Obesity in Chile!

Hello everybody! Today my post is about obesity, the health problem of this millennium.

Well, Chile has been in a transition process related with nutrition; because thirty or fourty years ago the main health issue was poor nutrition. However, actually the problem is obesity in all age ranges. The pattern of obesity in Chile corresponds to develop country, as United States of America; for example the 18% of chilean children and the 16% of american children are obese. Now this percentages are not better in adult population, because the 22% of chilean adult are obese, the 38% of adult and 52% of chilean pregnant women have overweight (data from: Encuesta Nacional de Salud, 2003). This situation is really alarming, because in the world more than one thousand million are obese and of this three hundred million have overweight (data from: OMS).
Causes of Obesity in Chile: In the last decades increased monetary income, this allowed that people accede easily to food in quantity and the kind; for example: The chilean population consume more soda, junk food (hot dog, burgers, chips, pizza, etc.), more fatty meats, etc. and less fish, vegetables, fruits, legumes, water, etc. Furthemore more of 90% of chilean people is sedentary. In Chile was implemented "Global Strategy Against Obesity", it search encourage healthy diet and to promote physical activity and monitor the mandatory nutrition labeling of food.

In my personal view I think that the change to healthy lifestyles is difficult, but is not imposible!!

I hope that you enjoy my post, because is a topic very important especially as a future health professionals!

See you in class, regards

The use of technologies in subjects at University

Technology development suffered big changes in the last time, it suppose help to people for their lifes are more easy; because actually all things are based in efficiency (less time, less people but more production). This situation happen in students of different universities, where need study a lot of subjects in each semester to past the year, and follow increasing in levels until finish the career. Teachers send their classes to mails or digital platform, so the students need have access to internet for doing works in groups, acquire classes and obtain notes.

Students used a lot of technology during this year; mainly The Internet, it has a good and bad part. The positive aspect is that students can obtain more recent researchs, discuss between the group of works but while they are in their houses, have a better comunication with teachers (for example: they send an email if the academic is not available, and wait to an answer), to access to information of other careers, other faculties, other universities and of any place. Specifically with the innovation in Obstetrics and Puericulture career, because this semester incorporated a subject called "Módulo Integrado Interdisciplinario Multiprofesional", this subject is like to attend a real patient but in digital way and is evaluated as group and personal work. Students need review their digital platform on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; but the virtual patient write to ask questions, to report the actual health situation or inform about new information related with health. Furthermore the health professional that attend the virtual patient, talk with spokesman of group of work too.
The negative aspect is that all students have not access to internet in their houses, so they need stay in Universities wait to the last news of virtual patient; because obviously the participation is evaluate to teachers. Also the time available to do this subject is limit, but patient write in any moment so it required more time and harms other subjects.

Finally, is possible to say the Technology in students`life is a very important tool, it allows to acquire new knowledge, save information during a lot time, to increase communication networks, etc. However access to Internet must be possible to all students, and of this way development in education is equal for all.

Myths about the BRAIN!

Hello everybody!

After presentation about "Myths and Truth about the Brain", I obtained a lot of information related with brain, their functions and research; for example: Cerebral cortex has 2mm of tickness, research about brain are very expensive and in Chile medical consults increase for psychiatrists. Furthermore, Brain needs 25% of oxygen entered to work and keep it in optimal conditions. So today my post is about two myths that surprised me.

First: "The Human Brain is very defferent from the Brain of other animals"; it is similar in all species but the difference is the amount of connections between brain`s parts (between bouth hemispheres, surface and deep regions, neurons, etc.). Also the size of brain is not relevant, because a small brain may has a lot connections and, a big brain may has few connections.

Second: "Every Brain function is localized in a specific place of the Brain"; it is a myth because when you doing an action, for example see a movie, all connections has participation in that you can see, hear, understand, etc; so is a combination of places that are activated. In PET images, RED areas presents a lot activity and BLUE areas presents less activity in different moment (thinking, listening, looking, etc.); but is not an specific area, is a combination of areas.

It presentation has impact in my future as midwife, because you can motivate to pregnancy women to estimulate babies brain and, increase the numbers of connections.

I hope you enjoy my post, see you in class!

Stress!!!

Hello verybody! Today my post is about STRESS, it is the disease more prevalent in the last time.

