Browsing by Subject "Latin-America"

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    • Aging and self‑reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio‑economic inequalities 
      Castillo Riquelme, Marianela Carmen; Yamada, Goro; Diez Roux, Ana V.; Alfaro Morgado, Tania; Flores Alvarado, Sandra Andrea; Barrientos, Tonatiuh; Teixeira Vas, Camila; Trotta, Andrés; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Lazo, Mariana (BMC, England, 2022)
      Background: Understanding how urban environments influence people’s health, especially as individuals age, can help identify ways to improve health in the rapidly urbanizing and rapidly aging populations.
    • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study 
      Anderson, Ian; Robson, Bridget; Connolly, Michele; Al-Yaman, Fadwa; Bjertness, Espen; King, Alexandra; Tynan, Michael; Madden, Richard; Bang, Abhay; Coimbra, Carlos; Pesantes, María Amalia; Amigo, Hugo; Andronov, Sergei; Armien, Blas; Ayala Obando, Daniel; Axelsson, Per; Bhatti, Zaid Shakoor; Bhutta, Zulfi qar Ahmed; Bjerregaard, Peter; Bjertness, Marius B.; Briceño León, Roberto; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Bustos, Patricia; Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi; Chu, Jiayou; Deji; Gouda, Jitendra; Harikumar, Rachakulla; Htay, Thein Thein; Htet, Aung Soe; Izugbara, Chimaraoke; Kamaka, Martina; King, Malcolm; Kodavanti, Mallikharjuna Rao; Lara, Macarena; Laxmaiah, Avula; Lema, Claudia; León Taborda, Ana María; Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan; Lobanov, Andrey; Melhus, Marita; Meshram, Indrapal; Miranda, J. Jaime; Mu, Thet Thet; Nagalla, Balkrishna; Nimmathota, Arlappa; Popov, Andrey Ivanovich; Peñuela Poveda, Ana María; Ram, Faujdar; Reich, Hannah; Santos, Ricardo V.; Sein, Aye Aye; Shekhar, Chander; Sherpa, Lhamo Y.; Skold, Peter; Tano, Sofía; Tanywe, Asahngwa; Ugwu, Chidi; Ugwu, Fabián; Vapattanawong, Patama; Wan, Xia; Welch, James R.; Yang, Gonghuan; Yang, Zhaoqing; Yap, Leslie (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. Previous studies ...
    • Mapping pediatric oncology clinical trial collaborative groups on the global stage 
      Major, Ajay; Palese, Mónica; Ermis, Ebru; James, Anthony; Villarroel Cickovic, Milena; Klussmann, Federico Antillon; Hessissen, Laila; Geel, Jennifer; Khan, Muhammad Saghir; Dalvi, Rashmi; Sullivan, Michael; Kearns, Pamela; Frazier, Lindsay; Pritchard Jones, Kathy; Nakagawara, Akira; Rodríguez Galindo, Carlos; Volchenboum, Samuel L. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022)
      The global pediatric oncology clinical research landscape, particularly in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, which bear the highest burden of global childhood cancer cases, is less characterized in the literature. ...
    • Risk factors for x-ray pneumonia in the first year of life and its relation to wheezing: A longitudinal ... 
      Castro-Rodriguez, J. A.; Mallol, J.; Rodriguez, J.; Auger, F.; Andrade, R. J. (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2008)
      Background: Although thousands of infants under the age of 12 months die each year from pneumonia in Latin America, little is known regarding the true occurrence of pneumonia, wheezing and other related respiratory illnesses ...
    • Service encounters across the lifespan in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: Results from a multisite ... 
      Montiel Nava, Cecilia; Cukier, Sebastián; Garrido, Gabriela; Valdez, Daniel; Paula, Cristiane Silvestre; García Sepúlveda, Ricardo; Rosoli, Analía; Irarrázaval, Matías; Rattazzi, Alexia (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Core symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) continue to affect everyday life as children grow and transition into adulthood. That way, different services may be needed at various stages of their lifetimes. ...
    • Validity of the effort/reward imbalance questionnaire in health professionals from six Latin-American countries 
      Juárez García, Arturo; Vera Calzaretta, Aldo; Blanco Gómez, Gisela; Gómez Ortiz, Viviola; Hernández Mendoza, Elena; Jacinto Ubillus, José; Choi, Bongkyoo (Wiley, 2015)
      BackgroundThis study tests the validity and the invariance of ERI questionnaire (ERIQ) data from health professionals in six different Latin-American countries. MethodsOne thousand two hundred ninety-two (1292) ...
    • Variations in childbirth interventions in high-income countries: protocol for a multinational cross-sectional study 
      Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Anna; de Jonge, Ank; van den Akker, Thomas; Beeckman, Katrien; Bogaerts, Annick; Barros, Monalisa; Janssen, Patricia; Binfa Esbir, Lorena; Rydahl, Eva; Frith, Lucy; Gross, Mechthild; Halfdansdottir, Berglind; Daly, Deirdre; Calleja-Agius, Jean; Gillen, Patricia; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Declercq, Eugene (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-01)
      Introduction There are growing concerns about the increase in rates of commonly used childbirth interventions. When indicated, childbirth interventions are crucial for preventing maternal and perinatal morbidity and ...