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BACKGROUND: Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers, and melanoma is a highly preventable cancer. In Ecuador, few studies have evaluated the awareness levels of the population about the disease. For this reason, the objective of this study was to measure the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding skin cancer and its determining factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis using an online self-assessment questionnaire containing 40 questions was delivered. A total of 537 participants were included in this study. Knowledge, attitude, and practice scores were assigned to each participant based on the number of correct or appropriate responses. Logistic regression analysis was used to calculate crude and adjusted odds ratios. RESULTS: In total, 75% of participants referenced knowledge of the harmful effects related to noncontrolled solar exposure. Concerning sunscreen, 76.7% knew the reason for using it. The female group was 1.68 times more likely to get a higher score than the male group, and the groups between 61-70 and 71-80 years were 0.30 and 0.17 times less likely to get a higher score compared with the less than 20-years-old group, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study indicate the requirement to increase the population's knowledge about skin cancer and possible protection measures. For this reason, the prevention and health promotion programs at a national level from primary healthcare centers are recommended. Due to the limitation of the representativeness of the sample, the use of more studies among Ecuadorian residents of the low socioeconomic level and replication in different provinces of Ecuador is justified.
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La sobrecarga en el trabajo induce el Síndrome de desgaste profesional o Burnout, caracterizado por la fatiga emocional, despersonalización y sensación de bajo logro personal que aparecen como respuesta de tensiones emocionales. La presente revisión busca describir los factores laborales, sociales y económicos que fomentan el Síndrome de Burnout, analizando premisas que permitieron determinar factores de riesgos asociados. Las principales manifestaciones conductuales de mayor predominio son el agotamiento emocional, actitudes negativas y cambios bruscos de humor. Se ha observado que a objeto de modificar los factores que fomentan el síndrome de Burnout es menester implementar programa de salud en prevención del estrés en el ámbito laboral(AU)
The overload in the work that induces the Burnout Syndrome, which is characterized by emotional fatigue, depersonalization and feeling of low personal achievement that appear as a response of emotional tensions. Theis study aims to describe the labour, social and economic factors that expose producers to develop Burnout Syndrome, analyzing premises that allowed determining risk factors associated with this Syndrome. Emotional exhaustion, negative attitudes and sudden mood swings are the main behavioral manifestations. It has been observed that in order to modify the factors that foment the Burnout syndrome, it is necessary to implement a health program in the prevention of stress in the workplace(AU)
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Humans , Burnout, Professional/epidemiology , Occupational Health , Burnout, Psychological , Occupational StressABSTRACT
Constituye un esfuerzo de investigación, análisis y concertación de diferentes organizaciones de derechos humanos, agrupadas en la Plataforma Interamericanade DHDD, con el afán de presentar y examinar de manera sistemática y técnica el estado actual de algunos de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales (DESC) en Ecuador a inicios de milenio. Conforman esta redd: Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos (APDH), Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES), Frente Ecuatoriano de Derechos Humanos (FEDU), Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH), Fundación Mariana de Jesús, Justicia y Paz-Cuenca, Red Jubileo 2000, Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ)...
