Hernan Delgado
Biographic Data
| ID | 138560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hernan Delgado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hernan |
| FAMILY NAME | Delgado |
| SIGNATURE | DELGADO H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7754-5429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Differential psychophysiological responses associated with decision-making in children from different socioeconomic backgrounds
This study examined how socioeconomic status (SES) influences on decision-making processing. The roles of anticipatory/outcome-related cardiac activity and awareness of task contingencies were also assessed. One hundred twelve children (M age = 5.83, SDage = 0.32; 52.7% female, 51.8% low-SES; data collected October–December 2018 and April–December 2019) performed the Children's Gambling Task, while heart rate activity was recorded. Awareness of g…
Gente en la isla
El artículo presenta hallazgos etnográficos preliminares sobre las experiencias de la migración transnacional de jóvenes latinoamericanos residentes en áreas urbanas de Chiloé entre los años 2020 y 2023. El hilo conductor avanza hacia una reflexión sobre el territorio como un espacio multigeográfico que permite la circulación de cosmopolitismos en el contexto de un proceso multiescalar donde circulan las ideas, las prácticas y los recursos que ll…
Socioeconomic status differences in children’s affective decision-making
Future-oriented decision-making is an important adaptive behavior. In the present study, we examined whether decision-making varies as a function of socioeconomic status (SES) using the Children's Gambling task (CGT). We administered the CGT to 227 children (49% female, 48% low SES) between the ages of 5 and 7 years. After completing the CGT, we assessed children's knowledge of the reward/loss contingencies. Data analysis was conducted through mu…
Yo despierta, ella dormida. Sor Juana Inés y Juan Rulfo o la nueva condición poética latinoamericana
The article examines how Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Juan Rulfo, in dialogue with the literary tradition –especially with the work of Dante, Gongorism and the modern tradition– build a Latin American poetic condition. To that end, it studies the long oneiric ascent of Sor Juana, in First Dream; and Susana San Juan’s story, in Pedro Paramo. For the analysis, it goes to the concepts of resistance when suffering and the signals to transcendence pr…
Inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica
In August 2001, the XVII Meeting of the Health Sector in Central America and the Dominican Republic (RESSCAD) was held in Managua, Nicaragua. At the meeting, a resolution was adopted in support of strengthening and furthering the Central American initiative for the Promotion of Food and Nutritional Security. This paper examines the conceptual framework behind the initiative, which was approved by the XIV Central American Presidents Summit Meeting…
Political and administrative distribution of nutritional status in panama according to the height census of first grade school children
Height is the most suitable anthropometric measurement reflecting the effects of social and economic factors in the health and nutritional conditions of communities. It can be used to identify the minimum level of desaggregation of political‐administrative areas exhibiting the highest prevalence of malnutrition. A national census of height of 58,000 first grade school children located in 3,000 schools was conducted in the Republic of Panama which…
Physical growth, age at menarche and age at first union in rural Guatemala
The relationship between anthropometric measurements, age at menarche and age at first union was studied in a group of Guatemalan Indian adolescents. From the data, it was concluded that median age at menarche is considerably high and that anthropometric measurements of girls (weight, height and arm circumference) and their age were positively associated with menarcheal status. In addition, it was found that early maturers get married earlier in …
Diarrheal diseases, nutritional status and health care
The relationship between diarrheal diseases, nutritional status and health care has been studied prospectively in a group of Guatemalan Indian children below two years of age. From the data it was concluded that acute and chronic malnutrition is positively associated with the incidence and duration of gastrointestinal disorders, and that the negative nutritional consequences of diarrhea are more significant in malnourished children than in well‐n…
Income and growth retardation in poor families with similar living conditions in rural Guatemala
The relationship between annual family per capita income (AFPCI) and growth retardation in children as ascertained by weight for age (W/A), height for age (H/A) and weight for height (W/H) was studied in families residing in coffee plantations in Guatemala. When W/A and H/A are correlated with AFPCI, significant differences are observed (P 0.05). When AFPCI data are divided by quartiles of income levels, the prevalence of growth retardation is re…
Family Sex Composition Preferences among Guatemalan Men and Women
Family sex composition preferences in 4 rural and 2 semi-urban ladino communities in Guatemala are examined. The prevalence and type of sex preference is 1st discussed. The analysis focuses on differentials between men and women and between more traditional rural residents and more modern semi-urban residents. Motivations for these sex preferences are then explored. The predominant preference in both locations among men and women is for equal num…
Fertility Desires and Child Mortality Experience Among Guatemalan Women
