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Este artículo es un breve trabajo conceptual y teórico sobre los cambios paradigmáticos ocurridos en materia de discapacidad, el cual se enfoca en el Modelo social y el Diseño universal, y sus efectos en los derechos humanos de acceso a la cultura y las acciones prácticas que se pueden adoptar para tomar accesibles los servicios y los espacios culturales, principalmente de los museos y las galerías de arte, para todas las personas. El mismo se ha basado en reflexiones de carácter vivencial y pretende sensibilizar a la sociedad en general y en particular a los operadores de los servicios culturales, acerca de la experiencia de personas con discapacidad visual en el acceso a éstos servicios, ofreciendo algunas recomendaciones generales y dejando planteadas varias interrogantes acerca del papel de las universidades en la ampliación de oportunidades de acceso y disfrute de los productos y servicios culturales para las personas con discapacidad y las personas adultas mayores. En este contexto se propone que, para evitar la exclusión y la discriminación por causa de las diferentes barreras del entorno cultural costarricense, las políticas públicas y la legislación en el ámbito de los derechos culturales, deben contemplar el diseño de espacios, productos y servicios aplicando criterios del diseño universal y la accesibilidad para todas las personas. En Costa Rica esto es legalmente vinculante para aquellos programas y servicios que cuenten con el financiamiento del Estado y las municipalidades. ; This paper is a brief conceptual and theoretical work about paradigmatic changes in disability, focused over the Social Model and the universal design and its effects in human rights of accessing into culture and practical actions that can be adopted to turn accessible to all te people, mainly elderly citizen (65 year old and elder) cultural services and spaces, mostly, those from museums and art galleries It is based on personal reflections and own experiences, and pretend to sensitize about the experience of people with sight disability trying to access to this services, besides, to offer some general recommendations and expose several questions about the role universities in widening the opportunities of accessing and enjoying all cultural products and services for people with disability and the elderly. In order to avoid exclusion and discrimination because of the different barriers of the costarrican cultural world, public policies and legislation in the cultural rights field, it must be contemplated the designing of spaces, products and services applying universal design and the accessibility criteria for all people. In Costa Rica this is legally entailed for those programs and services that count with state and municipal financing.

This is a brief conceptual and theoretical paper on paradigmatic changes experienced with disability. It is focused on the Social Model and the Universal Design, as well as the effects on the human rights to access culture and the practical actions that can be adopted to make cultural spaces and services, mostly museums and art galleries, accessible to all, mainly, elderly citizens (65 year old and older). This paper is based on the author's personal reflections and experiences, and is aimed at raising awareness within society in general and cultural service operators in particular, regarding the experience of those visually impaired accessing these services. Some general recommendations are offered, and several questions are raised about the role of universities in broadening opportunities for people with disabilities and the elderly to access and enjoy cultural products and services. Within this context, in order to avoid exclusion and discrimination due to the different barriers in the Costa Rican cultural environment, public policies and legislation regarding cultural rights must include the design of spaces, products and services based on the universal design and accessibility for all. In Costa Rica this is legally binding for those programs and services financed by the State and municipalities. ; Este artículo es un breve trabajo conceptual y teórico sobre los cambios paradigmáticos ocurridos en materia de discapacidad, enfocándose en el Modelo social y el Diseño universal, y sus efectos en los derechos humanos de acceso a la cultura y las acciones prácticas que se pueden adoptar para tornar accesibles los servicios y los espacios culturales, principalmente de los museos y las galerías de arte, para todas las personas. El mismo se ha basado en reflexiones de carácter vivencial y pretende sensibilizar a la sociedad en general y en particular a los operadores de los servicios culturales, acerca de la experiencia de personas con discapacidad visual en el acceso a éstos servicios, ofreciendo algunas recomendaciones generales y dejando planteadas varias interrogantes acerca del papel de las universidades en la ampliación de oportunidades de acceso y disfrute de los productos y servicios culturales para las personas con discapacidad y las personas adultas mayores. En este contexto se propone que, para evitar la exclusión y la discriminación por causa de las diferentes barreras del entorno cultural costarricense, las políticas públicas y la legislación en el ámbito de los derechos culturales, deben contemplar el diseño de espacios, productos y servicios aplicando criterios del diseño universal y la accesibilidad para todas las personas. En Costa Rica esto es legalmente vinculante para aquellos programas y servicios que cuenten con el financiamiento del Estado y las municipalidades.

