Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

The objective was to determine the prevalence of global and central obesity in school adolescents of Iribarren Municipality and some risk factors. A cross-association and prevalence study was conducted.  800 adolescents between 15 and 19 years old (405 men) were studied. The two-stage sampling was performed: a) random stratified selecction of 31 institutions according to their educational level; b) accidental non-probabilistic selection of adolescents. Body mass index (BMI) and waist to height ratio (WHR) were measured. Questionnaires on eating habits and physical activity were applied. Socioeconomic status (SES), birth weight of young and parental BMI were obtained with questionnaires administered to parents. The prevalence of global and central obesity were 8.5% and 37.3%, respectively. The independent risk factors for central obesity were being female, 18 or 19 years old and overweight both parents. This risk is increased in women of SES IV and V. The independent risk factors for global obesity were 18 or 19 years old, SES I, II and III and overweight both parents. Male gender and low birth weight were risk factors for global obesity dependent on other factors. It can conclude that the WHR identified more obeses than BMI, so it is important to know the prevalence of global and central obesity, as well as the risk factors, in order to implement effective prevention and control against the severe pandemic of obesity.

In tropical countries like Panama, parasitism levels reach values intimidating, especially in indigenous areas. This is mainly due to the lack of adequate sanitary facilities to prevent the acquisition of Enteroparasites. Detection of parasites in feces was performed in 74 individuals (aged between two months and 76 years) by two methods, direct stool examination in triplicate and the concentration method and Willis Ritchie Molloy. The prevalence was 89,2 % with no significant association between women and men (47,3 % vs. 41,9 %). Children 5 to 9 years showed the highest percentage of parasitism (22,1%). Protozoa predominated (90,3%) of helminths (9,7%). To detect the presence of parasites in 10 samples of 100g ground floor in each community, which was applied The Ritchie and Willy- Molloy, to identify the parasitic forms were taken microscopically. The 90% of the samples were positive for some parasitic form. As for the presence of parasites in 10L water 10 water samples were taken from each community to which was applied The Ritchie and Willy- Molloy, to identify microscopic parasitic forms. The 100% of samples were positive for some parasitic form. 

Salmonella spp., is a Gram negative bacillus widely distributed at World which is a major public health problem with major economic and health implications. Salmonella species are the major cause of acute gastroenteritis in various countries. The present work corresponded to a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study, for which the prevalence of Salmonella spp., was determined, In 80 children aged 2 to 6 years in kindergartens of the Marruecos section of the resort Rafael Uribe Uribe (Bogota) in the period comprised between November 2010 and February 2011. ELISA method was used to establish the diagnosis of microorganism prevalence of 18,8%. According to the estimates of relative risk, socio-demographic characteristics such as gender are associated with the likelihood that the disease is more prevalent in males exposed to the Salmonella organism.

The present work reconstructs the experience of the educational process happened during the reform of the program of Medical Anthropology, subject of the ninth semester of the career of medicine of the Deanery of Sciences of the Health of the University Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. For it there was realized a documentary review of the programs of the subject between 1998 and 2010, them establishing points of coincidence and the innovations, which used as input for the reformulation of the program. The intention of these changes approved in May, 2014 was orientated towards the revaluation of the social sciences in the study of the career of medicine, under the premise of which the study of the process health - disease involves a series of sociocultural aspects, product of the relation of the individual with the political, social and economic context that surrounds it. The work describes the experience of the educational process that gave origin to the in force program in the frame of the process of reform curricular that is carried out in the university, in order to extract lessons and important experiences that enrich the exercise of the teaching.

The work examines the conceptions of health, community and participation, later to analyze the community participation in health, since he has understood himself under the dominant paradigm of the biomedicine. Of equal way, it explains as the community participation is directly related what is understood by health and participation on the part of the diverse actors involved in the process.

More than a year after starting this laborious but satisfactory work, we can say that the balance has been positive. National and international subscription requests have been progressively increasing, as have requests for publication, going from mostly regional jobs to receiving national and even international work.

The objective of the research was to determine the frequency of intestinal parasitosis in children from 1 to 7 years old, according to their socio-sanitary conditions, in a population located in the Municipality of Tocuyito, Urbanización La Pocaterra. The information on the socio-sanitary conditions was obtained through a questionnaire type survey (Annex 1), to characterize these conditions were taken into account criteria for measuring the condition of life of the Inter-American Institute for Social Development.

In this paper is outlined the work of research and development of the Pasteur Institute of Caracas and its subsequent impact on national scientific activity, which translated, after its disappearance, in the creation of other institutions in which were carried out important studies in the field of health sciences. It is concluded that today, given the evident decline in the country of the activity of knowledge production and innovation, is particularly relevant to reflect on the efforts that were made in the past to promote a scientific endeavor to respond to the needs of the country, such as happened with the Pasteur Institute of Caracas, which is a good example of social transformations and changes in attitudes that can be achieved, with a profound long-term impact, if working in an organized way and proactively to improve the own living conditions.

Following an experimental methodology, with randomization, the present investigation was carried out, in order to analyze the influence of the accessibility of the symptoms on the diagnosis of depression that the medical student performs, in a situation of simulated clinical cases when it coexists with pathology. non-psychiatric medical care, in particular: depression and antiphlophoid syndrome.

Recently we have read with interest the work of María Triolo et al, in which it is said to make a comparison of the sensitivity of two techniques, widely used in the detection of enteroparasites in lettuce. Knowing the importance of their diagnosis in fresh fruits and vegetables, which is a cause for concern regarding food safety, we draw attention to some conceptual and methodological aspects used in the study, which we consider are not adequate and which can not be affirmed with certainty the veracity and applicability of the obtained results, same that we would like to expose.