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Youth: Choices and Change
On Tuesday, March 17, a Press Conference on Youth: Choices and Change: will be a unique opportunity to hear what international experts working in the field of adolescence are saying about the power of early intervention to create positive lifelong behavior change.(9/Mar/2005)
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Books
Youth: Choices and Change
Presents the first-ever systematic collection and reporting of the application of behavioral change theories and models specifically to adolescents. Breaks new ground in explaining why some health promotion interventions aimed at positive adolescent behavior change produce the desired results, while others fai. (Scientific Publication, 2005© PAHO, 2005)(30/May/2008)
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Inside the Neighborhood: Salvadoran Street Gangs Violent Solidarity
Almost ten years after signing the peace agreement, there has been an exponential increase in social violence and delinquency in El Salvador. The study behind this book tries to shed light on this phenomenon. One of the objectives of the study was to call attention to the kinds of activities in which these young people participate, as well as analyzing the information collected. This permits not only a better description of the agression and victimization practiced and the severity that both genders suffer, but also of their environment and experiences within the gang. It is believed that this information will help formulate more accurate public policies.(9/Jan/2002)
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Tobacco-Free Youth: A Life Sills Primer
Examines scope of the tobacco problem among youths in the Americas, and discusses the application of the "life skills" approach to prevent use. (Scientific Publication, © PAHO,2000) (23/May/2000)
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Diabetes y Sobrepeso en el Contexto de AIEPI
Esta presentación de 31 diapositivos sobre la diabetes y el sobrepeso entre niños y adolescentes se presentó en el Coloquio Internacional 2005 sobre nutrición y diabetes en el Hospital Infantil de Tejas en Houston.(23/Apr/2005)
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Risk Factors for Gang Involvement
This slide contains a diagram indicating the different risk factors that lead to teenagers' choice to associate in gangs, their own perceived reasons for doing so, and the obligations implicit for the solidarity they find in gang membership. Based on findings from a Salvadorean gang study, the generalizations it makes can be usefully applied to the rest of the Region.(1/May/2002)
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Healthy Eating and Active Living
This page provides an organized listing of everything on the PAHO web falling under the topic of Healthy Eating and Active Living, encompassing such topics as nutrition (for persons over two years of age), healthy eating habits, diet and physical activity, obesity, exercise, active lifestyles, etc.(30/Jul/2008)
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Nutrition
This panoramic page provides an organized listing of all PAHO materials in the area of nutrition, using a broad range of coherent specific subcategories.(6/Jul/2006)
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Children, Adolescents and Heart Disease
Heart disease is a major public-health problem that is responsible for one third of annual global deaths and one tenth of the global disease burden. Although coronary heart disease manifests in adults, the gradual process of arterioschlerosis that eventually results in coronary heart disease begins in childhood. This article from the Director General of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health at WHO-Geneva appears in the September 2004 issue of HeartBeat, the World Heart Federation Newsletter. In it, she stresses the challenge to provide a comprehensive strategy to promote heart health among children and teenagers as part of World Heart Day 2004.(29/Sep/2004)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2009
In this issue: Cancer: Highlights for 2008, Priorities for 2009; Experts Say Lowering Salt Consumption Should be a Top Public Health Priority; Healthy Caribbean: Bridgetown Declaration; Translation of WHO STEPS Stroke Surveillance Manual; New WHO Website on Marketing Foods and Beverages to Children; PAHEF Project Provides Evidence That Alcohol Control Reduces Violence against Women; Global School Health Survey; News Roundup.
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 7, July 2008
In this issue: PAHO To Consider CNCD Resolutions; Partner's Forum "12 x 2012"; Global Vaccine Alliance Supports Introduction of HPV Vaccine; Jamaica: Prime Minister Golding Underscores Commitment to Caribbean Wellness; Caribbean Wellness Day; CARMEN Policy Observatory(24/Jul/2008)
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Los medicamentos son un bien social de trascendencia para la vida.
Lima, Perú. Noviembre 26-27, 2007.- "Reunión Internacional de Medicamentos Esenciales: 30 Años Contribuyendo a la Salud Pública". La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) celebraron en Lima, Perú, junto a otros 26 países del mundo, los 30 años de la estrategia de Medicamentos Esenciales. La cita que congregó a expertos internacionales, delegados de 23 países de la región de las Américas y tres de Europa, así como representantes de diversos sectores a nivel nacional, sirvió para dar a conocer la experiencia de tres décadas en el acceso y uso de medicamentos esenciales en la región y el mundo.
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Technical Documents
Food consumption in Mexican adolescents
There are groups of adolescents who are less likely to consume healthy foods (such as fruits, vegetables, and dairy products). Socioeconomic and cultural processes that can explain the differences observed are discussed. (Rev Panam Salud Publica/Pan Am J Public Health 24(2), 2008)
(31/Aug/2008)
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Promoción de la salud sexual y prevención del VIH-sida y de las ITS en los pueblos indígenas de las Américas
El presente documento, elaborado por el Dr. José
Yánez del Pozo, es el intento inicial de proveer un
marco conceptual para emprender acciones de promoción
de salud sexual, prevención de VIH/sida e
ITS (y otros problemas de salud y sociales resultantes
del comportamiento y prácticas sexuales) y de provisión
de servicios de atención de la salud.
(7/Aug/2006)
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Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary
Definition, technical note, type, measure units, categories, and subcategories for each indicator in the Regional Core Health Data System(26/Oct/2004)
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