Clinical preventive services in Guatemala: a cross-sectional survey of internal medicine physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guatemala is currently undergoing an epidemiologic transition. Preventive services are key to reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, and smoking counseling and cessation are among the most cost-effective and wide-reaching strategies. Internal medicine physicians are fundamental to providing such services, and their knowledge is a cornerstone of non-communicable disease control.

Methods

A national cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2011 to evaluate knowledge of clinical preventive services for non-communicable diseases. Interns, residents, and attending physicians of the internal medicine departments of all teaching hospitals in Guatemala completed a self-administered questionnaire. Participants' responses were contrasted with the Guatemalan Ministr

SUBMITTER: Corral JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485332 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature