Carolina Prado
Biographic Data
| ID | 3731307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolina Prado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Prado |
| SIGNATURE | PRADO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | ORCID |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7015-9058 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Expanding team-based care for hypertension and cardiovascular risk management with HEARTS in the Americas
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of premature morbidity and mortality globally, with hypertension as their main modifiable risk factor. In Latin America and the Caribbean, hypertension affects more than 30% of adults, yet control rates remain alarmingly low. The HEARTS in the Americas Initiative, led by the Pan American Health Organization, promotes a model of team-based care to enhance risk management for hypertension and cardiov…
Implementación de la Iniciativa HEARTS en Argentina
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the Region of the Americas, and hypertension is one of the main risk factors. In 2018, Argentina began implementing the HEARTS Initiative in five primary health care centers, through the National Plan for the Prevention and Control of Arterial Hypertension. This study presents the impact its implementation has had on the indicators of effective coverage, treatment, combin…
The confidence to speak
This case study explores the participant perspectives of a Community Leadership Program (CLP) in an underserved community. The CLP aimed to improve community conditions by increasing participants’ knowledge, skills, and confidence to participate in local governance forums. Our three research foci were to understand (1) how successful the program was in building individual leadership skills, (2) how skills were applied through participation in lea…
Borderland environmental justice and governance apertures
The theorization of borderland environmental justice is expanded by examining the specificities of fragmented governance and accountability and how this affects environmental injustice in the region. I argue that borderland environmental justice is distinct from U.S.-based environmental justice because of the congruence of three elements: socio-economic and ecological integration, the core-periphery relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, and t…
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Borderland environmental justice and governance apertures
The theorization of borderland environmental justice is expanded by examining the specificities of fragmented governance and accountability and how this affects environmental injustice in the region. I argue that borderland environmental justice is distinct from U.S.-based environmental justice because of the congruence of three elements: socio-economic and ecological integration, the core-periphery relationship between the U.S. and Mexico, and t…
Implementación de la Iniciativa HEARTS en Argentina
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the Region of the Americas, and hypertension is one of the main risk factors. In 2018, Argentina began implementing the HEARTS Initiative in five primary health care centers, through the National Plan for the Prevention and Control of Arterial Hypertension. This study presents the impact its implementation has had on the indicators of effective coverage, treatment, combin…
The confidence to speak
This case study explores the participant perspectives of a Community Leadership Program (CLP) in an underserved community. The CLP aimed to improve community conditions by increasing participants’ knowledge, skills, and confidence to participate in local governance forums. Our three research foci were to understand (1) how successful the program was in building individual leadership skills, (2) how skills were applied through participation in lea…
Expanding team-based care for hypertension and cardiovascular risk management with HEARTS in the Americas
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of premature morbidity and mortality globally, with hypertension as their main modifiable risk factor. In Latin America and the Caribbean, hypertension affects more than 30% of adults, yet control rates remain alarmingly low. The HEARTS in the Americas Initiative, led by the Pan American Health Organization, promotes a model of team-based care to enhance risk management for hypertension and cardiov…
Political science (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Accountability (1 works) · Blood pressure (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Community and Sustainable Development (1 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (1 works)