Citation

Ruiz EF, Proaño A, Proaño D, Torres-Román JS, Miranda JJ. Glob. Health Promot. 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Escuela Profesional de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina "Alberto Hurtado", Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú CRONICAS Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1757975916661089

PMID

27491807

Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean's public health literature is not widely recognized. Science in this region has even been compared to a night sky with just a few specks of light. To make those lights as reachable as possible, we developed the Latin America and the Caribbean Search Strategy (LACSS). This is a new method to utilize our region's health promotion results within MEDLINE/PubMed. In contrast to a typical MeSH query, LACSS retrieves up to six times more publication results regarding non-communicable diseases, neglected tropical diseases, injuries and other important public health relevant topics in the region. We believe that global health promotion will be improved in this region by improving its visibility, and this search strategy will contribute to this.

© The Author(s) 2016.

Language: en