Resultados: 17

    Estimulando o uso de evidências científicas na tomada de decisão
    Stimulating the use of scientific evidence in decision-making

    Um dos principais desafios das políticas de saúde é promover o uso sistemático de evidências científicas na sua formulação e implementação. Esse desafio é ainda mais significativo em países como o Brasil, onde os resultados das políticas de saúde são condicionados também por fatores socio...

    Preventing interpersonal and self-directed violence and injuries in the Caribbean

    The issue of violence and injuries and its status as a major public health problem has gained significant political traction both internationally and within the Caribbean region during the last two decades. Internationally, the momentum began to build across the Americas in 1993 with PAHO resolution CD37...

    Optimizing clinical practice in Ontario based on data, evidence and guidelines

    Optimizing clinical practice based on data, evidence and guidelines is a challenge faced in every health system around the world. The way the challenge manifests itself at the level of the patient has been remarkably consistent over time: tough decisions made at the intersection of clinical expertise, pa...

    ¿Cuál es el efecto en salud de la instalación de desfibriladores automáticos externos en espacios públicos?: síntesis rápida de evidencia
    What is the health effect of installing automatic external defibrillators in public spaces?: rapid evidence synthesis

    ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO Cada año mueren 6 millones de personas a nivel mundial debido a un paro cardiaco, de los cuales un 25%-35% ocurren en lugares públicos. Contemplando que una desfibrilación temprana aumenta sustancialmente la tasa de supervivencia, existen los desfibriladores automáticos extern...

    Policy summary 10: addressing needs in the public health workforce in Europe

    Health systems in Europe face a number of increasingly complex challenges. Globalization, evolving health threats, an ageing society, fi nancial constraints on government spending, and social and health inequalities are some of the most pressing. Such challenges require not only different funding and org...

    Prevenção e controle da dengue no espaço urbano

    A dengue é um dos principais problemas de saúde pública do mundo. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) estima que entre 50 a 100 milhões de pessoas se infectem anualmente, em mais de 100 países, de todos os continentes, exceto a Europa. Cerca de 550 mil doentes necessitam de hospitalização e 20...

    Which are the most effective and cost-effective interventions for tobacco control?

    Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable premature death in the world today, claiming 1.6 million lives per year in the European Region, with 2 million projected by 2020. Although tobacco deaths are on the rise globally, in some places control policies have managed to reduce smoking. Millions of peo...