[Doctor-Patient relationship in healthcare institutions of Medellin, Colombia].

Objective: To understand the perceptions that doctors and patients have about their relationships and how the current conditions of the General System of Social Security in Health (GSSSH) influence their relationship.

Materials And Methods: The collection and analysis of information was based on the saturation principle proposed by qualitative research, through direct observation and semi-structured interviews applied to 17 patients and 15 physicians during the exercise of their roles, in the waiting and consultation environment within the selected healthcare institutions. The interviews recorded, transcribed and analyzed under five precepts of the Grounded Theory of Corbin and Strauss.

[Hepatitis B in indigenous people in Latin America: a literature reviewHepatite B em indígenas na América Latina: revisão da literatura].

Objective: Identify publications from 2000 to 2020 on hepatitis B in indigenous people in Latin America, to learn about advances and gaps in this field in the last 20 years.

Methods: Exploratory review and systematic evidence review. Documents were organized using Excel and Rayyan® software.

Exploring social innovation in health in Central America and the Caribbean.

Universal health coverage is a public health priority in the Americas. Social innovation in health offers novel solutions to unmet needs, by enabling health care delivery to be more inclusive, affordable, and effective. In 2017, an international collaborative consortium launched an open call for solutions that sought to identify social innovations in health in Central America and the Caribbean.

Universities as catalysts of social innovation in health systems in low-and middle-income countries: a multi-country case study.

Background: Social innovation (SI) in health holds potential to contribute to health systems strengthening and universal health coverage (UHC). The role of universities in SI has been well described in the context of high-income countries. An evidence gap exits on SI in healthcare delivery in the context of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as on the engagement of universities from these contexts.

Documentary research on social innovation in health in Latin America.

Background: Identifying social innovation in health initiatives, promoting quality of life through them, and transforming current health conditions demand the knowledge, comprehension and appropriation of the theoretical and methodological developments of this concept. Academic developments in social innovation have mainly occurred in and been documented for English-speaking countries, although relevant experiences have been implemented in Latin America. In this article, we describe and analyze how social innovation in health is being approached and understood in this region.

[Bilingual guides: a strategy to decrease cultural barriers to health care access in the Wayuu communities of Maicao, Colombia].

The article examines the use of bilingual guides to decrease cultural barriers to health care access in the Wayuu indigenous communities of Colombia. Within a larger project on HIV carried out between 2012 and 2014, 24 interviews were conducted with key actors in the administrative and health areas, including Wayuu bilingual guides. As a result of the qualitative analysis, the study identified three cultural barriers to health care access: a) language; b) the Wayuu worldview regarding the body, health, and illness; and c) information about sexual and reproductive health and HIV not adapted to the Wayuu culture.