Mean of stress is: "Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Signs of Stress; mental symptoms include: tension, irritability, inability to concentrate, feeling excessively tired and you have trouble sleeping. Physical symptoms include: dry mouth, a pounding heart, difficulting breathing, stomach upset, frequent urination sweating palms and tight muscles (it cause pain and trembling)". (available in this link: http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/stress/STR_whatis.html).

I think that all stress` consequences are umpleasant for people, because it affects the relation with other persons and you can generate dislikes. Furthermore should be considered biological consequences: chronic fatigue, digestive upsets, headaches, back pain, affect inmune cells (it can increase the risk to get more infections and other diseases), increase blood pressure (rise the risk for stroke), lead to diminished sexual desire and an inability to achieve orgasm, etc. But we can not forget that stressful lifestyle can increase probability to incorporate bad habits such as smoking, drinking, overeating and drog abuse. The bad habits topic is important, because I think most people believe that it is the output only for their problems, but really this things can relax for a short time.

I think the BEST solutions to decrease stress are change their lifestyles and search way to solve things that affect you; for example you can do more sports, go out with your friends, go to the cine, eat more healthy such as eat more fruits, vegetables, drink more water, etc.

In my personal experience I think that I felt stress sometimes, especially since that enter to university, but it is more difficult solve because you must do a lot of things such us: study, doing works, prepare workshops and the most important you must try sleep in your free time.

hope you enjoy my post, see you in class!!
Regards!

Article: Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'

Hello everybody! Today my post is about an article related with exercise and Obesity.

The mainly theme is that Obesity can not reduce only doing exercise, because if the overweight people eat less calories, they can obtain better results.
The reasons to think the exercise is not a good methods are:

First: The people in general have little time to spare, and in obese people the amount of time that they must dedicate for this activity is high.

Second: If obese person have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35, can to achieve a healthy weight (BMI of 22) decreasing their calories intake by one third. If they wanted to achieve the same effects with exercise, would be equivalent to do 5 hours exercise for several weeks; it is very difficult.

Third: Sedentary life is not the problem to rise obesity leves, because exercise has remained the same for at least the past 25 years. For example: since 1985 the typical man in Britain has burned off 1380 calories a day through exercise, so the rise to obesity is more related with population intake high-calorie food.

Finally, the author says that promove physical activity is a good idea, but it is not the solution to decrease obesity rates. He think that the most effective way to weight loss is through healthy eating and diets.

I am not totally agree with the author of this article, because I think that the most effective to weight loss, is combine the exercise with a diet reduce in calories. It not mean obese person only can eat vegetables, fruit and drink water; but they can eat all thing in less quantities. Furthermore the exercise contributes to physical and psychologicaL wellness.

You can find this article in: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/15/obesity-crisis-cannot-solved-exercise

I hope you enjoy my post, see you!

Controversial issue: Levonorgestrel

Hello everybody, today my post is about a controversial theme: the use of emergency contraception.
Fist I want to say something related with activity, I thing the idea that a learned person give us a talk in english about a topic directly related with our career is great.
Now Doctor Valenzuela´s talk was mainly of levonorgestrel and their effects in the ovulatory cycle. It is a complicated topic, because all contraception´s drugs always involves opinions related with the abortion, so there are view points of Churches, Scientists, etc.
According Dr. Valenzuuela,s talk Levonorgestrel acts as a contraceptive method through impede the conception by prohibit union between oocyte and sperm, preventing ovulation happen or impede implantation happen.
In my view point life begins when implantation happen, because the most eggs lost in this stage so it is an important event that define the pregnancy´s viability. So if this pill only has effect before that eggs are viable, it is not abortive.
The Levonorgestrel can use even 72 hours after an unprotected sex to achieve the desired effects.
I as a future midwife must have knowledge about conception and contraception, because I think that the percentage of women that had unprotected sex is high, so is their option request to this method and I must give all the options.

I hope that you enjoy my post, and I think contraception is a theme that must be investigated before recommending to our users.

See you in class, bye

SICKO...imposing documentary film!

