Epidemiology

Definition:
This category includes articles related to the study of the distribution, determinants, and control of diseases and health conditions in human populations. It encompasses original research, reviews, case reports, and brief communications that apply epidemiologic methods to analyze public health issues, evaluate interventions, investigate risk factors, or propose prevention and health promotion strategies.

Topics included:

  • Studies on incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disease burden.

  • Descriptive, analytical, and experimental epidemiology.

  • Risk factors and social determinants of health.

  • Epidemiologic surveillance and outbreak investigation.

  • Evaluation of public health interventions.

  • Statistical methods and epidemiologic study design.

  • Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine.

  • Epidemiologic modeling and spatial analysis.

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    Cancer incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2013-2017

    Helio Caballero Rojas, Claudia Milena Hormiga Sánchez , Claudia Janeth Uribe Pérez , Erika Eliana Meza Duran (Author)
    • Pages : e2026979 |
    • 192 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 8
    189 162
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v57i1.6979
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    Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of scales and measurement instruments in the health sciences

    Andrés Fandiño-Losada (Author)
    • Pages : e1007448 |
    • 175 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 14
    170 168
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v57i1.7448
  • Imagen de <a href="https://pixabay.com/es/users/herney-3516803/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3007083">Herney Gómez</a> en <a href="https://pixabay.com/es//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3007083">Pixabay</a>

    Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the pediatric population

    A panel study based on a Colombian national registry

    Isabel Duque-Schweizer, Julian Sarmiento-Sánchez, Angelica Serna-Campuzano, Richard Baquero-Rodriguez, Lina Maria Serna-Higuita (Author)
    • Pages : e2017097 |
    • 183 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 7
    178 289
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v57i1.7097
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    Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination acceptance when knowing potential side effects

    A study in Colombia

    Juan Pablo Álvarez Najar, Isabel Iguacel, Begoña Martínez-Jarreta, Sergio Couto-Alfonso, Ignacio de Blas (Author)
    • Pages : e2016609 |
    • 653 | 385 | 217 | 30 | 28
    653 693
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i4.6609

  • In Memoriam: Pelayo Correa (1927–2025)

    Luis Eduardo Bravo, M. Constanza Camargo, Maria Blanca Piazuelo, Nubia Muñoz (Author)
    • Pages : :e1007096 |
    • 751 | 495 | 266 | 51 | 213
    751 1077
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i4.7096

  • First Urban Case of Rickettsia parkeri (Atlantic Rainforest Strain) Rickettsiosis in Mérida, Mexico

    A Case Report.

    Gaspar Fernando Peniche-Lara, Karla Dzul-Rosado (Author)
    • Pages : e5005779 |
    • 502 | 407 | 146 | 22 | 43
    500 745
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i3.5779
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    One-minute sit-to-stand test reference values in people living at high altitudes

    Mauricio Morales-Satan, Sofía Dávila-Oña, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Cristhel Hidrovo-Moreno, Matías Otto-Yáñez, Wilmer Esparza, Camila Madera, Carlos Moreta-Núñez, Pamela Serón, Lilian Solis-Navarro (Author)
    • Pages : e2006674 |
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i1.6674
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    Psychological autopsy study of suicide risk factors in the Colombian Coffee Region, 2017-2019

    Carolina González Zapata, Oscar Mauricio Castaño Ramírez , Jairo Franco Londoño , Juan Carlos Medina Osorio , Jennifer Nessim Salazar, Germán Moreno-Gómez , Leonardo Beltrán, María Catalina Echeverri-Londoño , Luz Damaris Rojas, Andrés Fandiño-Losada (Author)
    • Pages : e2025175 |
    • 1012 | 482 | 193 | 29 | 34
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v56i1.5175

  • How can we address the surge of low-quality systematic reviews and their impact on high journal rejection rates?

    Marilina Santero, Samanta Díaz Menai (Author)
    • Pages : e4006597 |
    • 1041 | 204 | 168 | 71 | 43
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v55i4.6597

  • Socioeconomics of e-cigarette use in Colombia: 2019 National Substance Use Survey

    Jose Moreno-Montoya, Silvia Marcela Ballesteros, José A. De la Hoz-Valle (Author)
    • Pages : e2006562 |
    • 1221 | 438 | 427 | 78 | 97
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v55i4.6562