The importance of individual-level behavior effects of child mortality in shaping fertility desires in 2 areas of Guatemala was examined. Focus was on the variables that are related to fertility desires rather than fertility behavior. The primary data collection area was 4 isolated rural villages in the Guatemalan department of El Progreso in which the Nutritional Institute of Central America and Panama (INCAP) has conducted an intensive nutritio…
Energy intake and growth in an energy deficient population
The relationship between energy intake and growth rates in height and weight was investigated in 190 Guatemalan children. Intake of a protein‐energy, but not of an energy supplement, was significantly related to growth. However, the effect per calorie was similar for both types of supplements. Further, when the sample was pooled, the above relationship was not altered by the presence of protein in the supplement nor by sex, home dietary intake, m…
Effect of moderate maternal malnutrition on the levels of alkaline ribonuclease activity in the human placenta
Ribonuclease (RNAse) activity was measured in placentas from a sample of 49 urban Guatemalan women from low (30) and high (19) socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES women had a larger proportion (40%) of high levels of RNAse (> 60,000 units/g) than women from the high SES group (5 %). A trend to inverse association (p = 0.06) was also observed between amount of supplemented food energy during pregnancy and RNAse activity in rural populations covere…
Relationship between family land availability and nutritional status
A study of the relationship between occupation, land owned and/or rented by the family and nutritional status of two‐ and three‐year‐old children was conducted in four rural Guatemalan villages. Families were divided into three occupational groups: salaried agricultural workers, farmers, and skilled workers and merchants. Nutritional status was defined in terms of weight for age. There was a tendency for the children of skilled workers and mercha…
Effect of morbidity during pregnancy on birth weight in a rural guatemalan population
The high prevalence of low birth weight (≤ 2.5 Kg) babies is a major public health problem in many poor communities. Studies in humans suggest that malnutrition during pregnancy is an important factor in accounting for this problem, but almost no information is available about the effect of common maternal diseases during pregnancy. This paper reports the effects of maternal morbidity during pregnancy on birth weight in four rural villages of Gua…
Fertility Desires and Child Mortality Experience Among Guatemalan Women
The importance of individual-level behavior effects of child mortality in shaping fertility desires in 2 areas of Guatemala was examined. Focus was on the variables that are related to fertility desires rather than fertility behavior. The primary data collection area was 4 isolated rural villages in the Guatemalan department of El Progreso in which the Nutritional Institute of Central America and Panama (INCAP) has conducted an intensive nutritio…
Family Sex Composition Preferences among Guatemalan Men and Women
Family sex composition preferences in 4 rural and 2 semi-urban ladino communities in Guatemala are examined. The prevalence and type of sex preference is 1st discussed. The analysis focuses on differentials between men and women and between more traditional rural residents and more modern semi-urban residents. Motivations for these sex preferences are then explored. The predominant preference in both locations among men and women is for equal num…
Effect of morbidity during pregnancy on birth weight in a rural guatemalan population
The high prevalence of low birth weight (≤ 2.5 Kg) babies is a major public health problem in many poor communities. Studies in humans suggest that malnutrition during pregnancy is an important factor in accounting for this problem, but almost no information is available about the effect of common maternal diseases during pregnancy. This paper reports the effects of maternal morbidity during pregnancy on birth weight in four rural villages of Gua…
Effect of moderate maternal malnutrition on the levels of alkaline ribonuclease activity in the human placenta
Ribonuclease (RNAse) activity was measured in placentas from a sample of 49 urban Guatemalan women from low (30) and high (19) socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES women had a larger proportion (40%) of high levels of RNAse (> 60,000 units/g) than women from the high SES group (5 %). A trend to inverse association (p = 0.06) was also observed between amount of supplemented food energy during pregnancy and RNAse activity in rural populations covere…
Relationship between family land availability and nutritional status
A study of the relationship between occupation, land owned and/or rented by the family and nutritional status of two‐ and three‐year‐old children was conducted in four rural Guatemalan villages. Families were divided into three occupational groups: salaried agricultural workers, farmers, and skilled workers and merchants. Nutritional status was defined in terms of weight for age. There was a tendency for the children of skilled workers and mercha…
Energy intake and growth in an energy deficient population
The relationship between energy intake and growth rates in height and weight was investigated in 190 Guatemalan children. Intake of a protein‐energy, but not of an energy supplement, was significantly related to growth. However, the effect per calorie was similar for both types of supplements. Further, when the sample was pooled, the above relationship was not altered by the presence of protein in the supplement nor by sex, home dietary intake, m…
Fertility Desires and Child Mortality Experience Among Guatemalan Women
