Transcultural adaptation to Spanish of the instrument "Effectiveness of Auditory Rehabilitation" for the assessment of quality of life in patients using hearing aids.

Introduction And Objectives: It is becoming increasingly important to have reliable and valid questionnaires. This becomes especially important when evaluating hearing loss.

The Aim Of This Work Was To Validate: the "Effectiveness of Auditory Rehabilitation" (EAR) questionnaire for the Spanish-speaking population.

Physical activity and health-related quality of life among adult women in Cali, Colombia: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To examine the associations of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and walking for transportation (WT) with the physical and mental dimensions of health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) among women.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2009 among 1,263 women ages 18-59 years living in neighborhoods with low and middle-low socioeconomic status in the urban area of Cali. HR-QOL was assessed using the Short Form 8 (SF-8).

[Effects of an educational and participatory community intervention on malaria control in Buenaventura, Colombia].

Introduction: A four-component, non randomized, primary-care based intervention for malaria control was implemented in Buenaventura, Colombia.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the applied intervention on knowledge about malaria, attention of febrile events and frequency of malaria occurrence in three communities of Buenaventura.

Materials And Methods: A post-intervention evaluation with a non-equivalent control group was performed.

[Evaluation of an educational strategy on malaria in rural areas of the Colombian Pacific Coast].

Introduction: Health education interventions have proved effective in improving knowledge, preventing practices and decreasing occurrence of malaria.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the educational intervention "The World of Malaria: Let's Learn to Manage it in Community" developed in Colombian malarial areas, in terms of increasing knowledge, preventive practices, treatment-seeking, and decreasing malaria occurrence.

Materials And Methods: A quasi-experimental post-test study with a non-equivalent control group was carried out.

[Effects of the health sector reform upon tuberculosis control interventions in Valle del Cauca, Colombia].

Implementation of the General System of Social Security in Health (GSSSH) was initiated for the control of tuberculosis (TBC) in the state of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, between 1991-2000. A study of its effects was centered in 7 municipalities of Valle del Cauca with a complementary set of qualitative and quantitative techniques for data collection and analysis. A reduction in planning, control and regulation of TBC activities by state agencies was observed.