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Social loneliness has been shown to be closely related to the health status of the population. The present research assessed the prevalence of arterial hypertension and its association with the perception of social loneliness in residents over 55 years of age in the Antonio Carrillo community. In this regard, an analytical prevalence study, 92 people were studied as population, the previous diagnosis of arterial hypertension was asked, blood pressure was measured, and the data collection tool ESTE II was subsequently applied. It was found that, in the population over 55 years of age, according to the general characteristics of the population, the female sex predominated (63%); in addition, the majority of the habitants were between the ages of 55 and 64 (52.2%); according to marital status, married residents prevailed (41.3%); with regard to education, the majority of the population underwent incomplete primary education (24%) and in regards of the inactivity by the unemployment situation (76.1%). 65.2 % of the population was found to be hypertensive, and in terms of the perception of social loneliness, 68.5% of the population was found to have the same conditions. As in fact, when the association between blood pressure and the perception of social loneliness was made, it was specified that 68.3% of the habitants with perception of social loneliness were hypertensive (p>0.05).

Oswaldo Valdivia MD was born in 1937 in Arequipa, Peru. He started his studies in medicine in 1958, the first year the love of neuroanatomy rose and the fourth year he started like teacher. He graduated as medical doctor in 1964 and as anatomical pathology in 1966. He married with Zulema Valdivia at 1962 and he had 3 children with her, he got a scholarship to train electronic microscopic at the Wisconsin University at 1968. He decided to migrate to Venezuela in 1973, it dues the situations of Peru and by an offer to work by the Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado University (UCLA) where he worked as a full-time professor of microscopic anatomy, he made numerous contributions such as the incorporation of electronic microscopy in the central-western region of the country in 1980. He did multiple research; his main focus was leishmaniasis disease. He worked as an active retired teacher at the UCLA to the last day of life. In his professional practice he made a great contribution to public health, like cervical pathology research and training health professionals until he passed away at November 18th, 2019 in Peru.

The objective of this research was to determine the characteristics of work accidents and disability in the municipal police of Iribarren, Lara state. The study was framed in a descriptive, transversal field research. A target population of 297 workers of said security body was selected. A previously validated questionnaire was applied through the trial of three experts, using the interview technique, in order to determine the socio-demographic and work aspects of the police, the epidemiological and occupational characteristics of work accidents, clinical and work characteristics of work accidents and disability according to clinical-legal aspects. The most significant results were: 37.71% of the policemen were aged 33-37 years, 88.55% were male, their educational level was secondary at 50.84%, marital status is 54.88%, 84.85% had a mixed shift, the operational range was 94.61%, 41.08% of the police officers were officers added, in terms of seniority it is 6 to 10 years in 51.85%. The frequency of accident was 59.60%, of the instruments that caused the accidents were firearms, 57.85%, the activity carried out at the time of the accident was patrolling at 22.60%, the type of accident was for the fact at 51, 98%, 73.45% of the police officers did not notify the accident, the anatomical site most affected were the upper limbs 27.68%, the severity of the injury was severe in 42.37%, the most common type of disability was the partial permanent at 38.42%. This study is a contribution for the Municipal Police and for similar organizations, because their results provide statistical data that could be used to carry out preventive programs that allow finding solutions to the problem of work accidents and disability.