The importance of individual-level behavior effects of child mortality in shaping fertility desires in 2 areas of Guatemala was examined. Focus was on the variables that are related to fertility desires rather than fertility behavior. The primary data collection area was 4 isolated rural villages in the Guatemalan department of El Progreso in which the Nutritional Institute of Central America and Panama (INCAP) has conducted an intensive nutritio…
Family Sex Composition Preferences among Guatemalan Men and Women
Family sex composition preferences in 4 rural and 2 semi-urban ladino communities in Guatemala are examined. The prevalence and type of sex preference is 1st discussed. The analysis focuses on differentials between men and women and between more traditional rural residents and more modern semi-urban residents. Motivations for these sex preferences are then explored. The predominant preference in both locations among men and women is for equal num…
Income and growth retardation in poor families with similar living conditions in rural Guatemala
The relationship between annual family per capita income (AFPCI) and growth retardation in children as ascertained by weight for age (W/A), height for age (H/A) and weight for height (W/H) was studied in families residing in coffee plantations in Guatemala. When W/A and H/A are correlated with AFPCI, significant differences are observed (P 0.05). When AFPCI data are divided by quartiles of income levels, the prevalence of growth retardation is re…
Diarrheal diseases, nutritional status and health care
The relationship between diarrheal diseases, nutritional status and health care has been studied prospectively in a group of Guatemalan Indian children below two years of age. From the data it was concluded that acute and chronic malnutrition is positively associated with the incidence and duration of gastrointestinal disorders, and that the negative nutritional consequences of diarrhea are more significant in malnourished children than in well‐n…
Physical growth, age at menarche and age at first union in rural Guatemala
The relationship between anthropometric measurements, age at menarche and age at first union was studied in a group of Guatemalan Indian adolescents. From the data, it was concluded that median age at menarche is considerably high and that anthropometric measurements of girls (weight, height and arm circumference) and their age were positively associated with menarcheal status. In addition, it was found that early maturers get married earlier in …
Political and administrative distribution of nutritional status in panama according to the height census of first grade school children
Height is the most suitable anthropometric measurement reflecting the effects of social and economic factors in the health and nutritional conditions of communities. It can be used to identify the minimum level of desaggregation of political‐administrative areas exhibiting the highest prevalence of malnutrition. A national census of height of 58,000 first grade school children located in 3,000 schools was conducted in the Republic of Panama which…
Inseguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica
In August 2001, the XVII Meeting of the Health Sector in Central America and the Dominican Republic (RESSCAD) was held in Managua, Nicaragua. At the meeting, a resolution was adopted in support of strengthening and furthering the Central American initiative for the Promotion of Food and Nutritional Security. This paper examines the conceptual framework behind the initiative, which was approved by the XIV Central American Presidents Summit Meeting…
Yo despierta, ella dormida. Sor Juana Inés y Juan Rulfo o la nueva condición poética latinoamericana
The article examines how Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Juan Rulfo, in dialogue with the literary tradition –especially with the work of Dante, Gongorism and the modern tradition– build a Latin American poetic condition. To that end, it studies the long oneiric ascent of Sor Juana, in First Dream; and Susana San Juan’s story, in Pedro Paramo. For the analysis, it goes to the concepts of resistance when suffering and the signals to transcendence pr…
Socioeconomic status differences in children’s affective decision-making
Future-oriented decision-making is an important adaptive behavior. In the present study, we examined whether decision-making varies as a function of socioeconomic status (SES) using the Children's Gambling task (CGT). We administered the CGT to 227 children (49% female, 48% low SES) between the ages of 5 and 7 years. After completing the CGT, we assessed children's knowledge of the reward/loss contingencies. Data analysis was conducted through mu…
Differential psychophysiological responses associated with decision-making in children from different socioeconomic backgrounds
This study examined how socioeconomic status (SES) influences on decision-making processing. The roles of anticipatory/outcome-related cardiac activity and awareness of task contingencies were also assessed. One hundred twelve children (M age = 5.83, SDage = 0.32; 52.7% female, 51.8% low-SES; data collected October–December 2018 and April–December 2019) performed the Children's Gambling Task, while heart rate activity was recorded. Awareness of g…
Gente en la isla
El artículo presenta hallazgos etnográficos preliminares sobre las experiencias de la migración transnacional de jóvenes latinoamericanos residentes en áreas urbanas de Chiloé entre los años 2020 y 2023. El hilo conductor avanza hacia una reflexión sobre el territorio como un espacio multigeográfico que permite la circulación de cosmopolitismos en el contexto de un proceso multiescalar donde circulan las ideas, las prácticas y los recursos que ll…
Demography (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Population (8 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 works) · Socioeconomic status (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works)