The mission of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is to serve as an important vehicle for disseminating scientific public health information relevant to the Region of the Americas. The journal aims to strengthen national and local health systems and to bridge the gap between health care and policy-makers, ultimately improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.
The mission of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is to serve as an important vehicle for disseminating scientific public health information relevant to the Region of the Americas. The journal aims to strengthen national and local health systems and to bridge the gap between health care and policy-makers, ultimately improving the health of the peoples of the Americas.
Evidence-based program registries (EBPRs) are essential tools in prevention science, providing structured evaluations of intervention effectiveness to guide policymakers and practitioners. While established registries such as Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development and Xchange have been instrumental in cataloging evidence-based programs, Latin America has lacked a region-specific repository tailored to its unique prevention challenges.
To integrate and analyze health and public safety data from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in Brazil’s Northeast region, regarding violence against girls and women.
Evaluate the feasibility of integrating the guidelines of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on violence against women into the university curriculum of health personnel in Latin America by identifying barriers, facilitators, and opportunities.
Cross-cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese of the five-stage Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS), which classifies the severity of obesity according to morbidities and health risks.
Although the benefits of vaccination are well established, a minority of health workers (HWs) are vaccine hesitant. Understanding vaccine hesitancy among HWs is crucial for providing them the information and skills they need to promote vaccine acceptance and informed decision-making among the populations they serve. This study aimed to evaluate differences in vaccine hesitancy and attitudes towards vaccines among HWs in the Caribbean between 2021 and 2024.
To analyze Brazil’s national policies and regulations related to pediatric hematology–oncology nursing in Brazil and identify key areas for improvement.
Using the READ approach, relevant policies and regulations were systematically examined. The method consists of four phases: readying materials, extracting data, analyzing data, and distilling findings. Qualitative analysis used both inductive and deductive approaches to identify themes.
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To assess the prevalence and factors associated with physical abuse against children in Guyana.
