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Introduction: The articulation between education and technologies is of great relevance to the changes in society. At the global level, various nations and their educational systems converge towards a cutting-edge technological proposal, so that technology is coupled in a pedagogical role within the teaching and learning process. Objective: Relate the use of educational technologies with an academic performance before and during confinement by COVID-19 in the subject of mathematics in elementary school students in the Colombian Caribbean Region. Methods: The sample consisted of 80 students, to whom the educational technologies questionnaire used during confinement was applied and the information on academic performance was provided by the registration and control office. The data analysis was carried out by applying descriptive statistics, the data before and during confinement was analyzed applying Student’s T-test, and to establish the relationships between the variables, use of educational technologies, and academic performance, the Pearson correlation analysis was performed. Results: A moderate positive significant correlation was found between the assessment that the participants assign to technology and academic performance during confinement. Conclusions: Moderateandslightnegativestatistically significant correlations were found between student academic performance and the hours of use, as well as the tools for learning mathematics. © 2020 Academia Nacional de Medicina. All rights reserved.
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The health emergency generated by COVID-19 has led governments worldwide to take measures, in some departments, and-or states more rigorously than in others, to control morbidity and mortality through measures of protection. The acquisition of services and supplies at high costs, the closure of the productive sector, and the obligation of confinement in most sectors have negatively impacted the economy in the state, business, and personal finances, affecting the quality of life of the population. Objective: To describe personal financial management and satisfaction with life during confinement by COVID-19 in Colombia. M ethod: A descriptive quantitative study was carried out, in which 293 Colombians over 18 years of age, from all regions of the country. The Financial Management instrument and the Life Satisfaction Scale were used. Data analysis was performed with SPSS version 23 statistical software, using descriptive statistics parameters such as absolute frequencies and percentage graphs. Results: 66 % of the participants do not have additional income to the main occupation, 39 % have not paid their obligations promptly during confinement, 42 % consider that the economic situation has worsened compared to the previous year and state feel uncertain about financial commitments, 23 % of the sample stated that life circumstances are not right, expressing not feeling satisfied and 38 % require changing aspects of their lifestyle. Conclusion: Colombians experience satisfaction, conformity with what they have experienced in different aspects of life, despite the financial crisis generated by COVID-19. © 2020 Academia Nacional de Medicina. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The quarantine measures adopted because of the COVID-19 pandemic have involved the design and implementation of health programs to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and to understand the mental health implications for the elderly, one of the most vulnerable population groups. Objective: To characterize the strategies and programs implemented by Latin American countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, focused on the older population. Methods: Forty-five documents were reviewed including scientific articles, decrees, and guidelines issued by the Ministries ofHealth of13 Latin American countries under the search criteria, COVID 19, health, and older adults. Results: Strategies were implemented according to the stages and levels of incidence of the pandemic, the most vulnerable groups were protected in the case of the elderly aged 60 or 65. It allowed classifying the countries according to the objective of their health actions focused on prevention, promotion, rehabilitation, and recovery ofthe patient. Discussion: The health services have been reoriented by prioritizing the increase ofhealth promotion and disease prevention through information, education, and communication strategies. Conclusions: The health emergency decreed by the countries did not prioritize strategies or policies against the emotional and mental aspects, and the subsequent affectations of social isolation that test the strategies and psychological resources of the new normality. © 2020 Academia Nacional de Medicina. All rights reserved.
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Objective: To carry out a systematic review of the emotional and social effects that the world population has suffered in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Methodology: A qualitative approach was used, which allows understanding a phenomenon in a particular way, through analytical research, to study historical concepts and events such as the emotional and social effects associated with the health emergency declared in 191 countries in the face of the COVID pandemic-19. 23 scientific, journalistic and political documents published in reports of the World Health Organization (WHO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Ministry of Health, National Institute of Health (INS), Universities and journalistic reports were used internationally and nationally. The key words used were: COVID-19, emotional epidemic, social epidemic, stress, anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Results: The most frequent psychological affectations presented by the population worldwide are: anxiety, stress, episodes of depression, panic attacks. It is found as significant data that OCD patients tend to worsen. Conclusions: It is necessary to consider strategies, actions and protocols of mental health to face the pandemic by CO-VID-19 and to communicate them in a massive way in the community in general.