Publications by authors named "V B Alarcon"
The Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) model fosters equitable partnerships between communities and academic institutions to promote health equity. This model emphasizes shared control over all phases of the research process and recognizes the limited power and inequalities experienced by marginalized communities. At our institution, Community Engagement Liaison Specialists (CELS) build relationships with New Mexico communities, guided by CBPR principles.
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- Tuberculosis is becoming more common in Latin America, partly because more people are going to prison, with the number almost quadrupling since 1990.
- A study looked at how this rise in incarceration has helped spread tuberculosis and found that it caused a lot more cases than expected.
- If countries reduce the number of people admitted to prison and the time they spend there, it could help lower tuberculosis cases by more than 10% by 2034.
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- The study investigates the role of private health-care providers in tuberculosis (TB) detection and management in Lima, Peru, highlighting a lack of understanding in Latin America about their involvement.
- It includes a mix of quantitative patient pathway analysis and qualitative interviews with private providers, revealing that 77% of patients sought care initially at private facilities with diagnostic capabilities.
- Findings suggest that while private providers see themselves as offering quicker services, issues with referral systems and a lack of public sector recognition for private tests hinder collaborative TB treatment efforts.
The Contamination Sanitization Inspection and Disinfection (CSI-D) device is a handheld fluorescence-based imaging system designed to disinfect food contact surfaces using ultraviolet-C (UVC) illumination. This study aimed to determine the optimal CSI-D parameters (i.e.
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