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Retrospective review of medicine utilization for noncommunicable diseases in three public sector pharmacies in Jamaica
CONCLUSIONS: The WHO guidelines for the rational use of medicines were followed with respect to the proportion of medicines prescribed from the WHO Model List and the proportion of antibiotics prescribed. The number of medicines per prescription and the proportion of medicines prescribed by generic name did not meet the WHO criteria. However, prescribing was aligned with treatment guidelines for the selected NCDs.PMID:38464878 | PMC:PMC10921902 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.18 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Donna-Marie Wynter-Adams Peta-Gaye Thomas-Brown Lisa Bromfield Marcia Williams Janice Bunting-Clarke Source Type: research

Institutional care in four Latin American countries: the importance of fostering public information and evaluation strategies
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e14. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.14. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTMore than 8 million older people in Latin America depend on long-term care (LTC), accounting for 12% of people aged ≥ 60 years and almost 27% of those aged ≥ 80. It is crucial to develop sustainable strategies for providing LTC in the area, including institutional care. This special report aims to characterize institutional LTC in four countries (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico), using available information systems, and to identify the strategies adopted to support institutional care in these countries. This narrative ...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Patrick Alexander Wachholz Patricia Morsch Pablo Villalobos Dintrans Isabel Barrientos-Calvo Jorge Browne Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla Enrique Vega Source Type: research

Did child obesity decline after 2016 food regulations in Chile?
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e16. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.16. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTWe estimated trends in the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Chilean primary and secondary students before and after Chile's 2016 regulations on the marketing and availability of foods high in energy, total sugars, sodium, or saturated fat. We used data from Chile's Survey of Nutrition, which measured the body mass index (BMI) of students in government-funded schools. Using BMI thresholds defined by the World Health Organization, we calculated the prevalence of overweight and obesity for each year from 2013 to 2019 amo...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paul T von Hippel Francisca Bogolasky Fliman Source Type: research

Prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous areas, Northeastern Brazil, 2019-2021
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of TF and TT in the two evaluation units in the state of Maranhão were within the limits recommended for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. However, the prevalence of TF was higher in the indigenous evaluation unit, indicating a greater vulnerability of this population to the disease. The prevalence of TF of below 5.0% implies a reduction in transmission, which may have resulted from improved socioeconomic conditions and/or the implementation of the World Health Organization SAFE strategy.PMID:38464869 | PMC:PMC10924615 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.19 (Source: Pan American Jour...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniela Vaz Ferreira Gomez Wanessa da Silva de Almeida Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior Maria de F átima Costa Lopes Expedito Jos é de Albuquerque Luna Ivan Ricardo Zimmermann Noemia Urruth Le ão Tavares Maria Margarita Urdaneta Gutierrez C élia L Source Type: research

HEARTS in the Americas: targeting health system change to improve population hypertension controlHEARTS nas Am éricas: impulsionar mudanças no sistema de saúde para melhorar o controle da hipertensão arterial na população
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 10;48:e17. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.17. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: HEARTS in the Americas is the regional adaptation of Global Hearts, the World Health Organization initiative for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control. Its overarching goal is to drive health services to change managerial and clinical practice in primary care settings to improve hypertension control and CVD risk management. This review describes the HEARTS in the Americas initiative. First, the regional epidemiological situation of CVD mortality and population hypertension control trends are su...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pedro Ordunez Norm R C Campbell Donald J DiPette Marc G Jaffe Andr és Rosende Ram ón Martínez Angelo Gamarra Cintia Lombardi Natalia Parra Libardo Rodr íguez Yenny Rodr íguez Jeffrey Brettler Source Type: research

Public health surveillance and the data, information, knowledge, intelligence and wisdom paradigm
This article points out deficiencies in present-day definitions of public health surveillance, which include data collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination, but not public health action. Controlling a public health problem of concern requires a public health response that goes beyond information dissemination. It is undesirable to have public health divided into data generation processes (public health surveillance) and data use processes (public health response), managed by two separate groups (surveillance experts and policy-makers). It is time to rethink the need to modernize the definition of public health...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bernard C K Choi No ël C Barengo Paula A Diaz Source Type: research

Determinants of continued breastfeeding in children aged 12-23 months in three regions of Haiti
CONCLUSIONS: The study results highlight the need for geographically equitable access to tailored and adequate health services and education that support breastfeeding in a way that is compatible with the local context.PMID:38464872 | PMC:PMC10921905 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.6 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: St éphane Decelles Milena Nardocci Alison Mildon Bana Salameh Ines Sebai Sabrina Arasimowicz Malek Batal Source Type: research

Understanding the dynamics of deceased organ donation and utilization in Colombia
CONCLUSIONS: About one-tenth of donors are effectively used for transplantation purposes. Our findings highlight areas of success and challenges, providing a basis for future improvements in Colombia.PMID:38464873 | PMC:PMC10921909 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.24 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: William Cruz Musus ú Andrea Garc ía-Lopez Nicol ás Lozano-Suarez Andrea G ómez-Montero Milena Orellano-Salas Luisa Vargas-P érez Ximena Escobar-Chaves Fernando Gir ón-Luque Source Type: research

La priorizaci ón de la investigación es un ejercicio ético: lecciones del Foro Global de Bioética en la Investigación para la Región de las Américas
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e26. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.26. eCollection 2024.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38464874 | PMC:PMC10921901 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.26 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carla Saenz Sarah Carracedo Cristina Caballero Cinthia Hurtado Andr éa Leite Ribeiro Florencia Luna Zulma Ortiz Ana Palmero Gu ímel Peralta Ram ón Ponce Testino Ludovic Reveiz Iv án Sisa Source Type: research

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers: celebrating the achievement of our common goals
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e35. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.35. eCollection 2024.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38464875 | PMC:PMC10921904 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.35 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Source Type: research

Ranking of immunization programs in Latin America, 2020 < em > Ranking < /em > dos programas de vacina ção na América Latina, 2020
CONCLUSIONS: The lower overall score in 2020 highlights the need to recover the Region's vaccination coverage rates. This analysis seeks to motivate countries to address pending challenges.PMID:38464876 | PMC:PMC10921906 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.15 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mar ía Fernanda Rombini Romina Paola Mauas Nathalia Katz Anal ía Urueña Source Type: research

Research priority-setting is an ethics exercise: lessons from the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research for the Region of the Americas
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2024 Mar 8;48:e32. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2024.32. eCollection 2024.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38464877 | PMC:PMC10921912 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2024.32 (Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health)
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carla Saenz Sarah Carracedo Cristina Caballero Cinthia Hurtado Andr éa Leite Ribeiro Florencia Luna Zulma Ortiz Ana Palmero Gu ímel Peralta Ram ón Ponce Testino Ludovic Reveiz Iv án Sisa Source Type: research