Changes in sleep habits during the lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic in the population and people attending a morning or an afternoon shift in Monterrey, Mexico.

To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, most countries implemented a lockdown that involved restricting the activity and confining the population to their homes. The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of the lockdown on sleep in people from the population of Monterrey, Mexico, and people attending a morning or afternoon work or study shift after more than a month adaptation period. Participants were 861 residents from Monterrey, Mexico, who completed an anonymous 20-minute web-based survey.

Emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents: The role of constipation.

Aim: The functional constipation (FC) is a source of an expressive suffering in children, negatively affecting their emotional, social, and physical well-being. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and behavioural characteristics of children/adolescents with FC.

Methods: A cross-sectional, observational, analytical study was conducted in public places by interviewing parents of children/adolescents about their child's bowel habits and psychological profile.

[Promoting health in vulnerable communities: social technologies for poverty reduction and sustainable development].

Objective: To report the experience of implementing social technologies in vulnerable communities to foster individual and community potential for health promotion, poverty reduction and sustainable development.

Method: The experience reports were collected from July 2010 to June 2015 with 200 individuals residing in vulnerable communities, in Bahia, Brazil. The experiences were reported in stages: 1) Awareness and diagnostics; 2) Workshops on different subjects; 3) Deployment of social technologies.