Guatemala

Commentary

In Latin America, Breaking the Cycle of Intimate-Partner Abuse One Handwritten Letter at a Time

Latin America has one of the highest rates of intimate-partner violence in the world, but a series of high-profile cases, including the murder of a journalist by her policeman husband, have propelled intimate-partner violence to the fore of Bolivia's public agenda.

Journal Article

Challenges of Implementing Mhealth Interventions for Lifestyle Modification in Prehypertensive Subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru

This study describes the processes related to implementation of mHealth interventions for lifestyle modification in a randomized controlled trial conducted with prehypertensive subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru from low-resource settings.

Journal Article

Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an Mhealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America

This study highlights the importance of developing and validating a package of simple, preventative SMS text messages, grounded in evidence and theory, across three different Latin American countries with active engagement of end users.

Report

Building the Guatemalan Interagency Task Force Tecún Umán: Lessons Identified

USSOUTHCOM intends to use the Interagency Task Force (IATF) Tecún Umán as a model for new counternarcotics units in Guatemala. This report describes lessons learned from the IATF and provides recommendations for resolving challenges.

Commentary

With Child Migrants Set to Become Students, Educators Must Prepare

Between 70,000 and 90,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end. Lost in an intensifying debate over U.S. immigration policy is the possibility that this wave will spill from shelters to schools. To best respond to this reality, policymakers and educators should consider what research says about educating migrant children.

Research Brief

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America? (Spanish translation)

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America (Spanish translation)

Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.

Research Brief

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.

Report

The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America, despite the fact that many do not support certain prevention measures such as condoms.

Journal Article

Diffusion of Ideas About Personal Hygiene and Contamination in Poor Countries: Evidence from Guatemala

In this paper, The authors explore the diffusion of beliefs pertaining to the causes of childhood diarrhea in rural Guatemala.

Journal Article

Beliefs About Children's Illness

Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.

Journal Article

The Use of Calendars to Measure Child Illness in Health Interview Surveys

During the past two decades, health interview surveys have become an increasingly common source of information about current morbidity patterns and utilization of health services in developing countries.

Journal Article

Encuesta Guatemalteca De Salud Familiar =: The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health

Journal Article

Prenatal and Delivery Care and Childhood Immunization in Guatemala: Do Family and Community Matter?

The authors investigate family choices about pregnancy-related care and the use of childhood immunization.