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Open AccessEfficacy of front-of-pack warning label system versus guideline for daily amount on healthfulness perception, purchase intention and objective understanding of nutrient content of food products in Guatemala: a cross-over cluster randomized controlled experiment
Front-of-package warning labels (FOPWL) have been adopted in many countries aiming at reducing the consumption of unhealthy food and drink products and have also been considered in Guatemala. The aim of the st...
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Open AccessTrends and factors related to adolescent pregnancies: an incidence trend and conditional inference trees analysis of northern Nicaragua demographic surveillance data
We aimed to identify the 2001–2013 incidence trend, and characteristics associated with adolescent pregnancies reported by 20–24-year-old women.
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Open AccessAssociation of parity with birthweight and neonatal death in five sites: The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry study
Nulliparity has been associated with lower birth weight (BW) and other adverse pregnancy outcomes, with most of the data coming from high-income countries. In this study, we examined birth weight for gestation...
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Open AccessMaternal height associated with cesarean section. A cross-sectional study using the 2014–2015 national maternal-child health survey in Guatemala
Socioeconomic status is associated with cesarean section (CS). Maternal height, however, may be another related factor to CS. In Guatemala, a quarter of women between 15 and 49 years of age are shorter than 14...
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Open AccessOverweight and obesity of school-age children in El Salvador according to two international systems: a population-based multilevel and spatial analysis
The World Health Organization (WHO-2007) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF-Cole) systems assess child weight status. However, derived estimations often differ. We aimed to a) compare the prevalenc...
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Open AccessFood insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study
Access to food is a basic necessity, and food insecurity may impair the individual’s well-being and health. Self-rated health measurements have frequently been used to assess population health. Little is known...
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Open AccessComparing progress toward the millennium development goal for under-five mortality in León and Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua, 1990–2008
Social inequality in child survival hampers the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4). Monitoring under-five mortality in different social strata may contribute to public health policies that str...
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Open AccessErratum to: Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site
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Open AccessProgress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site
Millennium Development Goal 1 encourages local initiatives for the eradication of extreme poverty. However, monitoring is indispensable to insure that actions performed at higher policy levels attain success. ...
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Open AccessTracking progress towards equitable child survival in a Nicaraguan community: neonatal mortality challenges to meet the MDG 4
Nicaragua has made progress in the reduction of the under-five mortality since 1980s. Data for the national trends indicate that this poor Central American country is on track to reach the Millennium Developme...