The purpose of this work was to make a meditation on the management of intangibles as it is a strategic vision for organizations to be at the forefront of big competitive companies, this research was done under a documentary and descriptive methodology through the analysis of the conceptualizations of knowledge management based on intellectual capital and its dimensions, describing each one with the aspects of agricultural management to determine how to increase the competitiveness of the organization and be able to improve the weaknesses of this type of traditionalist companies, and so they can unblock their state to progress.

IntroductionAlterations in duration of gestation and fetal growth such as preterm birth (PTB) or small and large for gestational age (SGA, LGA) have long-term consequences on respiratory health. The risk of health services use for respiratory conditions in infants born PTB, SGA or LGA in Canada needs to be evaluated.
Objectives and ApproachWe evaluated the association between PTB, SGA and LGA and health services utilization for respiratory diseases in early childhood. We linked three administrative health databases to identify all singleton live births in Alberta between 2005-2010. We obtained data on the number of hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits in the first five years of life for acute upper respiratory infections, acute lower respiratory infections, wheezing disorders, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and influenza and pneumonia. Odds ratios (OR) of health services use for PTB, SGA, LGA were calculated adjusting for important covariates (e.g., maternal age, sex, socioeconomic status, total antepartum risk score).
ResultsThe cohort contained 206,994 infants of whom 9.1% were PTB, 8.5% were SGA and 9.4% were LGA. Babies born prematurely (PTB) were more likely to have a respiratory disease in the first five years of life than babies experienced fetal growth alterations (SGA or LGA). PTB increased significantly the odds of acute lower respiratory infections by 30 to 90%, of wheezing disorders by 40 to 70%, of influenza and pneumonia by 30 to 60%, and of acute upper respiratory infections by 10 to 50%. By contrast, SGA increased the odds of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by 3 to 300%, and LGA increased the odds of acute upper respiratory infections by 11 to 18% and of acute lower respiratory infections by 8 to 11%.
Conclusion/ImplicationsPrematurity and alterations in fetal growth are associated with increased hospital and ED admissions in early childhood. The patterns differ for PTB, SGA, and LGA. Linkage of administrative health data provides useful epidemiological evidence to inform the burden of early childhood respiratory diseases resulting from adverse birth outcomes.

As new environmental exposures are continuously identified, environmental influences on health are of growing concern. Knowledge regarding the impacts of environmental exposures is constantly evolving and is often incomplete. In this paper, we describe a multi-phased, multi-stakeholder engagement initiative involving diverse stakeholders with an interest in building a children's environmental health research agenda which would link with and support local practices and policies. The intent of this initiative was to identify priority research issues, themes and questions by implementing a tested Research Planning Model that encompassed the engagement of diverse stakeholders. Here, we describe the model application, which was specifically focused on children's health and the environment. A key component of the model was the ongoing stakeholder engagement process. This included two stakeholder forums, during which participants identified three main research themes (social determinants of health, environmental exposures and knowledge translation) and a short list of research questions. Other key components of the model included the development of a Global Sounding Board of key stakeholders, an Advisory Board and a Scientific Panel with mandates to review and prioritise the research questions. In our case, the Advisory Board and Scientific Panel prioritised questions that focused on environmental exposures related to children's respiratory outcomes. The stakeholder engagement described here is an evolving process with frequent changes of context, sustained by the commitment and dedication of the Children's Environment and Health Research planning team and the Advisory Board. In this article, we share the engagement process, outcomes, successes, challenges and lessons learned from this ongoing experience.
Keywordsstakeholder engagement, children's health, environmental health, health research