Browsing by Author "González, Francisca"

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    Elevated Lung Cancer in Younger Adults and Low Concentrations of Arsenic in Water
    (2014) Steinmaus, Craig; Ferreccio Readi, Catterina; Yuan, Yan; Acevedo, Johanna; González, Francisca; Pérez, Liliana; Cortés Arancibia, Sandra; Balmes, John R.; Liaw, Jane; Smith, Allan H.
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    Examen de detección de virus papiloma humano en el tamizaje de cáncer cervicouterino en un Servicio de Salud de Santiago, Chile
    (2015) Terrazas, Solana; Ibáñez Cáceres, Carolina; Lagos, Marcela; Poggi, Helena; Brañes, Jorge; Barriga Cosmelli, María Isabel; Cartagena, Jaime; Núñez, Felipe; González, Francisca; Cook, María Paz; Van De Wyngard, Vanesa; Ferreccio Readi, Catterina; Terrazas, Solana; Ibáñez Cáceres, Carolina; Lagos, Marcela; Poggi, Helena; Brañes, Jorge; Barriga, María I.; Cartagena, Jaime; Núñez, Felipe; González, Francisca; Cook, María Paz; Van De Wyngard, Vanesa; Ferreccio Readi, Catterina
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    Gender and ageing at work in Chile: employment, working conditions, work-life balance and health of men and women in an ageing workforce
    (2018) Vives Vergara, Alejandra; Gray, Nora; González, Francisca; Molina, Agustín; CEDEUS (Chile)
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    Improvements in habitability and housing satisfaction after dwelling regeneration in social housing complexes. The RUCAS study
    (2024) González, Francisca; Baeza Rivas, Fernando Antonio; Valdebenito, Roxana; Sánchez, B.N.; Diez-Roux, A.; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; CEDEUS (Chile)
    Housing is a pressing problem worldwide and a key determinant of health and wellbeing. The right to adequate housing, as a pillar of the right to an adequate standard of living, means more than a roof to live under. Adequate means the dwelling must fulfill material functions and psychosocial functions, thus contributing to dwellers health and wellbeing. Social housing policies aim to fulfill the right to housing, but frequently fail in fulfilling the right to it being adequate.This study capitalizes on the implementation of a national urban regeneration program in two social housing villas in central Chile (one in Santiago, in the central valley, the other in Vina˜ del Mar, a coastal city) to run a natural experiment assessing the impact of dwelling renovation on several dimensions of perceived habitability and housing satisfaction among the -mostly female-household homemakers. We use 5 waves of survey data collected with a step-wedge design to estimate the association between a timevarying exposure status (the intervention) and 7 binary outcomes for habitability and 5 for housing dissatisfaction, including overall housing satisfaction. We use Poisson regression models with robust variance and a random intercept at the respondent level. At baseline, reports of poor habitability and dissatisfaction across all features were markedly high, the highest levels of dissatisfaction being with acoustic insulation and dwelling size in both villas, and with indoor temperature in Santiago. The intervention resulted in statistically significant and markedly large improvements in reported habitability and dissatisfaction relative to those housing componentstargeted by the intervention, as well as with overall dwelling satisfaction in both study cases.Implications are, first, that the policy response to quantitative housing deficits must not overlook housing quality; second, that housing renovation appears as a promising intervention for qualitative housing crises; third, that while improvements in habitability and satisfaction are specific to the interventions in place, overall housing satisfaction can improve in more limited, tailored, dwelling renovation interventions. Social housing renovation in Latin America appears as a promising intervention to improve quality of life among the urban poor dwellers and reduce inequalities in health related to housing conditions.
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    Measuring precarious employment in times of crisis: the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) in Spain
    (2015) Vives Vergara, Alejandra; González, Francisca; Moncada, Salvador; Llorens, Clara; Benach, Joan; CEDEUS (Chile)
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    The effect of a cognitive training therapy based on stimulation of brain oscillations in patients with mild cognitive impairment in a Chilean sample: study protocol for a phase IIb, 2 × 3 mixed factorial, double-blind randomised controlled trial
    (2024) Figueroa Vargas, Alejandra; Góngora, Begoña; Alonso, María F.; Ortega, Alonso; Soto Fernández, Patricio; Z-Rivera, Lucía; Ramírez, Sebastián; González, Francisca; Muñoz Venturelli, Paula; Billeke, Pablo
    Background: The ageing population has increased the prevalence of disabling and high-cost diseases, such as dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The latter can be considered a prodromal phase of some dementias and a critical stage for interventions to postpone the impairment of functionality. Working memory (WM) is a pivotal cognitive function, representing the fundamental element of executive functions. This project proposes an intervention protocol to enhance WM in these users, combining cognitive training with transcranial electrical stimulation of alternating current (tACS). This technique has been suggested to enhance the neuronal plasticity needed for cognitive processes involving oscillatory patterns. WM stands to beneft signifcantly from this approach, given its welldefined electrophysiological oscillations. Therefore, tACS could potentially boost WM in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Methods: This study is a phase IIb randomised, double-blind clinical trial with a 3-month follow-up period. The study participants will be 62 participants diagnosed with MCI, aged over 60, from Valparaíso, Chile. Participants will receive an intervention combining twelve cognitive training sessions with tACS. Participants will receive either tACS or placebo stimulation in eight out of twelve training sessions. Sessions will occur twice weekly over 6 weeks. The primary outcomes will be electroencephalographic measurements through the prefrontal theta oscillatory activity, while the secondary efects will be cognitive assessments of WM. The participants will be evaluated before, immediately after, and 3 months after the end of the intervention. Discussion: The outcomes of this trial will add empirical evidence about the benefts and feasibility of an intervention that combines cognitive training with non-invasive brain stimulation. The objective is to contribute tools for optimal cognitive treatment in patients with MCI. To enhance WM capacity, postpone the impairment of functionality, and obtain a better quality of life. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05291208. Registered on 28 February 2022. ISRCTN87597719 retrospectively registered on 15 September 2023.