Panorama general de la migración y el empleo en Latinoamérica.

América Latina es la más joven en la región demográfica. Como resultado, tiene la población más activa sin discapacidad y en los últimos años ha experimentado un auge de la inversión (las inversiones provienen, en particular, de China). En este sentido, las cuestiones relativas a la esfera del trabajo son cada vez más importantes. Por ejemplo, ¿cuál es el trabajador latino promedio en qué condiciones y en qué sectores de la economía trabaja? ¿Qué posición tiene el joven? ¿Cuáles son los flujos de migración laboral

Taking It to Heart: Trauma and Cardiovascular Risk in Court-Involved People of Color

Research supports that racial disparities in health persist in the United States, with cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular disease remaining particularly high in low-income, communities of color (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013; Winkleby, Jatulis, Frank, & Fortmann, 1992). Public health literature often focuses on sociodemographic variables when assessing for health disparities without considering trauma or forensic populations. This dissertation provides an overview of literature that examines cardiovascular disease and its relationship to trauma, particularly in low-income, communities of color, and forensic populations. Although the dissertation culminates in providing results for an investigation that examined these factors together in a forensic sample, arguments for culturally competent conceptualization of research projects regarding ethnoracial constructs, intersectional approaches, and mixed methodologies are presented. Results indicate that: (a) risk factors for CVD (i.e., high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes) are not significant predictors of trauma exposure; (b) posttraumatic symptoms are not predictive of CVD risk factors, but age, being Black (compared to Latinx), and ethnicity are significant in predicting elevated posttraumatic stress scores; and (c) posttraumatic stress symptoms moderate the relationship between trauma exposure and high blood pressure. The dissertation ends with arguments for why these results necessitate cautious interpretation

Some Advice for Surviving Your First Year in a Doctoral Program

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Illness Experiences in Women with Oral Dryness as a Result of Sjögren’s Syndrome: The Patient Point of View

Sjögren’s syndrome and the associated dryness can have multiple consequences. The aim of the presentqualitative study was to give an in-depth account of the life experiences of women with primary Sjögren’ssyndrome (pSS) and health-related behaviours, and to summarize these experiences in an integrated model. Methods: Twelve women diagnosed with pSS who regularly attended the Hospital of the University of Chile participated in detailed interviews. The data were analysed using qualitative methods based on the principles of grounded theory