Publications by authors named "Olga Georgina Martinez Montanez"

Aim: To inform the implementation of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling (HPV-SS) in the workplace, we assessed the perspectives of healthcare professionals and managers on the benefits, barriers, and opportunities for improvement of a pilot program.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study based on in-depth telephone interviews was conducted between June and August 2023. Data were analyzed through inductive thematic analysis.

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Background: In Mexico, diabetes mellitus (DM) and diseases cardiovascular, register an upward trend.

Objective: To estimate the number of complications due to cardiovascular events (CVD) and complications derived from DM (CDM) accumulated in beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) from 2019 to 2028, as well as the expense for medical and economic benefits in a scenario baseline and one of change in metabolic profile due to lack of medical follow-up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Methods: The number of CVD and CDM was estimated from 2019, with a 10-year risk projection using the ESC CVD Risk Calculator and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study, considering risk factors registered in the institutional databases.

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Objetivo: Describir el proceso de diseño de Vida Saludable, un nuevo programa de estudios para la educación básica en México. Material y métodos. Se conformó un equipo de trabajo entre especialistas en salud y la Secretaría de Educación Pública.

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La creciente epidemia de obesidad ha sido uno de los retos más importantes de salud pública en México durante los últimos años. Con apoyo de la Federación Mundial de Obesidad, en 2021 formamos un grupo de profesionales para identificar y resumir las acciones prioritarias en las que puede enfocarse nuestro país para hacer frente a esta epidemia. Al proceso de desarrollo y discusión de este grupo se sumaron más de 1 000 profesionales de la salud para retomar recomendaciones de documentos y guías de alto nivel previamente publicados.

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The cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have a growing impact over the world mortality, affecting mostly low and middle-income countries. This is due to changes in the population pyramid and the increase in unhealthy lifestyles that predispose the global population to cardiovascular risk factors such as overweight, obesity, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome. Ischemic heart disease and the cerebral vascular event remain the first causes of death reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) for more than a decade.

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Cardiovascular diseases are a major public health problem because of their they impact on more than 30% of all deaths worldwide. In our country and in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) are also the leading cause of death and the main cause of lost of healthy life years due to disability or premature death. 50% of deaths are premature; most of them are due to acute myocardial infarct.

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Objective: Mammographic interpretation using the BI-RADS system determines if a patient will continue in the regular screening program or needs additional studies for breast cancer diagnosis, hence the importance of its evaluation. Sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy of mammographic interpretation and inter- and intra-observer variation, were assessed in a random sample of 29 radiologists from the Mexican Ministry of Health.

Material And Methods: Eighty diagnostic and screening mammographic studies were selected from the National Cancer Institute in Mexico City.

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Breast Cancer is a significant public health problem associated with epidemiological and demographic transitions that are currently taking place in Mexico. Aging and increased exposure to risk factors are thought to increase breast cancer incidence, having great relevance for the society and health services. Under this scenario, the health system must respond to the growing needs for better breast cancer screening services.

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This paper describes the strategy of provision and assessment of preventive health services that the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) established in 2002 and that for social communication purposes, was called PREVENIMSS. The strategy is composed by five programs: Children's Health, Adolescents' Health, Women's Health, Men's Health and Seniors' Health. The objectives of these programs are the following: to provide a group of actions to promote and protect health, according to their age, sex and risk factors; to incorporate new preventive actions in order to face demographic and epidemiologic transition; to promote the participation of population in health care; to integrate provision of preventive services in family medicine clinics, and to broaden their coverage and impact.

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