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The present investigation has the objective of determining how socioeconomic factors affect tax collection in a high Andean market in southern Peru; Therefore, a cross-sectional correlational investigation was carried out, where we used a 15-item questionnaire on socioeconomic factors and tax collection, applying a survey to 290 merchants; Finding thus, as a result that the correlation presented by the socioeconomic factor and tax collection in merchants is Rho = 0.516 (sig.=0.000), which represents a moderate positive correlation between its variables, then it can be pointed out that the greater the application of socioeconomic factors will increase tax collection in merchants; Likewise, with the database, a prevalence analysis was also carried out where it was possible to demonstrate that the most prevalent dimension between socioeconomic factors and tax collection is the economic factor, with a significance level > 0.05, because even when the majority of merchants do not have higher education, they know and manage their income and expenses rudimentarily, thus having the possibility of paying their taxes, despite the fact that most do not do so either due to lack of tax knowledge, or simply because they are willing to pay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine the sociodemographic risk factors associated with suicidal risk in the Peruvian population. Methods: An analytical and cross-sectional study was performed based on data from 24,000 violent deaths registered at the national death system (SINADEF) in 2021. Variables tested were suicidal death, other violent causes of death, sex, age group, geographic location, degree of education, and civil state. Chi-square and Cramer's V tests were used to evaluate associations and crude and adjusted odd ratios through binary logistic regression; a p-value <0.05 and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results: Most of the people who died of suicide were ≤39 years old, lived on the coast, had no university degree, and had a couple at the time of death. Multivariate analysis in men identified living on the coast (OR=1.307; IC95%=1.185-1.441) and university degree (OR=1.279; IC95%=1.101-1.485) as risk factors for suicide. While in females having a couple (OR=1.311; IC95%=1.020-1.685), age ≤39 years (OR=3.516; IC905%=2.850-4.337); living on the coast (OR=1.344; IC95%=1.127-1.604) and not having a university degree (OR=1.298; IC95%=1.045-1.612) were associated with suicide. Conclusions: Geographic location and level of education in males, whereas having a couple, geographic location, age, and level of education were associated with suicide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To analyze the percentage trends of acute diarrheal disease (ADD) and acute respiratory infections (ARI) and their associated factors in children under five years old in Mexico. Materials and methods. The ADD and ARI percentages were estimated in the two weeks prior to the interview, based on the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición Continua 2021-2023 (Ensanut Continua 2021-2023), and compared with those reported in the Ensanut 2006, 2012 and 2018. There were identified, by multiple logistic regression, factors associated with ADD and ARI in 2021-2023. Results. Percentage of 7.8% of ADD and 21.3% of ARI were estimated in 2021-2023, lower than previous years. Presenting ADD was associated with being one or two years old vs. four years; residing in the North Pacific, Central Pacific, North Central, Mexico City, State of Mexico, South Pacific and Peninsula regions vs. Border; and that a woman is the head of the home. Presenting ARI was associated with households with a low level of well-being vs. high level; in the North Pacific, Border, North Central, South Pacific and Peninsula regions vs. the State of Mexico. Conclusions. It is recommended to strengthen the capacities of health authorities at different levels, with civil society, to prevent ADD and ARI, and ensure access to drinking water, with a gender perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of professional skills is a constant in education, schools, colleges and universities constantly seek the development of learning methodologies to obtain better results in the teaching process, however, the socioeconomic conditions of the students have an influence on the success or failure, access to technology and educational resources is critical in the digital age. The lack of adequate access to the internet and technological devices limits opportunities for learning and academic participation, negatively affecting performance. Additionally, household stability and food security are essential to students' well-being and academic success. Leveling students at the Technical University of Quevedo (UTEQ) are affected by the socioeconomic conditions of their environment, family income, parents' educational level, access to educational and technological resources, family environment, among others. The present research is focused on identifying how socioeconomic factors affect the academic performance of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To characterize the sociodemographic, economic, educational, healthcare, and social support services factors of children and adolescents with cancer and their families staying in temporary lodgings in eight cities in Colombia. Methodology: This study employed a descriptive cross-sectional survey-type approach. Forty-two surveys were administered to caregivers (all family members) of children under 18 years of age with a presumptive or confirmed cancer diagnosis. The survey consisted of 55 questions validated by a pilot test. Data collection was carried out between June and August 2023. Results: Thirteen temporary lodgings were identified. All families belonged to socioeconomic strata 1 and 2, and most of them spent over three hours traveling to the temporary lodging from their place of origin (97.6%); 85% reported incomes below the minimum wage, and 62% of the families received some form of government subsidy. A high percentage of the children (93%) were enrolled in the state-subsidized healthcare system; 71.4% received care in only one health institution, and most were referred to the temporary lodgings by the hospital (83.3%). The main reason for using these lodgings was a lack of accommodation in the city of treatment. Only one family discontinued treatment, and 71.4 % of the children were not attending school. Conclusion: The sociodemographic conditions of the families of children and adolescents with cancer who require temporary lodging services are characterized by limited financial resources and distant residences from cancer treatment centers. This situation poses challenges to treatment continuity and evidences the importance of the social support provided by temporary lodgings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Dengue, a disease widely distributed in Peru, has increased incidence in recent years. Objective: Identify the population that resides in transmission scenarios, analyze the evolution of dengue and its association with demographic and socioeconomic factors. Materials and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional, ecological study, using data from secondary sources of cases and demographic and socioeconomic information, publicly accessible; units of analysis at the district and national level, period 2010-2023. Incidence, fatality and mortality rates are estimated, and the association between cases and demographic and socioeconomic variables is analyzed. Results: At the national level, in the period 2010-2023, 606,266 cases were reported from 602 districts (408 with continuous transmission and 194 with sporadic cases), 75% of the national population resides in these scenarios. Incidence, mortality and fatality rates increased significantly in the last two decades, a period in which new DENV2 genotypes were introduced. The populations most at risk are: women, adolescents and young people, residents of jungle districts, areas between 500 and 1000 meters above sea level, of districts with the highest HDI (quintile IV 7.05 times the risk compared to quintile I) and with higher NBI (quintile II 4.5 times the risk compared to quintile I). Conclusions: Dengue morbidity and mortality in Peru has progressively increased, intensifying between the years 2010 - 2023, 3 out of 4 Peruvians live in transmission scenarios, there is an association between dengue incidence and the demographic and socioeconomic factors analyzed, which must be considered to prevention and control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a large number of adverse consequences for public health with serious socioeconomic repercussions. In this study we characterize the social, demographic, morbidity and mortality conditions of individuals treated for COVID-19 in one of the SARS-CoV-2 reference hospitals in Mexico City. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 259 patients discharged from the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, between April 11, 2020 and March 14, 2021. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to identify the association between sociodemographic and clinical variables. An optimization was performed using maximum likelihood calculations to choose the best model compatible with the data. The maximum likelihood model was evaluated using ROC curves, goodness-of-fit estimators, and multicollinearity analysis. Statistically significant patterns of comorbidities were inferred by evaluating a hypergeometric test over the frequencies of co-occurrence of pairs of conditions. A network analysis was implemented to determine connectivity patterns based on degree centrality, between comorbidities and outcome variables. Results: The main social disadvantages of the studied population are related to the lack of social security (96.5%) and the lag in housing conditions (81%). Variables associated with the probability of survival were being younger (p < 0.0001), having more durable material goods (p = 0.0034) and avoiding: pneumonia (p = 0.0072), septic shock (p < 0.0001) and acute respiratory failure (p < 0.0001); (AUROC: 91.5%). The comorbidity network for survival cases has a high degree of connectivity between conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias and essential arterial hypertension (degree centrality = 90 and 78, respectively). Conclusions: Given that among the factors associated with survival to COVID-19 there are clinical, sociodemographic and social determinants of health variables, in addition to age; it is imperative to consider the various factors that may affect or modify the health status of a population, especially when addressing emerging epidemic phenomena such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The objective was to apply models based on machine learning techniques to support the early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, using environmental, social, economic and health data variables, without dependence on clinical sample collection. Methodology: Data from 10,889 users affiliated with the subsidized health system in the southwestern area of Colombia, diagnosed with hypertension and grouped into users without (74.3%) and with (25.7%) diabetes mellitus, were used. Supervised models were trained using k-nearest neighbors, decision trees, and random forests, as well as ensemble-based models, applied to the database before and after balancing the number of cases in each diagnostic group. The performance of the algorithms was evaluated by dividing the database into training and test data (70/30, respectively), and metrics of accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve were used. Results: Sensitivity values increased significantly when using balanced data, going from maximum values of 17.1% (unbalanced data) to values as high as 57.4% (balanced data). The highest value