Intercultural mediators are employed to resolve linguistic and cultural barriers in a variety of health-care contexts. This report examines the main roles performed by intercultural mediators in health care across the WHO European Region and analyses evidence on their effectiveness in improving accessibi...
A life-course approach to health and well-being has become a pillar in health policy-making; for example, Member States of the WHO European Region in the 2015 Minsk Declaration resolved to make greater use of a life-course approach in health policies. However, strategies for implementation of a life-cour...
Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of the arts on health
and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in different countries across the
WHO European Region and further afield. This report synthesizes the global evidence on t...
Arts interventions, such as singing in a choir to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are considered noninvasive, low-risk treatment options and are increasingly being used by Member States to supplement more traditional biomedical treatments. The Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report...
A yoga se caracteriza como uma prática integrativa de origem oriental que combina
posições corporais, técnicas de respiração, meditação e relaxamento.
Indicação
A prática da yoga traz benefícios para os sistemas musculoesquelético, endócrino e
respiratório, estimula as funções cognitivas...
A meditação é uma prática que consiste no foco da atenção para o momento presente, de
modo não analítico ou discriminativo, promovendo alterações favoráveis e de
fortalecimento físico, emocional, mental, social e cognitivo.
Indicação
É indicada para estímulo do bem-estar, relaxamento, red...
A acupuntura se caracteriza pelo estímulo preciso de locais anatômicos espalhados por todo
o corpo, por meio da inserção de finas agulhas filiformes metálicas. A auriculoterapia
consiste no estímulo das zonas neurorreativas localizadas na orelha por meio de esferas de
aço, ouro, prata, plástico, ...
O yoga caracteriza-se como uma prática integrativa de origem oriental que combina posições
corporais, técnicas de respiração, meditação e relaxamento.
Indicação
É indicada no tratamento de sistemas musculoesquelético, endócrino, respiratório, além de
outros agravos à saúde, e estimula as...
Health systems are moving away from traditional
primary care (e.g., by increasingly shifting to group
practice and interprofessional teams rather than solo
practice primary-care providers), which is often siloed
and results in barriers to timely access to care.(1) The
Ministry of Health of British Columb...
The 14 jurisdictions include one federal/national/panCanadian jurisdiction, 10 provincial jurisdictions, and three
territorial jurisdictions. The first of these jurisdictions
includes both areas of federal government responsibility for
providing healthcare – most notably for Indigenous peoples,
militar...
