Organization profile
Organization profile
The Healthy Living Initiative seeks to build a healthy environment capable of preventing Chagas disease in the province of Loja through a multidisciplinary work with professors and students from several academic units of PUCE (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts; and Faculty of Nursing) and Ohio University.
with professors and students from various academic units of PUCE (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts; and Faculty of Nursing) and Ohio University.
The main objective of this project is to propose a sustainable and contextualized model for the control and prevention of Chagas disease in three rural communities in the Calvas canton, Loja province.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Understanding Family Functioning as a Protective Factor for Adolescents’ Mental Health from the Parental Perspective: Photovoice in Rural Communities of Ecuador
Medina Maldonado, V., Carrasco Tenezaca, M. J. & Baus Carrera, E. G., 24 Sep 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22, 10, p. 1 15 p., 1471.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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El porche y el peridomicilio de la vivienda rural como espacios de intercambio entre las esferas reproductiva y productiva.
Carrasco Tenezaca, M. & Cevallos Cisneros, P., 2024, p. 410-418. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Nurturing care: perceptions and practices of caregivers for children under five in the Ecuadorian highlands – a qualitative study
Tello, B., Mendoza-Gordillo, M. J., Moreano, M., Bates, B. R., Quinn, K., Rogel, C. & Grijalva, M. J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, 1373896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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DETERMINANTES ECOLÓGICOS Y SOCIO-DEMOGRÁFICOS DE LA INFESTACIÓN DOMICILIARIA POR TRIATOMA CARRIONI EN 3 COMUNIDADES RURALES DEL CANTÓN GONZANAMÁ, LOJA-ECUADOR, DURANTE JULIO DEL 2023, MEDIANTE EL USO DE HERRAMIENTAS DIGITALES
Villacís Salazar, A. G. (Di), Esparza Carate, J. N. (Student), Yumiseva Marín, C. A. (PI) & Grijalva Cobo, M. J. (External)
1/06/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
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ESTRATEGIAS DE SUSTENTACIÓN DEL CONTROL A LARGO PLAZO DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS EN COMUNIDADES RURALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE LOJA: SISTEMA DE VIGILANCIA ENTOMOLÓGICA COMUNITARIA Y JARDINES PRODUCTIVOS
Baus Carrera, E. G. (PI), JIMÉNEZ RIOFRÍO, S. V. (PI), Moncayo Benalcázar, A. L. (PI), Ocaña Mayorga, S. B. (PI), Villacís Salazar, A. G. (PI), Yumiseva Marín, C. A. (PI), Yépez-Reyes, V. (PI) & Grijalva Cobo, M. J. (Di)
14/05/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project