Hello everybody!! In this oportunity my post is about a documentary film called SICKO.
First I want to say that the activity related with movie was good, overcoat the idea to listen all time people speak in english. Furthermore the health topic mentioned is so relevance for the future as midwife or as health professional.
But I don´t like that movie didn´t have subtitles in english and at first, I feel a little confused because I don´t know movie´s logic.
I saw the French Health System part, in this country it is based on the principle of solidarity, guarantying financial protection against life´s contingencies for everyone.
The health is free for everybody, it is funded by government (in 65%) and the employers (in 35%). Mainly the funds depends of taxes that are high; then the French Life is very expensive for example food and houses are expensive.
The Chilean Health System is mixed, depends of public and private funds. But the most important difference is that quality is better in the private area, and quality is bad in the public area. If you want associate with private system only need money and steady job, but if you want associate with public system you are classified according to you needs. Now if you want to have free health must be indigent or receive a minimun salary and ONLY in public health centres.
To improve this situation should raise taxes.

I hope that you enjoy my post!

See you in class!

My prefer book...

Hello everybody! This time my post is about my favourite book, it is "Supervivientes de la muerte: Más allá de esta vida, Testimonio de los que han vuelto" (original title: "Beyond This Life") ; the author is Dr. Hans Holzer, printed in Spain on 1979. It have eleven chapters and 171 pages that mix personal situations of patients who reported to the doctor and scientific basis of these.

I like this book, because it describe true stories relate with people who were in the threshold between life and death; and even dead people who comunicate with their loved ones to advise or to discover situations that need to be discovered. Furthermore the book is based in various topics about paranormal, then you can read quickly.

I read "Supervivientes de la muerte" in summer holidays, but I don´t remember the year; usually I read it at night and I finished the book in 2 days, because I don´t stop to read it.

A cousin recommended this book, but she is fan of the paranormal things, I think she has fifty books.

The most interesting things are the many real cases about dead people who communicate with their families for goodbye, to resolve legal matters unfinished, to protect their families, etc.

I recommend this book, because it explain things that sometimes you don´t understand and also teach you about matters a little more spiritual.

I hope that you enjoy my post...

See you in class!

The english class!

Hello everybody; today my post is about: The experience in the English class.

The english programme was formulated to four levels: starter, beginner, pre-intermediate and intermediate. I began is the first level, I am of the starter generation!

The english class is a good experience to me, it help me to discover many aspect in the languages; like increase my vocabulary, I have more security to write and understand conversations in english of course, etc.

The 2009 year the english class has a benefits, it was that the class were in north faculty; but now the clas place is in occident faculty, so I must travel in bus, subway and walk; all this is very tired. It could cause this year I was with less energy and a little less motivate.

The oral tests are good, because it is a instance to put our senses in the full expression and of this way you yes or yes must understand the conversation or interaction. Sometimes I think that the oral interaction should be more clear or realist, as a tv programme, an interview, a movie, etc.

I think that the Blog is a very good idea, but the methodology isn´t the better. For example with the blog I can write more quickly, I have a lot of vocabulary, I improve the gramatically mistakes, I can understand the long papers and search, etc. But the time destinated to do the blog is little in the last time, because there are many things to do; and the instance to correct it doesn´t good, and I think that I need a special class about gramatically.

I hope that you enjoy my post!

See you soon...

My pretty cats! =)

Hi everybody!!

First I want to say: free blog are the best, because it is a instance to write about issues that you consider important.
In this oportunity my post is about my cats! I have two cats: Bianca and Sussi! But really only Bianca is my cat, because Sussi is my cat and of my brother; take care both.

Bianca is the major cat, it is 3 years aproximatly, Bainca is a big animal their weight is 3 to 4 kilos, it is grey, brown and black. Bianca is very glutton it eat their food (one medium cup); and if can it eat the Sussi´s food (other one medium cup) and the Luna´s food (it is the dog of my brother). Sometimes when my mother cooks vegetables Bianca try to eat them, for example it like the broccoli , chard, pumpkin and it loves green beans. I think that my cat called Bianca is a little fat and I try to decrease their weight, but I can´t control my cat when I´m not at my house.

Sussi is the little cat (it is 1 one year), my brother found it out of our house and we started give food to the cat; but one day we saw some girls to mistreat and wet kitten, after that my brother and I decided adopt the kitten and now my brother is responsable of their feeding and health. It is white, grey and brown . It is very playful and disordely. But the bad is that Sussi is glutton too, although it is slim.

I choose write about my cats because I love them and I consider my cats as my "daugthers".
My boyfriend upset me because he hate to Bianca, he call it COW ( for the fat characteristic).

I hope that you enjoy my post!!

See you in class! Cheers!

"Save the last dance"

Hello everybody!

