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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objective. To estimate the point prevalence and likely ranges of pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, low birth weight and preterm delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean, and evaluate the heterogeneity of the estimates.
Estela Blanco +11 more
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Student feedback about the integrated curriculum in a Caribbean medical school [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2014 Purpose: Xavier University School of Medicine adopted an integrated, organ system-based curriculum in January 2013. The present study was aimed at determining students’ perceptions of the integrated curriculum and related assessment methods. Methods: The
P. Ravi Shankar +3 more
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Ethnicity and the surgical management of early invasive breast cancer in over 164 000 women
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 This large national study examined in detail the patterns in surgical management of early breast cancer in women of different ethnicities. Allowing for different patterns of age and stage at presentation, the surgical management of early breast cancer was similar in all women, regardless of ethnicity. All treated the same Background Limited information
T. Gathani +4 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a companion of choice during labor and birth, to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes and women’s satisfaction with health services. To better understand the status of companion of choice in Latin America
Bremen De Mucio +3 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2022 Objectives. To estimate inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among women in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on Brazil and Mexico, and to calculate the scenario for recovery of modern contraceptive ...
Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de Leon +11 more
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Looking back and moving forward: can we accelerate progress on adolescent pregnancy in the Americas?
Reproductive Health, 2017 Adolescent fertility rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remain unacceptably high, especially compared to the region’s declining total fertility rates.
Sonja Caffe +10 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. To appraise the presence and magnitude of inter- and intra-country health inequalities related to HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) among young females. Methods.
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez +1 more
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Fruit trait variation in a caribbean germplasm collection of aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) [PDF]
, 2013 Aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) are an important agricultural commodity for many small-scale farmers in the Caribbean because it is a commercially viable crop and one that is integral to the cuisines of the region.
Bharath, Sarah +2 more
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Opportunities and Challenges: The Caribbean Involvement in the Free Trade Area of the Americas [PDF]
, 2003 This Article will examine the region\u27s participation in the process leading to the establishment of the FTAA, and the benefits and challenges associated with its involvement in this hemispheric undertaking.
Bishop, Myrtle D., Chandler, Samuel J.
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 A considerable number of clinical trials is being conducted globally in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in low- and middle-income countries such as those in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC).
Sarah Carracedo +5 more
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