Use of Contraception Among Hispanic Women and Men: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Nationally, low-income women of Hispanic ethnicity have a significantly higher rate of unintended pregnancy than their White counterparts. This disparity leads to an increased risk for poor maternal and child outcomes that have long and short-term sequelae for health and well-being. A quantitative report in Washtenaw County, Michigan in 2017 found that both men and women were at high risk for unintended pregnancy with many women reporting no contraception use, despite not desiring a pregnancy.

'I'm going to look for you and take your kids': Reproductive justice in the context of immigration enforcement.

Prior research has shown that immigration law enforcement contributes to poor health outcomes-including reproductive health outcomes-among Latinos. Yet no prior research has examined how immigration enforcement might inhibit reproductive justice and limit individual's reproductive autonomy. We utilized data from an existing study that consisted of a partnership with a Latino community in Michigan in which an immigration raid resulted in multiple arrests and deportations midway through data collection.

Isochromosome Mosaic Turner Syndrome: A Case Report.

Turner syndrome (TS) with an isochromosome mosaic karyotype 45,X/46,X,i(X) (q10) is an unusual variant, with only an 8-9% prevalence among women with TS based on international studies and 15% of all TS in the Philippines. Clinical features are atypical and any case should be investigated to detect potential complications. A 20-year-old female came in due to amenorrhea and alopecia.

Recovery of ilmenite mud as an additive in commercial Portland cements.

This work is focused on the manufacture of commercial cement using as additive ilmenite mud, a waste generated during TiO pigment production. The cements were produced by adding different proportions of mud (2.5, 5 and 10 wt%) to ordinary Portland cement (OPC).

Risk for Unintended Pregnancy Among Latino Men and Women in a Nonmetropolitan County in Michigan.

Introduction: This study characterizes the risk for unintended pregnancy among Latino men and women within a racially and ethnically diverse county in Michigan.

Methods: Latino respondents aged 18 to 50 years who reported no intention to become pregnant in the next year and no contraception use were defined as "at risk" for unintended pregnancy. Any associations between risk for unintended pregnancy and sociodemographic factors was determined through multivariate logistic regression.

Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in Pulmonary Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cuba 2012-2014.

INTRODUCTION Systematic surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance allows identification of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Surveillance studies of antituberculosis drug resistance systematically conducted in Cuba for over 15 years have revealed low circulation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, under 1% in new cases. OBJECTIVE Characterize antituberculosis drug resistance in isolates of M.

Health Implications of an Immigration Raid: Findings from a Latino Community in the Midwestern United States.

Immigration raids exemplify the reach of immigration law enforcement into the lives of Latino community members, yet little research characterizes the health effects of these raids. We examined the health implications of an immigration raid that resulted in multiple arrests and deportations and occurred midway through a community survey of a Latino population. We used linear regression following principal axis factoring to examine the influence of raid timing on immigration enforcement stress and self-rated health.

[Surveillance of antituberculosis-drug resistance in Cuba, 2010-2011].

Introduction: Antituberculosis-drug resistance surveillance is very important to identify multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of resistance in M. tuberculosis strains isolated between 2010 and 2011, and to demonstrate the laboratory performance in the external quality control of drug susceptibility testing.

Dependence of P-wave dispersion on mean arterial pressure as an independent hemodynamic variable in school children.

Introduction: The relationship between diastolic dysfunction and P-wave dispersion (PWD) in the electrocardiogram has been studied for some time. In this regard, echocardiography is emerging as a diagnostic tool to improve risk stratification for mild hypertension.

Objective: To determine the dependence of PWD on the electrocardiogram and on echocardiographic variables in a pediatric population.

[Molecular aspects of the antiviral response against hepatitis C virus implicated in vaccines development].

Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease caused by hepacivirus of the Flaviviridae family. It has a RNA genome, a unique highly variable molecule. It encodes ten proteins which are necessary to infect cells and multiply.

P-wave dispersion: a possible warning sign of hypertension in children.

Introduction: Hypertension and obesity in adults have been linked to increased EKG P-wave dispersion; the association has been shown in relation to hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy and atrial enlargement. Though studies in children have linked P-wave dispersion to left ventricular hypertrophy, scant pediatric literature relates P-wave dispersion to hypertension and obesity.

Objective: Assess the association of P-wave dispersion with blood pressure and nutritional status in a pediatric population.

Relationship between P wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and blood pressure.

