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Introduction: For police and military, access to suitable and truthful information has always been important, during the pandemic the need was even greater due to the tasks assigned to them as part of the front line against the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To determine the factors associated with fear of pandemic information received by Peruvian police and military personnel. Methods: Cross-sectional study with analytical procedures, 1 017 Peruvian police and military were surveyed, through surveys conducted during the pandemic, a validated test was used to measure the perception of fear or concern transmitted by the media, the frequencies and analytical results were reported. Results: The respondents perceived a lot of fear of social networks (22% strongly agree and 36% agree) and television (20% strongly agree and 32% agree). In the multivariate model, the military perceived less fear compared to the police (aPR: 0.65;CI95%: 0.49-0.88;value p= 0.004), in addition, the Internet was the medium that generated a greater frequency of perception of fear among the respondents (aPR: 1.65;CI95%: 1.04-2.61;value p= 0.032), adjusted for 3 variables. Conclusion: Television and social networks are the main media that generate fear among police and military;in addition, being scared was more associated with being informed through the Internet. © 2023, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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Technologies based on 3D printing are revolutionizing academia and public health. The objective of the article is to describe the activities of the Academic Network of Digital Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Lab) at Universidad Continental (Peru) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. During period April-June 2020 more than 500 kits that included face shields were developed and distributed to public and private institutions nationwide. In addition, 3D-printed respirator valves for respirators were donated to public hospitals in Peru in order to keep COVID-19 patients who required oxygen alive. Moreover, Universidad Continental implemented seven multidisciplinary virtual learning courses on digital fabrication during the first semester of 2020. 91 students were trained on digital fabrication concepts and developed 13 research projects related to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the role of international academic collaborative networks to share resources and lessons learned is discussed during the COVID-19 crisis. © 2020 for this paper by its authors.