Background: The epidemiological transition of non-communicable diseases replacing infectious diseases as the main contributors to disease burden has been well documented in global health literature. Less focus, however, has been given to the relationship between sociodemographic changes and injury....

Background: In recent years, abundant scientific evidence has been generated based on clinical trials (CT) in the field of oncology. The general objective of this paper is to find out the extent to which decision making is based on knowledge of the most recent CT. Its specific objectives are to pin...

Following the 2020 confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, housing has become the only safe place and this has exposed inequity in habitability. This research on the reality of confined households and the perception of their homes in the Mexican republic is based on a mixed participatory study, c...

Background: Early diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer is critical in order to avoid the debilitating effects of the disease. In this regard, the development of new diagnostic and point of care tools is encouraged. The loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the detection of Mycobacterium ulc...

Purpose: To analyze the potential association between social support, experiences of violence, and sociodemographic characteristics of adolescents and the likelihood of acceptance of violence and machismo in different European countries. Methods: Cross-sectional design. We recruited 1,555 participa...

[EN] HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a potential strategy to overcome disparities in access to and uptake of HIV testing, particularly among key populations (KP). A literature review was conducted on the acceptability, values and preferences among KP. Data was analyzed by country income World Bank clas...

[EN] Background and objectives: Dental injuries incurred during endotracheal intubation are more frequent in patients with previous oral pathology. The study objectives were to develop an oral health questionnaire for preanaesthesia evaluation, easy to apply for personnel without special dental tra...

In Spain, PCR is the tool of choice for the diagnosis of congenital Chagas disease (CD) and serology for diagnosing chronic CD. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification test for Trypanosoma cruzi DNA detection showed good analytical performance and ease of use. We aimed to evaluate the performance ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex set of neurodevelopmental pathologies characterized by impoverished social and communicative abilities and stereotyped behaviors. Although its genetic basis is unquestionable, the involvement of environmental factors such as exposure to pesticides has als...

[EN] In recent years, the immigrant population has substantially increased in Spain. However, there is a lack of information in the knowledge of alcohol abuse among Spanish immigrants. We describe the epidemiology of alcohol abuse among foreign-born immigrants versus Spanish natives. We carried out...

[ES] Objetivo: Analizar la percepción de la población española sobre la importancia de los factores de riesgo de cáncer. Métodos: La base de datos analizada fue OncoBarómetro 2010. Se realizaron modelos de regresión logística para analizar la importancia que la población atribuye al tabaco, el alc...

[ES] Objetivo: Describir la prevalencia de violencia contra la mujer en la pareja en España, sus determinantes durante el último año y alguna vez en la vida. Describir el estado de salud de las mujeres según hayan sufrido o no violencia en la pareja. Analizar las variables individuales asociadas a ...

Confinement was adopted globally as a containment measure to face the COVID pandemic declared by WHO on March 2020. In Spain, the State of Alarm was established for three months. This implied the interruption of educational activities, having a higher incidence for children, since teaching would no...

[ES] Objetivo: Identificar el perfil, la prevalencia de depresión y factores asociados en usuarios regulares de cocaína captados en la comunidad. Método: Estudio transversal de 630 usuarios regulares de cocaína que no consumían heroína. La depresión, el apoyo social y la dependencia se evaluaron co...

[EN] Background: Heart failure (HF) is a serious health-care problem. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the first acute episode of decompensated HF that requires a hospitalization on the survival of newly diagnosed cases of HF with follow-up for 5 years in primary care (PC). Method...

Background: Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by various species of female phlebotomine sand flies. The first report of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Ghana refer to a cluster of cases in 1999-2003 in the Ho municipality of...

[ES] Analizar los patrones de consumo sexualizado de drogas (CSD) e identificar cual es el de mayor riesgo para la adquisición/transmisión del VIH y de otras infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) en una muestra de hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH) residentes en España. Adicionalmente, ta...

Introducción: La tuberculosis es una enfermedad infecciosa transmisible que, todavía hoy, supone un problema de salud pública en los países de ingresos altos como España. Objetivos: El objetivo principal es evaluar si se está produciendo un incremento o un descenso en el número de casos hospitalar...

Manuel Martín Salazar (1834-1937), vivió la convulsa etapa política, social, económica y sanitaria de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX. A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional conoció veinte gobiernos diferentes, con veinticinco ministros de Gobernación, de los que dependían todos los asu...