Intestinal parasitism in large urban cities is an ongoing public health challenge. Although most epidemiological studies were concentrating on children, there is an ongoing concern that adult vulnerable populations are ...

Descriptive Cross-sectional study involving 787 students from a private university in Bogota. Its objectives were to determine the alcohol consump- tion prevalence, alcoholism and risk of alcoholism and determine the current ...

This article's purpose, using the adverse event analysis, is to highlight the importance of care nursing activity within rendering an ethical health service framework. Thus, there will be reviewed some general concepts ...

Objective Establishing phone-in assistance's epidemiological profile as part of Colsubsidio's toxicology service (a Colombian healthcare-providing institution -IPS) from 2006-2009. Methods This was a population-based ...

The aim of this study was build a concept of humanized nursing care a collectively way in two university hospitals in Bogotá DC. Method: It is a participatory dialectic qualitative research with an historical hermeneutic ...

Objective To establish the correlation between intestinal parasitism in children younger than 6 years old and their dwelling in environmental protected areas without aqueduct service, in the neighborhood El Codito, in ...

Objetivos Establecer el perfil epidemiológico de las asesorías telefónicas del servicio de toxicología de la IPS Colsubsidio durante los años 2006-2009. Métodos Estudio descriptivo poblacional de 594 asesorías telefónicas ...

Introduction: A significant problem for public health is the skin injuries related to health care, as they lead to severe problems that impact the quality of life of patients, family members, and caregivers; added to the ...