Evaluation of educational videos to increase skin cancer risk awareness and sun-safe behaviors among adult Hispanics.

Although skin cancer is less common in Hispanics, they are at higher risk for presenting with more advanced stage skin cancer. We performed semi-structured interviews with Hispanic women that found high concern for photoaging from sun exposure. Based on these results, we developed two short Spanish-language films. The first emphasized photoaging benefits of sun protection, while the second focused on its benefits for skin cancer prevention. Our hypothesis was that the reduction of photoaging would be a more persuasive argument than skin cancer prevention for the adoption of sunscreen use by Hispanic women. Study participants were recruited from beauty salons located in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods. Each of the two Spanish-language films was approximately 3 min long. A pre-intervention questionnaire assessed subjects' general knowledge and sunscreen habits, and a second questionnaire administered after viewing both films assessed for improvements in risk perception and inquired about which film was more persuasive. Eighty Hispanics participated ranging in age from 19 to 75. The pre-education survey found that 54 out of 80 believed that fair-skin Hispanics (FS) were at risk for skin cancer, and 44 out of 80 believed that dark-skin Hispanics (DS) were at risk. These numbers increased to 72 (FS) and 69 (DS) after the intervention (p value: <0.0002 FS, <0.0001 DS). Hispanics overwhelmingly selected the video emphasizing the benefits of sun protection for skin cancer prevention as the more persuasive film (74 out of 80). A Spanish-language video has the potential to make an impact in healthy sun-protective behaviors, and information on how to properly apply sunscreen should be included in educational messages.

La ficha de identificación estomatológica para internos: un asunto aún pendiente en México / A ficha de identificação dental para internos: um caso ainda pendente no México / The dental record card for inmates: a matter still pending in Mexico

Los dientes proveen información valiosa que ayuda a identificar a una persona con los métodos propios de la odontología legal y forense. A nivel penitenciario, el expediente del interno, al ser un documento de identidad del infractor, deberá integrar toda la información posible que permita a las autoridades judiciales cerciorarse de que se trata de la misma persona registrada, ya sea en calidad de procesado o sentenciado, con todas sus características físicas posibles en las denominadas fichas antropométricas, con el propósito de evitar suplantaciones o errores en la imposición de las penas a delincuentes. Sin embargo, en México, al efectuar una revisión de las leyes actuales, iniciativas o reformas en la materia (tanto estatales como federales), sobre el registro de internos y la conformación de sus expedientes, no hay una homologación sobre los datos que debe contener la ficha antropométrica; mucho menos, en ningún apartado o sección, se considera la ficha estomatológica como medio de identificación. En el presente artículo se exponen las razones por las cuales debe incluirse en los centros penitenciarios de México la ficha de identifi cación estomatológica, puesto que también tal registro odontológico es una opción de control para procesados y sentenciados, y no solo un potencial documento para cotejar en el caso de infractores reincidentes o fallecidos

Teeth provide very valuable information serving to identify individuals with the use of methods pertaining to legal and forensic odontology. At the prison system level, an inmate’s dossier, because it is the offender’s identity document, must gather and integrate any and all available information enabling legal authorities to make certain that they are dealing with the same individual they have registered either as prosecuted or sentenced, with all of the physical features likely to be found on the so-called anthropometric index cards for the purpose of preventing identity thefts or impersonation or errors in the imposition of punishments to offenders. However, in Mexico, at the time of reviewing laws, initiatives or (both state and federal) amendments in this area with respect to the registration of inmates and the constitution of their dossiers, no homologation exists of those data that the anthropometric card should contain, and in no paragraph or section whatsoever the dental card is taken into account as an identifi cation means. In this article, the reasons why this card should be included in Mexican penitentiary facilities are exposed, since this kind of record is, in addition, a control option for both prosecuted and sentenced inmates and not only a potential matching record to be used in the case of recidivist or deceased infringers

Os dentes fornecem informações valiosas que ajudam a identifi car uma pessoa com métodos próprios da odontologia legal e forense. No nível de prisão, o registro do preso, sendo um documento de identidade do infrator, deve integrar todas as informações possíveis que permitam às autoridades judiciais certifi car que é a mesma pessoa registrada, seja na qualidade de processamento ou do condenado, com todas as suas características físicas possíveis nas chamadas guias antropométricas, a fi m de evitar a falsifi cação ou erros na condenação dos criminosos. No entanto, no México, para empreender uma revisão das leis, iniciativas e reformas neste campo (estatais e federais), sobre o registro dos presos e a conformação dos seus registros, não existe nenhuma homologação sobre os dados que a guia antropométrica deve conter; muito menos, em nenhum ponto ou seção, a guia de dental é considerada como meio de identifi cação. Este artigo discute as razões por que a guia de identifi cação dental deve ser incluída em prisões no México, já que tal registro dental é uma opção de controle para jul gados e condenados, e não apenas um documento potencial para comparar no caso de infratores reincidentes ou falecidos

De enfermedades y remedios: la transmisión oral del uso doméstico de plantas con fines medicinales en Campeche, México / Of natural remedies and diseases: oral transmission of domestic use of plants with medicinal purposes in Campeche, Mexico Vegetais e doença: transmissão oral do conhecimento doméstico de plantas com fins médicos em Campeche, México

La transmisión oral del conocimiento acerca del empleo casero o doméstico de plantas con fines medicinales en algunas comunidades del Estado de Campeche, México, lleva a incluir estos saberes dentro del patrimonio cultural inmaterial o intangible en cuanto a su transmisión de generación en generación desde la época prehispánica. Como parte del sentido de pertenencia que los mayas actuales aún tienen hacia la tierra que les provee de plantas y los usos que hacen de ellas a fin de devolver la salud del individuo, este artículo da breve cuenta del conocimiento y empleo de plantas con la intención de curar enfermedades comunes dentro de algunos núcleos familiares tanto urbanos como rurales. Si bien para curar estas dolencias de manera doméstica no se requiere tanto conocimiento como en el caso de los llamados hierbateros, curanderos o h-menoob ­sacerdotes, en maya­ que realizan rituales más complejos, este saber ha sobrevivido, aunque con el riesgo de perderse si no se realizan adecuaciones a la normatividad mexicana actual en la materia, a fin de reconocer y preservar la aplicación del conocimiento sobre plantas medicinales en padecimientos comunes.

[Clinical evolution and cardiovascular complications in children with Kawasaki disease]. / Enfermedad de Kawasaki: evolución y complicaciones cardiovasculares en niños.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the type of presentation, the clinical manifestations, the response to treatment and the coronary artery abnormalities in eleven cases of children with Kawasaki disease. METHODS: Eleven patients who fulfill diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease were studied in a six years period. RESULTS: the mean age was 26 months, 80 % of patients were less than 5 years old, the male-female ratio was 1:1.2; no differences between typic and atypic presentation were found. The most frequent clinical manifestation (80 %) was non-exudative conjunctive injection, followed by polymorphic exanthema and mucosal involvement in the mouth. Nine of 11 patients (82 %) received treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin during the first 10 days of fever; seven of these patients showed coronary artery ectasia; they showed in the echocardiogram a complete resolution in the first year of follow-up. Two patients (18 %) without intravenous immunoglobulin developed coronary aneurysms. CONCLUSIONS: the Kawasaki disease is the main cause of acquired cardiopathy in the pediatric age in our hospital, an early diagnosis and treatment within 10 days of the beginning of the fever allowed a reduction of coronary artery alterations in these patients.

Dispersal in the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus dirus.

In acanthocephalans, dispersal typically occurs when eggs that have been released in the intestines of definitive hosts are expelled with the feces. We examined whether the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus dirus adopts a strategy of dispersal in which eggs are carried into the environment by gravid females. Using a combination of field surveys and lab-based experiments, we showed that the A. dirus female retained eggs as they passed out of the intestines and that these eggs could develop in intermediate hosts (sediment-dwelling isopods). Lab-based behavioral experiments revealed that the bodies of gravid females were attractive to foraging isopods. We propose that a strategy of egg dispersal could occur in A. dirus in which eggs are carried into the environment by females. This strategy could increase transmission success by dispersing eggs closer to the sediment, rather than in the water column, and by directing the feeding behavior of target hosts.