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Adaptation to Aymara language and analysis of the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Peruvian and Bolivian populations [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Objective To culturally adapt the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for Aymara-speaking populations in Peru and Bolivia and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
Julio Cjuno, Lucy Puño-Quispe, Jovita Coronado-Fernandez, Carla Dávila-Valencia, Marco Antonio Alvarado-Carbonel, Elvis Chura-Maquera, Mishell Mamani-Quea, Frank Peralta-Alvarez, Oscar Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos Bazo-Alvarez   +9 more
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Perceptions of Cancer Risks Among Indigenous Women in Bolivia: A Qualitative Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Cancer is responsible for nearly 20% of all deaths in Bolivia. This study explored sociocultural factors, risk perceptions, and healthcare‐seeking behaviors associated with cancer among Aymara women in a high‐altitude community in rural Bolivia.
Christensen EG, Onega T, Reeves L, Robison K, Johnson T, Rose J, Kamimura A.   +6 more
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Human adaptation to high-altitude: A contemporary comparison of the oxygen cascade in Andean, Tibetan and Ethiopian highlanders. [PDF]

Exp Physiol
Abstract Human populations native to high altitude have evolved distinct physiological adaptations to chronic hypoxia. This adaptation is evident in the O2 transport cascade. In this review, with brief inclusion of the related genetic adaptations, we compare the O2 cascade across three well‐characterized high‐altitude populations: Andeans (Aymara and ...
Getu AA, Ilardo M, Tremblay JC, Carr JMJR, Faoro V, Ainslie PN.   +5 more
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Alternatively spliced NFKB1 transcripts enriched in Andean Aymara modulate inflammation, HIF and hemoglobin [PDF]

Nature Communications
The molecular basis of increased hemoglobin in Andean Aymara highlanders is unknown. We conducted an integrative analysis of whole-genome-sequencing and granulocytes transcriptomics from Aymara and Europeans in Bolivia to explore genetic basis of the ...
Jihyun Song, Seonggyun Han, Ricardo Amaru, Lucie Lanikova, Teddy Quispe, Dongwook Kim, Jacob E. Crawford, Soo Jin Kim, Younghee Lee, Josef T. Prchal   +9 more
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Decolonizing mental health: how native languages reshape depression network architecture in 31,276 Peruvians [PDF]

Scientific Reports
To date, no studies have investigated the effect of native language on depressive symptom networks. To address this gap, we examined depression symptom network structure across four major cultural-linguistic groups in Peru (Castellano, Quechua, Aymara ...
Javier A. Flores-Cohaila, Jeff Huarcaya-Victoria, Cesar Li-Amenero, Santiago Stucchi-Portocarrero, Carlos Alexis Salgado-Valenzuela, José Bojórquez-De la Torre, Brayan Miranda-Chavez, Cesar Copaja-Corzo   +7 more
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Nutritional status, body indices, and somatotype in Aymara and Quechua children from high Andean areas of Peru [PDF]

Journal of Nutritional Science
Infants born at high altitudes, such as in the Puno region, typically exhibit higher birthweights than those born at low altitudes; however, the influence of ethnicity on childhood anthropometric patterns in high-altitude settings remains poorly ...
Lidia Sofia Caballero Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Adrian Núñez Postigo, Juber Chávez Dominguez, Vilma Lucrecia Tapia Aguirre, José Oscar Alberto Begazo Miranda   +4 more
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Designing a communication strategy to promote Alzheimer's disease prevention: The CULTIVAMENTE campaign. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION Awareness of Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention remains limited in community settings, contributing to low adoption of evidence‐based recommendations. This study aimed to design a context‐tailored communication strategy for older adults and health‐care providers.
Aravena JM, Castro H, Poblete R, Saavedra G, Briceño R, Torres W, Vecchi M, Budinich M, Fuentes P, Albala C, Levy BR.   +10 more
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Susti, Alejandro (ed.). Abelardo Oquendo: la crítica literaria como creación.

Metáfora, 2021
Uno de los ejercicios literarios menos atendidos por la esfera pública es el de la crítica a través de las reseñas. A menudo, esta se confina en las arcas —casi siempre cerradas— de la universidad. Y en estas, se ubica en las revistas académicas con una
Alex Hurtado Lazo
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Aymara [PDF]

International Journal of American Linguistics, 2018
Aymara (ISO aym) is spoken by about two million people, more than half of whom are Bolivian. The other half are mainly Peruvian, with small communities in Chile and Argentina. The Aymaran family (Aymara and Kawki/Jaqaru) is a language isolate, although the Quechuan family is erroneously believed to be related.
Banegas-Flores, Edwin, Coler, Matt
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Los dilemas comunitarios étnicos y religiosos. Las investigaciones antropológicas del pentecostalismo aymara y mapuche en Chile (1967- 2012)

Estudios Atacameños, 2014
Este artículo analiza las investigaciones antropológicas del pentecostalismo aymara y mapuche en Chile. En concreto, se analizan los presupuestos teóricos presentes en los conceptos de comunidad, sujetos, y su imbricación, presentes en estas ...
Miguel Ángel Mansilla, Wilson Enrique Muñoz Henríquez, Luis Orellana   +2 more
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