The Brazilian version of the telehealth usability questionnaire (telehealth usability questionnaire Brazil): translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to translate and cross-culturally adapt the telehealth usability questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese and to evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods: This was a methodological validation study carried out in two phases. In phase 1, the telehealth usability questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted with 10 participants comprising the expert committee members, including 5 healthcare professionals with theoretical and practical knowledge of telehealth, 1 methodologist, and 4 translators.

in Pig Farms and on Pig Meat in Suriname.

is one of the most important food borne zoonotic pathogens. While mainly associated with poultry, it has also been associated with pigs. Compared to the high-income countries, there is much less known on the prevalence of in low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Caribbean area.

Responsiveness of the Brazilian IdFAI questionnaire in patients with chronic ankle instability.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the responsiveness of the Brazilian version of the Identification of Functional Ankle Instability (IdFAI) questionnaire in students who received an eight-week treatment for chronic ankle instability (CAI).

Methods: Twenty-five college students (aged 23.12 ± 2.

Rabies in the Caribbean: A Situational Analysis and Historic Review.

Rabies virus is the only Lyssavirus species found in the Americas. In discussions about rabies, Latin America and the Caribbean are often grouped together. Our study aimed to independently analyse the rabies situation in the Caribbean and examine changes in rabies spatiotemporal epidemiology.

Presence of pesticide residues on produce cultivated in Suriname.

Agricultural pesticides are widely used in Suriname, an upper middle-income Caribbean country located in South America. Suriname imported 1.8 million kg of agricultural pesticides in 2015.