Diabetes and Hypertension Frequencies and Trends in the Health Districts of Sololá

Authors

Alejandro Cerón, University of DenverFollow
Sophie Perfetto, University of DenverFollow
Ana Textor, University of DenverFollow
Sidona Alemayehu, University of DenverFollow
Emilia Alvear Escobar, University of DenverFollow
Adele Beard, University of DenverFollow
Sarah Berson, University of DenverFollow
Rachel Bryant, University of DenverFollow
Jennifer Calzontzi, University of DenverFollow
Rylee Castro, University of DenverFollow
Eva Cress Palencia, University of DenverFollow
Jake Czarnecki, University of DenverFollow
Jordyn Epstein, University of DenverFollow
Nikki Harris, University of DenverFollow
Patience Hinojos, University of DenverFollow
Max Hippisley, University of DenverFollow
Erin House, University of DenverFollow
Jackson Hullett, University of DenverFollow
Nathan Johnson, University of DenverFollow
Amelie King, University of DenverFollow
Saule Lankelyte, University of DenverFollow
Juan Loya, University of DenverFollow
Ashley MacKenzie, University of DenverFollow
Ilana Mighdoll, University of DenverFollow
Molly Morrill, University of DenverFollow
Maria De Jesus Ramos Jimenez, University of DenverFollow
Lilly Teklemedhin, University of DenverFollow
Joseph Trujillo, University of DenverFollow
Lauren Verachtert, University of DenverFollow
Nathan Verachtert, University of DenverFollow
Violet Vreeland, University of DenverFollow
Alex Welch, University of Denver
Jada Wright, University of DenverFollow

Publication Date

12-1-2025

Document Type

Report

Organizational Units

College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Anthropology

Keywords

Diabetes, Hypertension, Health districts of Sololá, Public health, Guatemala

Abstract

This report was prepared by the students, Graduate Teaching Assistants, and instructor of “The Social Determination of Health” class taught in the fall of 2025 at the University of Denver. The report was prepared for Dr. Luis Pablo Méndez, of the Vice Ministry of Health Regulation, Surveillance and Control, of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala. The work used the following guiding question: How can available data about service production can be used to inform the planning process for the implementation of the Global Hearts Initiative’s HEARTS technical package in the Distrito de Redes Integradas de Salud (DRISS) de Sololá. The Global Hearts Initiative was established by the World Health Organization and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016 to aid governments in improving the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases, and the HEARTS technical package has completed pilot implementation in some territories of Guatemala. The report focused on Diabetes and Hypertension in 2023 and 2024, and presents frequencies and trends in consultations for those diseases to public health care facilities in each of the health districts that were part of the DRISS de Sololá, as well as an estimation of the contact prevalence for the two diseases.

Este informe fue preparado por los estudiantes, los asistentes de cátedra y el instructor de la clase "La determinación social de la salud" impartida en el otoño de 2025 en la Universidad de Denver. El informe fue preparado para el Dr. Luis Pablo Méndez, del Viceministerio de Regulación, Vigilancia y Control de la Salud, del Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social de Guatemala. El trabajo utilizó la siguiente pregunta guía: ¿Cómo se pueden utilizar los datos disponibles sobre la producción de servicios para informar el proceso de planificación para la implementación de la Iniciativa Global HEARTS en el Distrito de Redes Integradas de Salud (DRISS) de Sololá? La Iniciativa Global Hearts1 fue establecida por la Organización Mundial de la Salud y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de los Estados Unidos en 2016 para ayudar a los gobiernos a mejorar la prevención y el control de las enfermedades cardiovasculares.

Copyright Date

11-29-2025

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Language

English (eng), Spanish (spa)

Extent

125 pgs

File Size

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Recommended Citation

Cerón, Alejandro; Perfetto, Sophie; Textor, Ana; Alemayehu, Sidona; Alvear Escobar, Emilia; Beard, Adele; Berson, Sarah; Bryant, Rachel; Calzontzi, Jennifer; Castro, Rylee; Cress Palencia, Eva; Czarnecki, Jake; Epstein, Jordyn; Harris, Nikki; Hinojos, Patience; Hippisley, Max; House, Erin; Hullett, Jackson; Johnson, Nathan; King, Amelie; Lankelyte, Saule; Loya, Juan; MacKenzie, Ashley; Mighdoll, Ilana; Morrill, Molly; Ramos Jimenez, Maria De Jesus; Teklemedhin, Lilly; Trujillo, Joseph; Verachtert, Lauren; Verachtert, Nathan; Vreeland, Violet; Welch, Alex; and Wright, Jada, "Diabetes and Hypertension Frequencies and Trends in the Health Districts of Sololá" (2025). Anthropology: Undergraduate Student Scholarship. 11.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/anthropology_student/11 https://doi.org/10.56902/STUSCH.2025.2

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.56902/STUSCH.2025.2