Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 577 - Korrespondenzen mit Friedrich (Frederick) Pollock (p. VI 32, 204-409)

1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Edwin S. Bingham, 03.05.1942; 1 Brief von Frederick Pollock an A. P. Bersohn, 12.03.1942; 1 Brief von Austin P. Evans an Frederick Pollock, 26.02.1942; 1 Brief von Alice H. Maier an Max Horkheimer, 10.02.1942; 1 Brief von Franz Neumann an Frederick Pollock, 02.02.1942; 1 Brief von Frederick Pollock an Moritz Bonn, [1942];

Factors associated with the retention of HIV-infected children in care in Botswana

Lost to follow up (LTFU) in the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS represents a particularly problematic aspect when evaluating the success of treatment programs. Identifying modifiable factors that lead to LTFU would be important if we are to design effective retention interventions. The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges faced by children seeking care and treatment at a large HIV Clinic in Botswana. In order to identify those factors, we used mixed methods from different sources of information available at the Baylor Clinic. The first method involved a case-control study through which we interviewed a select representation of children 1-18 years who, at some point in time, have attended clinic at Baylor Clinic in Gaborone, Botswana. We document this in detail using the first journal article. We defined LTFU as patients who had not attended clinic for more than 6 months at the onset of the study; the comparison group was recruited from among those who have attended clinic at any point in the 6 months leading to the start of study. Factors were compared between the cases and controls. The second methodology involved conducting in-depth interviews with health providers to elicit their opinions and experiences dealing with patients at the at the Baylor clinic in general and the LTFU patients in particular. We document this methodology and its findings in the second journal article. ^ We found that most patients that are LTFU failed to engage with the clinic. Most of the LTFU made only one visit to the clinic (47.66%) as compared to less than 1% in the control group (P<0.01, 2-tailed Fisher's exact test). Among the interviewed patients, psychosocial factors such as stigma, religious beliefs, child rebellion and disclosure of HIV status concerns were characteristic of the LTFU population, but psychosocial issues were not cited among the comparison group. We also found that these psychosocial aspects of the patients point towards a bigger problem of mental health that needs to be addressed. Socioeconomic factors such as lack of transport, school-related activities and forgetting check-up dates were cited predominantly by the controls than cases. ^ From these findings, there is need to target interventions towards engaging pediatric patients at their initial clinic visit. Such interventions would focus on psychosocial support, as well as involving faith-based organizations in planning joint responses.^

El delito en Mendoza

En el contexto de la crisis socioeconómica que está sufriendo el país se advierte, en estos primeros años del siglo 21, tanto en las cifras oficiales como por la “insistencia" mediática, un crecimiento sostenido en la Argentina del total de delitos cometidos. Si se hace un poco de memoria se recordará que, por lo menos en Mendoza, el punto de inflexión en que la capital provincial pasó de ser la tranquila ciudad principal del oasis norte de la provincia, a una ciudad con las características de inseguridad y violencia propias de las grandes urbes tercermundistas (México D.F., Sao Paulo), parece ubicarse aproximadamente a mediados de la década del 1990. Las razones y el momento en que ocurren ciertas situaciones, como las crisis económicas o el aumento del delito, no se debe al azar y a cuestiones aleatorias. Las situaciones que se viven hoy día son efecto de otras que han sucedido en el pasado, reciente o remoto. Es el fin de las ciencias sociales darle un sentido a lo que de otra manera aparecería como caótico, buscando las causas que operan en el trasfondo y que determinan cómo suceden los fenómenos y cuándo. Si se acepta lo anterior resulta importante, entonces, estudiar desde una perspectiva sociológica las causas de la criminalidad y su aumento en la ciudad de Mendoza. Sólo de esta manera se podrá mejorar la comprensión del fenómeno, para actuar “técnicamente" sobre él desde las políticas de Estado y para predecir, desde las teorías criminológicas, el desarrollo futuro probable. Se parte de la idea de que uno de los grandes defectos de todos los partidos políticos argentinos, y de los gobiernos de turno, es la falta de acuerdo o de ideas para desarrollar e implementar políticas estratégicas de Estado a largo plazo. Se intentará que este trabajo, aunque se ocupe del tema concreto del delito en Mendoza, igual refleje la importancia dada a que existan políticas de Estado y de que éstas se basen sobre marcos conceptuales coherentes.

Normas y protocolos clínicos sobre el empleo del misoprostol en ginecología y obstetricia

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