2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000400038
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Prevalence of early neurodevelopmental disabilities in Mexico: a systematic review

Abstract: -Objective: Early neurodevelopment disabilities (END) such as cerebral palsy (CP), deafness, blindness, epilepsy, and mental retardation (MR) are very important public health concerns. Although no strong data on END can be obtained in Mexico, the few papers concerning END epidemiology deserve systematic and critical review. Thus, this was the objective of the present paper. Method: We performed a systematic review of papers published reporting on the prevalence of END in Mexico. We performed a search in severa… Show more

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“…The World Health Organization has stated that rural communities in developing countries have the higher frequencies of disabling conditions, especially at pediatric ages. 8,9 For this reason, there is a need for homebased programs that may benefit infants living in rural communities in developing countries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The World Health Organization has stated that rural communities in developing countries have the higher frequencies of disabling conditions, especially at pediatric ages. 8,9 For this reason, there is a need for homebased programs that may benefit infants living in rural communities in developing countries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, there were studies that only focused on the prevalence or incidence of health problem events (I) (12)(13)27,32,45,(47)(48)67,81,(83)(84)(85)(86)90,92) ; others to iden fy and/or associate risk factors (II) ( ; and s ll others to correlate interven ons with preven on, prophylaxis or reduc on of events (III) (14)(15)(17)(18)20,23,33,46,(50)(51)(53)(54)(55)58,62,(64)(65)(68)(69)(70)(71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76)(79)(80)82,89,91,(93)(94) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En el año 2010 se estimó que un 7,3% de los niños de Inglaterra presentan algún grado de discapacidad 14 . En una revisión sistemática de todos los artículos referentes a epidemiología de las discapacidades del neurodesarrollo 15 , solo encontraron un estudio que contenía data universal y era de hipotiroidismo congénito. No se econtró ningún artículo sobre PC o epilepsia.…”
Section: Discusión Y Conclusionesunclassified