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1. Stability and change in public health studies in Colombia and Mexico: an exploratory approach based on co-word analysis.

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Vílchez-Román, Carlos and Quiliano-Terreros, Rocío

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*PUBLIC health, *MEDICAL research, *RESEARCH, *STATISTICS, *SYSTEMATIC reviews, *DATA analysis, *STATISTICAL significance, *THEMATIC analysis
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Objective. To determine the level of stability or change in topic areas published by public health journals in Latin America and the Caribbean, using Keywords: and co-word analysis, in order to support evidence-based research planning. Methods. Keywords: were extracted from papers indexed in Scopus® that were published by the Revista de Salud Pública (RSP; Colombia), the Salud Pública de México (SPM; Mexico), and the Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública (RPMESP; Peru) for three periods: 2005 - 2007, 2008 - 2010, and 2011 - 2013. Co-word analysis was used to examine keywords extracted. Textual information was analyzed using centrality measures (inbetweenness and closeness). The hypothesis of stability/change of thematic coverage was tested using the Spearman's rho correlation coefficient. VOSviewer was used to visualize the co-word maps. Results. A moderate level of change in thematic coverage was observed in 2005 - 2010, as evidenced by the correlation coefficients for two of the 3-year periods, 2005 - 2007 and 2008 - 2010: 0.545 for RSP and 0.593 for SPM. However, in 2008 - 2013, more keywords remained constant from one period to the next, given the size of the correlation coefficients for the last 3-year periods: 2008 -- 2010 and 2011 - 2013: 0.727 for RSP and 0.605 for SPM. Conclusion. The research hypothesis was partially accepted given that just two consecutive 3-year periods showed a statistically-significant degree of stability in thematic coverage in public health studies. In that sense, this study provides compelling evidence of the effectiveness of using a combined approach for examining the dynamics of thematic coverage: centrality measures for identifying the main keywords and visual inspection for detecting the structure of textual information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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2. Association between the level of education and knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue in the Caribbean region of Colombia.

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Diaz-Quijano, Fredi Alexander, Martínez-Vega, Ruth Aralí, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Rojas-Calero, Ronald Alexander, Luna-González, María Lucrecia, and Díaz-Quijano, Ronald Giovanny

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DENGUE, PREVENTIVE medicine, MORTALITY, VECTOR control, POISSON regression, INFECTIOUS disease transmission, COMPARATIVE studies, HEALTH attitudes, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, METROPOLITAN areas, RESEARCH, RESEARCH funding, EVALUATION research, EDUCATIONAL attainment, PREVENTION
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Background: Community integration in dengue control requires assessments of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs), which can vary widely according to demographic and educational factors. We aimed to describe and compare the KAPs according to level of education in municipalities in the Caribbean region of Colombia.Methods: A survey was administered from October to December 2015, including families selected through probabilistic sampling in eleven municipalities. The analysis focused on the comparative description of the responses according to level of education. The KAP prevalence ratios (PR) according to education were estimated using Poisson regression (robust), including age and sex as adjustment variables.Results: Out of 1057 participants, 1054 (99.7%) surveys were available for analysis, including 614 (58.3%) who had a high school level of education or higher and 440 (41.7%) who had a lower level of education (not high school graduates). The high school graduates showed a higher frequency of correct answers in relation to knowledge about dengue symptoms and transmission. On the other hand, graduates showed a higher probability of practices and attitudes that favor dengue control, including not storing water in containers (PR: 2.2; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.42-3.43), attend community meetings (PR: 1.33; 95% CI: 1.07-1.65), educate family members and neighbors in prevention measures (PR: 1.35; 95% CI: 1.15-1.59).Conclusions: Level of education could be a key determinant of knowledge of the disease and its transmission, as well as attitudes and practices, especially those that involve the integration of community efforts for dengue control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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