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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile
(2011) Sapelli, Claudio
A Community Disaster Resilience Index for Chile
(2023) Bronfman, Nicolás; Castañeda González, Javiera Valentina; Guerrero Mancilla, Nikole Fernanda; Cisternas, Pamela; Repetto Lisboa, Paula Beatriz; Martínez, Carolina; Chamorro Giné, Marcela AlondraBronfman, Nicolás; Castañeda González, Javiera Valentina; Guerrero Mancilla, Nikole Fernanda; Cisternas, Pamela; Repetto Lisboa, Paula Beatriz; Martínez, Carolina; Chamorro Giné, Marcela Alondra
Although Chile is one of the countries most exposed to natural hazards, to date there is no national index that shows the differences in resilience levels within the country. This study develops a community resilience index on a national scale based on the Baseline Resilience Community (BRIC) index. The BRIC index for Chile was built with 49 indicators, from different sources at the district level. Our results determined that resilience is not distributed homogeneously throughout the country. The highest levels of resilience are concentrated in the central macro-zone. In comparison, the extreme zones of Chile focus close to 90% of their population in the lowest levels, accounting for an uneven distribution of resources and services that impact resilience levels. These differences were mainly explained by indicators such as the percentage of the population without a health insurance system, the percentage of the population without internet access, and the percentage of electoral participation, among others. The results demonstrate that the BRIC model can be successfully implemented to assess community resilience in Chile and suggests the possibility of targeting resources and strategies to increase resilience in areas with the lowest levels of community resilience.
A defence of participation income
(2016) Pérez Muñoz, Cristian
A Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Uncertainty and Business Opportunity Identification: Exploration as a Mediator and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as a Moderator
(2018) Schmitt, Antje; Rosing, Kathrin; Zhang, Stephen X.; Leatherbee Grant, Michael Gerald
A methodology for integrated critical spare parts and insurance management
(2016) Martínez, A.; Pascual, R.; Maturana Valderrama, Sergio
A population-based retrospective cohort study of end-of-life emergency department visits by people with dementia: multilevel modelling of individual- and service-level factors using linked data
(2023) Williamson, Lesley E.; Leniz, Javiera; Chukwusa, Emeka; Evans, Catherine J.; Sleeman, Katherine E.
Background: emergency department (ED) visits have inherent risks for people with dementia yet increase towards the end-of-life. Although some individual-level determinants of ED visits have been identified, little is known about service-level determinants. Objective: to examine individual- and service-level factors associated with ED visits by people with dementia in the last year of life. Methods: retrospective cohort study using hospital administrative and mortality data at the individual-level, linked to health and social care service data at the area-level across England. The primary outcome was number of ED visits in the last year of life. Subjects were decedents with dementia recorded on the death certificate, with at least one hospital contact in the last 3 years of life. Results: of 74,486 decedents (60.5% women; mean age 87.1 years (standard deviation: 7.1)), 82.6% had at least one ED visit in their last year of life. Factors associated with more ED visits included: South Asian ethnicity (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.07, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02–1.13), chronic respiratory disease as the underlying cause of death (IRR 1.17, 95% CI 1.14–1.20) and urban residence (IRR 1.06, 95% CI 1.04–1.08). Higher socioeconomic position (IRR 0.92, 95% CI 0.90–0.94) and areas with higher numbers of nursing home beds (IRR 0.85, 95% CI 0.78–0.93)—but not residential home beds—were associated with fewer ED visits at the end-of-life. Conclusions: the value of nursing home care in supporting people dying with dementia to stay in their preferred place of care must be recognised, and investment in nursing home bed capacity prioritised
A Psychological Examination of the Status Syndrome and Its Application for Promoting Well-Being
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2024) Rodríguez González, Laura Cristina; Repetto Lisboa, Paula Beatriz
The status syndrome proposed by Marmot is located at the closest level of influence within the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) framework, connecting the body's response to the mental states that arise from the subjective experience of social status. Marmot defines these psychological states through concepts of autonomy and social integration articulated in the Capability Approach (CA). These elements are further explored and expanded upon with the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), an empirically based framework with an extensive tradition of practical application. This lays the groundwork not only for understanding what makes a social environment conducive to well-being but also for shedding light on ways to promote it. The article goes beyond theoretical discussions by introducing a structured model based on the principles of the SDT for health promotion interventions. The model emphasizes the importance of providing a supportive atmosphere and is organized into four distinct phases aimed at aligning interventions with individual motivations, and cultural contexts. Ultimately, the goal is to engage individuals to actively participate in their own well-being while addressing the complexities associated with social inequalities in developed societies.
A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the sustainability of industrialised building systems: A bibliographic review and analysis of case studies
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022) López Guerrero, Rafael Eduardo; Vera Araya, Sergio Eduardo; Carpio Martínez, Manuel; CEDEUS (Chile)
The building construction has a significant impact on sustainability worldwide. However, industrialised building systems (IBS) might reduce these impacts compared to traditional building systems (TBS). Previous literature reviews have analysed IBS's sustainability, based primarily on environmental aspects and through qualitative indicators, disregarding a detailed quantitative comparison between both technologies and nor considering economic and social sustainability indicators. To fill this gap, this paper aims to evaluate vis-à-vis IBS's sustainability in relation to TBS, based on the quantitative and qualitative indicators studied in the literature. Thus, an exhaustive bibliographic review of IBS and TBS case studies was conducted. In total, 67 scientific papers were selected (papers, book chapters and reports), containing 86 case studies. Major findings indicated that IBS are more sustainable in almost all studied values – except construction costs. Nevertheless, this advantage depends on material design, prefabrication levels, transportation, work management and each author's methodological approaches. These factors are discussed to explain the reasons for IBS′ sustainability. Furthermore, main conclusions indicate that sustainability assessments have been unbalanced in literature, with few analyses of economic and social performance, and some indicators have been poorly studied (e.g., water and acidification potential), so their results are not yet representative. Similarly, reusability, prefabrication levels and the social indicators of IBS were insufficiently analysed in the reviewed case studies. Finally, the current review highlights IBS sustainability indicators that have been less studied in order to motivate new investigations in the broader field, exposing the IBS sustainability outlook and other research gaps.
A review of Payment for Ecosystem Services for the economic internalization of environmental externalities : a water perspective
(2016) Bellver Domingo, A.; Hernández Sancho, F.; Molinos Senante, María
A Two-Level Theory of Presidential Instability
(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2014) Luna, Juan Pablo; Murillo, Maria Victoria; Schrank, Andrew
This article analyzes the conditions that facilitate the ousting of Latin American presidents and the mechanisms that prevent their downfall. Drawing lessons from the impeachment of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo, it extends previous arguments about the "legislative shield" to show that the same forces that sometimes conspire to terminate an administration at other times work to resist its demise. The argument underscores the interaction between legislators and social movements, two prominent actors in the literature on presidential instability. The article presents a two-level theory to identify possible configurations of mass and legislative alignments, and tests some implications of the theory with data for 116 Latin American presidents over 28 years. Multiple comparison tests based on random effects logistic models show that popular protests can be neutralized by strong support in Congress, and hint at the possibility that legislative threats can be neutralized by loyal demonstrators in the streets.
A “landscapes of power” framework for historical political ecology: The production of cultural hegemony in Araucanía-Wallmapu
(2020) Escalona Ulloa, Miguel; Barton, Jonathan R.; CEDEUS (Chile)
The region of Araucania, since its incorporation into the Republic of Chile, has been subject to significant territorial transformations. The Chilean State, supported by economic elites, the political class, and intellectuals have all contributed to the discursive positioning of, and the creation of artefacts in, this regional space. These devices for mobilising power have enabled an appropriation of nature – through natural resource exploitation – and an appropriation of land rights through property titles. The occupation of Araucania from the end of the 19th century was achieved principally through the artefacts of larger settlement consolidation, the railway network, and the building of roads. These were designed and imposed from Santiago through political and administrative channels based on an internal colonialism logic. Conflicts with indigenous Mapuche in Wallmapu (the Mapudungun name for their territory) arose as a consequence of asymmetries of power and this appropriation of space, including expulsion from their land, deforestation, increasing poverty due to restricted access to traditional resources, and epistemic violence through specific constructions of development and the subalterning of indigenous “others.” This historical political ecology not only reveals the expanding frontiers of extractivism and processes of accumulation in favour of national political and economic elites, but more importantly shows how the construction of cultural landscapes became a device for exercising power and justifying appropriation in pursuit of modernity, progress, and development. These landscapes of power evolved over time as different demands were placed on this territory: first as a wheat bowl, and second as forestry plantation. A “landscapes of power” framework is presented in order to work through these constructions of landscape, building on phenomenological and dwelling perspectives in order to focus on the role of cultural hegemony and power relations. The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Abuso de conciencia en la Iglesia Católica: Una aproximación fenomenológica a partir de testimonios chilenos
