Conversatorio: "ECONOMÍA SOCIAL Y SOLIDARIA Y EL SECTOR RURAL"

¡CONVERSEMOS!

La línea de investigación Economía y Salud del Grupo Salud y Sociedad invita a toda la comunidad académica a participar con su asistencia al conversatorio "ECONOMÍA SOCIAL Y SOLIDARIA Y EL SECTOR RURAL" que se llevará a cabo el 4 de mayo en el Auditorio Jaime Sierra, Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana en modalidad híbrida.

A partir de conversatorio se pretende motivar la reflexión y el debate en torno a las problemáticas del sector de la economía social y solidaria y de la comunidad rural, a partir del reconocimiento del papel histórico del campesino colombiano; los resultados de investigaciones realizadas por universidades que constituyen la Red Unicosol, Nodo Antioquia; y las experiencias de organizaciones de pequeños productores agropecuarios. Lo anterior para para generar un dialogo que conlleve propuestas de soluciones colectivas. seguir leyendo

Artículo de Investigación

 Narrar historias, reconstruir vidas: experiencia de educación popular con mujeres vulnerables que realizan la crianza

Betancurth DP, Villa L, Castaño Y, Escobar GM, Bastidas M, Gómez JA, Peñaranda F.

Julio 2022

RESUMEN

En el marco de una experiencia de educación popular en salud, relacionada con la crianza en un contexto de desigualdad, las mujeres participantes contaron sus historias y escucharon las de sus compañeras, lo cual amplió su concepción de mundo y las empoderó para la acción creativa, propósito fundamental de la Investigación Acción. Los Círculos de Investigación Temática del proyecto, abordaron asuntos existenciales, siendo esta una oportunidad para las participantes de expresarse y reflexionar sobre sus vidas, lo que favoreció el avance hacia una visión crítica a través de la problematización de los relatos. Se concluye que a través del diálogo se logró una mayor comprensión de los sujetos y el contexto de la crianza, de la educación que se da “con los otros” y que posibilita la construcción de conciencia, proyectos de vida liberadores y vínculos comunitarios solidarios. Seguir leyendo

Artículo de Investigación

Costs of attributable burden disease to PM2.5 ambient air pollution exposure in Medellín, Colombia, 2010-2016

Nieto ES, Grisales H, Montealegre N, Lopera V, Piñeros JG.

Junio 2022

RESUMEN

Introduction: The impact of PM2.5 ambient air pollution exposure on morbimortality has been documented; however, for Latin American cities, there are no calculations of the economic burden. The objective of the study was to estimate the costs of attributable burden disease to PM2.5 ambient air pollution exposure in Medellín, Colombia. Methods: The costs were assessed using the cost-of-illness approach and the human capital approach, which include direct medical costs and indirect costs due to loss of productivity. To estimate the value of the lost years of production the salaries established in the Great Integrated Household Survey carried out in September 2016 by the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia were used. The PYWL were calculated taking as a reference the 57 years to age of death for female and 62 years for male. For both, an alternative scenario was proposed to account for the cost of working years by changing the reference age to 80 years. Results: A total of 5540 potential years of working life lost due to premature deaths attributed to exposure to PM2.5 was calculated. The costs of attributable morbimortality to PM2.5 exposure in Medellín totaled 86,0 million dollars in baseline scenario and 281,2 million dollars in alternative scenario. Which represented 0.091% of the gross domestic product of Colombia and 0.627% of that from the Department of Antioquia. The highest percentage of the costs associated with the loss of productivity originated in the premature death of the population over 50 years of age, both due to chronic and acute events. Discussion: The costs of mortality represented 80% of the total. PM2.5 ambient air pollution exposure generates significant costs associated with the loss of years of working life, due to acute infections and chronic diseases of respiratory tract and ischemic heart diseases. Seguir leyendo

Editorial

¿Por qué necesitamos investigación cualitativa en el campo de las ciencias de la salud? Enseñanzas de la pandemia 2020-2021

Chapela MC, Martínez C, Peñaranda F. 

Mayo 2022

RESUMEN

Entre  las  desconcertantes  situaciones  a  las  que  nos  ha  enfrentado  la  pandemia  de  COVID-19  —de  naturaleza  infecciosa, agravada por condiciones de orden social e histórico—, una nada halagüeña ha sido constatar, en el día a día, la desconfianza de grandes sectores de la población frente al saber de los expertos. Ante ello, no podemos dejar de preguntarnos si esta suspicacia se dirige a la ciencia misma, a los científicos o a la sospecha de que el saber científico pudiera estar siendo utilizado para fines ajenos al genuino cuidado de la salud de las personas. Seguir leyendo

Artículo de Investigación

Local attributable burden disease to PM2.5 ambient air pollution in Medellín, Colombia, 2010-2016

Grisales H, Piñeros JG, Nieto ES, Porras S, Montealegre N, González D, Ospina D.

Diciembre 2021

RESUMEN

Background: Exposure to 2.5-micron diameter air pollutants (PM2.5) has been associated with an increased risk of illness and death worldwide; however, in Latin American health impacts assessment of this risk factor is scarce. Medellín is one of the most polluted cities in the region, with a population growth rate that is twice as high as that of other Colombian cities, which implies a growing population at risk. Methods: A descriptive study of the disease burden was carried out using the city as the unit of observation. Health events were selected based on epidemiologic evidence and the availability of the population attributable fraction associated with PM2.5. The mortality records were taken from the module of deceased of the Single Registry of Affiliates of the Health System; the morbidity records were taken from the Individual Health Services Registries. For the estimation of the burden of disease, the current Global Burden of Disease guidelines were followed. Results: Attributable disability-adjusted life years to exposure to ambient PM2.5 pollution (DALYsPM2.5) constituted 13.8% of total burden of the city. Males showed the greatest loss of DALYsPM2.5 due to acute events, while in women the greatest loss was due to chronic events. Ischemic heart disease, chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract, and influenza and pneumonia were the events that contributed the most to DALYsPM2.5. 71.4% of the DALYsPM2.5 corresponded to mortality, mainly in the population over 65 years of age. Regarding attributable morbidity, acute events were more prevalent in both sexes, especially due to respiratory diseases Conclusion: Premature death among the elderly population has the greatest weight on burden of disease attributable to ambient PM2.5 pollution, mainly due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, without significant differences according to gender. Seguir leyendo