Introduction: The study of arterial hypertension risk factors in children guarantees the establishment of health policies to avoid complications associated with this illness in the future. The highest values of P-wave dispersion during sinus rhythm are pointed as predictors of atrial fibrillation in adulthood since there is an association between arterial hypertension, P-wave dispersion and left ventricular hypertrophy. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between blood pressure, left ventricular mass index and P-wave dispersion in the pediatric population.

Perspectives about and approaches to weight gain in pregnancy: a qualitative study of physicians and nurse midwives.

Background: Over one third of reproductive age women in the US are obese. Pregnancy is a strong risk factor for obesity, with excess weight gain as the greatest predictor of long term obesity. The majority of pregnant women gain more weight than recommended by the Institute of Medicine guidelines.

[Surveillance of resistance to antitubercular drugs in Cuba, 2000-2009].

Objective: Determine the prevalence of resistance to antitubercular drugs in Cuba in the 2000-2009 decade.

Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted. The sample group consisted of 2,285 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from throughout the country in the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2009.

Latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers at a general hospital in Santiago de Cuba.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and its predictors in general hospital personnel.

Methods: Two tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) were carried out within 2 years in a sample of 371 health care workers (HCWs) at a general hospital in Santiago de Cuba Province, along with an interview to explore the association of LTBI with age, sex, occupation, contact history of TB and bacille Calmette-Guérin scar. A 10 mm cut-off point was used; an increase of ≥10 mm in the second TST was considered as tuberculin conversion.

Common scrotal and testicular problems.

Scrotal and testicular problems range from the benign and painless to the malignant and debilitating. The primary care physician should be able to triage these problems and know when to give reassurance and when to initiate a targeted workup that may lead to specialist intervention. This article focuses on scrotal pain and palpable abnormalities.

Progress towards tuberculosis elimination in Cuba.

Setting: The Cuban National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) was implemented in 1962, and has included directly observed treatment since 1971 and DOTS since 1982.

Objective: To assess the short-term trends of major indicators of tuberculosis (TB) elimination.

Methods: A surveillance system has been created on treatment and case finding.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cuba. Results of the three global projects.

Setting: The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in the world remains a major public health problem. Surveillance of anti-TB drug resistance is therefore an essential tool for monitoring the effectiveness of TB control program and, through policy development, for improving national and global TB control.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of anti-TB drug resistance in Cuba during the execution of the three global projects.

Theories of change: what works in improving health in mid-life?

The need to promote healthy active ageing in order to offset the impact of an ageing population on national resources and ensure a high quality of life in older age is well recognized. In 2001, the English Department of Health established a national pre-retirement health initiative involving the development of eight pilot projects. A national evaluation using a 'theories of change' approach embedded within a realistic evaluation design was commissioned to draw out the lessons from across the projects.

[Surveillance of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to anti-TB drugs in Cuba, 1995-1998].

Drug-resistance surveillance by means of culture and drug susceptibility test (DST) allows the estimation of the regional and global magnitude of multidrug-resistance (MDR). Two reports on anti-tuberculosis drug resistance by the WHO/IUATLD showed that drug-resistance TB varied widely across regions. This work determined the prevalence of drug resistance among new cases and among previously treated cases of tuberculosis in Cuba during the period 1995-1998.

3H dendrimer nanoparticle organ/tumor distribution.

Purpose: To determine the in vivo biodistribution for differently charged poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers in B16 melanoma and DU145 human prostate cancer mouse tumor model systems.

Methods: Neutral (NSD) and positive surface charged (PSD) generation 5 (d = 5 nm) PAMAM dendrimers were synthesized by using 3H-labeled acetic anhydride and tested in vivo. Dendrimer derivatives were injected intravenously, and their biodistribution was determined via liquid scintillation counting of tritium in tissue and excretory samples.

[Tuberculin reactivity among ninth-grade schoolchildren in the city of Havana, Cuba].

Objective: To determine the proportion of 14-year-old schoolchildren in the city of Havana, Cuba, with a positive tuberculin skin test, as an indicator of the prevalence of tuberculosis infection among them.

Methods: Using single-stage cluster sampling, 1 936 Mantoux (tuberculin) tests were carried out with ninth-grade students (cohort born in 1985) during the 1999- 2000 school year in 20 basic high schools randomly selected in Havana. The tests were performed according to the standard technique recommended by the World Health Organization, and they were read after 72 hours.