Youth-Led Anti-Corruption Movement in Post-Conflict Guatemala: ‘Weaving the Future’?

Violence and social capital in post-conflict Guatemala.

OBJECTIVE Violence in post-conflict Guatemala has serious public health consequences for the population. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between violence and social capital. METHODS Data from a cross-sectional victimization survey conducted in 2008 - 2010 in Guatemala were analyzed. Two-stage proportionate sampling was used in the survey. Households (n = 1 300) were...

Midwives for Midwives in Guatemala: Weaving Traditional and Professional Midwifery

A youth-led reproductive health program in a university setting

  Background: Reproductive health problems affect youths in all countries. There is an urgent need to enhance youths reproductive health services to provide a healthy life for this group. In this regard, the present study aimed to evaluate the Reproductive Health Peer Education Program based on the opinion of university students.   Methods :This interventional study was conducted in Qazvin Univ...

An exploration of violence, mental health and substance abuse in post-conflict Guatemala.

Guatemala's 36-year civil war officially ended in December 1996 after some 200,000 deaths and one million refugees. Despite the ceasefire, Guatemala continues to be a violent country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world. We investigated potential associations between violence, mental health, and substance abuse in post-conflict Guatemala using a community-based survey of 86 respo...

Anti-corruption Programmes in Post-communist Transition Countries and Changes in the Business Environment, 1999-2002

This paper analyses the anti-corruption activities of 24 transition countries in the period 1999-2002. These activities are divided into omnibus anti-corruption programmes, legislative reform aimed at tackling corruption, and adherence to international anti-corruption conventions. The paper presents a new measure for determining the extent of anti-corruption activity undertaken in these three c...