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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is characterized by a pattern of lack of attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity; derived from poor behavioral, cognitive and emotional self-regulation that negatively impacts the patient and their environment, and that if we are treated in time can trigger behavioral, emotional and social problems such as mood disorders, antisocial behavior, substance abuse among others. To explain ADHD, Barkley (1997) points out that the key symptoms underlie a deficit in inhibitory control associated with executive dysfunctions, which impede self-regulation. The objective of the present investigation was to determine self-regulation in children with ADHD. The research was carried out through a non-experimental and transversal design. The population consisted of parents of children with ADHD between 6 and 8 years of age who attend the Psychoeducational Development Center CEDEPSI, C.A. For data collection, the executive function evaluation questionnaire was used through the BRIEF behavior. Among the results, the existence of failures of self-regulation at a behavioral, cognitive and emotional level was detected, detected in the executive functions of emotional control, working memory and monitoring mainly. Therefore, the need to stimulate adequate executive functioning and self-regulatory capacities in children with ADHD is considered imperative

ABSTRACT   Currently many studies suggest that social capital is a key determinant of physical and psychological health in the population; however little is known about the relationship between this and the behaviors associated with lifestyles. The aim of this study is to identify, through a review of the literature, the empirical evidence that assesses the relationship between social capital and behaviors associated with lifestyles. Original sources in English, Spanish and Portuguese of the databases were reviewed: Pubmed, Scielo, Ebsco, Google Scholar and Sciencedirect between the years 2000 and 2017; was using the following descriptors: social capital, lifestyles and health behaviors. The final sample consisted of thirty-six articles. The findings suggest that social capital is related to all the factors associated with lifestyles to a greater or lesser extent. Studies support the idea that social participation, social support networks, social trust and membership as elements of social capital have a significant influence on lifestyles, hence the important of incorporating it in future programs and interventions of health promotion. 

We present a network of indirect and direct relationships between important persons in Venezuelan medicine since the early twentieth century and Bartolomé Finizola Celli, founder of the Cardiovascular Program of the Lara state. These relationships began with Dr. Luis Razetti and his legacy that goes through time by his disciples. We describe the events and personalities that influenced Dr. Bartolomé Celli during three periods of his life: university medical studies, practice in the rural areas and postgraduate cardiology studies. We highlight the lessons learned in each period, maintaining the basic doctrine as a fundamental condition.    

With the purpose of assessing the quality of diagnostic image of chest radiographs from emergency department of University Central Hospital “Dr. Antonio Maria Pineda”, a transversal descriptive study was executed through a systematic revision of chest x-rays, a sample of 100 radiographs was selected, in a non-probable manner in a term of 30 days. These were compared to the quality criteria of European “Guidelines on Quality Criteria for Diagnostic Radiographic Images”, based on anatomical features seen on the image.

We present the findings in feces and pedal mucus from parasitological study on specimens collected of A. fulica in San Miguel II community, Merida. Was negative the pedal mucus, and was found in feces 70.6% of parasite rate, detected the taxa Entamoeba, Giardia, Endolimax, Toxocara, Trichuris and Hymenolepis, well as larval stage of order Strongylida, additional evolutionary stages of Blastocystis sp.

Parasitic diseases represent a public health problem worldwide, affecting all social classes, especially those lower socioeconomic strata. To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in different indigenous communities in the Zulia state, Venezuela, 232 fecal samples corresponding to individuals of both sexes, aged .

Pediculosis capitis is caused by Pediculus capitis, wingless insect that is specialized to live on the human scalp. This ectoparasitosis remains common today especially in children of school age and with socio sanitary deficiencies. The aim of this cross-sectional study, conducted in June 2014, was to determine the prevalence of head lice in people of the indigenous community “Itopoicon”, Bolívar State, Venezuela. After signing the informed consent, each participant filled a clinical epidemiological record and underwent an examination of the hair and scalp.

Since its discovery and identification in gastric tissue by Marshall and Warren in 1983, our knowledge about the effects of Helicobacter pylori infection has grown considerably. Its role in the multifactorial pathology of peptic ulcer disease (gastroduodenal ulcer disease), gastric adenocarcinoma, is now widely accepted. Currently, numerous antibiotic-based therapies are available. However, these therapies have several problems, including the appearance of resistance to the antibiotics used and associated adverse effects, the risk of re-infection and the high cost of treatment. This paper summarizes and analyzes the most important recent studies of plants with anti H. pylori activity. Plants species are presented as a very diverse source of bactericidal compounds, as well as for the development of new therapies for H. pylori control.

The Essential Functions of Public Health (FESP) describe the spectrum of competencies and actions required by health systems to achieve the central objective, which is to improve the health of populations. The Pan American Health Organization, through the "Public Health in the Americas" Initiative, defined eleven (11) EPHF and developed an instrument to measure its performance, which allows countries to perform a self-assessment of their capacities to exercise public health. Special attention deserves, within this FESP, research in public health, health promotion, social participation as well as monitoring, evaluation and analysis of the health problems of the population. These functions are some of the central themes of the Venezuelan Public Health Journal, thus contributing, through its scientific articles, to disseminate and strengthen them. Similarly, the continuous dissemination of knowledge about these topics helps to influence other functions such as the training of human resources in collective health and in the surveillance, research and control of health problems.  

 Metabolic syndrome is a disease that currently represents a multiple risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. This research aimed to determine the electrocardiographic changes present in patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome (MS).