This is a retrospective ecological research of multiple groups, whose objective is to find the correlation between  vulnerability to cancer and poverty in Peru during 2013. In the methodology, non-random convenience sampling was used, including all departments of Peru. The main sources used for the Analysis were: The Situation of Cancer in Peru, 2013, of the Ministry of Health, and poverty data of the country, of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics for the same year (2013); since these are the latest in national data publications on cancer and the poverty situation in Peru, respectively. Spearman’s correlation was used to validate the ranges for testing the statistical hypothesis. The results show a strong statistical correlation of 0.761 directly and significantly between cancer vulnerability and poverty in Peru, during 2013. Likewise, the rate and extent of grea...

Objectives. To evaluate the payment mechanism for outpatient care of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer at the national institute of neoplastic diseases (inem). Methods. It is an observational,  descriptive and croos-sectional study. the population was composed of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer, affiliated with the integrated health insurance system (sis) in peru who received outpatient care at the inen, during the period 2014-2016. information was obtained from the insurance and information technology office. Results. There is no temporal relationship between the service provided by inen and the financial disbursement made by the peruvian army ́s health insurance fund administration institute (iafas). there is an annual increase in cervical and breast cancer care. by type of cancer: breast cancer presented a maximum consultation  concentrat...

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The indexing of the Peruvian Journal of Health Sciences of the University of Huanuco (UDH) in Latindex-Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal, represents an academic achievement of this house of studies and its editorial team. But that is not all because, in addition to being an official organ of academic publications, it becomes an opportunity for local and national health sciences researchers to present their work and research to the national and international scientific community, with due compliance with the minimum requirements demanded today by globalization and scientific knowledge, in addition to promoting the increase of individual production of teachers of health sciences careers, so that they can access the category of CONCYTEC researchers in Peru and the stimuli of scientific publication.  

As expected, sooner rather than later, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Huánuco and, as in every community, has caused collective hysteria, expressed in the fear and desperation of coming face to face with death. In spite of the desperate actions and dispositions dictated by a government whose health sector has proven experience in previous epidemics from which it came out well; such as the cholera that, in 1991, claimed 323,000 affected people and 2,900 deaths, much less than in other countries.

Objectives. To evaluate the payment mechanism for outpatient care of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer at the national institute of neoplastic diseases (inem). Methods. It is an observational, descriptive and croos-sectional study. the population was composed of patients diagnosed with cervical and breast cancer, affiliated with the integrated health insurance system (sis) in peru who received outpatient care at the inen, during the period 2014-2016. information was obtained from the insurance and information technology office. Results. There is no temporal relationship between the service provided by inen and the financial disbursement made by the peruvian army  health insurance fund administration institute (iafas). there is an annual increase in cervical and breast cancer care. by type of cancer: breast cancer presented a maximum consultation concentration of 8.74 in...

Objective. To determine the relationship between the incidence of COVID-19 and poverty in the Huánuco Region during 2020. Method. This was a descriptive, ecological, multiple-group, cross-sectional, retrospective study. The population consisted of the 11 provinces and 84 geopolitical districts of the department of Huánuco. The type of sampling was non-random, purposive by convenience. Data from primary sources were used, such as the Report of New Cases of COVID-19 of the Regional Health Directorate - Huanuco - DIRESA 2020. Results. Regarding the number of new cases of COVID-19, the provinces of Huánuco, Leoncio Prado and Puerto Inca had the highest number of cases, while the provinces with the lowest number of new cases were Lauricocha, Yarowilca and Huacaybamba. Likewise, the provinces of Puerto Inca, Leoncio Prado and Huánuco had the highest incidence rates. When evaluating poverty...

Objective. To identify relationship between knowledge and type of attitudes towards COVID-19 in the citizens of the urban area of Huánuco. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. It was carried out in the city of Huánuco, 2020. Sample comprised 168 citizens. A previously validated knowledge questionnaire and an attitudes scale towards COVID-19 were applied. Pearson's χ² test and Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho) were applied. Results. When analyzing the type of knowledge regarding COVID-19, 62.5% (105) of the sample was located in the category “unknown”. Analyzing the type of attitudes perceived by citizens towards COVID-19, 36.9% (62) had positive attitudes, while 63.1% (106) presented negative attitudes. Contrasting the relationship of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19, statistical signific...

Objective. To identify relationship between knowledge and type of attitudes towards COVID-19 in the citizens of the urban area of Huánuco. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. It was carried out in the city of Huánuco, 2020. Sample comprised 168 citizens. A previously validated knowledge questionnaire and an attitudes scale towards COVID-19 were applied. Pearson's χ² test and Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho) were applied. Results. When analyzing the type of knowledge regarding COVID-19, 62.5% (105) of the sample was located in the category “unknown”. Analyzing the type of attitudes perceived by citizens towards COVID-19, 36.9% (62) had positive attitudes, while 63.1% (106) presented negative attitudes. Contrasting the relationship of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19, statistical signific...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a crisis in health systems around the world with a rapid increase in human contagion. As well, a gap is identified in the knowledge of COVID-19 prevention in the community context. Objective: To determine the relationship between the perception of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19 among citizens in the urban area of Huánuco, Peru. Methods: An analytical and cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach was conducted in the city of Huánuco between March and May 2020. The sample consisted of 168 people. A perception of knowledge questionnaire and a previously validated COVID-19 attitude scale have been applied. The chi-square test was applied, a p-value less than 0.05 has been taken into account. Results: When analyzing the perception of knowledge about COVID-19, 62.5% (105) said “they feel they do not know”. The analysis of t...

Introduction: Latin America was the region most affected by COVID-19 in the second quarter of 2020, and consequently, the impact on mental health requires evaluation. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by bereavement due to COVID-19 in 12 countries in Latin America. Methods: The current study was an analytical cross-sectional study. Validated tests were applied for PTSD, depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS-21), questions about the respondent’s condition or their environment, and demographic questions, as well as the length of the mourning period of suffering. Results: The outcomes demonstrated that the PTSD risk increased for women (p < 0.001), when a friend or acquaintance had COVID-19 (p = 0.002), when a close relative died from COVID-19 (p = 0.010), having severe depression (p <0.001), severe anxiety (p <0.001), severe stre...

Background: climate change is a reality, and more and more people are becoming aware of this global problem, which has generated anxiety in some populations. To validate a short survey to assess eco-anxiety in adults in South America. Methods: It is an instrumental study, and the validation was based on a previous survey, which had six questions and was generated by 217 respondents in the USA in 2021. These questions were subjected to a validation process with expert judgment, pilot and application, and then statistics were obtained. It was validated with 1907 people in six countries in South America, where the mean, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis were adequate. Results: The initial confirmatory factorial model obtained unsatisfactory goodness-of-fit indices, so the indices were modified through a re-specification, where two items were eliminated, after which adequate values w...