Impact, economic evaluation, and sustainability of integrated vector management in urban settings to prevent vector-borne diseases: a scoping review

Background The control of vector-borne diseases (VBD) is one of the greatest challenges on the global health agenda. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization has heightened the interest in addressing these challenges through an integrated vector management (IVM) approach. The aim was to identify components related to impacts, economic evaluation, and sustainability that might contribute to this…

A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence and Risk Correlates of Mental Disorders: The GRANADΣP Study

This is a cross-sectional study of participants from a population census living in the province of Granada (Spain). A total of 1176 persons were contacted, 367 (31%) refused and 54 (6.7%) needed substitution. A final sample of 809 participants (response rate, 69.3%) were screened for mental disorder (MD) using the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview, a…

Las técnicas de generación de ideas: aplicándolas a la mejora en salud y gestión de cuidados

Las técnicas de generación de ideas han sido aplicadas como parte de la metodología utilizada en el abordaje de muchos y diferentes temas de salud y gestión de cuidados. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar las técnicas más relevantes, resumir sus características principales y su actual aplicación en diferentes áreas de la salud. De…

Evaluación de la accesibilidad y la longitudinalidad de la Atención Primaria de Granada mediante Primary Care Assessment Tools (PCAT)

Objetivo Evaluar el desempeño de la accesibilidad y la longitudinalidad (relación profesional-paciente a largo plazo y atención centrada en la persona) en los Equipos de Atención Primaria (EAP) de Granada desde la perspectiva de sus gestores. Además se intentaron detectar diferencias en el desempeño de estas 2funciones según el entorno del EAP (urbano, periurbano o…

Circulating plasma phospholipid fatty acids and risk of pancreatic cancer in a large European cohort

There are both limited and conflicting data on the role of dietary fat and specific fatty acids in the development of pancreatic cancer. In this study, we investigated the association between plasma phospholipid fatty acids and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. The fatty acid composition was…

Trends in incidence, mortality and survival in women with breast cancer from 1985 to 2012 in Granada, Spain: a population-based study

Background The incidence of breast cancer has increased since the 1970s. Despite favorable trends in prognosis, the role of changes in clinical practice and the introduction of screening remain controversial. We examined breast cancer trends to shed light on their determinants. Methods Data were obtained for 8502 new cases of breast cancer in women between…