Jorge Bacallao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4344352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorge Bacallao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorge |
| FAMILY NAME | Bacallao |
| SIGNATURE | BACALLAO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Socioeconomic Factors and Vulnerability to Outbreaks of Leptospirosis in Nicaragua
Leptospirosis is an epidemic-prone zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide, with more than 500,000 human cases reported annually. It is influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors that affect the occurrence of outbreaks and the incidence of the disease. Critical areas and potential drivers for leptospirosis outbreaks have been identified in Nicaragua, where several conditions converge and create an appropriate scenario for the developmen…
Leptospirosis Outbreaks in Nicaragua
Leptospirosis is an epidemic-prone zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide. In Central America, leptospirosis outbreaks have been reported in almost all countries; Nicaragua in particular has faced several outbreaks. The objective of this study was to stratify the risk and identify "critical areas" for leptospirosis outbreaks in Nicaragua, and to perform an exploratory analysis of potential "drivers". This ecological study includes the entire coun…
Reducción de la desnutrición crónica en las bases biosociales para la promoción de la salud y el desarrollo
This article advances theoretical and conceptual arguments to justify efforts to reduce chronic malnutrition as a basic component of any strategy for promoting health and development in countries with a high malnutrition prevalence. The arguments rest on four cardinal principles of contemporary social epidemiology, in whose framework reducing chronic malnutrition would be a key strategic component: the social determinants approach, the life cours…
Subpoblaciones con perfiles epidemiológicos y de riesgo singulares en La Habana, Cuba
Subpopulations were identified with higher proportions of the disease burden and with particular risk profiles. These subpopulations exhibit certain features consistent with trends in the social structure of Cuban families that have been evolving over the past two decades
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Effects of a dairy product fortified with multiple micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids on birth weight and gestation duration in pregnant Chilean women
Objective To test the hypothesis that maternal food fortification with omega-3 fatty acids and multiple micronutrients increases birth weight and gestation duration, as primary outcomes. Design Non-blinded, randomised controlled study. Setting Pregnant women received powdered milk during their health check-ups at 19 antenatal clinics and delivered at two maternity hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Subject Pregnant women were assigned to receive regul…
Methods for measuring inequalities in health
Measuring health inequalities is indispensable for progress in improving the health situation in the Region of the Americas, where the analysis of average values is no longer sufficient. Analyzing health inequalities is a fundamental tool for action that seeks greater equity in health. There are various measurement methods, with differing levels of complexity, and choosing one rather than another depends on the objective of the study. The purpose…
Indices based on the notion of entropy for measuring social inequalities in health
As described in the scientific literature, indices used to measure social inequalities in health have positive features, but they also have shortcomings, depending on how they are applied. The objective of this article is to put forward and to demonstrate, in both theoretical and practical terms, the advantages of measurements of inequality based on the notion of entropy, which is well known in physics and in information theory. The article defin…
La obesidad y sus tendencias en la Región
En la Regin de las Amricas ha habido, en las ltimas dcadas, un notable incremento de las enfermedades crnicas no trasmisibles (ECNT) asociadas a estilos de vida no saludables. Estas enfermedades y trastornos en conjunto, entre los que se encuentran la hipertensin arterial, la diabetes mellitus tipo 2, la enfermedad coronaria, los accidentes cerebrovasculares, la obesidad y algunos tipos de cncer, son las principales causas de muerte, morbilidad, …
Relationship between frame size and fatness in children and adolescents
In order to evaluate variation in body fatness by category of frame size (small, medium, and large) during growth, a sample of 7,286 Cuban children and adolescents (3,721 males, 3,565 females) 5–20 years was surveyed. Fatness was estimated from skinfold thicknesses at four sites: subscapular, triceps, suprailiac, and posterior calf. Elbow breadth was used as an estimate of frame size. Generally, the larger the frame size, the greater the amount o…
Prognostic performance of several anthropometric indicators for predicting low and insufficient birth weight
Weight gain and several anthropometric indicators were studied in a sample of 181 pregnant women. The period considered ranged from the 12th to the 34th weeks of gestation. Changes in all of the attributes were calculated and related to a birth weight below 3,000 g. Optimal cut‐off points for each indicator were defined as those which minimize a loss functioin which depends on the rates of false positive and false negatives. The independent predi…
Multivariate allometry as a model of morphometric harmony of four skinfolds in the newborn
The concept of harmony in a set of anthropometric dimensions is identified with the notion of minimum variance associated with a function of several variables in those dimensions. When the chosen function is linear in the natural logarithms of the variables, the resulting model is the well-known multivariate allometry and the notion of minimum variance corresponds to the eigenvector associated with the smallest eigenvalue of the covariance matrix…