of area under the curve (0.61) was obtained with the ensemble models, by applying a balance in the amount of data for each group and by coding the categorical variables. The variables with the greatest weight were associated with hereditary aspects (24.65%) and with the ethnic group (5.59%), in addition to visual difficulty, low water consumption, a diet low in fruits and vegetables, and the consumption of salt and sugar. Conclusions: Although predictive models, using people's socioeconomic and environmental information, emerge as a tool for the early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, their predictive capacity still needs to be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective. To evaluate the association between social inequalities and deaths from traffic injuries in Colombia in 2019. Methods. This ecological study evaluated the association between social inequalities and deaths from traffic injuries among users of the road transport system in Colombia in 2019, based on secondary information sources, using the department level as the administrative and geographic unit of study. A descriptive statistical analysis of health indicators and equity stratifiers was performed. Absolute and relative measures were used to determine social inequality gaps. Results. In 2019, 6 580 people died from road traffic injuries in Colombia. The majority of them (82%) were men. The most critical user condition was being a motorcyclist. The age group with the most victims was approximately 30 years old. Departments with populations between 500 000 and 2 000 000 were the most represented. The most critical equity stratifier was the number of registered motorcycles per 100 000 population. Significant inequality gaps between departments were observed. Conclusions. Inequalities in deaths from road traffic injuries in Colombia were observed. Policies and actions should focus on helping to reduce identified inequities, resulting in better quality of life, well-being, and health for the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The high morbidity and mortality from Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), reaffirms it as a public health problem worldwide; The classic cardiovascular risk factors are well known, such as: Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, tobacco. And the non-classical ones, such as: Social determinants of health (DSS) and racism; that play a fundamental role. Through the present narrative review, updated literature is detailed about how DSS exert influence and its pathophysiology in CVD. In the period of one year, 10 articles that met inclusion criteria whose theme is: DSS, racism and CVD were selected. It concludes that the DSS and racism play a major role for the generation, evolution, and even fatal outcome of different cardiovascular diseases; whose influence worsened by the COVID19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective. To analyze the role of socioeconomic and culture factors on the vulnerability to obesity in mothers and their two years' old children, in urban communities of Southern Morelos, Mexico. Materials and methods. We conducted fieldwork and non-participative observation. During 2019, 17 semi-structured interviews were applied to a sub-sample of a cohort. Data were ordered and analyzed with the support of the Atlas-Ti v. 7 software, by using 18 free codes. Results. Social factors like family income and gender roles, combined with kinship influence and believings about children's supposed preference for ultraprocessed products, are influencing on the availability of caloric meals and beverages that generate vulnerability to obesity in early childhood. Mothers' economic activity, parents participation and to prevent influence of relatives can create opportunities for better quality meals and major physical activity. Conclusions. The low availability of healthy meals, the risks of food unsafety, and the familiar and culture factors, all of them as part of the described socioeconomic context, increase the vulnerability to obesity of mother-child binomial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To describe the factors associated with adherence to the World Health Organization's physical activity (PA) recommendations in adults from Antioquia-Colombia Methodology: A cross-sectional analysis of the database of the "Food and nutritional Profile of Antioquia" was carried out. PA was inquired in 2,757 adults (18-64-year-olds), using the World Health Organization's "Global Physical Activity Questionnaire". Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed, exploring the relationship between socioeconomic, demographic and nutritional status variables and adherence to PA recommendations. Results: A higher prevalence of adherence to PA recommendations was observed in men compared to women (60.8 vs. 48.0 %; p < 0.001) and in young adults (18-29) compared to in adults older than 29 years of age (66.8 vs. 49.3 %; p < 0.001). In addition, adherence to PA recommendations was higher in people with high socioeconomic status, a high educational level and residents of urban areas. Being a woman, belonging to socioeconomic stratum 1, having high school or a lower level of education, and having as an occupation household chores were associated with a lower probability of adherence to PA recommendations; while being young is associated with greater adherence. Conclusion: Inequalities in adherence to FA recommendations by adults in Antioquia are evident. Women and people over 30 years of age with low socioeconomic status and low educational levels should be prioritized in plans and programs aimed at promoting the practice of PA in the department. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To determine the existence of disparities in access for diagnosis and treatment in women diagnosed with breast cancer in Colombia, and to describe the main associated risk factors. Methodology: A systematic search was conducted with the terms "Breast neoplasms" AND "Health disparities" OR "Health status disparities" OR "Socioeconomic factors" AND "Colombia", in the Pubmed databases (Medline), Scielo, Cochrane, EBSCO, Ovid, Elsevier, Lilacs, Imbiomed, in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, published from January 1, 2000 back to October 31, 2019. Results: 14 publications were selected for the writing of the manuscript. It was identified that the socioeconomic level, the level of education and the type of insurance, in most of the studies, showed significant association to disparities in the disease. They also had variable effects on the risk of breast cancer and an impact in its early detection and treatment. These factors influence the full survival of the patient and their becoming disease-free. Conclusions: Health disparities of patients with breast cancer in Colombia are identified. Factors such as type of insurance, socioeconomic level, educational level were identified, which impact the delay in diagnosis and worsen the clinical condition and the quality of life of the patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives. To quantify socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 mortality in Colombia and to assess the extent to which type of health insurance, comorbidity burden, area of residence, and ethnicity account for such inequalities. Methods. We analyzed data from a retrospective cohort of COVID-19 cases. We estimated the relative and slope indices of inequality (RII and SII) using survival models for all participants and stratified them by age and gender. We calculated the percentage reduction in RII and SII after adjustment for potentially relevant factors. Results. We identified significant inequalities for the whole cohort and by subgroups (age and gender). Inequalities were higher among younger adults and gradually decreased with age, going from RII of 5.65 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.25, 9.82) in participants younger than 25 years to RII of 1.49 (95% CI = 1.41, 1.58) in those aged 65 years and older. Type of health insurance was the most important factor, accounting for 20% and 59% of the relative and absolute inequalities, respectively. Conclusions. Significant socioeconomic inequalities exist in COVID-19 mortality in Colombia. Health insurance appears to be the main contributor to those inequalities, posing challenges for the design of public health strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To describe the coverage of quality prenatal care and trends in inequality of care among pregnant women in Peru in the period 2009-2019. Methods. Cross-sectional analysis, with data on prenatal care from the Demographic and Family Health Survey for the years 2009, 2014, and 2019. The number and quality of visits during pregnancy were considered. Absolute and relative measures of health inequality were calculated for stratified groups. Results. Coverage (number of prenatal visits) increased from 77.22% in 2009 to 87.52% in 2019. The relative gap by area of residence (between women in rural and urban areas) decreased from 15% (2009) to 3% (2019), while the percentage of pregnant women without access to quality visits decreased from 45.16% (2009) to 29.35% (2019). In terms of access to quality checkups, absolute inequality by wealth quintile was reduced by almost half, from 55.96% to 25.95%. However, in 2019, there was still a relative gap of 37% in favor of pregnant women with a university education, compared to pregnant women without schooling. Conclusions. In Peru, inequality gaps in access to prenatal visits have been closing. However, the national data set conceals inequalities in quality care between populations. Inequality in access to quality care should be used as an indicator to monitor coverage of prenatal visits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Low consumption of fruits and vegetables contributes to an increased burden of non-communicable diseases. In order to analyze the impact of different factors on fresh fruit and vegetable consumption, an observational, correlational, and cross-sectional study was conducted using data collected in the 2017-2018 National Household Expenditure Survey. We calculated apparent intake of fresh fruits and vegetables in net grams. Descriptive bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using multiple linear regression. Apparent intake of fresh fruits and vegetables was well below the recommended level; the lowest consumption was observed in households with lower incomes, with lower educational levels, without elderly members, with children under age 14, with a male head of household, and those residing in the Argentine Northeast region. Identifying social inequalities in food consumption contributes to the development of policies aimed at promoting food and nutrition security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to describe and evaluate social factors associated presented during adolescent pregnancy in the population of the municipality of Andes, between 2017 and 2019. Methods: an observational analytical study was conducted with 84 women between 12 and 19 years old who were pregnant between the years 2017 and 2019. Through a survey conducted in the local hospital San Rafael, in Andes, Antioquia, on November 30, 2019 and January 11, 2020, demograhic and social information was collected. The association was assessed using the Chisquare test and Fisher's exact test. Results: the more frecuents ages were 17 and 19 years old, the mean age for the first sexual intercourse was 14.8 (SD: 1.7) years, and the number of sexual partners to date was 1.03 (SD: 1.2). Knowledge of contraceptive methods was adequate, in the 84.5% of the cases, however, only 36.9% used any method. 