Silvana Pérez-León

Datos Biográficos

ID7991139
NOMBRESilvana Pérez-León
NOMBRESSilvana
APELLIDOPérez-León
FIRMAPÉREZ-LEÓN S
AFILIACIONESUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
ORCID0000-0003-4860-587X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Implementation of a salt substitute intervention using social marketing in resourced-limited communities in Peru

    Open AccessMaría Lazo-Porras, María Lazo‐Porras et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Objective This study aimed to conduct a process evaluation of a salt substitute trial conducted in Peru. Methods Through semi-structured interviews of intervention participants, we documented and analyzed process evaluation variables as defined by the Medical Research Council Framework. This study was a stepped wedge trial conducted in Tumbes, Peru in 2014. The intervention was a community-wide replacement of regular salt (100% sodium) with “Salt…

  • Political and socioeconomic factors that shaped health taxes implementation in Peru

    Open AccessMario Zuleta, Silvana Pérez-León et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    BACKGROUND: In 2016 and 2018, the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) significantly reformulated taxes on tobacco products, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). During these processes, different actors advanced arguments supporting or opposing the taxes. This study examines Peru's political and socioeconomic factors, the role of other actors and framing strategies, shaping health taxes introduction. METHODS: We conducted qual…

  • Framing health taxes

    Open AccessKaung Suu Lwin, Adam D Koon et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Health taxes are effective policy instruments to save lives, raise government revenues and improve equity. Health taxes, however, directly conflict with commercial actors’ interests. Both pro-tax health advocates and anti-tax industry representatives seek to frame health tax policy. Yet, little is known about which frames resonate in which settings and how framing can most effectively advance or limit policies. To fill this gap, we conducted qual…

  • Forty years after Alma-Ata

    Open AccessMaría Kathia Cárdenas, Silvana Pérez-León et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    BACKGROUND: Four decades after the Alma-Ata Declaration, strengthening primary health care (PHC) remains a priority for health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the prominence of chronic diseases as a global health issue, PHC must include a wide range of components in order to provide adequate care. OBJECTIVE: To assess PHC preparedness to provide chronic care in Mozambique, Nepal and Peru, we used, as 'tracer…

  • Lessons learned about co-creation

    Open AccessMaría Lazo‐Porras, Silvana Pérez-León et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2020

    Background: Co-creation is the process of involving stakeholders in the development of interventions. Although co-creation is becoming more widespread, reports of the process and lessons learned are scarce.Objective: To describe the process and lessons learned from using the COHESION manual, a co-creation methodology to develop interventions aimed at the improvement of diagnosis and/or management of chronic diseases at the primary healthcare leve…

  • Disruption, changes, and adaptation

    Open AccessMaría Amalia P Pesantes, Carolyn Somerville et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019

    Chronic conditions are an increasing problem in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) yet, the challenges faced by low-income populations with these conditions in such countries are not well understood. Based on in-depth interviews with people affected by chronic conditions and their family members, this paper describes the experience of patients suffering from diabetes or hypertension in rural communities of Mozambique, Nepal, and Peru. We an…