Dating Violence among Undergraduate Medical Students at a Public University in Mexico City: An Exploratory Study.

Gender-based violence (GBV) and cyber-aggression are growing problems in Mexico, but there is a dearth of information on their associated risks. We aimed to determine the prevalence of dating violence (DV) and cyber-aggression in a public campus and compared students' acceptability of abusive DV based on their sex and sexual orientation. We employed a cross-sectional design to survey 964 first-year medical students attending a public university.

The burden of cardiovascular disease in Mexico 1990-2021. Summary of the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality, with economic implications for the health system.

Objective: To characterize the burden of CVD in Mexico from 1990 to 2021 based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, to address the burden of health and disease, its implications for public health and for the development of the health care system.

Material And Methods: CVD mortality in Mexico is described, and the extent to which population growth and aging explain the observed trends, sex differences, and geographic patterns is examined.

Effect of Omicron on the prevalence of COVID-19 in international travelers at the Mexico city international airport. December 16th, 2021 to January 31st, 2022.

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 continues to have a high rate of contagion worldwide. The new variant of concern, Omicron, has mutations that decrease the effectiveness of vaccines and evade antibodies from previous infections resulting in a fourth wave of the pandemic. It was identified in Mexico in December 2021.

The Paradoxical Effect of Living Alone on Cognitive Reserve and Mild Cognitive Impairment among Women Aged 60+ in Mexico City.

An elderly person who lives alone must often be autonomous and self-sufficient in daily living activities. We explored if living alone and marital status were associated with mild cognitive impairment and low cognitive reserve in a sample of Mexican women aged 60+ attending continuing education courses using a cross-sectional design. Objective cognitive functions were assessed using the MMSE and Blessed Dementia Scale.

[Social inequality in the use of screening tests in Mexico: an analysis of the national health surveys 2006 and 2012].

Objective: To measure health inequality in the use of screen-ing services in adults from 20 to 59 years of age from the 2006 and 2012 national health and nutrition surveys.

Materials And Methods: dults (detection of diabetes, hypertension, breast cancer, cervical cancer and prostate cancer), the Kuznets index, the slope inequality index and the health concentration index were estimated. Considering as social indicators schooling, ethnicity, unemployment, socioeconomic level and type of health protection.

Sexual health educational intervention in medical students.

Introduction: The National Autonomous University of Mexico Faculty of Medicine created the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, which is aimed at students.

Objective: To determine the sexual-reproductive health profile of medical students through a diagnostic questionnaire and of those who participated in an educational intervention on sexuality (three modules).

Method: First-year undergraduate students, schoolyear 2017-2018, participated.

[General characteristics of medical education in Mexico. A look from medical schools].

Objective: To know the characteristics of medical education and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

Materials And Methods: A transversal and quantitative study of the characteristics of medical education in 29 medical schools in Mexico was carried out, between April and September 2017. Questionnaire with Likert scale was applied to explore context, regulation, structure, process, results and impact of medical education.

Twelve years after abortion decriminalization in Mexico City: Can we still remain an island of liberties?

Latin America hosts the most restrictive abortion legislation globally. In 2007, Mexico, the second largest Catholic country in the world, decriminalized elective abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy in the capital: Mexico City (also known as Federal District of Mexico). Following the reform, the Mexico City Ministry of Health (MX-MOH) implemented safe and legal services.

[Workplace bullying during specialty training in a pediatric hospital in Mexico: a little-noticed phenomenon].

Background: Workplace bullying (WB) is a hostile or intimidating behavior that is practiced against workers and has a negative impact on health, job performance, and the learning process. The objective was to research WB magnitude and its associated factors in Mexico.

Methods: Mixed method study.

[Ethics committees in the experience of the IMSS: a Latin American instance].

Background: The aim of this article is to identify the current state of hospital bioethics committees and local research ethics committees of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS).

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed that included all hospitals of the IMSS (N = 262). Two self-administered questionnaires were e-mailed between october and november 2014 to the hospital directors: one for hospital bioethics committees and another for local research ethics committees.

[Capacity of the legal framework of public health institutions in Mexico to support their functional integration].

Objective: Evaluate the capacity of the federal legal framework to govern financing of health institutions in the public sector through innovative schemes--otherwise known as functional integration--, enabling them to purchase and sell health services to and from other public providers as a strategy to improve their performance.

Materials And Methods: Based on indicators of normative alignment with respect to functional integration across public health provider and governance institutions, content analysis was undertaken of national health programs and relevant laws and guidelines for financial coordination.

Results: Significant progress was identified in the implementation of agreements for the coordination of public institutions.

[Epidemiological profile of mortality due to human influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico].

Objective: To carry out the epidemiological analysis of 122 influenza A (H1N1) deaths confirmed by laboratory and help to improve the diagnosis and timely managing of cases.

Material And Methods: A total of 122 clinical records were analyzed of patients with confirmed influenza A (H1N1) virus infection who died.

Results: Fifty-one percent of patients were female and 49% were male.

[Epidemiological general profile of complaints treated at the National Medical Arbitration Commission. 1996-2007].

Objective: To analyze medical complaints over a period of 11 years, for making recommendations for prevention and improving planning for responding.

Material And Methods: We studied the medical complaints at the National Medical Arbitration Commission (Conamed, per its acronym in Spanish) between 1996 and 2007 using descriptive statistics to identify their general profile in relation to the variables of time, place and person. We also studied the frequency of evident medical malpractice as well as the severity of the damage it produces.

[The role of electromyography in cases of vocal cord paralysis].

Background: Several pathologies can involve muscles that control vocal folds. The abnormality can affect peripheral nerves or central nervous system centers. Clinically, muscle function can be assessed by observing the movement of structures themselves or by recording electrical activity of these muscles using (electromyography-EMG).