[Health literacy and its association with the control of hypertension].

Background: Health literacy (HL) involves self-care skills of healthy people and those with chronic diseases.

Objective: To assess the association between HL and blood pressure (BP) control in patients with hypertension.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to June 2022 in a family medicine unit from the Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS).

Young nurses' perceptions about their employment, working and health conditions.

Objective: to interpret young nursing professionals' perceptions about the relationship between working, employment and health conditions.

Method: a qualitative study with an interpretive approach regarding the work-related experiences of 15 young nurses, who took part in the research through voluntary snowball sampling. The data from the interviews and the focus group were analyzed to reach an approximation to the realities inherent to the nurses' work life.

Effects of Alcohol Use on Patient Retention in HIV Care in East Africa.

We sought to investigate the association between hazardous alcohol use and gaps in care for people living with HIV over a long-term follow-up period. Adults who had participated in our previously published Phase I study of hazardous alcohol use at HIV programs in Kenya and Uganda were eligible at their 42 to 48 month follow-up visit. Those who re-enrolled were followed for an additional ~ 12 months.

Addressing the unmet needs of women with breast cancer in Mexico: a non-randomised pilot study of the digital ePRO intervention.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the acceptability, feasibility, usability, and preliminary effect of an electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) intervention for patients with breast cancer in Mexico.

Design: We conducted a multimethod non-randomised pilot study. We used a pre-test/post-test design for quantitative assessment of the intervention's effect on patients' supportive care needs and quality of life.