Today my post is about my favourite movie, it is "Save the last dance" (the name of this movie in spanish is "Pasión y baile").

This film is of the romantic drama genre, was written by Duane Adler and directed by Thomas Carter. It was produced by MTV Films and released by Paramount Pictures on January 12, 2001.

The main theme of the film is the teenage interracial relationship between Sara (Julia Stiles) and Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas), where he helps the main character (Sara) to come back to take her ballet classes, that she had left.

The whole story begins when Sara was in an audition to be admitted to study at Julliard (it is a performing arts conservatory) and invited her mother to attend, but the mother in her attempt to arrive on time for the daughter´s presentation suffers a terrible car accident and she dies.
After her mother´s death , Sara should go live with her father and with him she had little communication. He plays the trumpet in a jazz band and lives in a predominantly black neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. At her new high school, Sara is one of only a handful of white girls. She soon befriends Chenille (Kerry Washington), she is the Derek´s sister. Chenille invites to Sara a hip hop club, here Sara knows better to Derek and begin a friendship. As time passes Derek begins to teach hip hop dancing to Sara and and encourages to resume her ballet classes, now they have a romantic relationship.

Their relationship becomes complicated by the envy that generates Sara, for Derek's girlfriend, because he is one of the best students in that school and one of the few who has a good future. Despite this he helps Sara to prepare her contemporary dance audition for Julliard.

The other part of this movie you must see, because is a really good movie!! I like it, because is a mixture of romanticism and dance; and I love the dance in all their aspect.

I hope that you enjoy my post!

See you soon!

"an apple a day keep the doctor away"

Hello everybody! Today mi post is about the prevention and education in three different levels... individuals, families and the community. First is important to mencioned the prevention´s mean: "Prevention are all the actions and techniques to achieve that people don´t sick or that sick people will not aggravate their situation". Furthermore the prevention can be primordial, primary, secondary and tertiary.
The primordial prevention: Prevent the emergence and consolidation of patterns of social, economic and cultural development is known to contribute to raising the risk of disease.
The primary prevention: decrease the incidence of disease by controlling causes and risk factors.
The secondary prevention: Cure patients and reduce the most serious consequences of the disease through early diagnosis and prompt treatment.
The tertiary prevention: Reduces progression or complications of established disease. Also is important for therapy and social rehabilitation of sick people.
Prevention, in any level, is important because it is always best to avoid the disease or exposure to risk factors that may cause a deterioration in our health, to be sick and feel physically and psychologically bad about it. We as health professionals have a major role in the prevention of disease in the general population, and the best way to achieve this is through education.
How to prevent at the individual level? We like health professional could to give information about healthy lifestyles query times of our patients, delivering leaflets on nutrition, food and sports, in due course lead to specialists according to the risk of the user, etc.
How to prevent at the family level? We like health professional could provide holistic care based on a health team that not only focus on the health of the person they care for the health of the family of the user, educate the mother who is in charge in most cases of family nutrition, etc.
How to prevent at the community level? We like health professional could to promote public policies that intended to increase advertising on healthy lifestyles on television, radio, internet, etc.
We as Midwives can to promote the prevention during antenatal care, by workshops at the level of health service which is part of the control of the users to attend these, to educational interventions in communities with less access to health center, organize workshops or lectures at colleges and high schools about reproductive health, etc.

I hope that you enjoy my post!

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Prejudice...

In this opportunity my post is about the gender roles in health care!
Actually, in Midwifery exist man and women students, but in the past only women study this career, the same happen with nursing.
The benefit to man midwive is that the women prefer be attended to man, because she think that men are more delicate with her.
The drawbacks to man midwive are mainly psychological , because like in the mayority of the cases the midwive are women, for this they may be teased by their friends, family or others who study health careers.
Another career affected by problems in gender roles may be Nursing, because their courses are formed mostly of women is seen as a career for women.
To reduce the gender problems I can spread that the men in this career are very good partners in the university´s work, in the practices, furthermore is not relevant that a midwive is woman or man, both have the same knowledge.
I think that the gender roles, in developed countries, is not a problem; because the women and men have the same rigths. But in countries little developed the difference between women and men are most evident.

I hope that you enjoy my post!

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My mp3!

In this time I prefer writte about my favourite piece of technology, it is the mp3 (music reproductor).

I use the mp3 in various situations:

- When I am going to university either in the subway, to walking or in the bus.

