La menor longevidad del hombre respecto a la mujer se aúna a condiciones inferiores de vida en la vejez de aquél para constituir una inequidad que no ha sido atendida por las políticas públicas de salud y tercera edad, ...

We studied the prevalence of antibody to Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) in 766 randomly selected Costa Rican women 25-59 years of age in a national household survey in 1984-1985. Overall, 97.1% were ...

Un derecho fundamental de todo niño es saber quién es su papá. El informante más calificado para ello es, obviamente, la mamá. El Estado puede y debe preguntarle a la madre quién es el progenitor de todo recién nacido. ...

Se estudia la mortalidad e incidencia del cáncer de mama y cuello útero en Costa Rica y se las compara con datos de mujeres blancas de los Estados Unidos de América. La mortalidad por cáncer de mama en Costa Rica muestra ...

The author explores whether reduced child mortality is needed in order to realize fertility transition by examining empirical evidence from Costa Rica, a developing country which decreased both child mortality and birth ...

Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. For the last two decades ...

In case-control studies in which case and control enrollment periods are not identical, exposure status for time-dependent variables is often measured relative to a reference date. Using data from a case-control study of ...

Much debate is going on in Costa Rica about the increase of out-of-wedlock births and unestablished paternity in particular with regard to the elaboration of social policy measures. No systematic empirical data on the issue ...

Geriatric depression and cognition impairment, including memory loss, are common neuropsychiatric disorders at old age. Diagnosing these conditions in the context of a general population-based survey conducted by nonmental ...

¿Cuán equitativo es el acceso a los servicios de salud en Costa Rica? ¿Hasta qué punto el actual proceso de reforma del sector salud ha alterado el entorno de oferta de servicios y su accesibilidad? El presente estudio ...