[Mapping of research protocols, publications, and collaborations on COVID-19 in Latin America and the CaribbeanMapeamento de protocolos de pesquisa, publicações e colaborações sobre COVID-19 na América Latina e no Caribe].

Objective: To map research protocols, publications, and collaborations on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Methods: Included were research protocols registered in international platforms and research publications containing populations, data, or authors from LAC. The source of information for protocols was primarily the International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) of the World Health Organization; for publications, specific electronic databases and repositories pertaining to COVID-19 were used.

Knowledge translation strategies for dissemination with a focus on healthcare recipients: an overview of systematic reviews.

Background: While there is an ample literature on the evaluation of knowledge translation interventions aimed at healthcare providers, managers, and policy-makers, there has been less focus on patients and their informal caregivers. Further, no overview of the literature on dissemination strategies aimed at healthcare users and their caregivers has been conducted. The overview has two specific research questions: (1) to determine the most effective strategies that have been used to disseminate knowledge to healthcare recipients, and (2) to determine the barriers (and facilitators) to dissemination of knowledge to this group.

Risk factors for chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes: a systematic review.

Objectives: To evaluate the potential associations between chronic kidney disease of uncertain or non-traditional etiology (CKDnT) and agrochemicals, heat stress, heavy metals, and other factors identified in the literature in any region of the world and at any time.

Methods: This was a systematic review of the most frequent exposures suspected to be possible causes of CKDnT. A search was conducted of PubMed, LILACS, World Wide Science electronic databases, among other sources.

[Interventions to improve access to health services by indigenous peoples in the Americas].

Objective: Synthesize evidence on effectiveness of interventions designed to improve access to health services by indigenous populations.

Methods: Review of systematic reviews published as of July 2015, selecting and analyzing only studies in the Region of the Americas. The bibliographic search encompassed MEDLINE, Lilacs, SciELO, EMBASE, DARE, HTA, The Cochrane Library, and organization websites.

Effectiveness of interventions to prevent motorcycle injuries: systematic review of the literature.

Globally, 49% of deaths from traffic crashes occur among vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists. Approximately, a quarter of those killed are motorcyclists. The authors carried out a systematic review of the literature to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to prevent motorcycle crashes and the associated morbidity and mortality.

Antibiotic regimens for management of intra-amniotic infection.

Background: Chorioamnionitis is a common infection that affects both mother and infant. Infant complications associated with chorioamnionitis include early neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis. Chorioamnionitis can also result in maternal morbidity such as pelvic infection and septic shock.

[Social and familial determinants of anxiety and depressive symptoms in middle to low income women].

Background: Among women, risk factors for mental disorders are violence, economical inequities and disadvantages and discrimination.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in women and to determine factors associated with them.

Material And Methods: A cross sectional study of a probabilistic sample of 422 women aged 34 years as a mean, living in a medium to low income neighborhood in Temuco, Chile.

[Associated factors to depressive symptoms and somatic symptoms in climacteric women in the city of Temuco].

Background: Depression is an important mental health problem. The Chilean Ministry of Health has considered depression in women as one of the health priorities for the country.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of depressive and somatic symptoms and their risk factors in climacteric women.