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Objective: To synthesize the social inequalities related to mortality from traffic accidents reported in scientific publications., Method: A scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR guide was carried out. Using the MesH vocabulary, we systematically searched for articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish published in the EBSCO, Scielo, Scopus, Ovid, and PubMed databases., Results: We identified 47,790 records in the initial search, of which 35 articles met the selection criteria. Nine out ten publications are in high-income countries; there is a greater interest in analyzing mortality in occupants and drivers of vehicles and motorcyclists. Half of the publications use race-ethnicity and geolocation as socioeconomic position variables. The articles included in this review indicate that groups of people with low socioeconomic positions have higher mortality due to traffic accidents., Conclusions: The highest mortality from traffic accidents occurs in people with low socioeconomic positions which suggests the development of road safety actions from a comprehensive, integrative perspective and linked to other political agendas to reduce their incidence by 2030. Although road traffic fatalities are higher in low and middle-income countries, few publications are available in these countries. It is necessary to strengthen the research capacities in these countries., (Copyright © 2023 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Background: Infantile cerebral palsy is the leading cause of physical disability in childhood and generates different alterations in motor development that prevent the child's independence. The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) scale is considered the gold standard for this measurement in children with infantile cerebral palsy. In Colombia, its use is delayed due to its original language (English) and no studies on its validity in this specific field. This study aimed to determine whether cultural equivalence allows maintaining the reliability characteristics of the instrument to favor its use in the clinical setting., Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study that included 330 children with infantile cerebral palsy from three departments of Colombia, to whom the GMFM-66 scale was applied. Reliability was evaluated from interobserver consistency by estimating intraclass correlation coefficients and internal consistency with the omega coefficient (w) or McDonald's test., Results: The scale demonstrates consistency and stability in its measurements in terms of reliability. The internal consistency was satisfactory only for the first dimension, Lying and rolling (w = 0.91). For the other dimensions, the w-value was always > 0.95. Good agreement was found among the experts in 83.3% of the items and dimensions evaluated., Conclusions: The GMFM-66 scale in Spanish and for the Colombian context demonstrates good psychometric properties and provides a better understanding of the motor development of children with infantile cerebral palsy so that it can be recommended for use in the Colombian context., (Copyright: © 2022 Permanyer.)

Introduction: Suicidal ideation refers to thoughts that range from a vague idea of committing suicide to a specific suicide plan., Objective: To explore factors such as demographic, social, family, abuse, risk of depression, habits and health conditions, which influence suicidal ideation in the elderly people in the cities of Medellín, Barranquilla, and Pasto (Colombia), with the intention to identify those associated factors that can be used in public health programs focused on this population., Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study was conducted using a secondary source, demographic, social, clinical variables, social support, discrimination, abuse, happiness, depression, functional capacity, and as a dependent variable were asked the question: "Have you ever thought about committing suicide?" A descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed., Results: The median age was ≤ 69 [interquartile range, 11] years, and 58.2% were women. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 6.4%, and of these, 28.7% had made plans to end their lives, and 66.7% had tried at least once. A statistical association was found with informal employment, cigarette consumption, alcohol and psychoactive substances, risk of depression, having a disability, dissatisfaction with their quality of life, with their health, with their economic situation, as well as feeling unhappy, bad treatment and bad relationships among family members, poor social support, sexual and economic abuse, and finally, discrimination., Conclusions: Suicidal ideation in older adults in three cities of Colombia is explained by the sexual and economic abuse that this population is suffering, as well as bad personal relationships between the members of the family of the older adult. The risk of depression increases the probability of having thoughts against one's life., (Copyright © 2018 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Objective: The main purpose of this study was to describe a group of Colombian physical therapists' beliefs and attitudes towards Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), their education, knowledge and skills for implementing EBP, the use of relevant literature in clinical practice, access to and availability of scientific information and perceived barriers to including EBP in practice., Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which involved 1,064 Colombian physical therapists. The study used a 50-item screening questionnaire EBP developed to estimate attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and skills regarding. This instrument has been adapted and was validated previously in Colombia by Flórez-López et al., Results: The population mostly consisted of young females (77.2%) aged 22 to 29 years old (79.4%). Most respondents had an undergraduate degree (87.7%). The physical therapists stated that they had positive attitudes and beliefs regarding EBP, most of them answering that they agreed or strongly agreed that EBP is necessary (71.6%), the relevant literature is useful for practice (61.3%), EBP improves the quality of patient care (64.1%) and evidence helps in decision-making (44.5%). Forty-one percent of the respondents indicated that a lack of research skills was the most important barrier to the use of evidence in practice., Conclusion: The physical therapists reported that they had a positive attitude to EBP and were interested in learning about or improving the skills necessary to adopt EBP in their clinical practice.