Alejandra Fuentes-García

University of Chile · Escuela de Salud Pública

Una reforma, según una de las acepciones que le otorga la RAE a este término, es "aquello que se propone, proyecta o ejecuta como innovación o mejora en algo". Cuando hablamos de reforma en el sector salud, la reforma adquiere algunas espe-cificidades que vale la pena mencionar. Desde la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y a partir de las refor...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed existing gaps in policies, systems and services, stressing the need for concerted global action on healthy aging. Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, dementia is a challenge for health systems on a global scale. Our hypothesis is that translational potential lies in cross-country learning by involving three high-inc...

Purpose To report the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31-P) Questionnaire in patients with epilepsy (PWE) in Chile. Methods Translation from the original and posterior back-translation was performed by independent translators, two in each step. The final consensual translation was modified for th...

Purpose To report the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-31-P) Questionnaire in patients with epilepsy (PWE) in Chile. Methods Translation from the original and posterior back-translation was performed by independent translators, two in each step. The final consensual translation was modified for th...

En este artículo analizamos el escenario sanitario de la epidemia de COVID-19 en América Latina y profundizamos en algunos aspectos relevantes del escenario político, económico y social que caracteriza a la región en los momentos en que está transcurriendo esta pandemia. En América Latina se concentra más del 50% de casos de COVID-19 registrados en...

VIRUS Y SOCIEDAD: HACER DE LA TRAGEDIA SOCIAL UNA OPORTUNIDAD DE CAMBIOS. ENSAYOS SOBRE LA PANDEMIA POR COVID-19.

Background The Tailored Activity Program (TAP) is an evidenced‐based program targeting behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and caregivers’ readiness, among other outcomes. TAP has been tested and implemented in different settings and countries. Evidence‐based interventions face the challenge of transference and adoption with a complex...

Background: adolescence is a relevant period to educate in healthy eating behaviors. For this purpose it is necessary to obtain expert opinions and reach consensus and prioritize the best methodologies available to educate adolescents on healthy eating. Methods: the Delphi method was chosen to get consensus through repeated iterations of anonymo...

Resumen La utilización de cuestionarios como instrumentos de medición implica el uso de procesos lingüísticos. La variedad intralingüística del español conlleva diferentes modos de percibir, analizar y actuar en el mundo que deben considerarse al diseñar o adaptar cuestionarios. La armonización de los cuestionarios IA-PCAT (Primary Care Assessment...

Background: The Program “Más Adultos Mayores Autovalentes” (Más AMA) started in 2015 as a strategy for the prevention of disability among older adults. Aim: To describe the health benefits, from user's perspective, of the Functional Stimulation Component of the Más AMA program. Material and Methods: Eleven focus groups including 97 participants o...

In face of an accelerated rate of ageing of the population on a global and local scale, it is fundamental to recognize the fact that this group is particularly susceptible to diverse complications in terms of health. Health is a multidimensional phenomenon encompassing biology, economics, history and social disciplines and concerns. The present doc...

El año 2018 estuvo marcado por la emergencia de las luchas feministas; miles de mujeres, disidencias y hombres intentaron posicionar una agenda que corriera la barrera de lo socialmente aceptado. Las demandas eran heterogéneas, en naturaleza y escala. Sin embargo, contenían un ethos común: la necesidad de un cambio cultural que apuntara a revertir...

Product or brand placement, the integration of brand/products into TV programs/films, is one of the most controversial forms of promotion. Based on its embedded character, the European Union promulgated in 2010 a norm that obligates broadcasters to disclose the presence of placement. Taking the case of fast food marketing, this paper examines the e...

Background: The Chilean public health system is based on Primary Health Care (PHC), whose assessment is challenging due to the heterogeneity of services and multi-dimensionality of expected results. The Primary Care Assessment Tool was adapted and validated for Chile. Aim: To analyze, from the provider's perspective, the structure and functionin...

