[Analysis of unintentional injuries in vulnerable populations, Mexico 2018.].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of unintentional injuries (UI) in people residing in localities with <100 000 inhabitants and to analyze its association with different environmental, household and individual characteristics.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional design that analyses the UI component of Ensanut 100k, which is a probabilistic national survey that focused on households beneficiaries of the program Prospera and those with fewer economic capabilities. Prevalence of UI was estimated considering the complex design of the survey.

Dissonant health transition in the states of Mexico, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Background: Child and maternal health outcomes have notably improved in Mexico since 1990, whereas rising adult mortality rates defy traditional epidemiological transition models in which decreased death rates occur across all ages. These trends suggest Mexico is experiencing a more complex, dissonant health transition than historically observed. Enduring inequalities between states further emphasise the need for more detailed health assessments over time.

[Therapeutic adherence to retraining programs for women and men involved in abusive relationships in Mexico].

Objective: To analyze the therapeutic adherence among participants in the retraining program operated by the Ministry of Health of Mexico, in eight states in 2010.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study that assesses therapeutic adherence in a retraining intervention program for male perpetrators and female victims of intimate partner violence. The intervention was coordinated by a team of previously trained professionals.

Methodological proposal for implementing an intervention to prevent pedestrian injuries, a multidisciplinary approach: the case of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Objective: To describe the process for implementing an intervention to prevent pedestrian injuries in Cuernavaca, Mexico, using a multidisciplinary and evidence-based approach.

Methodology: This study included two phases with several stages. The first was an overall assessment of pedestrian mortality in Cuernavaca that included a comparison of pedestrian mortality between Cuernavaca and the rest of Morelos State (1998-2007), an analysis and geocoding of pedestrian injuries (2008-2009), and a description of techniques for selecting and analysing clustered events using road audits.

[Injuries in emergency rooms of urban areas in Mexico: prevalence and severity].

Objective: To identify frequency and severity of injuries by type of external cause in people attending emergency services for medical attention.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study held in the cities of Guadalajara, Colima and Mexico City, from September 2007 to February 2008. All people requiring emergency medical attention due to injuries were included.

Economic impact of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries in Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and Jalisco, Mexico.

Objective: To estimate the economic cost of fatal and non-fatal road traffic injuries (RTI) in Guadalajara metropolitan area (GMA) and Jalisco, Mexico during 2007.

Materials And Methods: Using an incidence-based cost of illness analysis from a household perspective employing a bottom-up approach all direct medical and non-medical costs, and indirect costs were estimated for a sample of RTI people who sought care during 1 month in four different medical facilities. Individuals were surveyed just before discharge from emergency rooms (ER) and hospitalisation services.

Economic impact of fatal and nonfatal road traffic injuries in Belize in 2007.

Objective: To estimate the economic cost of road traffic injuries in Belize in 2007.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary cost data, assuming the health system and social perspectives. Epidemiologic information was obtained from the mortality database, the national hospital discharge database, and administrative records from police and the Ministry of Health.

[Prevalence of non-fatal road traffic injuries in Mexico: results from ENSANUT 2006].

Objective: To determine non-fatal road traffic injuries (NFRTI) prevalence and its distribution in Mexico.

Material And Methods: Data from ENSANUT Survey 2006 were used. Using simple random sampling, one adult, one adolescent and one child were selected in each household, constituting a final sample of 94,197 representing an N of 102,886,482 people.

[Violence scale and severity index: a methodological proposal for measuring violence by the partner in Mexican women].

Objective: To construct and validate a scale to assess violence by the male partner against women. An index of severity of the emotional and physical damage was also designed to assess the intensity of the violent actions against women.

Material And Methods: The sample consisted of a total of 26 042 women who participated as respondents in the National Survey on Violence against Women (ENVIM per its abbreviation in Spanish) conducted in Mexico during 2003.

Factors influencing the use of dental health services by preschool children in Mexico.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with dental health services utilization (DHSU) within a publicly funded oral health program for preschool children in Campeche, Mexico.

Methods: A cross-sectional study in 1,303 preschoolers (3 to 6 years old) enrolled in 10 public schools was conducted. The independent variables were: (1) sex; (2) age; (3) tooth-brushing frequency; (4) caries severity; (5) enamel defects; (6) mother's maximum education level; (7) mother's attitude toward oral health; (8) health services availability; and (9) family's socioeconomic status.

[Medical care of injuries caused intentionally by domestic violence].

Objective: To describe and analyze the causes of emergency care services for intentional injuries, especially those caused by domestic violence, at four public hospitals in Mexico City.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and April 1998, which included variables related with the victim, the aggressor, and the medical care provided to the victim. A questionnaire was applied to individuals who had been injured intentionally.