66% dropped out of school and 79.2% of these belonged to a low socioeconomic stratum. Gestational complications occurred in 34.5%. The age of the pregnant adolescent was associated to the age of the father, with an OR = 23.6 and p value < 0.001, and the low socioeconomic status OR = 36.7 and p < 0.001. Conclusions: having a partner over 18 years of age and belonging to a low socioeconomic stratum are two of the social factors that showed an statistical association in the population of pregnant adolescents in the municipality of Andes, Antioquia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: In Mexico there is little information regarding the link between metabolic syndrome (MetS), socioeconomic status (SES) and quality of life (QoL) Objective: To assess the association between subjects who are at high risk of developing MetS with SES and QoL. Material and methods: Patients attending UMF-2 IMSS or Centro Urbano-SSA Clínica-1 were asked to participate. Anthropometric measures were collected, the AMAI, SF12, and ESF-I questionnaire where apply for SES, QoL, and MetS, respectively. Association were determined by calculating Spearman's rho and the risk (odds ratio and 95% confidence-interval) was assessed using logistic regression. Results: The difference of SES (193 ± 53 vs. 124 ± 50) and QoL (86.3 ± 14.8 vs. 56.0±25.4) questionnaires were significantly between low-risk and high-risk groups, respectively (p < 0.001). There was a negative correlation between ESF-I and SES (rho = -0.623, p < 0.001) as well as the QoL (rho = -0.719, p < 0.001). MetS risk was augmented by decreasing SES (C+: OR = 6.4, 95%IC: 3.2-13.0; D: OR = 66.1, 95%IC: 23.2-188.3), whereas increasing QoL attenuated it (OR = 0.93, 95%CI: 0.91-0.94). However, QoL mitigated the effect of SES (C+: OR = 4.5, 95%IC: 2.1-9.6; D: OR = 11.9, 95%IC: 3.8-37.6). Conclusion: Lower QoL and SES increased the risk of MetS in Central Mexico; however, improving the QoL can mitigated the effect SES has on developing MetS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Eating habits directly affect academic performance. Among young university students, it has been observed that there is an association between good eating and study habits, which has a positive impact on their academic performance. Objective: To determine the relationship between eating habits and academic performance of students from public and private universities in Chapinero, Bogota. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire developed by the GRIINSAN research group of the Faculty of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Universidad del Atlántico was applied among a sample of 68 students from private universities and 53 from public universities; the results were contrasted with the academic performance records of each student. Results: Daily consumption of sugars and fats (<35%), preference for fried foods, and the absence of mid-afternoon intake are associated with low academic performance of public university students. The daily consumption of sugars (26.4%) and the low intake of vegetables and the mid-afternoon are associated with low performance among private university students. Conclusions: Students with a higher performance show healthier eating habits, with higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, and mid-afternoons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objetive: To describe the prevention and control practices for the infection to SARS-COV2 in the Peruvian population. Material and Methods: Observational descriptive study. We evaluated a non-probabilistic sample of adult residents in some departments of Peru. Preventive practices were evaluated in people without a history of COVID-19 and control practices in people who had suffered it. Results: We evaluated 3630 Peruvians (mean age 25.4 ± 9.5), of that 3231 don't have a history of COVID-19 and 399 who had suffered it. The prevention and control practices that were realized often or always, with more frequencies, was the use of a mask when they go out home (97.9% vs 87.7), cover their nose or mouth when they sneeze (95.4% vs 89.9%), save the distance to other people in the street (91.4% vs 74.7%), wash their hands when they came home (92.5% vs 88.7%), and disinfect the objects and personal places (82.6% vs 77.4%). The 22.1% and 83.7%, the 59.7% and 80.2, and the 8.0% and 16.8% consumed some type of medicine, medicinal plant, and chlorine dioxide to prevent and control the infection, respectively. Conclusion: In general, less than 50% of the participants performed prevention and control practices against COVID-19 often or always. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to analyze the association of refractive errors in children aged 4 to 10 years with the factors related to them. This consisted of a cross-sectional descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted in two sites of an educational institution, with probabilistic sampling and participation of 233 children in 2018. Refractive error (RE) was diagnosed under cycloplegia. To identify the nutritional status, weight and height were measured and interpreted. Sociodemographic data were obtained by survey, and healthy lifestyles were measured by a questionnaire on health risks in children and adolescents. The prevalence of hyperopia (Farsightedness), astigmatism, and myopia in children was 37 %, 21 %, and 2.2 %, respectively. No association of RE was shown with the sex of the population or with the socioeconomic conditions of the parents. Regarding age, there was a directly proportional association in children with astigmatism and myopia, and inversely proportional in hyperopic children. The higher frequency of children with acute malnutrition and hyperopia, and the higher intake of healthy breakfasts and dairy products per day in emmetropic children compared to hyperopic children are highlighted. As a conclusion, the prevalence of hyperopia was the highest and myopia the lowest in the group analyzed. This first group performs more physical activity than children with other RE. In addition, no statistical association was found between the variables of nutrition, sleep and rest with the RE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]