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Differences in cardiovascular risk factors in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
Objectives: To assess differences in cardiovascular risk profiles among rural-to-urban migrants and non-migrant groups. Methods: Cross-sectional study in Ayacucho and Lima, Peru. Participants were: rural (n=201); rural-to-urban ...
Rural–urban migration as a factor associated with physical and sexual intimate partner violence Peru 2015–2017: a secondary analysis of a national study
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2022-12-01)
Background: Internal migration, a consequence of the demographic transition towards urbanization driven by globalization, represents a particular public health challenge. Change in residence from one sociocultural geographic ...
Maternal internal migration and child growth and nutritional health in Peru: an analysis of the demographic and health surveys from 1991 to 2017
(BioMed Central, 2022)
Background: Peru has historically experienced high rural-to-urban migration. Despite large reductions in undernutrition, overweight is increasing. Elsewhere, internal migration has been associated with differences in ...
Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study
(Wiley, 2015)
Objectives: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban ...
Length of urban residence and obesity among within-country rural-to-urban Andean migrants
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between length of residence in an urban area and obesity among Peruvian rural-to-urban migrants. DESIGN: Cross-sectional database analysis of the migrant group from the PERU MIGRANT ...
The "rule of halves" does not apply in Peru: Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes in rural, urban, and rural-to-urban migrants
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2013)
Objective: To determine the awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and diabetes by migration status. Design: Cross-sectional study, secondary analyses of the PERU MIGRANT study. Patients: Rural, rural-to-urban ...
Body Mass Index and Self-Perception of Overweight and Obesity in Rural, Urban and Rural-to-Urban Migrants: PERU MIGRANT Study
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Objective: This study aimed to compare self-reported weight and body mass index (BMI) in order to determine discrepancies between subjective and objective obesity-related markers, and possible explanatory factors of ...
Within-country migration and obesity dynamics: analysis of 94,783 women from the Peruvian demographic and health surveys
(BioMed Central, 2019)
Background: Rural-to-urban migration is associated with increased obesity, yet it remains unknown whether this association exist, and to what extent, with other types of internal migration. Methods: We conducted a secondary ...
Rural-to-urban migration and risk of hypertension: longitudinal results of the PERU MIGRANT study
(Springer, 2016)
Urbanization can be detrimental to health in populations due to changes in dietary and physical activity patterns. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of migration on the incidence of hypertension. Participants ...
Association between acculturation surrogates and alcohol consumption in rural-to-urban migrants: The PERU MIGRANT study
(Elsevier, 2021)
INTRODUCTION: There is a paucity of information about the association between acculturation and alcohol consumption in rural-to-urban migrants who move to urban environments usually characterized by a higher prevalence ...