Aim: To determine the ability of the waist to height ratio to predict two or more clinical – metabolic disorders, according to site measuring of waist circumference. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical observational study was made. 800 adolescents, between 15 and 19 years old, of both sexes (405 men), enrolled in 31 institutions of secondary and university education of Iribarren Municipality - Lara – Venezuela were studied. Adolescents signed an informed consent. Socioeconomic status, dietary habits, physical activity, height and waist circumference at three anatomical sites: above the iliac crests, midpoint of abdomen and below costal margin were assessed. Waist to height ratio for each site was calculated. Next, blood pressure, serum glucose and serum lipids were evaluated. Bivariate statistical analysis and logistic regression were performed. Results: It was possible to model the presence of two or more clinical – metabolic disorders as a function of the waist to height ratio, both below the costal margin and above the iliac crests. However, the degree of association varied according to anatomical site, with a higher probability of two or more clinical disorders - metabolic in the first site. Such probability was directly proportional to the waist to height ratio and higher in men. Conclusion: Upper abdominal fat predicted better two or more clinical – metabolic disorders compared to the lower abdominal fat. Given these results, it could unify the anatomic site to measure of waist circumference, just below the costal margin, to identify adolescents with higher probability for such disorders, as risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Simultaneous presence of various enteric parasites can have important clinical, epidemiological and therapeutic implications. A retrospective study of correlational type was carried out to determine Fager’s Affinity Index in a group of polyparasitized schoolchildren from Bolivar state, Venezuela. Between 2007 and 2016, 1277 children between 5 and 15 years of age from 11 schools (10 in the Heres municipality and 1 in the Caroní municipality) were evaluated. Gender distribution was homogeneous in the schoolchildren evaluated (n = 613 female and n = 664 male). Of the 1277 samples analyzed, 811 (63.7%) showed enteric parasites in their evolutionary form. The most common were the chromists represented by Blastocystis spp. (49.3%), followed by the protozoa Endolimax nana (14.5%) and Entamoeba coli (11.7%), and lastly the helminths, where the most frequent was Ascaris lumbricoides (5.5%). Schoolchildren were polyparasitized in 43.2% of cases, the most commonly associated parasite being Blastocystis spp. with 90% of cases followed by E. nana (43.1%) and E. coli (35.4%). The affinity indices (IAB) and "t" tests carried out indicated an association between Blastocystis spp. and the protozoa G. intestinalis, E. nana and E. coli and between Trichuris trichiura and A. lumbricoides geohelminths.

Lifestyle Medicine (MdelEV) has gained relevance in the prevention, treatment and reversal of most chronic diseases, directly addressing its underlying causes. Based on the foregoing, this article aimed to carry out a descriptive review of fundamental elements that characterize Lifestyle Medicine, its advances in clinical research in the areas of nutrition, exercise and stress reduction, as well as the growing trend of make it an integral component of the curricula of medical schools. An exhaustive search was carried out in different documentary sources, using the categories Lifestyle Medicine, basic principles of Lifestyle Medicine, Conventional Medicine vs.. Lifestyle Medicine, clinical studies at MdelEV, as well as lifestyle medicine as a medical subspecialty. Approximately 60 abstract scientific articles were reviewed. Through the use of inclusion criteria, 27 articles were selected and subjected to a comprehensive and analytical reading. In the development and discussion of the subject, the results of the review are presented, highlighting the use of the model of social determinants of health proposed by the WHO, findings of experimental research on the reversal of risk factors in STDs, and advances in training professional. In the discussion they combine the results of all the selected articles with a critical position.

The term active aging is relatively new and very little known, although much has been said about this in recent times. The objective of this work to review the literature on health care for the elderly. The method used a narrative review through an exploration of exploration of scientific articles in the databases: Science direct, Pubmed and Scielo. In the results it was found that in several articles the elderly were not satisfied with the care they received in health. In conclusion, as reported by older people, there is a large gap between what is said in public policies on aging and what is actually being done in the provision of services. Regarding the perception that older adults have of their health in Antioquia, there is a very high percentage that believes that health care is not adequate  

This essay is based on the development of a body of argumentation of reality in agrifood and public health that underpins the agrifood model of hegemonic domination, thus justifying the importance of the transformation of productive economic development, its relations with the Public health, from the complexity of reality, living conditions and social reproduction, that is why the advancement of a grounded theory that guides agri-food development in the sphere of production, distribution, consumption, access to feeding opportunities in Venezuela and their relationship with the world in the context of environmental preservation and life from the paradigm of complexity, using the hermeneutical method with the use of dialectics as a strategy in discursive argumentation.

Zoonoses as the result of a process where various factors intervene and are related to epidemiological, economic and social variables, this article reviewing the was developed, with the aim of reflecting on the contextualization of the control programs of the Zoonosis as a public health problem, for the reflexive argumentation of this document, a documentary review was carried out, with extraction, compilation of information, and analysis of the theoretical foundations and the results presented in the consulted investigations, visualizing the criteria described by different authors, which can be of great contribution due to the little information on communicable diseases from animals to humans and the actions of INSAI, as the governing body for addressing zoosanitary and phytosanitary problems, highlighting as a conclusion the need for training of the staff, participated n active, interdisciplinary of human and animal health professionals.