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Violence against women is considered a public health problem that affects women worldwide. Recently, the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization declared its serious socioeconomic impact in the Region of the Americas and committed to undertaking actions in the health services to address this problem. Within that framework, this paper describes the steps of a participatory action research (PAR) approach that is being implemented in the Wenteche Territory of the La Araucanía region of Chile, which aims to strengthen community bonds, rekindle opportunities for dialogue with and among the people of the territory, foster social participation and democracy in the generation of pertinent, participatory knowledge regarding this problem, and obtain information to support design of an intervention model adapted to local characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A comparative analysis of integration and exclusion processes affecting teenagers and youth in Chile and Uruguay is presented in this paper. The authors argue that approaching the problem by following up welfare levels along the lifecycle of individuals, in terms of the intergenerational distribution of opportunities, would allow for better inferences on the future of welfare in the countries, as compared with alternatives approaches. Generational opportunity gaps are built upon a set of key elements: fertility patterns, structure and evolution of employment, and evolution of public expenditure. The combination of these elements generates the capital portfolio of households (physical, human and social capitals). Teenagers and youngsters are exposed to risk situations that depend mostly upon the capital portfolio of their households. With this approach, data coming mainly from comparable households surveys in the two countries under study are examined. The findings show that, in the last decade Chile and Uruguay, represent two different models of intergenerational welfare distribution, in terms of family risk patterns and teenager risk behaviors. While Chile exhibits moderate gaps between the infant and teenager population vis a vis the adult population, Uruguay shows a deep imbalance in the same populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]