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The evolution of New Zealand's health workforce policy and planning system: a study of workforce governance and health reform
(BioMed CentralGB, 2019-07-05)
Introduction: While considerable attention has been given to improving health workforce planning practice, few articles focus on the relationship between health workforce governance and health reform. By outlining a sequence ...
On the World Health Organisation's measurement of health inequalities
(Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2002)
Study objective: To review the World Health Organisation's methodological approach for the purpose of measuring health inequalities presented in the WHR 2000 and reference papers.
Main findings: Recommending that health ...
Global health policy in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities to arrest the global disability burden from musculoskeletal health conditions
The profound burden of disease associated with musculoskeletal
health conditions is well established. Despite the unequivocal
disability burden and personal and societal consequences, relative
to other non-communicable ...
Peruvian Mental Health Reform: A Framework for Scaling-up Mental Health Services
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Mental, neurological, and substance (MNS) use disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide; specifically in Peru, MNS affect 1 in 5 persons. However, the great majority of people suffering from these ...
AMBIVALENT IMPLICATIONS OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A STUDY IN THE BRAZILIAN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
(FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS, 2011)
This article evaluates social implications of the ""SIGA"" Health Care Information System (HIS) in a public health care organization in the city of Sao Paulo. The evaluation was performed by means of an in-depth case study ...
Oral Health in Brazil - Part I: public oral health policies
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2008)
This paper reviews the historical development of public health policies in Brazil and the insertion of oral health in this context. Since 1988, Brazil established a Unified National Health System ("Sistema Único de Saúde" ...
Health equity: access to quality services and caring for underserved populations
(Oxford University Press, 2023)
Barriers to access to quality services and caring for underserved populations are a call to action for researchers and other key partners to achieve health equity. In order to accomplish this, several key partners play ...
Austerity comes to Latin America: Lessons from the recent European experience on studying its effects on health
(Universidad Nacional de Lanús, 2019)
Oral Health in Brazil - Part I: public oral health policies
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica - SBPqO, 2008-08)
This paper reviews the historical development of public health policies in Brazil and the insertion of oral health in this context. Since 1988, Brazil established a Unified National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - ...