWA) is a common finding in celiac disease (CD) and can also persist in case of good compliance and clinical response to a strict gluten-free diet (GFD). This scenario ...
    • Explorando la sexualidad en mujeres en diálisis: una aproximación cualitativa 
      Ramírez Pereira, Mirliana; Ferrada Muñoz, Mónica; Silva Galleguillos, Amalia; Villalobos Courtin, Alicia; Soto Malabrigo, Patricia (Asoc Regional Diálisis Trasplantes Renales, 2018)
      Introducción: La enfermedad renal crónica es una patología que afecta tanto a la persona como a su familia en todos los ámbitos de la vida. Una de las áreas que ha sido poco estudiada es la vivencia de la sexualidad ...
    • Female entrepreneurship: evidence-based high-impact perspective from Chile and Peru 
      Huamán, Fátima; Guede Vicencio, Belén; Cancino del Castillo, Christian; Córdova, Miguel (Universidad ICESI, Colombia, 2022)
      This study aims to highlight cases of women-led business (WLB) that achieved high-growth in the short term, contradicting the traditional approach of female entrepreneurship associated with precariousness. This paper uses ...
    • Gender differences in the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a southern Latin American country: a pilot study 
      Vallejo, M. S.; Blümel Méndez, Juan E.; Arteaga, E.; Aedo, S.; Tapia, V.; Araos, A.; Sciaraffia Merino, Carlos; Castelo Branco, Camil (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      Aim: This study aimed to study the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, assessing the influence of sex, age, and season of the year. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1329 healthy subjects (668 women and ...
    • The Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: The Role of Market Imperfections 
      Palacios López, Amparo; López Vega, Ramón (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
      This paper hypothesises that labour and credit market imperfections - by discouraging off-farm income-generating activities and restricting access to inputs, respectively - affect female farm productivity more deeply ...
    • Illness experience and quality of life in Sjögren syndrome patients 
      Rojas Alcayaga, Gonzalo Alberto; Herrera Ronda, Andrea Cristina; Espinoza Santander, Iris Lucía; Ríos Erazo, Gonzalo Matías; Aguilar, Jacqueline; Leiva Bahamondes, Loreto Evelyn; Shakhtur, Nailah; Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela Andrea; Geenen, Rinie (MDPI, 2022)
      Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is a disease with autoimmune features that affects mainly women and compromises the health-related quality of Life (HRQoL); it is important to evaluate illness experience for a better understanding ...
    • John Miers (1789-1879), viajero crítico de los chilenos en los comienzos de la República 
      Piwonka Figueroa, Gonzalo (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, 2009)
      En la época de comienzos de la República son numerosos los viajeros de habla inglesa que han dejado su testimonio de estas tierras y gentes. La gran mayoría de ellos han sido traducidos al castellano. Sin embargo, uno ...