• Alcohol consumption during COVID-19 in Latin America according to age and employment situation 

      Villanueva-Blasco, Víctor José; Villanueva-Silvestre, Verónica; Vázquez-Martínez, Andrea; Canay, Roberto; Ferri, Lorena Belda; Folgar, Manuel Isorna; Villaverde, Beatriz Abad (Asociacion Espanola de Estudio en Drogodependencias, 2024)
      This research evaluated alcohol consumption in the Latin American and Latin Caribbean adult population during COVID-19 confinement, taking into account age and employment status. Non-probabilistic design with convenience ...
    • Digital competences for teachers in virtual environments COVID-19 

      Montoya-Cantoral, Elisa; Niño-Cueva, Moisés Ronal; Niño-Cueva, Danés Carlos; Mamani-Calcina, Jorge; Villalba-Condori, Klinge Orlando (Montoya-Cantoral, E., Niño-Cueva, M. R., Niño-Cueva, D. C., Mamani-Calcina, J., & Villalba-Condori, K. O. (2023). Digital Competences for Teachers in Virtual Environments COVID-19. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3353, 53-58.https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85150160592&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&nlo=&nlr=&nls=&sid=747420a378d3f2fee024ef9fb2132a6f&sot=aff&sdt=cl&cluster=scopubyr%2c%222023%22%2ct&sl=60&s=AF-ID%28%22Universidad+Nacional+Pedro+Henr%c3%adquez+Ure%c3%b1a%22+60073018%29&relpos=16&citeCnt=0&searchTerm=, 2023)
      This study aims to establish the relationship between instrumental digital competencies and virtual education in times of covid-19. Its approach is quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional. The population ...
    • Epidemiological intelligence fusion centers: health security and COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic 

      Craig Douglas, Albert; Amado Baez, Alejandro; Hunter, Lance; Heslen, John; Rutland, Josh (2022-07-22)
      Research on health security has focused on how many different political, economic, social, and health-related factors affect disease containment within states. However, largely missing from this scholarship is an examination ...
    • Hand hygiene perceptions, preferences, and practices among hospital staff in the Dominican Republic in the context of COVID-19: a qualitative study 

      Craig, Christina E; Schnorr, Charles D.; Then Paulino, Cecilia J.; Payano, Eulogia Cristina; Guzmán, Paloma Martínez; Ripkey, Carrie; de St Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Roberts, Kathryn W; Duke, William; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Lozier, Matthew J.; Nilles, Eric J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06)
      Proper hand hygiene (HH), which includes sanitizing with alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) (or handwashing with soap and water if ABHR is unavailable), is key for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI), including ...
    • The impact of SARS-CoV-2 in dementia across Latin America: A call for an urgent regional plan and coordinated response 

      Ibanez, Agustin; Santamaria-Garcia, Hernando; Guerrero Barragan, Alejandra; Kornhuber, Alexander; Mendonca Marques Ton, Alyne; Slachevsky, Andrea; Teixeira, Antonio Lucio; Mar Meza, Beatriz Marcela; Serrano, Cecilia M.; Cano, Carlos; Arias Gonzalez, Carolina; Gonzalez-Billault, Christian; Butler, Christopher; Bustin, Julian; Duran-Aniotz, Claudia; Acosta, Daisy; Matallana, Diana L.; Acosta-Alvear, Diego; Trépel, Dominic; Franca Resende, Elisa De Paula; Ferreira de Oliveira, Fabricio; Ibanez, Francisco; De Felice, Fernanda G.; Navarrete, Gorka; Tamañas, Ioannis; Meier, Irene B.; Smid, Jerusa; Llibre-Guerra, Jorge; Llibre-Rodriguez, Juan J.; Fajersztajn, Lais; Tadao Takada, Leonel; Duque, Lissette; Okada de Oliveira, Maira; Camargos Bicalho, Maria Aparecida; Behrens, Maria Isabel; Pintado-Caipa, Maritza; Parra, Mario; Z. Wilson, Maxwell; De La Cruz Puebla, Myriam; Custodio, Nilton; Santibanez, Rodrigo; Bernardo Serafim, Rodrigo; Melo Tavares, Ronnielly; Piña Escudero, Stefanie Danielle; Piña Escudero, Stefanie Danielle; Leon Rodriguez, Tomas; Dawson, Walter; Miller, Bruce L.; Kosik, Kenneth S. (Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2020)
      The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic will disproportionately impact countries with weak economies and vulnerable populations including people with dementia. Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs) are burdened with unstable ...
    • La formación universitaria en tiempos de COVID – 19. Caso de estudio: República Dominicana 

      Puentes Puente, Angel; Martins Pestana, Feliberto; Parada Leal, Hugo (Editora Artemis, 2023-10-10)
      La sociedad ha pasado un momento de ruptura en todas sus esferas: social, económica, política, educativa, etc. generado por la pandemia del COVID – 19. Para la educación significó un cierre total y un cambio en la forma ...
    • Monitoring temporal changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels and variant-specific risk for infection, Dominican Republic, March 2021–August 2022 

      Nilles, Eric J.; de St. Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Duke, William; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Abdalla, Gabriela; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Garnier, Salome; Iihoshi, Naomi; Lopez, Beatriz; de la Cruz, Lucia; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Baldwin, Margaret; Roberts, Kathryn W.; Peña, Farah; Durski, Kara; Sanchez, Isaac Miguel; Gunter, Sarah M.; Kneubehl, Alexander R.; Murray, Kristy O.; Lino, Allison; Strobel, Sarah; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Lau, Colleen L.; Kucharski, Adam; Kucharski, Adam; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Vasquez, Marietta; Then Paulino, Cecilia (RESEARCH, 2023)
      To assess changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike binding antibody prevalence in the Dominican Republic and implications for immunologic protection against variants of concern, we prospectively enrolled 2,300 patients with undif ...
    • SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021 

      Nilles, Eric J.; Then Paulino, Cecilia; St. Aubin, Michael de; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; Mayfield, Helen; Dumas, Devan; Finch, Emilie; Garnier, Salome; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Iselin, Louisa; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Oasan, Timothy; Yu, Jingyou; Wan, Huahua; Peña, Farah; Iihoshi, Naomi; Abdalla, Gabriela; Lopez, Beatriz; Cruz, Lucia de la; Henríquez, Bernarda; Espinosa-Bode, Andres; Cornelio Puello, Yosanly; Durski, Kara; Baldwin, Margaret; Baez, Amado Alejandro; Merchant, Roland C; Barouch, Dan H.; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Kucharski, Adam; Laue, Colleen L. (Elsevier Ltd., 2022-11-08)
      Background Population-level SARS-CoV-2 immunological protection is poorly understood but can guide vaccination and non-pharmaceutical intervention priorities. Our objective was to characterise cumulative infections and ...
    • Trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic: a national cross-sectional household survey, June– October 2021 

      Garnier, Salome; Then, Cecilia; de St Aubin, Michael; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; J Mayfield, Helen; Dumas, Devan; Duke, William; Pena, Farah; J Kucharski, Adam; Skewes, Ronald; Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily; Coyoli, Julia; Etienne, Marie Caroline; L Lau, Colleen; Vazquez, Marietta; Nilles, Eric (BMJ Open, 2024-05)
      Objective This study investigates the role of trust in shaping COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the Dominican Republic (DR) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cross-sectional household survey. Setting Randomly selected ...