(2023) Salgado Aracena, María Margarita; Santelices Álvarez, María Pía; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Psicología
La crisis de los abusos en la Iglesia Católica ha dado origen a investigaciones en todo el mundo, con el objetivo de identificar la naturaleza y el alcance del daño, así como la existencia de factores que propician o perpetúan los abusos. De este modo, ha cobrado creciente interés en las comunidades católicas religiosas, sacerdotales y laicas, el concepto del abuso de conciencia (AC), que es un tipo de abuso que ha sido poco estudiado como fenómeno en sí mismo, no cuenta con una definición única, pero que dado el tipo de herramientas y mecanismos que ocupa para tomar control de la persona, es que requiere de una caracterización e investigación propia. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo caracterizar el fenómeno del AC en la Iglesia Católica chilena a partir de las voces de hombres y mujeres que declaran haberlo vivido en contexto de formación religiosa y/o sacerdotal. A partir de los testimonios recabados mediante metodología cualitativa y el uso de entrevistas semiestructuradas, es que fue posible dar cuenta de un amplio número de características, además del lugar que los sobrevivientes le otorgaron a la responsabilidad institucional en el AC, considerando que la fe cristiana se concibe indivisiblemente en comunidad. Se pudo observar que las consecuencias en los sobrevivientes abarcan múltiples ámbitos de la vida de la persona, desde el ámbito identitario, la salud física, mental, bienestar social, causando así un daño indeleble en la relación de la persona con Dios, la Iglesia y consigo misma.
Acceso a la justicia: Una revisión conceptual de sus componentes
(Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, 2022) Carvacho Traverso Pablo Antonio; Arriagada Isabel; Cofré Leonardo
© 2022, Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law. All rights reserved.Studies on access to justice use conceptual categories such as judiciable problems, legal needs, and courses of action. This study analyzes current standards in empirical studies on Access to justice and offers a dynamic, centered in people’s autonomy and comprehensive perspective of these concepts. It proposes that judiciable problems should be understood in a dynamic way and introduces the concepts of linked problems, clusters of problems, superproblems and secondary problems. It also distinguishes between the components of knowledge, will and economic resources in the configuration of instrumental, systemic and substantive legal needs. Finally, it offers a dynamic definition of the trajectories of access to justice in contrast to the idea of exclusive and independent stages. The dynamic, autonomic and comprehensive understanding of access to justice strengthens the analysis of access to justice in action.
Access to healthcare for deaf people: a model from a middle-income country in Latin America
(2020) Fuentes López, Eduardo; Fuente, A
Accurate control of a Bose-Einstein condensate by managing the atomic interaction
(2010) Morales Molina, Luis Yansi
Adaptive capacity as local sustainable development: contextualizing and comparing risks and resilience in two chilean regions
(MDPI, 2021) Barton, Jonathan Richard; Gutiérrez-Antinopai, Felipe Aníbal; Escalona Ulloa, Miguel; CEDEUS (Chile); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Geografía
Regional resilience refers to an immanent condition for facing multiple risks on a permanent basis, both episodic and incremental. These risks are not only linked to natural disasters and climate change, but also to poverty and inequality of access to services such as health, and personal safety. This article considers the underlying conditions that shape regional resilience in Chile, based on inter-regional and intra-regional comparisons in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago and the Region of Araucanía. Instead of viewing resilience in terms of an ability to counter a single risk, the article highlights the fact that risks are multiple and overlapping over time and generated at different scales. Municipal level data on poverty, health, and public finances in the two regions reveal the contrasting underlying inequalities that point to regional mosaics of resilience rather than homogeneity. Different threats are superposed on these preexisting conditions of resilience. The article refers to three in particular: the 2010 Chilean earthquake (episodic); climate change (episodic and incremental); and the Covid-19 pandemic (episodic). The findings point to high levels of urban versus rural differentiation, and also high differentiation within the Santiago Metropolitan Area based on socio-economic conditions. This regional mosaic of underlying structural conditions suggests that regional resilience can be enhanced by engaging with structural socio-spatial inequalities rather than a focus on managing risks via siloed, threat-by-threat responses.
