Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia.

Objectives: To explore the perceptions that Colombians have about voluntary private health insurance plans (VPHI) in the health system to identify the tensions that exist between the public and private systems.

Methods: A qualitative case study approach with 46 semi structured interviews of patients, healthcare workers, healthcare administrators, decision-makers, and citizens. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, anonymized, digitally stored, and analyzed following grounded theory guidelines.

[Deliberative dialogue with Ibero-American universities on interventions in student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemicDiálogo deliberativo com universidades ibero-americanas sobre intervenções em saúde mental dos estudantes na pandemia de COVID-19].

Objective: To contextualize a synthesis of evidence on interventions in student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic through a deliberative dialogue with Ibero-American universities.

Methods: An evidence synthesis and synchronous dialogues were previously conducted, consisting of subgroup discussions about the design and implementation of mental health interventions. An analysis of dialogic data was conducted, then organized by topic.

Mental health interventions for college and university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A critical synthesis of the literature.

Background: The aim of the study is to compare the emotional effects of COVID-19 among three different groups, namely: health personnel, medical students, and a sample of the general population.

Methods: 375 participants were recruited for this study, of which 125 were medical students (preclinical studies, 59; clinical studies, 66), 125 were health personnel (COVID-19 frontline personnel, 59; personnel not related with COVID-19, 66), and 125 belonged to the general population. The PHQ-9, GAD-7, and CPDI scales were used to assess the emotional impact.

[Mental health interventions for college and university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical synthesis of the literature].

Background: College and university students are a population vulnerable to mental disorders, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their mental health has been affected by confinement, difficulties in the development of academic activities, and the demands of new pedagogical modalities. We aimed to respond to the question: what are the actions around promotion and prevention, mental symptoms care, and pedagogical adaptations that can be developed in order to improve the mental health of college and university students?

Methods: We conducted a critical synthesis from a systematic review of the literature.

[Associated factors to non-operative management failure of hepatic and splenic lesions secondary to blunt abdominal trauma in children].

Introduction: The non operative management (NOM) is the standard management of splenic and liver blunt trauma in pediatric patients.Hemodynamic instability and massive transfusions have been identified as management failures. Few studies evaluate whether there exist factors allowing anticipation of these events.