Carlos A Huayanay-Espinoza

Biographic Data

ID7778030
NAMECarlos A Huayanay-Espinoza
GIVEN NAMESCarlos A
FAMILY NAMEHuayanay-Espinoza
SIGNATUREHUAYANAY-ESPINOZA C A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
ORCID0000-0002-8462-3218
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on small vulnerable newborns

    Open AccessKim N Cajachagua-Torres, Mariana Otero Xavier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: We examined COVID-19's impact on the number of small vulnerable newborns (SVN) at national and regional levels in Peru and Brazil. Methods: Using national birth registries, we examined monthly numbers of preterm (PT), low birthweight (LBW), and small for gestational age (SGA) newborns. We analysed COVID-19's impact on SVN using two interrupted time series models. We estimated SVN's expected numbers in the absence of the pandemic using…

  • Impact of Covid-19 on the utilisation of maternal and child health services in Peru at national and subnational levels

    Open AccessLuis Huicho, Carlos A Huayanay-Espinoza et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: The resilience of Peru ́s health system was weakened by a political crisis that started in 2016 and was further challenged by the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We assessed the indirect impact of the pandemic on the utilisation of essential maternal and child health (MCH) services in Peru at national and subnational levels. Methods: We assessed the trends in MCH services utilisation and the percentage change from 2018 to 2021, …

  • Asociación entre lactancia materna y probabilidad de obesidad en la infancia en tres países latinoamericanos

    Open AccessAda Paca-Palao, Carlos A Huayanay-Espinoza et al.ARTICLEGaceta Sanitaria2021

    Determinar si la lactancia materna ≥ 6 meses se asocia con menor sobrepeso y obesidad en niños/as de 2 a 5 años de edad. Análisis transversal de datos de encuestas nacionales de demografía y salud de Bolivia, Colombia y Perú. Se definieron sobrepeso y obesidad según los criterios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Se calculó la odds ratio (OR) utilizando regresión logística multinomial. La prevalencia de obesidad en niños/as de 2 a 5 años fu…

  • Drivers of the progress achieved by Peru in reducing childhood diarrhoea mortality

    Open AccessLuis Huicho, Mario Tavera et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019

    BACKGROUND: Childhood diarrhoea mortality has declined substantially in Peru in recent decades. We documented trends in childhood diarrhoea mortality from 1980 to 2015, along with trends in coverage of diarrhoea-related interventions and risk factors, to identify the main drivers of mortality reduction. METHODS: ) to help explain the reasons for the decline in diarrhoea mortality from 1980 to 2015 and to predict additional reduction with further …

  • Drivers of the progress achieved by Peru in reducing childhood diarrhoea mortality

    Open AccessLuis Huicho, Mario Tavera et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2019

    BACKGROUND: India has achieved 86% reduction in the number of under-five diarrheal deaths from 1980 to 2015. Nonetheless diarrhea is still among the leading causes of under-five deaths. The aim of this analysis was to study the contribution of factors that led to decline in diarrheal deaths in the country and the effect of scaling up of intervention packages to address the remaining diarrheal deaths. METHODS: We assessed the attribution of differ…

  • Examining national and district-level trends in neonatal health in Peru through an equity lens

    Open AccessLuis Huicho, Carlos A Huayanay-Espinoza et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Although progress in Peru for reducing NMR has been remarkable, future challenges include closing remaining gaps for urban and rural populations and improving newborn health with qualified staff and intermediate- and intensive-level health facilities

  • Remaining missed opportunities of child survival in Peru

    Open AccessYvonne Tam, Luis Huicho et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Although Peru has made great strides in improving child survival, further improvement in child health, especially in newborn health can be achieved if there is universal and equitable coverage of proven, quality health facility-based interventions. The magnitude of reduction in mortality will be similar to what has been achieved in the past decade. Strengthening health system to identify, understand, and direct resources to the poor and rural are…

  • Incremento en el gasto por inversión en el sector salud

    Open AccessCarlos A Huayanay-Espinoza, Andrés Huayanay et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2015

    serotipo y la circulacin del mismo en la trifrontera. Por ahora, ninguna muestra result positiva para CHIKV

  • Uso y percepciones de las tecnologías de información y comunicación en pacientes con hipertensión arterial, dislipidemia o diabetes de un hospital nacional de Lima, Perú

    Open AccessAndrea C Rivas-Nieto, Germán Málaga et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2015

    This study aimed to determine the use and perceptions towards information and communication technologies (ICT) in 206 patients with arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes, recruited from the outpatient clinic in a national hospital in Lima, Peru. 54.4% were older adults and 70.4% were women. The use of daily phone calls was 44.7%. Most had never used a computer (78.2%), email (84%) or the Internet (84%). Many have never sent (80.6%) or …

  • Mercado de formación y disponibilidad de profesionales de ciencias de la salud en el Perú

    Open AccessM Michelle Jiménez, Eduardo Mantilla et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2015

    Demand for professional training in health sciences exists and its supply is met predominantly by private universities. Competency profiles developed by the MOH for the basic professional health team in primary care shows a clear disconnect regarding the current supply of trained professionals