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Alcohol y atención primaria de la salud
En este documento se resumen las evidencias en torno a los daños ocasionados por el alcohol y el manejo del consumo de riesgo o perjudicial en ámbitos de la atención primaria.
(14/Jul/2008)
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Alcohol, Gender, Culture and Harms in the Americas
The present report is the final report of the study and it aims at providing the first insight into the richness of the database, although many more analyses will be undertaken and disseminated in future publications in scientific journals.(14/Jun/2007)
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Manual para la atención y manejo integral de los usuarios de drogas viviendo con VIH/SIDA en América
Este Manual tiene como objetivo presentarles a los profesionales de la salud de América Latina y El
Caribe algunas directrices y sugerencias para trabajar con pacientes VIH (+) o con SIDA, usuarios de
drogas. Incluye los fundamentos teóricos para abordar la reducción de daños, articulando el tratamiento
del SIDA a las cuestiones de salud mental, en especial al fenómeno de la dependencia de sustancias
psicoactivas. También presenta informaciones sucintas sobre las infecciones secundarias más comunes
en pacientes con SIDA, como la Tuberculosis, Hepatitis e Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual (ITS).(20/Oct/2006)
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Meetings and Events of the CARMEN Network: List and Access
The CARMEN Network, coordinated by PAHO, focuses on the integrated prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs) and their risk factors. From 2005 on, the documentation from all meetings of the CARMEN Network will be disseminated via this page.(9/Jun/2009)
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Periodical Publications
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas
The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to promote the Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health; to share developments on all aspects of the strategy and its four lines of action as well as news on program implementation.
(17/Jun/2009)
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 2009
In this issue: Partners’ Forum; Suriname: Activities to Fight CNCDs; First Lady of Honduras Speaks out against Obesity; International Cancer Control Congress; More on Salt; PAHEF Grants; News Roundup. Note: Due to problems in generating the News Roundup links in PDF files, we are switching to MS Word for this and future issues.)
(31/Mar/2009)
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Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2009
In this issue: Cancer: Highlights for 2008, Priorities for 2009; Experts Say Lowering Salt Consumption Should be a Top Public Health Priority; Healthy Caribbean: Bridgetown Declaration; Translation of WHO STEPS Stroke Surveillance Manual; New WHO Website on Marketing Foods and Beverages to Children; PAHEF Project Provides Evidence That Alcohol Control Reduces Violence against Women; Global School Health Survey; News Roundup.
(31/Jan/2009)
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Technical Documents
Crime in Trinidad and Tobago: the effect of alcohol use and unemployment
The purpose of this study was to determine whether unemployment and alcohol consumption were associated with different types of crime in Trinidad and Tobago. (Rev PanamSalud Pública 2004 15(6):417-423) (You can purchase this article)
(26/Jul/2004)
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Getting Specific: Actions to Reverse the Most Destructive Forces
Discusses the physical and sociological effects of tobacco use on users and nonusers, including in utero, infancy, and during childhood. (Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change. © PAHO, 2003, pp. 287-330(44) (The full text article is available for purchase)(28/Jul/2003)
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Behavioral Disorders
Reviews the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and other psychoactive substances in the Americas and provides a general analysis of the problem, review of indicators, mental and psychological disorders, current care needs, future care needs, mental health care and services. (Chapter in "Health in the Americas," 1998, pp 184-192)(13/Apr/1998)
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