Informe técnico de resultados de Proyecto FONIS SA16I0137 "Percepción usuaria de beneficios en salud del componente de estimulación funcional del Programa Más Adultos Mayores Autovalentes del Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Norte"

Documento preparado y editado por la Unidad de Redes Transdisciplinarias de la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Universidad de Chile, basado en el encuentro organizado por la misma unidad. Sexta Escuela Internacional de Verano sobre Envejecimiento “Género y Políticas Públicas: una mirada necesaria de la vejez” Red Transdisciplinari...

Although product placement is a frequently used promotional tool in local and international productions, particularly in combination with advertising, its study has been almost neglected in Latin America. This paper examines the explicit (verbal) and implicit (cued) understanding of advertising and placement in a sample of 9-, 12- and 15-year-old c...

Background Previous studies on the role of gender in the association between self-rated health and mortality have shown contrasting results. This study was aimed to determine the importance of gender in the association between self-rated health and mortality among older people in Santiago, Chile. Methods A 10 year follow-up of 1066 people aged 60...

Objective: The aim is to describe the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions that may affect the oral health and oral health self-care of independent living Chilean older adults. Method: In all, 4,766 residents aged 60 years and older took part in the study. Participants were interviewed using an 11-module instrument, including demographi...

Objetivo. Este artículo busca evaluar la contribución de los Consejos Integradores de la Red Asistencial (CIRA) en mejorar la gobernanza en salud en Chile. Material y métodos. Se realizó una revisión de los documentos oficiales asociados con el proceso de constitución y desarrollo de los CIRA; se aplicó un cuestionario ad hoc a los 29 CIRA del país...

Objective: . This paper aims at assessing the contribution of Chile's Health Care Integrating Councils (CIRA, Spanish acronym) to strengthening governance in health. Materials and methods: A literature review on the official documents related to the process of creation and development of CIRA was carried out; an ad hoc questionnaire was applied...

To validate short-form-36 health survey (SF-36) with specific scoring algorithm obtained in a large sample of Chilean older people and to associate quality of life in this sample with social and health related factors. A cross-sectional study on 2,143 community-living subjects aged 60–92 years (33 % men and 67 % women) conducted in Santiago, Chile....

Objective: To describe and compare socioeconomic inequalities in the onset and progression of disability in a cohort of Chilean community-dwelling older people that provides unprecedented information about this process in Chile. Methods: The data were drawn from a 10-year longitudinal study (2000-2010) that followed a probabilistic and represent...

This study aims to examine the self-assessed oral health status and quality of life (QoL) of independent living Chilean older adults, and their distribution by selected socio-demographic characteristics. The study conducted a secondary analysis of data collected as part of a larger study of dependency which involved 4766 independent living older ad...

P r o g r a m A b s t r a c t s 510 The Gerontological Society of America strategies (e.g., behaviors that foster information exchange and problem solving) used by SNF staff (N=20) to facilitate the adaptive work of patients as they collaborated in discharge planning. Adaptive leadership strategies were described for three teams of patients and sta...

Delphi method to identify education material on healthy food for teachers, school-age children and their parents. Delphi method applied to get expert consensus about healthy food topics to include in educational materials for preschool and school-age children, their parents and teachers is described. The questionnaire was developed with the results...

Objective: To describe subjective oral health status and its association with overall health conditions and socioeconomic factors in the elderly (60 years and older) living in the capital cities with the oldest average populations in South America. Background: Oral diseases are a public health problem, frequently neglected in older adults. In recen...

Introduction The process of population ageing in developing countries has important economic and social consequences. Dependency in the elderly constitutes a main concern for them considering the associated need of care, institutionalisation and health costs. Aim To assess the prevalence of dependency in older people in Chile. Methods Cross-secti...

Aim To validate a single question of self-reported quality of life as a reliable instrument in population studies. Method Cross sectional validation of a single question about QoL against the quality of life SF-36 (Short-Form 36 Health Survey). The study was performed in a national representative sample of 4762 community-dwelling people 61–101 y (3...

Asuming that one of the major concerns of social epidemiology are health inequalities, this article seeks to show the debate about the relationship between health and income from the perspective of this discipline. This area of study has traditionally focused on the absolute socioeconomic status and its impact on health and/or disease. Nevertheless...