There is little knowledge about Latin American social medicine in the English-speaking
world. Social medicine groups exist in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador …

In this review of violence in Latin America, I have attempted to organize the region's
scholarly literature around the most influential and leading research issues. Three main …

In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police
forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy and rule of law. This …

En el texto usaremos el nombre de medicina social, adoptado en la mayoría de los países
latinoamericanos. Sin embargo, es oportuno aclarar que en Brasil la corriente ha adoptado …

The accomplishments of Latin American social medicine remain little known in the English-
speaking world. In Latin America, social medicine differs from public health in its definitions …

Background Exposure to violence has negative consequences on mental health. Armed-
conflict in Colombia has widely affected Afro-descendants in the Pacific region. Evidence …

This study sought to understand the meaning that women place on the health care practices
carried out during labor. We used techniques from Grounded Theory such as coding …

In order to assess the effects of displacement and exposure to violence on children's moral
reasoning, Colombian children exposed to minimal violence (non‐displaced or low risk; N …

Despite historic increases in crime and violence, Latin America's police forces are
characterized by long periods of institutional weakness punctuated by rare, sweeping …

Institutional reforms often diverge from substantive problems and societal demands that
originally prompted reform, raising questions about democratic responsiveness. Such reform …