Alberto González-García

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• PhD, RN
• Lecturer at University of Granada

Background: Sex work is one of the oldest trades in the world. It is the practice of sexual activity in exchange for money or material goods. It has traditionally been carried out by women, although in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of male sex workers. Sex workers have been recognized as a population at high risk of contrac...

Advances in healthcare in recent years have resulted in the automation and standardization of healthcare. Consequently, care has become dehumanized. There is a lack of trust from patients toward the health care system, as well as feelings of stress, exhaustion, and fatigue among professionals. The aim of this article is to describe the humanization...

Introduction Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment and mental health disorders compared to the general population. Physical exercise might improve their brain health. The overall goal of the HEART-BRAIN randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the effects of different types of e...

Background One of the environments where people living with HIV/AIDS should feel safer is in the health care setting; however, scientific evidence has identified discriminatory behaviour on the part of health care professionals towards these people. The reduction or abolition of discriminatory practices requires, first of all, to know the attitudes...

Epidemiological data on women suffering from vulvovaginal candidiasis and its recurrence are outdated and vague. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of women diagnosed with vulvovaginal candidiasis, as well as the epidemiological profile and associated risk factors in the province of Granada (Spain). Data from the Centre for Sexual...

Unlabelled: Pregnancy and/or the puerperium involve social, physiological and psychological changes that make women more vulnerable to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, even more so if these develop in stressful contexts such as the pandemic. The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with the risk of postpartum anxiety...

Objective: To assess the attitudes and care practices of midwives and nurses in the province of Granada in relation to death care and perinatal bereavement, to determine their degree of adaptation to international standards and to identify possible differences in personal factors among those who best adapt to international recommendations. Design...

Aim: To analyze the attitude of university nursing students at Spanish universities toward organ donation and transplantation and the factors affecting to their attitude. Background: The opinion of future nurses toward organ transplant donation could have an important influence on the population. Knowing that opinion and what factors influence i...

Multiple factors that influence the learning experience of nursing students while they are in clinical training have been identified, such as the clinical learning environment, the supervision provided by supervisors and the level of cooperation with the nurse teacher. The objective was to examine whether the relationship between the clinical place...

Background Because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, the use of prone positioning has dramatically increased in the intensive care unit (ICU). Because this manoeuvre is related to several complications, it must be performed in a protocolized manner by the appropriate personnel. Aim To determine the prevalence of adverse events (...

The aim of this study was to estimate the relationship between the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in university students and to assess whether this relationship is mediated or moderated by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and handgrip strength. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 310 f...

The identification of research priorities in line with current health needs and nursing competencies is a priority. Nevertheless, barriers and facilitators perceived by nurses to performing nursing research have scarcely been investigated. The main aim of this study was to explore the situation in nursing research in Spain, as perceived by Spanish...

The knowledge acquired during university education about organ donation and transplantation (ODT) decisively influences the information future health professionals transmit. This is important in ODT where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs. Objective To determine notions of Spanish medicine and nursing students o...

Introduction: Information provided by health care professionals is crucial to create a climate of social opinion. This is important in organ donation and transplantation (ODT), where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs. Objective: To determine the attitude toward the Law of Presumed Consent (LPC) among Spanish u...

A primary care physician (PCP) not only accompanies the patient in the process of an illness, but throughout his or her life. The confidence we have in these health professionals is fundamental, and their favorable attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) has a significant influence on the population. Objective: To analyze trust i...

Background: No previous systematic review has examined the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) interventions on body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in healthy schoolchildren from 5 to 12 years old. Methods: This study will be conducted by following the guideline of the preferred report...

Desde el final de la II Guerra Mundial se establecieron varias agencias internacionales, destacando desde un punto de vista sanitario a la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), cuya Constitución entró en vigor en abril de 1948 con el objetivo de obtener un mayor nivel de equidad y justicia en los temas sanitarios mundiales. Esta organización cont...

En España, el título de ayudante técnico sanitario (ATS) establecido en el Decreto de 4 de diciembre de 1953 unificó las tres profesiones auxiliares sanitarias existentes en el país (enfermeras, practicantes y matronas) en una sola. Desde 1950, la Organización Mundial de la Salud a través de los distintos informes de su Comité de Expertos en Enferm...

