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Authors: Tatiana González-Noguera; Berta Guevara-Rumbos

The main interest of this article is to reflect on the ethical responsibility of the nursing educator in the promotion of the health and quality of life of university students, taking into account that nursing is considered a profession thatbenefits the people in and around it. Promoting good health in students is a task that implies ethical duties of society, higher education institutions, health institutions and essentially of nursing. A nursing professsional is instrumental in the transformation of student lifestyles embracing the rights and ethical duties tied to dignity and essential in the education of the youngest. As university educators, we must accept the responsibility of promoting healthy lifestyles that protect the health of students and, therefore, their quality of life as future integral professionals.

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Authors: Elsa Nieves-Blanco; Emilianny Zambrano-Avendaño; Mireya Sanchez; Maritza Rondón de Velasco; Claudia Magaly Sandoval-Ramirez

Urban development, together with uncontrolled construction in endemic areas of leishmaniasis, has resulted in a series of environmental transformations promoting the spread of cutaneous leishmaniasis as a consequence of the adaptation of sandflies transmitters to such urban environments. This study aims to determine the presence of sandflies and the epidemiological factors associated with the transmission of leishmaniasis in an urban area of Zea, Venezuela. Five methods of catching sandflies were used indoors in two urbanizations in Zea, Venezuela. Through a survey-type instrument, the epidemiological variables associated with the transmission of leishmaniasis in the housing estates were determined. The presence in the urban dwellings of Lutzomyia youngi, Lutzomyia spinicrassa, Lutzomyia migonei, Lutzomyia ovallesi, Lutzomyia walkeri, Lutzomyia venezuelensis, Lutzomyia atroclavata and Lutzomyia lichyi was demonstrated. 62.5% of the species caught in urbanized areas present antropohematophagy habits. A 67% and 80% of infestation was determined in the dwellings of the studied urbanizations.A low level of knowledge on sandflies by the inhabitants was evidenced, which increases the risk of domiciliation and transmission of leishmaniasis. The control entities are thus warned to implement preventive and educational measures.

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Authors: David Pérez-Jiménez; Soelix. M. Rodriguez-Medina; Alberto L. Báez-Paz

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to excessive alcohol use in young people in Puerto Rico. A qualitative exploratory study was carried out in which 20 young adults (10 men and 10 women) between the ages of 21 and 29 years were interviewed. The data were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis approach. Young people identified more social and cultural factors than individual ones. Some of the most mentioned social factors include the family and the advertising campaigns that are transmitted by the media. They indicated that the values of acceptance and use of alcohol start to be transmitted thorough the family. They mentioned that the advertising campaigns are aimed at highlighting the need to consume alcohol as an essential condition to have fun. They also mentioned that there are young people who use alcohol as a mechanism to deal with the problems they face. This study documents some of the most relevant factors related to alcohol use in young people. Prevention efforts should be aimed at minimizing those risk factors present in the Puerto Rican and possibly Latin American culture.

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Authors: Jair Utria-Hoyos; Efraín Pérez-Pérez; Martha Rebolledo-Cobos; Alfredo Vargas-Barreto

In analyzing the study of durability in dental restorations, chlorhexidine appears as a broad spectrum antibacterial agent capable of inhibiting the proteolytic activity of some enzymes that can degrade the collagen fibers of the hybrid layer and increase the adhesion capacity In a restoration. This article analyzes the general aspects of chlorhexidine solutions at two different concentrations, observing the benefits or disadvantages they present on the dentin barrel and the possibility that a restoration has better fixation on the dentin. To obtain the material, a search was made based on the literature, using as source the PubMed and Scielo databases. The search descriptors were used: “chlorhexidine”, “dentine”, “solutions”, and related to the terms “cavity preparations”, “recurrence decay”. The results of the present review show that chlorhexidine substances in the dental field are of great utility and importance because they provide multiple results when applied in restoration processes and tissues adjacent to it. When applying 2% chlorhexidine, it presents Better than 0.2%.

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Authors: Andrés Felipe Ochoa-Díaz; Santiago Sánchez-Pardo

The infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis is responsible of a big proportion of meningitis cases and sepsis in children and young adults around the world. The most frequent clinical features of meningococcal disease are meningitis and meningococcemia, although the latter is not the most frequent. Meningococcemia without meningitis occurs in 1 of 5 people who had the infection, and it is reported that its mortality rates are between 5 % to 20 %. We present a case of meningococcemia without meningitis associated to intravascular disseminated coagulation with successful recovery and with no sequels, in opposition to what has been described on published researches.