This analysis reviews the situation of child and adolescent mental health in Chile, organizational determinants, and the initiatives and interventions implemented to enhance child development despite the country’s inequities. ...

Healthy environment: unresolved debts that affect childhood and adolescenceIn this new edition, we point out the right of children and adolescents to live in a healthy environment with emphasis on adequate access to drinking ...

© 2021, Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria. All rights reserved.Psychosomatic medicine explores the psychological, behavioral, and social elements that influence people’s health and quality of life. This discipline develops ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 1989. It was the first binding agreement at the national and international levels on the fulfilment of the civil, political, ...

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 ...

This paper reports the development and baseline data of a vignettes-based measure of gender equality. METHODS:Vignettes were developed through 3-day long focus groups. After piloting in 13 sites and repiloting a revised ...

This issue of Challenges resumes the analysis of child poverty that was addressed in the first issue of the publication. The main article presents data on child poverty in Latin America, but explicitly measures it with a ...