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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 13/03/2025
Contenu vérifié selon les dernières recommandations médicales
5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease in Belize: A Population-based Survey.
Lancet regional health. Americas
2021-07-17
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, East Block Building, National Assembly, Bliss Parade, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Ave, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure and Resources in Schools in Belize during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021-2023.
International journal of environmental research and public health
2024-04-12
Novel species of Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) identified in a case of vectorial transmission of Chagas disease in northern Belize.
Scientific reports
2024-01-16
Incorporating COVID-19 into Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Systems, Belize, Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, and Liberia, 2020-2021.
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Dengue Virus Infections Detected through Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance, Belize 2020.
Viruses
2022-04-07
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Eck Institute of Global Health, University of Notre Dame, 120 Brown Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Pharmacy Program, Department of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Data Analytics Planning and Monitoring, Data and Analytics Section, UNICEF, New York, New York; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: lcarvajal@unicef.org.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Henry J.N. Taub Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston TX.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0W3, Canada.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Sm22@bcm.edu.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belmopan, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Belize Vector and Ecology Center, Orange Walk Town, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Medical Oncology, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, Belize.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Salud Mesoamerica Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank, USA.
Publications dans "Belize" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Inter-American Development Bank, Dominican Republic.
Publications dans "Belize" :
Q'eqchi' women's health is the product of inherent, acquired, and induced vulnerabilities that inform an idiom of "weakness" characteristic of women compared to men, reflecting both biological differe...
Belize has among the highest cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates of Latin American and Caribbean countries. This study evaluates the perspectives of key stakeholders for cervical cancer scre...
Semi-structured interviews discussing cervical cancer screening were conducted with key stakeholders across the six districts of Belize in 2018. Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed themat...
We conducted 47 interviews with health care providers (45%), administrators (17%), government officials (25%), and other stakeholders (13%). Majority (78%) of interviews were from the public sector. P...
Despite free, publicly available cervical cancer screening in Belize, complex barriers affect access and completion of management when abnormal screening tests are identified. Provider workload, educa...
Adapting data collection instruments using transcultural translation and adaptation processes is essential to ensure that respondents comprehend the items and the original meaning is retained across l...
We conducted transcultural translation and adaptation processes in Belize using the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). Items from the original scale were translated into Belizean...
Adaptation of terms and specific expressions were done to improve comprehensibility and to ensure the appropriate clinical meaning. For example, the expression 'feeling scared' was perceived to imply ...
A culturally adapted version of the RCADS was developed for use among adolescents in Belize in Belizean English and Kriol. The transcultural translation and adaptation procedure can be applied for oth...
Respiratory-related complaints prompt most pediatric visits to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority's (KHMHA) Emergency Department (ED) in Belize. We developed and taught a novel pediatric respira...
This study assesses the clinical impact of a pediatric emergency medicine curriculum on management of pediatric asthma emergencies at KHMHA in Belize City, Belize....
We conducted a randomized chart review of pediatric (aged 2-16 y) visits for asthma-related diagnosis at the KHMHA ED between 2015 and 2018 to assess the training module's clinical impact. Primary out...
Two hundred eighty-three pediatric asthma-related diagnoses met our inclusion criteria. The patients treated by trained and untrained physician groups were demographically and clinically similar. The ...
The curriculum positively impacted clinical outcomes leading to earlier albuterol administration, increased PRAM score use, obtaining less chest radiographs, and decreased admission rates. The timelin...
Many students seem to find pharmacology learning very challenging due to the complexity and variety of drugs they have to study. The number of drugs the students have to learn, the duration of time to...
Kolb's learning theory provided the framework to explore nursing students' 48-hour service-learning experiences at community/hospital-based pharmacies in Belize and its implications for pharmacology p...
Students reported learning medications, integrating classroom pharmacological knowledge at pharmacy practice sites, acquiring and enhancing communication skills, interpreting prescriptions, dispensing...
This study highlights the importance of experiential learning of pharmacology amongst second year nursing students, offering the opportunity to inform and support pharmacotherapeutics educators in des...
Access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources in schools is critical for disease prevention and control, especially during public health emergencies. In Belize, systematic, national data o...
There is a sparsity of knowledge of the specific mechanisms through which financial and non-financial incentives impact the performance of health teams. This study aims to address this knowledge gap b...
We performed a qualitative study to understand the mechanisms through which the in-kind incentive program supported quality improvement in Belize. We conducted key informant interviews (April-June 202...
We conducted eight key informant interviews from a pool of thirty potential informants. Our analysis of the interviews yielded a total of 11 major themes with 27 subthemes. Most informants reported th...
Our study contributes to the understanding of how in-kind incentives can enhance performance. We found that in-kind incentives created extrinsic motivation, leading to an increased focus on quality. S...
Belize has the highest national prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) of Central and South America, and fifth direst in the world. T2D is the leading cause of death in Belize, a country facing burdens o...
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a primary cause of death in Belize, a low-income country with the highest rates in Central and South America. As many people in Belize cannot consistently access bio...
Implementing a Constructivist Grounded Theory qualitative design, the research team conducted 35 semi-structured interviews with adults living with T2DM, 25 informant discussions, and participant obse...
The findings revealed that 85.7% of participants used plants in their T2DM self-management. There were three main usage patterns, namely, exclusive plant use (31.4%), complementary plant use (42.9%), ...
Plant species are outlined, as are patients' reasons for not disclosing usage to providers. There are implications for the advancement of understanding ethnobotanical medicine use for T2DM self-manage...
Ecosystems around the globe are enduring wildfires with greater frequency, intensity, and severity and this trend is projected to continue as a result of climate change. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA...