Stakeholder perceptions of dementia in Colombia: a qualitative study.

Background: The global rise in dementia prevalence poses a significant public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where resources for diagnosis, treatment, and support are constrained. Addressing this issue, the World Health Organization's 2017-2025 global action plan on dementia envisions a future where dementia is preventable, and individuals with dementia and their caregivers receive dignified support.

Methods: Using a qualitative research design, this study explores stakeholder perspectives on dementia in Colombia, framed by the World Health Organization's global action plan.

Social patterning of cognitive impairment in Colombia: evidence from the SABE 2015 study.

Introduction: Dementia, an increasingly critical public health concern in low and middle-income countries, is associated with lower socioeconomic status, early cognitive impairment, and elevated dementia-related mortality risk. This study seeks to estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment, investigate its links with social indicators, and visualize social gradients across different regions in Colombia.

Methods: Secondary data analysis from the SABE 2015 survey, multinomial regression analyses, and equiplot graphs.

[Beliefs of men from Cali, Colombia, about digital rectal examination: findings of an exploratory study].

This study used the Health Beliefs Model to explore beliefs on digital rectal examination (DRE) to screen for prostrate cancer, prior to intent to submit to the examination, in men 45 to 64 years of age in Cali, Colombia. The 267 participants answered a questionnaire by means of prior selection through proportional sampling by quotas. A univariate and bivariate analysis showed that only 25.

[Clustering patterns of behavioral risk factors linked to chronic disease among young adults in two localities in Bogota, Colombia: importance of sex differences].

Background: The characterization of clustering behavioral risk factors may be used as a guideline for interventions aimed at preventing chronic diseases. This study determined the clustering patterns of some behavioral risk factors in young adults aged 18 to 29 years and established the factors associated with having two or more of them.

Methods: Patterns of clustering by gender were established in four behavioral risk factors (low consumption of fruits and vegetables, physical inactivity in leisure time, current tobacco consumption and acute alcohol consumption), in 1465 young adults participants through a multistage probabilistic sample.

[Accessibility to healthcare services in the recent cervical cytology performed in an urban area in Colombia].

Background: Cervical cancer is a public health problem in developing countries. Cytology of the uterine cervix has been promoted to change this situation, the coverage thereof not being adequate for many different reasons. This study is aimed at delving into the relationship between the recent cervical cytology performed and that performed three years previous to the survey, insurance and access to healthcare services.