Bernardo UsecheAutonomous University of Bucaramanga | UNAB
Bernardo Useche
PhD, University of Texas
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
January 2003 - October 2009
February 1976 - March 2011
Education
August 2006 - October 2010
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Field of study
- Public Health
Publications
Publications (52)
"Este informe sobre los CEI de Colombia forma parte de un estudio multicéntrico que se ha realizado en siete países de la región (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Panamá y Perú), que es donde se realiza el mayor número de ensayos clínicos. El objetivo del estudio es documentar en contexto en el que operan los CEI, los recursos de qu...
Este libro de investigación tiene como objetivo principal evaluar el impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en la salud mental de la población colombiana, a partir del modelo de determinantes sociales de la salud. La información que se reporta en el desarrollo de los próximos ocho capítulos tiene como propósito principal brindar la evidencia necesaria...
The identification of general population groups particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on mental health and the development of healthcare policies are priority challenges in the current and future pandemics. This study aimed to identify the personal and social determinants of the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on...
This preprint has been published in Journal of Clinical Medicine:
DOI:
10.3390/jcm10225297
ResearchGate link to published version: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356199784_Social_Inequities_in_the_Impact_of_COVID-19_Lockdown_Measures_on_the_Mental_Health_of_a_Large_Sample_of_the_Colombian_Population_PSY-COVID_Study
Link to the paper's...
Introducción.
La masturbación es un tema que encierra múltiples mensajes, tanto culturales negativos como sexológicos positivos. Esta diversidad es una ventana para explorar la sexualidad femenina.
Objetivo.
Establecer la prevalencia de masturbación en estudiantes universitarias del área metropolitana de Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Materiales y método...
Introducción: Con la expedición de la Resolución 429 de 2016, el gobierno colombiano culminó un proceso de reforma de la salud que consolida el sistema de aseguramiento representado en las denominadas Empresas Promotoras de Salud o EPS el cual fuera establecido con la Ley 100 de 1993. Esta resolución establece una nueva “Política de Atención Integr...
US Latino adolescents have higher teenage birthrates and higher probabilities for early sexual initiation, compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Understanding their reasons for delaying or initiating first-time vaginal intercourse is important in designing culturally relevant health promotion programs. Using qualitative methods, we analyzed 21 se...
Objetivo: establecer la prevalencia de vida de orgasmo femenino y de dificultades orgásmicas en universitarias del área metropolitana de Bucara manga (Colombia).
Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal. Se administró un cuestionario de autorreporte a una muestra de mujeres universitarias de Bucaramanga. Además de la prevalencia de orgas...
La Ley 1753 del 9 de junio de 2015 por la cual se promulgó el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2014 – 2018 (PND) contiene en cinco artículos (artículos 5º, 7º, 10º, 12º, y 186º) una reforma estructural del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SNCTI) en Colombia (1). Si bien es cierto, los lineamientos básicos estaban ya esbozados en el...
Objective: To determine the lifetime prevalence of female orgasm and difficulty reaching orgasm among female university students in the Bucaramanga metropolitan area, Colombia. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study. A self-reporting questionnaire was given to college women in Bucaramanga. Besides the prevalence of orgasm, other social and de...
Introduction: Studies on the sexual behavior and the prevalence of female orgasmic dysfunctions in the Colombian university population are scant. This data is relevant for designing effective sexual health prevention / promotion programs. Objective: To analyze the sexual behavior, characteristics of the orgasmic phase and prevalence of orgasmic dys...
A NEW CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY/SEXUAL HEALTH: AN EVIDENCE BASED CRITIQUE OF STANLEY HALL’S THEORY
Author: Bernardo Useche Aldana
Country: Colombia
Introduction: Most programs aimed at sexual health promotion among adolescents are focused on abstinence. The conceptual framework for this approach has its foundation on the notion of...
