Title
The Latin America and the Caribbean search strategy proposal
Date Issued
01 September 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Ltd
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.
Start page
60
End page
64
Volume
25
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85053926889
PubMed ID
Source
Global Health Promotion
ISSN of the container
17579759
Sponsor(s)
JJM is affiliated to CRONICAS Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, which is funded by the National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under contract Number HHSN268200900033C.
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