Salud pública de México
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Salud pública de México · Jan 2013
Review[Cross-cultural adaptation and health questionnaires validation: revision and methodological recommendations].
The simple translation of a questionnaire may lead to misinterpretation due to language and cultural differences. When using questionnaires developed in other countries and languages in scientific studies it is necessary, besides the translation, to carry out a cross-cultural adaptation and validation. ⋯ Two steps are recommended: 1) cross-cultural adaptation: direct translation, synthesis, back translation, expert committee consolidation and pre-testing, and 2) validation (with up to seven steps): assessment of internal consistency, reliability, intra- and inter-observer reliability, face, content, criterion and construct validity. Lack of equivalence between questionnaires limits the comparability of results among populations with different cultures and languages and the exchange of information in the scientific community.
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Salud pública de México · Jun 2012
Review[Aiming for the adolescent market: internet and video games, the new strategies of the tobacco industry].
Exposure to tobacco advertisement is associated with smoking initiation among the youth, its elimination is a key objective to effectively curb the tobacco epidemic. Historically, the tobacco industry has pioneered the use of new communication technologies to keep and expand their market. Nowadays, Internet and video games have transcended the entertainment sphere, becoming significant media for massive communication and providing new opportunities for advertisement. The present essay reviews the existing literature on tobacco presence in the Internet and video games to define research and policy tasks required to develop effective means for tobacco advertisement regulation and control.
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Salud pública de México · Jun 2012
Multicenter Study[Towards informed tobacco consumption in Mexico: effect of pictorial warning labels in smokers].
Evaluate the effect of the first pictorial warning labels on cigarette packs in Mexican smokers. ⋯ The first pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages in Mexico have had a significant impact on knowledge and behavior.
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Salud pública de México · Jun 2012
Review[Undue tobacco industry interference in tobacco control policies in Mexico].
OBJECTIVO: To identify tobacco industry's strategies aimed at containing the full adoption of public health policies established by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. ⋯ Tobacco industry's interfering strategies have successfully affected Mexican policies.
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Salud pública de México · Jun 2012
[Impact of cigarette package health warnings with pictures in Mexico: results from a survey of smokers in Guadalajara].
Evaluate the impact of the first pictorial health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packs in Mexico. ⋯ Pictorial HWLs have made smokers think more about these risks and about quitting smoking. This policy should continue to be exploited as a cost-effective educational intervention.