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This article is a summary of research: Diversity in college: Profiles of high school students at UNAM, 2011-2012 generation. In this one presented: how the project emerged, lla problem that exists around school retention of students from high school in Mexico; the definition and justification of the problem under study; the results of the review of publications on the subject studied (state of affairs); theoretical and methodological reference from which empirical data were analyzed; the method, procedure and instrument used; and the results obtained in each of the designed dimensions: overall dimension data bachillerato students at UNAM (National Preparatory School and College of Sciences and Humanities), socioeconomic dimension, cultural dimension, a dimension of study and styles learning and vocacional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prevalence of asthma varies in every country. Clearly, this is the most common chronic disease in pediatrics. The purpose of this research is to know the opinion of the parents in relation to medical attention given to patients with asthma and to know the lack of attachments or commitment of the patients to the medical attention. Material and methods: We conducted a cross-clinical study of children of both sexes, between the ages of six months trough fifteen years with diagnosis of asthma at a Second Level Attention Pediatric Hospital from the Health Department of Mexico City. Results: Most patients are from the Southwest region of Mexico City. Their parents had an elementary level of studies. The first contact physician who attended these patients did not achieved the proper diagnosis of asthma or did not communicate properly with easy understanding to the parents; therefore, parents concluded that the medication was ineffective, due to an inappropriate communication with the patient. Patients showed a nomad tendency because they did not notice any improvement of the symptoms of the disease, the elevated price of the medication and the extremely saturated public health services specialized in this area. Conclusions: There must be a better training for physicians to provide accurate diagnosis of this disease, accordingly to the various guidelines and to make the appropriate reference to de Allergy specialist or Pediatric Pneumologist in those patients with difficult control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the concept of habitus on the basis of data collected in surveys conducted in Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to data collected, in these two cities, habitus is viewed as a process through which children acquire capacities in their daily practices and experiences of socialization within contexts of family interaction. According to French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, habitus is the means by which the "social game" is inscibed in biological individuals. The advantage of the concept, as far as Bourdieu was concerned, was that it permitted an understanding of the apparently spontaneous beliefs which shape people's view on the world on the basis of a reciprocal relationship between the ideas and attitudes of individuals.