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The Brazilian National Health Agency and the Mental Health Policy in the Context of the Private Health System: developments and challenges
(UNIV SAO PAULO, FAC SAUDE PUBLICASAO PAULO, 2012)
This work analyses the mental health policy-making activity of the Brazilian National Health Agency (ANS), responsible for controlling health insurance companies. Three points are discussed: a) the framework of an economic ...
Participation in discussion spaces of health informatics in Brazil
(Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2013)
This work analyses instances of discussion related to the Brazilian public policy on health information and communication technologies (ICT). Departing from a theoretical model, which relates health ICT outcomes to instances ...
Friere`s Dialogic Concept Enables Family Health Program Teams to Incorporate Health Promotion
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011)
Objective The study analyzes the possibility of incorporating health promotion measures into the work processes of Family Health Program teams at a primary health care clinic in Brazil. Design and Sample We used the ...
Health-system reform and universal health coverage in Latin America
(Elsevier, 2014)
Starting in the late 1980s, many Latin American countries began social sector reforms to alleviate poverty, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, improve health outcomes, and provide financial risk protection. In particular, ...
Sharing Histories-a transformative learning/teaching method to empower community health workers to support health behavior change of mothers
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: One of the keys to improving health globally is promoting mothers' adoption of healthy home practices for improved nutrition and illness prevention in the first 1000 days of life from conception. Customarily, ...
Countdown to 2015 country case studies: systematic tools to address the "black box" of health systems and policy assessment
(BMC, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Evaluating health systems and policy (HSP) change and implementation is critical in understanding reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) progress within and across countries. Whilst data for ...
Global Mental Health and systems of diagnostic classification: clinical and cultural perspectives
(Universidad de Chile, 2016)
Historical and conceptual aspects of Global Health and Global Mental Health are examined and topics such as resources, professional and social attitudes toward mental disorders, the multidimensional experience of getting ...
Comparing the performance of the public, social security and private health subsystems in Argentina by core dimensions of primary health care
(Oxford University Press, 2016-06)
Background: Most Latin American health systems are comprised of public (PubS), social security (SSS) and private (PrS) subsystems. These subsystems coexist, causing health care fragmentation and population segmentation. ...
Decentralization and regionalization: dynamics and conditioning factors for the implementation of the Health Pact in Brazil
(ABRASCORIO DE JANEIRO, 2012)
Decentralization and regionalization represent constitutional guidelines for the organization of the Unified Health System, which in the last 20 years has required the adoption of mechanisms to coordinate and accommodate ...