Sleep seems to have a significant influence on the metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, results in this association are still inconsistent in children. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of sleep characteristics in the MetS (index and factors) in Spanish children. Cross-sectional study including a sample of 210 children aged 8-to-11-...

Estudio sobre el empleo del aprendizaje inductivo en Enfermería

High blood pressure levels are among the most important cardiovascular disease risk factors and are influenced by physical fitness and body composition. However, the degree to which obesity may attenuate or modify the beneficial effects of physical fitness on blood pressure levels in young adults is uncertain. Thus, the aim of this study was to ana...

Introducción y objetivos: los objetivos del presente estudio fueron: a) estimar la prevalencia de sobrepeso/obesidad y delgadez en escolares nacidos en 2007 y 2008 de Castilla-La Mancha, España, en los años 2013 y 2015; y b) analizar la persistencia en las mismas categorías de estatus ponderal entre 2013 y 2015 en esta cohorte de escolares.Material...

p>Las matronas constituyen un ejemplo de mujeres en las profesiones sanitarias que lucharon por su visibilidad en un universo biomédico androcéntrico que tendió a ignorarlas u ocultarlas. Por ello, el objetivo general de este artículo es analizar el proceso de incorporación de las matronas a las instituciones de Beneficencia Municipal de Cuenca (Es...

RESUMEN Se analizan las campañas de vacunación antidiftérica llevadas a cabo en España durante la posguerra a través de las noticias publicadas en el diario La Vanguardia para conocer los ejes ideológico y operativo de la política sanitaria divulgados en la prensa general. Más concretamente, se analiza cómo se representó, por un lado, la implicació...

Objective The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) assessing the influence of physical exercise interventions during pregnancy on some neonatal outcomes. Data Source Key words were used to conduct a computerized search in six databases: Cochrane Library Plus, Science...

Durante la epidemia de gripe de 1918-1919 los médicos españoles se encontraban en pleno proceso de renovación profesional, fruto del convencimiento de que sus condiciones laborales habían mermado notablemente. El objetivo es analizar las demandas de los profesionales de la medicina de Cuenca para determinar si guardaban relación con las que estaban...

Background: Childhood obesity has become an alarming worldwide increasing public health problem. The earlier adiposity rebound occurs, the greater the risk of becoming obese during puberty and adolescence. It has been speculated about the potential influence of vigorous physical activity on modifying the age of onset of adiposity rebound. Moreover...

Introduction and objectives: both, weight excess and thinness, are related with several health disorders that could continue into adulthood. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity in 4-to-6-year-old schoolchildren in the provinces of Cuenca and Ciudad Real (Spain), using both the Internatio...

Objective. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) assessing the influence of physical exercise interventions during pregnancy on some neonatal outcomes. Data Source. Key words were used to conduct a computerized search in six databases: Cochrane Library Plus, Scienc...

The aims of this study were to examine sex differences in college students while they performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a manikin for 20 min in (a) objective and subjective effort indicators and (b) to analyse the influence of potential confounders (age, BMI and cardiorespiratory fitness) on these sex differences. Sixty-three partici...

Tattooing and body piercing are a reflection of the human need to decorate their body. Young people create significant senses that create other identities. The target of this research is to reveal the meaning of the tattooed skin to understand this social phenomenon. We understand these practices as a network of meanings, expressed in attitudes and...

The target of this article is to analyze the training manuals of practitioners, nurses and Spanish Red Cross nurses to assess how far we can place the introduction of educational content related to public health nursing. The reporting period covers from the configuration of the nursing profession to onset of the first figure with real functions of...

The influenza pandemic occurred between 1918 and 1919, misnamed Spanish flu or Spanish Lady, is considered the biggest twentieth century health catastrophe, which caused the loss of 25 to 50 million people in less than one year. We performed a bibliographic review of relevant studies conducted so far on the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic to focus spe...

Public Health in the early twentieth century was marked by the intervention on the social diseases linked to those deplorable living and working social conditions. We analyze the discursive journalistic contents of this period related to public health, in order to demonstrate how the press is able to get away from medical centers and government and...

Healthcare in the court was something fundamental. The different health professionals had as their objective to watch over the health of everybody who belonged to it. Something that everyone of them carried out depending on their abilities and their knowlegde. The work that we propose is based on the information found in the section of Casas y Siti...