Perception of epidemiological competencies by public health students in Mexico and Colombia during the influenza A (H1N1) epidemic;Percepción de competencias en epidemiología en México y Colombia durante la epidemia de influenza A (H1N1) entre estudiantes de salud pública

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-369

  Idrovo, Alvaro J ^a   Fernández Niño, Julián A ^b   Bojórquez Chapela, Ietza ^c   Ruiz Rodríguez, Myriam ^d   Agudelo, Carlos A ^e   Pacheco, Oscar E ^f   Buitrago, Néstor ^f   Nigenda, Gustavo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas   (Colombia)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Education; Epidemiology; Health occupations; Medical; Mexico; Professional competence; Students

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFLUENZA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOGNITION; SURVEY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOMBIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOMBIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

COLOMBIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 82955174804     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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