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Results of Competition:

Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health, 2nd Round 2001


The Research Coordination Program of the Pan American Health Organization
takes pleasure in announcing the results of the competition for Graduate Thesis Grants in Public Health.

The approved projects are the following:


    1- Parental tolerance towards child behavior: A mediation factor? (*)
    Virginia Corina Samaniego
    Universidad de Buenos Aires
    (Argentina)

    2- Use and safety of blood products in Santa Catarina, Brazil: a system approach to analyze performance.
    Christina Maresch Massignam
    University of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia)
    (Brazil)

    3- Creencias de hombres de Cali, Colombia sobre examen digital rectal, como prueba tamiz para cáncer de próstata. (*)
    Diego Iván Lucumí Cuesta
    Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali
    (Colombia)

    4- Usos y necesidades de información para la toma de decisiones, en el proceso de planificación local. Un estudio cualitativo.
    Jenny Andrea Vélez Vidal
    Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali (Colombia)

    5- Descentralización del sector salud en los departamentos de la Región Cafetera Colombiana. 1990- 2000.
    Gloria Molina M.
    The University of Birmingham (England)
    (Colombia)

    6- Actores, proyectos y la construcción socio-política de la reforma del sector salud en México (1982-1996).
    Raquel Abrantes Pego
    Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP)
    (México)

    7-Controle da Tuberculose na Nicarágua: Fatores Associados ao Abandono no Programa 2000-2001. (*)
    Norma Irene Soza Pineda Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (Brasil)
    (Nicaragua)  

We wish to thank all the researchers who participated in the competition and to extend our congratulations to the winners.

Alberto Pellegrini
Research Coordinator
Division of Health and Human Development
Secretariat, Internal Advisory Committee on Health Research (IACHR)

(*) Final approval for projects 1, 3, and 7 is contingent upon compliance with the recommendations of the PAHO Internal Advisory Committee on Health Research (IACHR) (to be forwarded) and upon review and approval by the PAHO Ethical Review Committee (PAHOERC), for projects 1 and 3.