[Usefulness of geographic analysis in the study of deaths caused by motor vehicle injuries].

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of geographic analysis to assess the distribution of fatal pedestrian run-over injuries.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study of mortality due to pedestrian run-over injuries was conducted in year 2000. Data were abstracted from death certificates of pedestrians who died due to run-over injuries in Mexico City, during 1994-1997 (International Classification of Diseases code E814.

[Risk factors for injuries caused by traffic accidents and the impact of an intervention on the road].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of interventions at a highway, in the occurrence and severity of injuries by traffic accidents.

Method: It was made a comparative analysis of two cross-sectional studies in 1994 and 1996.

Results: In 1994 the rate was 7.

[Violence and its repercussions on health: theoretical reflections and magnitude of the problem in Mexico].

Our understanding of violence gains from perspectives contributed by several different disciplines. The differences among goals and points of view are often reflected in their vocabularies and interfere in to integrate the advances by each of them. Three big disciplines have studied violence, those are: Social Sciences, Criminal Justice and most recently Public Health.

[Methodological aspects of measuring injuries from traffic accidents at the site of occurrence].

Traffic accidents are a well-known public health problem worldwide. In Mexico research into risk factors for motor involving vehicles accidents and their consequences has recently been taken into account. The relevant literature does not normally describe the methodological aspects involved in the collection of primary data, since most studies have used secondary data the good quality and validity of which are assumed.

[Safety belt use and severity of injuries in traffic accidents].

Objective: To analyze the association between the severity of car accident injuries and the use of safety belts.

Material And Methods: The unit of observation and analysis was car drivers in the Mexico-Cuernavaca toll highway. Variables included were those of car drivers, the vehicles and the physical environment at the accident site.

[Mortality by homicide, the fatal consequences of violence. The case of Mexico, 1979-1992].

Unlabelled: A study of homicide in the population of Mexico, was undertaken for the purpose of discovering the mortality panorama by this cause during 1979-1992. Homicide mortality trends were analyzed, as well as the main causes by age and sex. Rate by cause and sex were also analyzed using a Poisson Regression model.

[Mother's work and severity of accidental injuries in children].

A study was conducted in children under five years old, in order to establish the association between the mother's work and the severity of unintentional injuries. The study was carried out at the emergency room of six pediatric hospitals in Mexico City. Cases were children with major injuries that required hospitalization, intensive care, surgery, or who died as a result of the injury.

[Mortality due to homicide in children. Mexico, 1979-1990].

A study of homicides in children under five years old was conducted in order to define the mortality panorama by this cause during 1979-1990 in Mexico. Trends of homicide mortality were analyzed, as well as the main causes by age and sex. Rate ratio (RR) by cause and sex were analyzed too.

[The risk factors for home accidents in children. A case-control study].

Introduction: The main objective was to determine the risk factors involved in unintentional injuries in children under 10 years old occurring at home.

Material And Methods: A Case Control study was conducted in the emergency room of three pediatrics hospitals in Mexico City. The sample size was 160 cases and 320 controls.

[Home accidents in children less than 10 years of age: causes and consequences].

A case-control study was carried out, aimed at identifying and defining the individual, family, household and childcare social support network characteristics, more likely to be associated with the occurrence of accidental home injuries in 0-9 year-old children. This study was carried out in the emergency units of three pediatric hospitals in the Federal District. In this article we report the results of the descriptive analysis only of the cases.

[An analysis in traumatic lesions of the demand for emergency services at 12 pediatric hospitals of the city of Mexico].

A study on damages to a child's good health caused by injuries (accidents and violence), has been mainly directed towards the analysis of mortality. In reference to morbidity, very few studies have been carried out in our country. One of the primordial objectives of these studies was to explore morbidity through the demand of hospital emergency services.

[Accidents, violence and traumatic lesions. A new look at the use and conceptual analysis of the terminology].

One of the barriers that has arisen for the prevention of injuries provoked by accidents and violence has been precisely that of the consideration of these terms as a health problem in and of itself; in actuality, they only constitute the mechanisms through which said injuries arise. At the moment, the usefulness of these terms is based on the fact that they offer the possibility of identifying the injury as either inadvertent of deliberate. Likewise, one of the goals of this work is to reflect upon the problems that arise from the inadequate use of these terms, as well as the implications and limitations of their use.

[Mortality as a result of accidental and intentional injuries in the Federal District from 1970 to 1986].

This article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of unintentional and intentional injury mortality in México City for the period 1970-1986. The mortality rates and trends were obtained out of 73,197 registered deaths, (according to the 9th revision of the International Disease Classification). Deaths due to the earthquakes of 1985 were not included.