Publications by authors named "Armida Rojas"
The arrival of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has challenged and exposed the precarization of health systems in the face of pandemic diseases. Medical personnel has demonstrated their commitment to service and workforce force, despite having inadequate medical equipment, supplies, hospital beds, and personnel, not to mention the risk of being victims of this disease. With this article, we aim to share the experience and capabilities of the medical staff to overcome adversities: their resilience and resourcefulness in the face of traumatic situations, and using and modifying any available equipment in the absence of mechanical ventilators to mitigate the progression of the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: clinical guidelines for mental and behavioral disorders must be tested in clinical settings to guarantee their usefulness worldwide. The purpose of this study was to evaluate interrater reliability and clinical utility of the guidelines for children and adolescents in assessing and diagnosing mood, anxiety, and fear-related disorders; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and disruptive behavioral disorder (DBD).
Methods: Children and adolescents ages 6-17 from two specialized settings in Mexico City were interviewed.
Introduction: Educational interventions can raise awareness and understanding in population groups and may help to achieve changes in behavior.
Objective: To determine if the educational handwashing program applied to high-school students reduces the colonization of infectious bacteria on the hands.
Methods: A non-randomized quasi-experimental study was carried out using consecutive sampling of the students of the last year of high-school who were divided into an intervention group and a control group.