Low birth weight in Mexico: new evidence from a multi-site postpartum hospital survey.

Objective: To identify factors related to cases of low birth weight among a sample of Mexican women.

Material And Methods: The present analysis utilizes data from a post partum survey of 565 women implemented in eight different social security hospitals in western Mexico during 2001. Women giving birth to low weight infants (2.

[Prenatal care at the first level of care: characteristics of providers that affect users' satisfaction].

Objective: To assess the satisfaction level attained by prenatal care users in primary health services in Mexico, and to compare the level of satisfaction according to characteristics of the provider and the service.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted to analyze data from 217 care provider-user pairs. Interviews were carried out in 95 primary care units in eight Mexican states.

[The inclusion of human rights in AIDS/HIV norms in Mexico and Central America: 1993-2000].

Objective: To analyze the inclusion of human rights in HIV/AIDS norms in Mexico and Central America for the 1993-2000 period.

Material And Methods: Norms and regulations for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in this region were analyzed. A constructivist perspective of judiciary subsystems and human rights was used as a reference framework, to establish categories of analysis with significance codes based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.