Adolescent Life Satisfaction and Its Relationship with Triadic Family Interactions and Mental Health
(2022) Álvarez Kozubová, Karla; Olhaberry Huber, Marcia; Širová, Eva; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Psicología
Adolescents experience changes, discomfort and increased risk of psychopathology (Vicente et al., 2012), whose approach has been insufficient from the perspective focused on vulnerability/risk. The multidimensional perspective of health that considers protective and opportunity factors of development (Steinberg, 2014) becomes important. Subjective well-being (SWB) has been positioned as a multidimensional health assessment (Suldo & Shaffer, 2008), and the life satisfaction construct (LS) (Diener et al., 1985) as the most stable measure of SWB in constituting the overall judgment of the adolescents regarding their lives and the achievement of their aspirations, values and interests influenced by culture (Eid & Diener, 2004; Maddux, 2018; Seligman, 2011) in addition to their discomfort or symptoms. Objectives: to assess the relationship between life satisfaction, quality of triadic interactions (QIT) and mental health (MH) characteristics (risk and protection) in two groups of Chilean adolescents. Method: casecontrol study (Case: 30 triads with adolescent receiving care in mental health and Control: 15 triads with adolescent not receiving), non-experimental, cross-sectional with correlational analysis. Measurement with self-report and observational methodology was used (Satisfaction with Life Scale Adapted for Children, Family APGAR, Parenting Alliance Inventory, Relationship Assessment Scale, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory, KIDSCREEN-52, Survey of Variables Associated with Life Satisfaction and Lausanne Trilogue Play). Results: in the case group, adolescents self-reported significantly lower LS and lower perception of protective mental health factors, higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems, and on average, each adolescent reported more expressed concerns, clinical syndromes and personality prototypes. The QTI, triad structure and dynamics, and co-parenting observed were significantly lower. Meanwhile, triad involvement and adolescent 14 engagement was similar in both groups. Self-reported co-parenting was significantly different between mothers and fathers in each case triad, and mothers were less satisfied in the co-parenting and couple relationship domain than controls. The relationship between adolescent APGAR and that of their respective father figure was inverse in both groups. Case group adolescent LS correlated negatively with emotional and peer problems and in both groups with depressive affect and personality traits in the pain and dependency polarities. Meanwhile, in both groups, the association between LS, adolescent APGAR and protective factors such as physical and psychological well-being, family, school and peer relationships, etc. was positive. In the case group, LS correlated positively with the ability of the triad to co-construct and focus on a task (LTP). The group variable contributed 9.8% of the variance of LS, and the multivariate model implemented with adolescent, father, mother and group APGARs, 52%, without maternal perception being significant. Discussion: evaluating LS, from a context of triadic interactions, with observational LTP methodology in middle adolescence and case-control design, places this study as a pioneer. It is suggested to replicate the study, correcting its limitations, mainly the sample size. In addition, the results on the inverse relationship between paternal perception of the family, co-parenting and couple and adolescent LS should be considered. All of the above will make it possible to strengthen the conclusions and guide prevention and intervention strategies, reinforcing co-parenting in families with adolescent children.
Adulthood employment trajectories and later life mental health before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
(MDPI, 2022) Cabib Madero, Ignacio Andrés; Budnevich Portales, Carlos; Azar Denecken, Ariel Ricardo
Background: This life course study has two aims. First, to explore how diverse employment trajectories across adulthood are related to older people's mental health in Chile, a country with no research in this field, and second, to analyze these associations before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We use data from the nationally-representative and longitudinal 'Chilean Social Protection Survey' sequence analysis to reconstruct employment trajectory types, and bivariate and multivariate analyses to measure their association with depressive symptoms. Results: Our findings indicate that formal labor force patterns in adulthood show the lowest burden of depressive symptomology before and after the onset of the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic when controlling for traditional risk factors. Conclusion: We emphasize that policymakers in both the labor market and public health domains must consider the relationship between informal employment pathways in adulthood and poorer mental health in old age. Public policies should improve the conditions and quality of jobs during adulthood and promote more formalization in the labor market to address the high uncertainty involving low social protection, which is strongly associated with severe mental health problems in later life.
Advantages and disadvantages across the life course and health status in old age among women in Chile
(2019) Madero Cabib, Ignacio; Azar Denecken, Ariel Ricardo; Pérez Cruz, Pedro
Aesthetic-theological foundations of popular piety Fondecyt Project Initiation 11170285
(PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE, FACULTAD TEOLOGIA, 2018) Xamist, Federico José

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