El presente trabajo se direcciona hacia el aprovechamiento de las TIC para la educación en salud. Al indagar por
el concepto de Alfabetización Digital en Salud y su relación con la Alfabetización en Salud, contribuye con el en�
tendimiento de los procesos de adquisición informal de conocimientos y prácticas de salud mediados por TIC.
Objetivo: Eval...
Studies on HIV/AIDS treatment adherence have been carried out in a limited number of geographic settings, but few studies have explored it in people of higher socioeconomic status in Latin America. This qualitative study explored and compared determinants of adherence behaviors among 52 HIV-positive Colombian women in medium and high socioeconomic...
Disclosure of the positive results of a human papillomavirus (HPV) test could mediate future transmission of HPV and facilitate women's medical care. During in-depth interviews with Hispanic women living on the Texas-Mexico border, we explored their reactions to learning they had HPV and issues related to disclosure. Only 18 of 42 participants unde...
Reseña del libro por Jaime Breilh en el siguiente link:
http://www.uasb.edu.ec/saludyambiente/images/salud/eventos/documentos/Resen%CC%83a%20JBreilh%20Rev_Ger_Pol%20Salud%202011.pdf
Reseña del libro por Saul Franco en el siguiente link:
http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/src/inicio/ArtPdfRed.jsp?iCve=10623054013
The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze social determinants that influence adherence among Colombian women living with HIV/AIDS in poverty conditions.
A qualitative, descriptive-interpretative study was developed. Forty-seven women participated in five focus group discussions. Also, in-depth interviews with six women were conducted.
Re...
The general research question for this dissertation was: do the data on adolescent sexual experiences and sexual initiation support the explicit or implicit adolescent sexuality theories informing the sexual health interventions currently designed for youth? To respond to this inquiry, three different studies were conducted. The first study include...
US Hispanic women have higher cervical cancer incidence rates than non-Hispanic White and African-American women and lower rates of cervical cancer screening. Knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs may play a role in higher rates of infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) and decisions about subsequent diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer...
To assess and analyze the associations between adherence to treatment and social position in women living with HIV/AIDS.
A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study among 269 Colombian women was conducted. Participants completed three questionnaires: a socio-demographic and clinical characteristics survey, a treatment adherence scale, and a...
This paper studies the public policies and components of the healthcare system affecting Colombian women with HIV/AIDS. Although there is national interest in controlling the HIV/ AIDS epidemic, current policies are not linked to specific lines of action and do not include a coherent gender approach that can guarantee comprehensive healthcare. HIV/...
Cultural, social, physiological and psychological factors may alter the course of sexual function in climacteric women.
The objective of the present literature review is to survey the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in the climacteric and to establish the association between the organic and psychic changes that occur during this phase and sexual...
Introduction
The sexual response depends on the adequate function of all systems related to the genital and extra-genital organs. Physiological conditions such as menopause can interfere with sexual expression because of central and peripheral changes. Genital effects of estrogen include vaginal trophism, lubrication, and local pleasure sensation i...
Políticas públicas, género, sistemas de salud, VIH, SIDA, mujeres.
From Public Health to Private Health : A Global Perspective on Health Reform in Colombia
This paper proposes the following theses: 1) The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been instrumental in the design and implementation of a global strategy which results in health reforms that benefit private investors in the insurance and hea...
Los proyectos de investigación que necesitan reclutar participantes pertenecientes a poblaciones "ocultas" o "difíciles de encontrar" requieren de métodos de muestreo que no solo faciliten la recolección de los datos y la confidencialidad, sino también que incrementen la validez externa y permitan hacer inferencias estadísticas apropiadas. Este art...
During the last decade the US has signed regional and bilateral trade agreements with different countries. These agreements have been questioned because of their potential negative health consequences. We will examine the negotiation process of bilateral trade agreements between the US and Colombia, and Peru, and the regional agreement with Central...
Caldas State in the heart of the main coffee region is considered one of the most conservative provinces in the Republic of Colombia. Yet paradoxically, over the last three decades it has been the place for some innovative sexuality education programs. In 2006, the Territorial Direction of Health (State Health Department) developed a sexual health...
We studied a convenience sample of 54 HIV-positive men, recruited from HIV/AIDS community based service organizations. Data were collected on HIV risk factors and suicidal behaviours. Fifty-nine percent of the sample reported ever thinking about suicide, and 50% of those individuals reported attempting suicide at some point in their lives. Suicide...
There is a paucity of literature regarding partner violence among males that identifies the sex and relationship of their partner(s). We studied a convenience sample of 54 HIV-infected men, recruited from HIV/AIDS service organizations. Using a standard questionnaire, we collected data on HIV risk behaviours and self-reports of acts of partner viol...
To inform the Community Planning Group (Houston, Texas) in setting HIV-prevention priorities, risk behavior surveys were completed by 67 male-to-female (MtF) transgender persons. By self-identification, 58% were preoperative and 48% were self-described heterosexual women. We found this small sample of male-to-female transgender individuals to have...
The first part of this article analyzed the limitations of the theoretical models behind the classification of sexual dysfunctions in the DSM-IV-TR. It also presented an alternative approach oriented to surmount reductionisms and to reject the medicalization of sexuality with commercial purposes. This second part presents a critique of the DSM-IV-T...
The two parts in which this article is divided present a critique of the categories of “Sexual dysfunctions” and “Gender identity disorders” included in the Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Text Revision) by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). The critique is based on three theoretical fundamental...
The objective of this study was to assess the influence of condom use self-efficacy on the reported condom use of Latinos. We conducted a rapid needs assessment study among U.S. and foreign-born Latinos living in Houston, TX, to identify behavioral and psychosocial factors that influence their risk for HIV. Bilingual Latino interviewers conducted c...
The essays in this collection address issues significant to labor within regional, national and international contexts. Themes of the chapters will focus on managed labor migration; organizing in multi-ethnic and multi-national contexts; global economics and labor; global economics and inequality; gender and labor; racism and globalization; regiona...
Con base en los trabajos de Zwi Hoch y Helí Alzate sobre la erogenicidad vaginal, se plantea la importancia del examen sexológico, en particular, cuando la paciente consulta por disfunción orgásmica coital. Se describe brevemente el protocolo del examen propuesto por los autores mencionados y se ubica en el contexto de la valoración general de la f...
This paper presents the results of a survey on the sexual behavior of Colombian high school students. It documents significant gender differences in the sexual behavior of Colombian adolescents as compared with the more egalitarian sexual behavior of their American and European counterparts. The study indicates that prostitutes are playing a decrea...
The purposes of this study were a) to further replicate previous findings on vaginal eroticism, using heart rate change as corroborative evidence for the subjective perception of sexual arousal and orgasm; and b) to investigate the correlation between heart rate change and subjective intensity of female orgasm. Heart rate measurements were obtained...
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[ENG] PSY-COVID-COLOMBIA is a national research initiative with the objective of creating a database with information of the psychosocial efects generated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Colombian population, in order to provide the research community and public health entities updated scientific evidence. In the first wave, a field study will be carried out in order to obtain information on the impact of the first phase of mobility restriction measures (especially confinement) adopted in Colombia in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic (in the first few months of 2020) as well as an analysis of behaviors to prevent the transmission of the SARS-COV-2 virus.
[SPA] PSY-COVID-COLOMBIA es una iniciativa de investigación nacional que tiene como objetivo crear una base de datos mundial con información sobre los efectos psicosociales generados por la pandemia del COVID-19 en la población colombiana, con el fin de proporcionar a la comunidad de investigadores y a las entidades de salud pública evidencia científica actualizada. En la primera oleada se realizará un estudio de campo para obtener información sobre el impacto de la primera fase de las medidas de restricción de movilidad (especialmente el confinamiento) adoptadas en Colombia en relación con la pandemia de COVID-19 (en los primeros meses de 2020), así como un análisis de las conductas para prevenir la transmisión del virus del SARS-COV-2.