- When I do works that need inspiration works such as the introduction, conclusion, analysis,etc.

- When I want to dance in front of a mirrow.

- Finally when I can not sleep, I listen to music in my bed but with a low volume.

The mp3 that I have actually, I bought in Paris store, because I needed a pendrive-mp3 to save information and listen to music. I paid for this aproximately $24990; two years ago.

I frequently used the mp3, but in the last time I hardly ever used the music reproductor, because occupied many batteries and these are highly polluting.

I like the mp3 because I can listen to music anywhere.

Really is easy to imagine my life without mp3, because there is always the radio and I can listen to music in my house.

I hope that all enjoy my post!!

See you soon!

Midwifery!

When I finished the high school I wanted study Medicine but my score in the PSU was not suficient for my purpose. After that I looked other options related with health area, and found nursing, midwifery and odontology.
Nursing is not a career for my pleasure, I could not studying it.
I liked Odontology, but when I was a little girl, in primary school. Than in the high school I hated physics and in this subject is the most important in this career.
Finally I chose Midwifery, because the courses and subjects were similar to those of Medicine. In that time I thought a career change after giving the PSU again. The last thing did not happen.
Actually I know that Obstetrics is the right career for me, because I imagine working as a midwife, I have a project to study abroad and to improve myself, I thought of making social work to help people through my profession.
Last year I had the opportunity to be present when a midwife attended women in the attention room, the midwife was very nice with the pacients and in that moment I deciced work like midwife.
Three events caused an impact on my:
First-> When I met the midwife in the attention room, because she was very friendly whit me and I could also participate actively in the care. From that moment I wanted to work in consulting room.
Second-> When I talked with a teacher C.F., because she told me that Obstetrics is a profession most associated with happines when bringing a new member in a family.
Third-> When I was in a course called "Educación para la Salud I", because here I was motivated to educate people and they can be participants in their health.

That is all for the moment, see you soon!

My favorite website!!

Really I don´t have a favorite website for the University, but always that I want search something information I´m going to the site: www.uchile.cl/bibliotecas.

This website has different sections, for example: title page, presentation, all faculties at Universidad de Chile, information about undergraduate and postgraduate studies, several research , extension and culture and libraries. Furthermore the page has a clasification about applicants, students, academic, officials and graduates.

With regard to the libraries section, this is organized by information resources where you can find: catalog, digital libary, database, database integrator, electronic journals, chilean journals, Universidad de Chile journals, and others.

The main characteristics are: you can put limits for you search like publication date, in human or animals, language, in male o female, etc.; furthermore It´s a save site and you can send the paper to the mail. This website has information about Medicine, Art, Economy, Law, Architecture, etc.

I often use the site: www.uchile.cl/bibliotecas, every time that I must do a work, especially that the teachers to request confidence bibliography.

I like this website, because I can find various topics and is very fast, also in every research you find an abstracs about of the studies.

I recommend this site because it´s a tool to be integrated proffesional and have knowledge of many aspects.

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My first EARTHQUAKE!!!

The earthquake`s day on February 27, 2010 I was sleeping in my house. Near to 3:35 am I felt that my bed was move!!! I thought that was a regular earthquake but NOOOOO it was a BIG earthquake!!

All my family awoke and we got in the door frames on the second floor; the house was moved much!!

My father called Félix, loves the earthquakes, enjoy them every second!
My mother called Verónica, was very scared; she wanted to run somewhere, but my father could calm.
My brother called Hernán, was sleeping and my mother out of bed to stand in the door.
Finally I woke up and got in the door and hug my brother! I felt a lot of nerves!

That nigth we were up late, because my mother didn´t want to go to the second floor for fear to another earthquake.

We (my brother, my boyfriend Rodrigo and me) come back to our summer holidays in Lota; it´s in the Bio-Bio region. We traveled to the 11:00 am and arrived to Santiago city to the 6 pm, all this before to the earthquake day.

For luck all my family and loved ones are well but it´s very sad all the people who died and lost their homes.

See you soon!

Nice experience!!!

Hi! Welcome to my blog!!

I´m Elena, I´m 20 years and it´s my second year studying Obstetrics and Puericulture at Universidad de Chile.
It´s my first blog and is really great but a little stressfull because I have some problems with the sides.

I hope to achieve write more relax and increase my vocabulary. I want know the different think´s way of my partners and they can look my post too.

See you soon!!