J. Jaime Miranda

TL;DR: The main incentives for attracting and retaining health workers in rural and remote health facilities in Ayacucho, Peru were higher wages, opportunities for further training, longer/permanent contracts, better infrastructure and medical equipment, and more staff.

TL;DR: The results suggest a higher probability of developing obesity, but not overweight, among children born by Caesarean section delivery, and family-related variables had a stronger effect on the risk estimates at early-childhood.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine and evaluate the many efforts underway in the region to reduce and prevent further increases in obesity, identifies and discusses unique research challenges and opportunities in Latin America, and proposes a research agenda in Latin American for the prevention of childhood obesity and concomitant non-communicable diseases.

TL;DR: To determine if changes in pupillary response are useful as a screening tool for diabetes and to assess whether pupillometry is associated with cardiac autonomic neuropathy, a large number of animals were vaccinated against canine coronavirus.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted theory-ground formative research to identify contextual factors influencing cooking fuel choice to guide the development of behavioural strategies for the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial.