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CNN Mirador Mundial Entrevista a la Directora de la OPS
Washington, D.C. Marzo 1, 2008. CNN.- En la entrevista se tratan temas tales como: el uso de drogas y su relación con el abuso en el uso del alcohol, los programas de acceso a las drogas; nuevos casos de fiebre amarilla urbana en la región y las altas incidencias de infestación de mosquitos en algunos países de la región; la exclusión social en salud y el compromiso de eliminar algunas enfermedades de la región.
Entrevista »(30/Mar/2008)
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Drug Abuse
The rapid spread and pervasiveness of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs has created a grave situation which has caught the countries of the Region of the Americas unprepared and which far exceeds the capacity of the governments to respond effectively. Thus, it is essential to strengthen knowledge in this field and to promote epidemiologic studies such as those reported here. Health authorities, researchers, and health workers involved in drug abuse prevention and treatment will find the material in this volume useful for understanding the current status of the drug abuse problem and what is being done to combat it.(7/Jun/1990)
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EQUITY listserv
To disseminate information relevant to individuals and organizations working on Equity, Health and Human Development issues.(26/Jul/2000)
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Periodical Publications
Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 16, No. 1, July 2004
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 16, No. 1, July 2004/Julio 2004(1/Jul/2004)
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Reliability of the Brazilian version of the CIDI in a case-control study of risk factors for drug abuse among adults in Rio de Janeiro
Using a test-retest design, the reliability of DSM-III-R diagnoses generated by the Brazilian version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) was evaluated in a sample of 30 subjects. This sample was drawn from first interviews conducted for a case-control study of risk factors for drug abuse among adults in Rio de Janeiro. These findings show the portions of the new CIDI version tested to be sound and appropriate for use in future investigations of adult psychiatric and substance dependence/abuse diagnoses in Brazil. (Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization 1994 2(1):34-41)(26/Apr/1994)
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Fiabilidad de la ECID en la detección de factores de riesgo del abuso de drogas en adultos de Rio de Janeiro
El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la fiabilidad de los diagnósticos psiquiátricos y del abuso y la dependencia de drogas establecidos con el Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), es decir, la entrevista compuesta internacional para el diagnóstico (ECID) y los criterios DSM-III-R. El diseño empleado en el estudio, realizado con una muestra de la comunidad de Rio de Janeiro, fue de fiabilidad prueba o doble prueba ( test-retes reliability) durante un período comprendido entre tres semanas y un mes. (Boletín de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana 1994, 116(6):483-490)(25/Apr/1994)
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Toward Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment: 3 by 5 Report for the Americas
As governments, organizations, and individuals strive to combat AIDS deaths and the spread of HIV, we must all aim high. The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its potential to spread require high level planning and large scale action. When the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS set the goal to treat three million people with antiretrovirals by 2005, it was with this aim to think big and achieve commensurate gains.(3/Aug/2006)
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The PACARDO research project: youthful drug involvement in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Objective: To estimate the occurrence and school-level clustering of drug involvement among school-attending adolescent youths in each of seven countries in Latin America, drawing upon evidence from the PACARDO research project, a multinational collaborative epidemiological research study. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004 15(6):400-416) (You can purchase this article)(16/Jun/2004)
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Peer and sibling substance use: predictors of substance use among adolescents in Mexico
Objective: To examine the extent to which peer drug use and sibling drug use predict alcohol abuse/dependence disorder status and the use of drugs other than alcohol among school-based youth in Mexico. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004 15(4):225-232) (You can purchase this article)(16/Apr/2004)
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