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Multivariate allometry as a model of morphometric harmony of four skinfolds in the newborn
The concept of harmony in a set of anthropometric dimensions is identified with the notion of minimum variance associated with a function of several variables in those dimensions. When the chosen function is linear in the natural logarithms of the variables, the resulting model is the well-known multivariate allometry and the notion of minimum variance corresponds to the eigenvector associated with the smallest eigenvalue of the covariance matrix…
Relationship between frame size and fatness in children and adolescents
In order to evaluate variation in body fatness by category of frame size (small, medium, and large) during growth, a sample of 7,286 Cuban children and adolescents (3,721 males, 3,565 females) 5–20 years was surveyed. Fatness was estimated from skinfold thicknesses at four sites: subscapular, triceps, suprailiac, and posterior calf. Elbow breadth was used as an estimate of frame size. Generally, the larger the frame size, the greater the amount o…
Prognostic performance of several anthropometric indicators for predicting low and insufficient birth weight
Weight gain and several anthropometric indicators were studied in a sample of 181 pregnant women. The period considered ranged from the 12th to the 34th weeks of gestation. Changes in all of the attributes were calculated and related to a birth weight below 3,000 g. Optimal cut‐off points for each indicator were defined as those which minimize a loss functioin which depends on the rates of false positive and false negatives. The independent predi…
La obesidad y sus tendencias en la Región
En la Regin de las Amricas ha habido, en las ltimas dcadas, un notable incremento de las enfermedades crnicas no trasmisibles (ECNT) asociadas a estilos de vida no saludables. Estas enfermedades y trastornos en conjunto, entre los que se encuentran la hipertensin arterial, la diabetes mellitus tipo 2, la enfermedad coronaria, los accidentes cerebrovasculares, la obesidad y algunos tipos de cncer, son las principales causas de muerte, morbilidad, …
Methods for measuring inequalities in health
Measuring health inequalities is indispensable for progress in improving the health situation in the Region of the Americas, where the analysis of average values is no longer sufficient. Analyzing health inequalities is a fundamental tool for action that seeks greater equity in health. There are various measurement methods, with differing levels of complexity, and choosing one rather than another depends on the objective of the study. The purpose…
Indices based on the notion of entropy for measuring social inequalities in health
As described in the scientific literature, indices used to measure social inequalities in health have positive features, but they also have shortcomings, depending on how they are applied. The objective of this article is to put forward and to demonstrate, in both theoretical and practical terms, the advantages of measurements of inequality based on the notion of entropy, which is well known in physics and in information theory. The article defin…
Effects of a dairy product fortified with multiple micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids on birth weight and gestation duration in pregnant Chilean women
Objective To test the hypothesis that maternal food fortification with omega-3 fatty acids and multiple micronutrients increases birth weight and gestation duration, as primary outcomes. Design Non-blinded, randomised controlled study. Setting Pregnant women received powdered milk during their health check-ups at 19 antenatal clinics and delivered at two maternity hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Subject Pregnant women were assigned to receive regul…
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Leptospirosis Outbreaks in Nicaragua
Leptospirosis is an epidemic-prone zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide. In Central America, leptospirosis outbreaks have been reported in almost all countries; Nicaragua in particular has faced several outbreaks. The objective of this study was to stratify the risk and identify "critical areas" for leptospirosis outbreaks in Nicaragua, and to perform an exploratory analysis of potential "drivers". This ecological study includes the entire coun…
Reducción de la desnutrición crónica en las bases biosociales para la promoción de la salud y el desarrollo
This article advances theoretical and conceptual arguments to justify efforts to reduce chronic malnutrition as a basic component of any strategy for promoting health and development in countries with a high malnutrition prevalence. The arguments rest on four cardinal principles of contemporary social epidemiology, in whose framework reducing chronic malnutrition would be a key strategic component: the social determinants approach, the life cours…
Subpoblaciones con perfiles epidemiológicos y de riesgo singulares en La Habana, Cuba
Subpopulations were identified with higher proportions of the disease burden and with particular risk profiles. These subpopulations exhibit certain features consistent with trends in the social structure of Cuban families that have been evolving over the past two decades
Socioeconomic Factors and Vulnerability to Outbreaks of Leptospirosis in Nicaragua
Leptospirosis is an epidemic-prone zoonotic disease that occurs worldwide, with more than 500,000 human cases reported annually. It is influenced by environmental and socioeconomic factors that affect the occurrence of outbreaks and the incidence of the disease. Critical areas and potential drivers for leptospirosis outbreaks have been identified in Nicaragua, where several conditions converge and create an appropriate scenario for the developmen…
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