scholarly journals Ensayo sobre la categoría de sexo y la perspectiva de género

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Nolver Guevara Caicedo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Gender Perspective

Este artículo es un ejercicio de revisión bibliográfica, desde la lectura de algunas feministas latinoamericanas que han pensado el problema de género. El objetivo de este estudio fue aclarar el significado de los términos “perspectiva de género”, “género” y “sexo”; como también aportar de algún modo, una mirada más tolerante a las dinámicas de las sociedades pluriculturales. El texto inicia hablando de perspectiva de género; luego, de categoría de género y clausura explicando los conceptos sexo y generoelectos. Al final, se llega a la conclusión de los estudios de género, con la aclaración de la categoría de sexo y género, han propiciado, en las últimas décadas, cambiar la mirada hacia la mujer y hacia los otros géneros. Abstract This article is an exercise of literature review, since the reading of some Latin American feminists who have thought about the problem of gender. The objective of this study was clarify the meaning of the terms “gender perspective”, “gender” and “sex”; as well, contribute in some way, a more tolerant look to the dynamics of the pluricultural societies.

scholarly journals Serious games as an educational strategy to control childhood obesity: a systematic literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica David Dias ◽  
Aline Natalia Domingues ◽  
Chris Mayara Tibes ◽  
Silvia Helena Zem-Mascarenhas ◽  
Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Alternative Means

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify in the literature the efficacy of serious games to improve knowledge for and/or behavioral changes among overweight or obese children. Method: Systematic Literature Review. The Cochrane Systematic Reviews Handbook was used. The studies were collected from the following databases: Public Medline; Web Of Science; Science Direct; Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature; and the Health Game Research and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. The descriptors were video games and obesity, while the key word was serious games. Inclusion criteria were: studies classified as Randomized Clinical Trials written in English, Spanish or Portuguese and in which children were the subjects of the study. Results: 2,722 studies were identified in the initial search and six studies remained in the final sample. The papers focused on encouraging behavioral changes in players, including physical exercise and improved eating habits. The studies report that serious games are a potential strategy to encourage positive coping with childhood obesity. Conclusion: research in this field is an expanding and promising strategy and serious games represent an alternative means to provide health education to children.

Sultanism

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-76
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Sub Saharan

To facilitate a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the concept of sultanism, this chapter provides a detailed theoretical and empirical literature review. Firstly, it considers the oriental origins of the concept, as applied by Max Weber and others to the Ottoman Empire and a number of South Asian examples. Secondly, it traces the emergence of ‘contemporary sultanism’, as applied by scholars to Latin American regimes from the mid-twentieth century and onwards. Thirdly, it explores the more recent concept of neo-sultanism and the development of a distinct international empirical category of autocratic-authoritarianism which includes: various Latin America regimes; some of the former communist republics of central Asia and Eastern Europe; and a number of regimes in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. Finally, it assesses the need to address the scholarly deficit in applying contemporary sultanism or neo-sultanism to the Middle East, and suggests that the present-day Saudi And UAE regimes may be strong examples.

scholarly journals A systematic literature review of diabetes self-management education features to improve diabetes education in women of Black African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin American ethnicity, Patient Education and Counseling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Souraya Sidani
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Black African ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
Positive Rate

Abstract: Objective This systematic literature review aims to identify diabetes self-management education (DSME) features to improve diabetes education for Black African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin American women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods We conducted a literature search in six health databases for randomized controlled trials and comparative studies. Success rates of intervention features were calculated based on effectiveness in improving glycosolated hemoglobin (HbA1c), anthropometrics, physical activity, or diet outcomes. Calculations of rate differences assessed whether an intervention feature positively or negatively affected an outcome. Results From 13 studies included in our analysis, we identified 38 intervention features in relation to their success with an outcome. Five intervention features had positive rate differences across at least three outcomes: hospital-based interventions, group interventions, the use of situational problem-solving, frequent sessions, and incorporating dietitians as interventionists. Six intervention features had high positive rate differences (i.e. ≥50%) on specific outcomes. Conclusion Different DSME intervention features may influence broad and specific self-management outcomes for women of African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin ethnicity. Practical implications With the emphasis on patient-centered care, patients and care providers can consider options based on DSME intervention features for its broad and specific impact on outcomes to potentially make programming more effective.

scholarly journals A systematic literature review of diabetes self-management education features to improve diabetes education in women of Black African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin American ethnicity, Patient Education and Counseling

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Souraya Sidani
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Black African ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
Positive Rate

Abstract: Objective This systematic literature review aims to identify diabetes self-management education (DSME) features to improve diabetes education for Black African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin American women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods We conducted a literature search in six health databases for randomized controlled trials and comparative studies. Success rates of intervention features were calculated based on effectiveness in improving glycosolated hemoglobin (HbA1c), anthropometrics, physical activity, or diet outcomes. Calculations of rate differences assessed whether an intervention feature positively or negatively affected an outcome. Results From 13 studies included in our analysis, we identified 38 intervention features in relation to their success with an outcome. Five intervention features had positive rate differences across at least three outcomes: hospital-based interventions, group interventions, the use of situational problem-solving, frequent sessions, and incorporating dietitians as interventionists. Six intervention features had high positive rate differences (i.e. ≥50%) on specific outcomes. Conclusion Different DSME intervention features may influence broad and specific self-management outcomes for women of African/Caribbean and Hispanic/Latin ethnicity. Practical implications With the emphasis on patient-centered care, patients and care providers can consider options based on DSME intervention features for its broad and specific impact on outcomes to potentially make programming more effective.

scholarly journals Réplica a Luis Garagalza

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-167
Author(s):  
Verónica Volkow Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutics ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
The Past ◽  
Grief Work ◽  
Letting Go ◽  
American Gender

This is a reply to the presentation by Luis Garagalza’s paper called: “Following the Steps of Hermes: The Symbolic Hermeneutics as a Contribution to the Imaginary Studies”. which attempts to level overly extreme claims of contemporary philosophical hermeneutics, mainly from philological practice and from the Latin American gender perspective. If contemporary hermeneutics accesses a philosophical status from philology, here we try to review whether some of its most radical claims remain consistent with philological practice and from the present gender perspective. There are extreme statements such as the cancellation of the validity of the methods or that there are no facts but interpretations, which require a more sensible balance. We believe that a work of grief is imposed regarding the omnipotence of the old epistemic methods, which does not imply the cancellation of its guiding validity, but only an awareness of its limitations. This grief work should not imply a complete break with the past models but a letting go of the non-functional expectations, but also a recovery of what is valuable.

scholarly journals Use of illicit drugs between nursing academics: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
M. L. Dias ◽  
J. C. L. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
The Difference

In recent decades, consumption of illicit substances has become a concern of society, a public health problem due to the high incidence of social problems related to its use and the risks to users' health. The transition period to the university is a time of vulnerability to exposure to drugs, thus, academics have the first contact with some kind of substance at that stage. The objective of this study was to investigate what has been produced in the literature on the use of drugs among nursing students in Brazil. It is a study with a quantitative approach, of type literature review. We used the descriptors: "Nursing, Drugs and Academics" and the databases Virtual Health Library (VHL), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) for articles search. A total of 149 publications were found and, after analytical reading, a sample of 10 articles was developed to develop the study. As a result, it was observed that the prevalence of illicit drug use is more predominant among male students, in general, but the female sex is higher among the participants, the difference is due to the high prevalence of women in the Nursing course . The age group most found in the studies is 18 to 30 years of age and the drugs most commonly used by academics are marijuana and cocaine. According to the studies presented, the consumption of illicit drugs directly affects the life of nursing students, reinforcing it as a serious public health problem.

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