Neufeld, Carmem Beatriz Szupszynski, Karen Priscila Del Rio Barletta, Janaína Bianca Romero, Fredy Alexander Rutsztein, Guillermina Airaldi, María Celeste Ruiz, Paul Keegan, Eduardo
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International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
Although Latin America countries are similar in many aspects, psychology has evolved in different ways, according to the characteristics related to politics, economics, and culture of each country. This is the context in which CBT has spread through the region since the 1980s. This article aims to offer a brief historical overview of CBT developmen...
Lyons, Minna Brewer, Gayle Castro Caicedo, Jorge Andrade, Mabel Morales, Marcela Centifanti, Luna
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Global public health
Previous research, mainly in the United States, has identified several barriers to acting as a bystander in sexual harassment at university campuses. Despite the high frequency of harassment in Latin America, there is a dearth of studies investigating barriers to bystander behaviour in this context. In this pilot study, we report findings exploring...
Romero-Hall, Enilda
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Educational Technology Research and Development
This paper explores and describes the current initiatives, barriers, and opportunities for formal, non-formal, and informal networked learning experiences using social media in Latin America. It focuses on networked learning initiatives such as the use of institutional social media accounts, educational hashtags, social media in the classroom, educ...
Undurraga, Eduardo A. Chowell, Gerardo Mizumoto, Kenji
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BackgroundEarly severity estimates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically needed to assess the potential impact of the ongoing pandemic in different demographic groups. Here we estimate the real-time delay-adjusted case fatality rate across nine age groups by gender in Chile, the country with the highest testing rate for COVID-19 in ...
Maeda, Sergio Setsuo LLibre, Ramiro Da Silva Arantes, Henrique Pierotti de Souza, Guilherme Cardenaz Molina, Francisco Fidencio Cons Wiluzanski, Diana Taborda, Jorge Antonio Cedeño Montaño, Claudia Campusano Vargas, Tatiana Maida Lopez, Guillermo Luis Feldmann
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Archives of Osteoporosis
Latin America and the Caribbean region account for 8% of the world’s total population. Experts from 18 countries were invited to contribute to this article to provide the best available data on the number, types, and quality of densitometry, DXA experts, the local/national incidence and prevalence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures, and other ...
Rojas, Juan I Carnero Contentti, Edgar Henestroza, Paula Giachello, Susana Correale, Jorge
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Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
The objective was to evaluate the interval from first symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) to diagnosis with the introduction of MS diagnostic criteria in a Latin American (LATAM) population. Patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) completed a survey in 12 LATAM countries. Date of disease onset (first relapse) and date of diagnosis (confirmed dis...
Dasari, Mohini Johnson, Erica D. Montenegro, Jorge H. Griswold, Dylan P. Jiménez, Maria Fernanda Puyana, Juan Carlos Rubiano, Andres M. Puyana, Juan C. Rubiano, Andres M. Montenegro, Jorge H.
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery
BackgroundTrauma is a significant public health problem in Latin America (LA), contributing to substantial death and disability in the region. Several LA countries have implemented trauma registries and injury surveillance systems. However, the region lacks an integrated trauma system. The consensus conference’s goal was to integrate existing LA tr...
Martinez-Valle, Adolfo
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Journal of Public Health Policy
Abstract This article examines how Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru addressed the COVID-19 pandemic and the effectiveness of these policy responses from the date each country declared a sanitary emergency, between middle and late March 2020 to the most recent available measurement on 23 September 2020. To analyze how governments...
Palacios Huatuco, René M. Liaño, Julián E. Moreno, Laura B. Ponce Beti, María S.
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Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• First cross-sectional survey study showing the impact of the pandemic on surgical residences in Argentina. • The effect on surgical training, academic program, and professional exhaustion was evaluated. • The majority of residents considered a negative impact on their surgical training. • The impact of COVID-19 was positive in the educational pro...
Maia, Lucas O. Daldegan-Bueno, Dimitri Fischer, Benedikt
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
BackgroundGlobal opioid consumption increased multifold post-2000, disproportionately in high-income countries, with severe mortality/morbidity consequences. Latin America features comparatively low opioid availability; Brazil, the region’s most populous country, makes an interesting case study concerning opioid use/harms. In this comprehensive ove...
