Introduction. Depression in the elderly population is a public health issue and few studies analyze its distribution according to geographic areas. Objectives. To describe the geospatial distribution and associated factors of depressive syndrome (DS) in Peruvian older adults according to ENDES 2018 to 2020. Methods. Cross-sectional and analytical study based on data from national surveys, which used the PHQ-9 scale to measure DS. The analysis used Pearson’s Chi square test and multivariate logistic regression and OR with p < 0,05. Results.  The prevalence of DS in 2018 was 12.9%; 13.3% in 2019 and 10.8% in 2020. The factors associated with DS were: being a woman, living in poverty, having secondary education, residing in rural areas, coming from the mountains and jungle, living alone and being 75 years of age or older. The geospatial analysis shows that the SD is concentrated in fi...

Estima la prevalencia y los factores asociados al síndrome depresivo, consumo problemático de alcohol y violencia conyugal en la población adulta mayor peruana en base a la ENDES 2014 y 2015. Realiza un estudio transversal y comparativo en base al estudio de dos submuestras de dos ENDES consecutivas. Muestra probabilística ponderada de 5270 adultos mayores (ENDES 2014) y 6141 adultos mayores (ENDES 2015). Los datos se obtuvieron del Cuestionario de Salud: Sección VII Salud Mental. Se utilizó el análisis de regresión logística para investigar la asociación entre las variables seleccionadas y el síndrome depresivo, consumo problemático de alcohol y violencia conyugal. Se calcularon odds ratios (OR) ajustados e intervalos de confianza del 95%. Para el análisis de los datos se empleó el programa SPSS vs 20. Encuentra que en la población adulta mayor estudiada se halló una pre...

This article presents testimonial and bibliographic information about the history of the “Service Cooperative Inter-American of Public Health” (SCISP) in Peru during the period between 1942-1962, in the context of the implementation of the “Good Neighbor Policy” from the United States Government in its relations with Latin American. The first purpose of this article is to discuss the scope and limitations of technification and modernization public health programs which were developed by SCISP in our country; and second, discuss the importance of their training, and professional development programs in the development of a new generation of sanitarians who consensualmously defined in 1962, the doctrinal principles of the national public health, rooted in local realities, which it was influential in the official public health policy in the next&nb...

Mr. Editor, Quechua is the original language with the most users in Peru, with around 4 million speakers according to the 2007 census. It coexists with the Spanish language in many regions of the sierra, where it is the predominant language, and It is used daily by patients or users of health services. In the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco, which began operating in 1980, Quechua is a compulsory course.87.1% of the graduates of the first eight promotions considered it important or very important to know that language1. Also, various publications in our environment, give an account of the importance of knowing native languages overcoming prejudices 2,3,4.

Introduction. School victimization is a current problem in Peru. Gender approach in analysis allows the adaptation of differentiated intervention strategies. Objective. To determine the risk factors for victimization according to gender approach in school adolescents from cities of Huamanga and Sicuani. Design. Analytical cross-sectional observational. Participants. 1160 students from first to fifth grade from two schools (private and public) in Huamanga and Sicuani. Intervention. Validated survey to identify victims of bullying. Analysis. Desciptive, chi-square, OR (95% CI) and multivariate logistic regression analysis. The SPSS vs. 15 program was used. Main outcome measures. Percentage and risk factors for school victimization. Results. 37.3% of students were found victims. In male gender, “has witnessed a violent act” 1.72 (1.122 - 2.636); in female gender “to live with one of p...