Introduction. The national vaccination scheme in Peru includes the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, the World Health Organization established goals for the coverage of this vaccination. The objective of the study was to estimate the proportion of newborns of women participating in the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) of Peru in 2016, who received vaccination against hepatitis B. Methods. A secondary study was conducted, the informants subject were childbearing age women from 15 to 49 years old, who reported having a child under five years of age, whose weight at birth was 2000g or more, and who have data regarding vaccination. The data on vaccination status against hepatitis B was obtained from the vaccination card. The results are presented for the national, regional level, and according to some specific sub groups. Results. At the national level, 67,5% (95% CI: 66,3-68,6) of n...

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Objetivo: Evaluar la confiabilidad y validez del IRB-RAT traducido y adaptado culturalmente para los comités de ética en investigación (CEI) peruanos. Materiales y métodos: El IRB-RAT es un instrumento que determina como son percibidos los CEI por los investigadores en función a ocho factores, mediante dos formatos: 1) importancia en el trabajo del investigador y 2) descriptivo del CEI evaluado. Su versión original en inglés se tradujo y adaptó culturalmente al español, con el apoyo de expertos y representantes de la población objetivo. Luego, según las respuestas de 113 usuarios, se identificaron y eliminaron los ítems heterogéneos hasta obtener una versión final de 29 ítems. La confiabilidad de esta versión se revisó mediante α de Cronbach y su validez de estructura interna mediante un análisis factorial confirmatorio con el método de Mínimos Cuadrados No Ponderado...

Research priorities are a fundamental component of national health research systems. In the year 2021, the National Institute of Health led the process of identifying the "national research priorities in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and other respiratory viruses with pandemic potential: Preparing for the next pandemic, 2022-2026”. The process was developed following the previous methodology for identification of research priorities used by the Instituto Nacional de Salud (Perú), which was to be adapted to a virtual environment, with four phases. Six strategic objectives to be achieved were formulated and served as an umbrella for the identification of national priorities, a total of 21 research priorities were identified. It is recommended that a plan for the implementation of research priorities be formulated and executed and that the Ministry of Health, through its different instances, tak...

Objetive: Characterize the scientific production on COVID-19 by institutions located in Peru, period 2020-2022. Materials and methods: The study covered two databases (MEDLINE and Scopus). Original articles were included in which there was at least one researcher affiliated with an institution located in Peru, articles were excluded: i) in which there was no term about the pathology or viral agent in the title or objective of the study, ii) preprint. For the characterization, indicators of production, visibility and impact, and collaboration were used. Results: 1066 articles were analyzed. A growing scientific production was evidenced from 2020 to 2022. The top three topic areas were pandemic, mental health, and mortality. Two hundred seven (19.4%) articles were published in the United States journals and 185 (17.4%) in United Kingdom journals. The San Ignacio de Loyola University was th...

Objetive: To determine the trend in the prevalence of the different types of intimate partner violence against Peruvian women, and the factors associated with such outcomes. Materials and methods: Research based on three Demographic and Family Health Surveys conducted in Peru. The study population was women from 15 to 49 years old, selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and with marital status married or living together. Results: There was a decreasing trend of the different types of intimate partner violence against women (p value < 0.001); as well as, control situations, humiliating situation and threat situations (p value < 0.001). The husband's or partner's alcohol consumption, the history that the woman's father ever hit her mother, a greater number of children alive, control situations, humiliating situation, and threatening situations showed an independent...

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Mr. Editor We consider important the observation and contribution made regarding the scientific production in Human Resources in Health in Peru. The study in reference had as one of its objectives to characterize the scientific production around the national research agenda on Human Resources in Health (period 2011-2014). This agenda included 30 specific research topics grouped in two areas: health education and health work (1). The search strategies employed used the descriptors called Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for the SCOPUS database and the descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) for the LILACS database. In this last structured vocabulary, the descriptors related to Human Resources in Health are 'Human Resources in Health' and 'Personal Health', which were used in the construction of our search strategy.

Objetive: To characterize the scientific production of randomized trials by institutions located in Peru from January 1, 2000 to December 30, 2022. Materials and methods: Bibliometric study, two databases (MEDLINE and SciELO) were reviewed. Original articles were included in which at least one author stated an institution located in Peru as affiliation. Scientific production was characterized according to: thematic area, participation of institutions located in Peru, scientific journals in which the articles were published, and approval of the studies by a Research Ethics Committee (REC). Results: A total of 402 articles were analyzed, a growing trend in scientific production was evidenced, going from six in the year 2000 to 39 in the year 2021, the predominant thematic area is infectious, the first two institutions with the highest number of randomized trials belong to the education sec...

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Introduction. Tacna is a region with very high risk of tuberculosis transmission; however, the diagnostic performance of direct smears in their healthcare centers is 1.5%. Objectives. To describe the knowledge, perceptions and practices about detection of respiratory symptomatic subjects. Design. Cross sectional study. Setting. Health care centers of Tacna Regional Health Directorate. Participants. Health professionals including physicians and nurses. Interventions. A structured self-administered, anonymous questionnaire, developed by the authors, based on the current "Technical Standard for Comprehensive Management of People Affected by Tuberculosis", was applied to 178 health professionals (physicians and nurses). Main outcome measures. Absolute and relative frequency of adequate knowledge, perceptions and practices on detection of respiratory symptomatic subjects. Results. In the stud...

Objectives. To analyze the scientific production framed in the National Research Agenda 2011-2014. Design. Bibliometric research using SCOPUS, LILACS and LIPECS databases. Setting National Health Institute, Lima, Peru. Unit of analysis. Original article with at least one researcher with a Peruvian institution affiliation or whose study population or part of it, came from Peru and framed on any issue of national research agendas. Main outcome measures. Bibliometric indicators of production. Results. Out of the 882 publications retrieved, 215 (24.4%) were admitted to the analysis. The national research agendas with more scientific production were tuberculosis and STD-HIV/AIDS that included 78 and 59 articles respectively. The most common language of publication was English (69.8%). The articles were published in 90 scientific journals. Peruvian institutions with the highest number of signa...

Introduction: The Declaration of Helsinki recognizes the importance of Institutional Research Ethics Committees (IREC) in experimental studies for consideration, comments and guidance; which has been included in international and Peruvian legislation as a standard of good clinical practice. This study seeks to characterize the IREC that have evaluated clinical trials (CT) framed in the Peruvian Regulation, period 2010-2023. Material and methods: Secondary source. The population was the CT submitted to the National Institute of Health. Inclusion criteria: CT registered in the Peruvian Registry of Clinical Trials, and as exclusion criteria: i) CT with repeated registration, ii) registry without information on the IREC. A descriptive analysis was performed. Results: 927 CT were analyzed, which were evaluated by 36 IREC. The three IREC with the highest number of CT evaluated were private. Th...

Objective: To determine the coverage and factors associated with non-vaccination against hepatitis B in newborns in Peru. Materials and methods: Multiple cross-sectional, the population consisted of children under five years of age. The source of information was a combination of vaccination cards and mother's report.  Results: In the 2023 demographic survey, the vaccination rate was 91.9%. The characteristics associated with non-vaccination in the generalized linear models (p value ˂ 0.05) were: i) home births and births in private clinics, ii) cesarean births, iii) not having received the BCG vaccine, and iv) not belonging to the mountain region. Conclusion: The percentage of children vaccinated in the 2023 demographic survey exceeded 90.0%. The factors that were shown to be associated with non-vaccination were place of delivery (home, private clinic), cesarean delivery, not having re...