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Bebederos públicos: informe técnico n°6: serie de informes técnicos en obesidad infantil
Public drinking fountains: technical report n°6: technical report series on childhood obesity

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO El sobrepeso comprende un problema de salud a nivel global. Al mirar las tendencias en la población infantil, el último reporte de salud pública de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos sobre el país, estima que casi un 45% de los niños y niñas ch...

Asesorías de lactancia materna: informe n°13: serie de informes técnicos en obesidad infantil
Breastfeeding counseling: report nº13: technical report series on childhood obesity

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO Al mirar las tendencias en la población infantil, el último reporte de salud pública de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos sobre el país, estima que casi un 45% de los niños y niñas chilenos tienen obesidad o sobrepeso. El presente informe tie...

Provisión de infraestructura o equipamiento para realizar actividad física: informe n°9: serie de informes técnicos en obesidad infantil
Provision of infrastructure or equipment for physical activity: report n°9: technical report series on childhood obesity

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO El sobrepeso comprende un problema de salud a nivel global. Al mirar las tendencias en la población infantil, el último reporte de salud pública de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos sobre el país, estima que casi un 45% de los niños y niñas ch...

Examining the effects of youth skills-development programs

Improving labour-market participation of youth is a common objective across most advanced economies. Achieving this goal is critical to developing a strong economy, as well as for ensuring the social cohesion and inclusion of youth in society.(1) However, countries around the world face the significant c...

Examining the efficiency and effectiveness of ontario’s health workforce regulatory system

The regulation and oversight of the health professionals responsible for providing care to patients in Ontario is an important mechanism to ensure patients receive the highest-quality care possible (e.g., by setting the standards that professionals need to meet in their practice) while mitigating, to the...

Identifying how area-based socio-economic Indicators are measured in Canada

Socio-economic status (SES) is (based on the definition from BC Stats) a measure of the economic and social status of an individual or group of individuals based on education, income, occupation, and other relevant indicators, relative to other members of the population.(1) Given that it is an indicator ...

Evaluation of the effects of a generic substitution policy implemented in Chile

BMJ Glob. Health; 4 (2), 2019
Chile implemented a generic substitution policy in 2014 to improve access to medicines. This study aims to measure if the generic substitution policy had an effect on the sales volume and prices of referent and the branded generic products with demonstrated bioequivalence (BEQ) in the private pharmaceuti...

Economic Analyses of policies to reduce cervical cancer

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (hereafter referred to as the Partnership) completed an environmental scan in 2018 of cervical cancer screening in Canada.(6) The scan found that organized cervical cancer screening programs are available in most provinces, with the exception of Quebec.(6) Organize...