scholarly journals Cardiovascular Diseases on Latin-American People

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Alberto Pavia L
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American People

Epidemiology of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo ◽  
Jose Lopez-Lopez ◽  
Daniel Cohen ◽  
Natalia Alarcon-Ariza ◽  
Margarita Mogollon-Zehr
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
And Control

: Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus are two important risk factors that contribute to cardiovascular diseases worldwide. In Latin America hypertension prevalence varies from 30 to 50%. Moreover, the proportion of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension is very low. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus varies from 8 to 13% and near to 40% are unaware of their condition. In addition, the prevalence of prediabetes varies from 6 to 14% and this condition has been also associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The principal factors linked to a higher risk of hypertension in Latin America are increased adiposity, low muscle strength, unhealthy diet, low physical activity and low education. Besides being chronic conditions, leading causes of cardiovascular mortality, both hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus represent a substantial cost for the weak health systems of Latin American countries. Therefore, is necessary to implement and reinforce public health programs to improve awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, in order to reach the mandate of the Unit Nations of decrease the premature mortality for CVD.

Abuses and Apologies: Irresponsible Conduct of Human Subjects Research in Latin America

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 353-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie M. Aultman
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Human Experimentation ◽  
American People ◽  
Responsible Conduct Of Research ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Cultural Gaps

As much as we can be squeamish and angry over what was being done in these studies, they force us to consider how we tell these stories and the policy we make now, as so much of our research is global and the risks and benefits of experimentation always in need of recalibration.Susan M. ReverbyA growing distrust exists among Latin American populations as past abuses in medical research have rightly been publicized, and as researchers continue to intentionally and unintentionally circumvent the systems of regulation and oversight. Beyond the cultural gaps between researcher and subject, the Latin American people have their own perspectives about responsible conduct of research formed by sociopolitical thought and familial and community identity, which may be overlooked or ignored by the U.S. and other foreign nations. Just as the Havasupai Tribe in Arizona have challenged us to think about the role of culture and the need for improved regulations and practices in conducting research within the United States, through past abuses in human experimentation and the emergence of discourse between our Latin American neighbors, similar challenges confront us.

scholarly journals A educação ambiental popular: contribuições em práticas sociais

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Tiago Zanquêta de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
American People ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Educational Praxis ◽  
Sobre Todo

ResumoEste artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma reflexão em torno da educação ambiental popular, a partir de uma perspectiva histórica e crítica, como uma corrente teórica que pode orientar diferentes práticas sociais, escolares ou não, à elaboração de uma práxis educativa que prime pela libertação de mulheres e homens, pela construção de sua emancipação e, acima de tudo, pela transformação da realidade injusta, opressora e excludente tão presente na cotidianidade do povo latino-americano. Para isso, parto de um breve estudo em torno da origem da educação ambiental popular, a fim de evidenciar as convergências históricas entre a educação ambiental e a educação popular, para em seguida, refletir em torno da macrotendência da educação ambiental crítica.Palavras-chave: Prática Social. Educação Ambiental Crítica. Educação Popular.Popular environmental education: contributions in social practicesAbstractThe objective of this article is to present a reflection on popular environmental education, from a historical and critical perspective, as a theoretical current that can guide different social practices, school or not, to the elaboration of an educational praxis that emphasizes the liberation of women and men, for the construction of their emancipation and, above all, for the transformation of the unjust, oppressive and exclusive reality so present in the daily lives of the Latin American people. For this, a brief study is presented on the origin of popular environmental education, with the aim of highlighting the historical relations between environmental education and popular education. Then, reflections on the macro-trends of critical environmental education are presented.Keywords: Social Practice. Critical Environmental Education. Popular Education.La educación ambiental popular: contribuciones en prácticas socialesResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo presentar una reflexión en torno a la educación ambiental popular, desde una perspectiva histórica y crítica, como una corriente teórica que puede orientar diferentes prácticas sociales, escolares o no, a la elaboración de una praxis educativa que prima por la liberación de mujeres y hombres, por la construcción de su emancipación y, sobre todo, por la transformación de la realidad injusta, opresora y excluyente tan presente en la cotidianidad del pueblo latinoamericano. Para ello, parto de un breve estudio en torno al origen de la educación ambiental popular, a fin de evidenciar las convergencias históricas entre la educación ambiental y la educación popular, para luego reflexionar en torno a la macro tendencia de la educación ambiental crítica.Palabras clave: Práctica Social. Educación Ambiental Crítica. Educación Popular.

scholarly journals Molecular Remodeling of Cardiac Sinus Node Associated with Acute Chagas Disease Myocarditis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2208
Author(s):  
Héctor O. Rodríguez-Angulo ◽  
Diana Colombet-Naranjo ◽  
María C. Maza ◽  
Cristina Poveda ◽  
Alfonso Herreros-Cabello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Sinus Node ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Continuous Treatment ◽  
American People ◽  
Qtc Interval ◽  
Supraventricular Arrhythmias ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
Acute Chagas Disease

Chagas disease principally affects Latin-American people, but it currently has worldwide distribution due to migration. Death among those with Chagas disease can occur suddenly and without warning, even in those who may not have evidence of clinical or structural cardiac disease and who are younger than 60 years old. HCN4 channels, one of the principal elements responsible for pacemaker currents, are associated with cardiac fetal reprogramming and supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, but their role in chagasic arrhythmias is not clear. We found that a single-dose administration of ivabradine, which blocks HCN4, caused QTc and QRS enlargement and an increase in P-wave amplitude and was associated with ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias in mice challenged with isoproterenol, a chronotropic/ionotropic positive agent. Continuous treatment with ivabradine did not alter the QTc interval, but P-wave morphology was deeply modified, generating supraventricular arrhythmias. In addition, we found that repolarization parameters improved with ivabradine treatment. These effects could have been caused by the high HCN4 expression observed in auricular and ventricular tissue in infected mice. Thus, we suggest, for the first time, that molecular remodeling by overexpression of HCN4 channels may be related to supraventricular arrhythmias in acute Chagas disease, causing ivabradine over-response. Thus, ivabradine treatment should be administered with caution, while HCN4 overexpression may be an indicator of heart failure and/or sudden death risk.

scholarly journals American culture: A sociological perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Andrew Woods
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Latin American ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
American People ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
American Way ◽  
Asian Pacific

The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western origin but is influenced by a multicultural ethos that includes African, Native American, Asian, Pacific Island, and Latin American people and their cultures. American culture encompasses the customs and traditions of the United States. The United States is sometimes described as a "melting pot" in which different cultures have contributed their own distinct "flavors" to American culture. The United States of America is a North American nation that is the world's most dominant economic and military power. Likewise, its cultural imprint spans the world, led in large part by its popular culture expressed in music, movies and television. The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western culture (European) origin and form but is influenced by a multicultural ethos that includes African, Native American, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American people and their cultures. The American way of life or simply the American way is the unique lifestyle of the people of the United States of America. It refers to a nationalist ethos that adheres to the principle of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

scholarly journals Education and Tourism: The Inclusion of Ancestral Knowledge in the University Degree Curricula

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Danny Rivera Flores ◽  
Juan Carlos Pazán ◽  
Corina Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American People ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Cultural Consciousness ◽  
Ancestral Knowledge ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
Cultural Concept

Being able to recognize your own individual rights in vulnerable situations is a good way to live. A new curriculum developed under Ecuador’s Higher Education Board brings together the inter-cultural concept. In ancient cultures, segregation existed among Latin American people in higher education. In this way, the new proposal for education makes it vital for future professionals to develop in the domain of methods and proceeds about ancient acknowledge, traditions, and cultural. To achieve the purpose of having inclusive curricula, it was needed to analyze ancient thoughts focused in the Salasaka community consmovision (descendant from Bolivia settled in Ecuador) and Chibuleos community who formulated the methodology that promotes cultural consciousness and is focused on the development and potentiation of habits and customs that generate different ways of living and thinking in the new educational environments. The obtained results are in function of statistics settings that show inclusive methodologies that link up the university professorship with ancient knowledge and culture. The use of this investigation is the implementation of methodologies in curricula in Ecuadorian universities in higher education. It’s about transforming the ideological challenges on the academic formation of the ancestral towns.

Non-nutrients and nutrients from Latin American fruits for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases

2020 ◽  
pp. 109844
Author(s):  
Lais Marinho Aguiar ◽  
Juliano Lemos Bicas ◽  
Eduardo Fuentes ◽  
Marcelo Alarcón ◽  
Ivan Palomo Gonzalez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Latin American

scholarly journals Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and development of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helenize Ferreira Lima Leachi ◽  
Maria Helena Palucci Marziale ◽  
Júlia Trevisan Martins ◽  
Patricia Aroni ◽  
Maria José Quina Galdino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Rate Variation ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the scientific evidence on the development of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases due to workplace contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Methods: integrative literature review. The search for primary articles was held in October 2017 in the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (through Pubmed), Web of Science and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS). Results: the 16 studies analyzed showed that exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as increased blood pressure, heart rate variation, and ischemic heart disease; and respiratory disorders, such as decreased lung function, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, wheeze, coughing, pulmonary wheezing, chest tightness, effort dyspnea, and sore throat. Conclusions: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons cause deleterious effects on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems through mutations and cellular inflammation, being a risk to exposed individuals.

scholarly journals Puebla: The Start of a Path Towards a More Audacious and Prophetic Theology in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor Martínez Morales, S. J.
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
American People ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The Face ◽  
American Method ◽  
The Church

40 years ago, the Latin American bishops convened in Puebla to reflect upon and point towards new pastoral horizons and theological construction. This article conveys the dynamism, strength, and vigor of the message emanating from that meeting. Puebla gave clues of a new theology that, adhering to the Latin American method, can respond to the problems that question us with unprecedented vigor and invite us to envision new routes, fields of new approaches, and ways yet unpaved. The message arising from Puebla continues to be current. It opens up hope of new theological construction seeking to give a new dimension to its task, understand God’s action in history differently, as well as the human condition and its relation to nature. We live in a plural context, broad and open to the construction of theologies able to offer new interpretations of God’s revelation and action, a propitious moment to rethink theological efforts, regarding the challenges presented by Puebla. In this horizon, theological work should be understood from the experience of faith and fundamental openness of the being to God’s creative and salvific action, in the gratuity of filiation in the Son and not as a mere intellective obligation of the Christian faith. Puebla presents, not only for the Latin American people, but for the church in general, a reflection in which we are constantly reminded that human beings can transform situations of injustice into opportunities for liberation, forgiveness and mercy. It is up to every Christian to undertake a path of trustful commitment, marked by a spirit of solidarity and responsibility towards his or her neighbour. In this way one can make known the face of God of whom Puebla speaks and who cries out for justice.

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