- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Global Health and Surgery
- Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Sex work and related issues
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Community Development and Social Impact
Universidad de Antioquia
2016-2024
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas
2020-2022
Icesi University
2020-2022
Universidad de Granada
2017-2018
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
2011
Abstract Background Improved access to health care and quality of services require integrated efforts innovations, including community empowerment participation in transformation processes. Chagas disease is a neglected tropical that generally controlled by insecticide spraying. To achieve program, actions for social innovations may include: community-based research, interdisciplinary intersectoral participation, perception direct benefits or environmental improvements. The aim this study...
Abstract Background Social innovation (SI) in health holds potential to contribute systems strengthening and universal coverage (UHC). The role of universities SI has been well described the context high-income countries. An evidence gap exits on healthcare delivery low- middle-income countries (LMICs) as engagement from these contexts. There is thus a need build capacity for research within universities. aim this study was examine adoption implementation network university hubs focused five...
Objectives To develop a consensus statement to provide advice on designing, implementing and evaluating crowdsourcing challenge contests in public health medical contexts. Design Modified Delphi using three rounds of survey questionnaires one workshop. Setting Uganda for face-to-face activities, global online questionnaires. Participants A multidisciplinary expert panel was convened at consensus-development conference included 21 researchers with experience leading contests, five sector...
Identify publications from 2000 to 2020 on hepatitis B in indigenous people Latin America, learn about advances and gaps this field the last 20 years.Exploratory review systematic evidence review. Documents were organized using Excel Rayyan® software.We selected 30 of 107 articles found: 17 epidemiological studies, 10 document reviews, 2 clinical 1 letter editor. Brazil was country with most (50%), them an approach. The topic often addressed prevalence 22 publications, followed by 11 studies...
<p>Este artículo estudia la función del guía bilingüe como actor en disminución de brecha el acceso y atención salud las comunidades indígenas wayuu Colombia. En marco un proyecto VIH llevado a cabo entre los años 2012 2014, se realizaron 24 entrevistas actores claves área administrativa salud, incluyendo guías bilingües wayuu. A partir análisis cualitativo identificaron tres barreras culturales respecto al salud: a) idioma; b) cosmovisión sobre cuerpo, enfermedad; c) información...
The study, based on the principles of qualitative research and social sciences, implemented evaluated a rapid intervention for prevention hiv in mining contexts, which prioritized training community leaders. During period five months we trained ten leaders, who as well group 277 inhabitants, including miners non miners. As result observed changes the level knowledge perceptions about hiv. None 183 persons tested —rapid test— was reactive. We found important gaps combined with misconceptions...
Introduction. Colombia is home to 2 million indigenous people who live in conditions of poverty and with health deficiencies, making them vulnerable contracting hepatitis B (HBV). Amazonas has a high virus prevalence, there are barriers accessing vaccination; thus, part the population susceptible infection. Objective. To identify factors associated HBV Colombian people. Materials Methods. A case-control study over 18 years from four departments Colombia. Cases were identified through...
Despite the universal vaccination program, there are still regions and territories with a high prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus infection (HBV), such as Amazon basin, where several indigenous communities live. Additionally, Delta (HDV) is defective that requires hepatitis surface antigen (HBsAg) for assembly release de novo viral particles. Therefore, D could be result HBV/HDV coinfection or HDV superinfection in individuals chronic B. Among populations America. This study aims to describe...
Understanding how Indigenous populations perceive HIV/AIDS is of high relevance for the implementation culturally appropriate interventions. The study analyzed ways in which Wayuu communities Colombia socially and respond to from their sociocultural realities knowledge illness. It qualitative data 9 focus groups 29 semi-structured interviews. think as “the illness”, that it incurable, fatal, transmitted alijunas (non Wayuu), beyond understanding. They seem similarly Western societies...
Universal health coverage is a public priority in the Americas. Social innovation offers novel solutions to unmet needs, by enabling care delivery be more inclusive, affordable, and effective. In 2017, an international collaborative consortium launched open call for that sought identify social innovations Central America Caribbean. The focus was set on how these can strengthen delivery, with emphasis reducing impact of neglected transmissible diseases. A crowdsourcing strategy implemented...
Han aumentado las evidencias de la expansión del VIH/sida en indígenas
Objetivo Comprender las percepciones que tienen médicos y pacientes sobre sus relaciones cómo condiciones actuales del Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (SGSSS) influyen su relacionamiento.Materiales Métodos La recolección análisis información se basó el principio saturación propone la investigación cualitativa, mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas aplicadas a 17 15 durante ejercicio roles, ambiente espera consulta cinco IPS seleccionadas. Las fueron grabadas, trascritas...