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    Estratégias para estimular o uso de evidências científicas na tomada de decisão

    Um importante desafio para os sistemas de saúde é promover o uso sistemático do conhecimento em políticas públicas que busquem, ao mesmo tempo, melhorar a eficiência e as condições de saúde da população. O objetivo deste artigo foi identificar e discutir estratégias para estimular o uso de ev...

    Examining the impact of drop-in centres

    The three reviews with evidence regarding the impact of drop-in centres were conducted recently. Two of the reviews (both of medium quality) focused on adult day centres for older adults,(10;11) and the third (a high-quality review) focused on interventions for promoting reintegration and reducing harmfu...

    Comparing multi-component chronic-disease programs to disease-specific programs

    The provincial Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Strategy from 2008-12 (and then renewed until 2016) began with a focus on diabetes.(1) The strategy had a stated intention to expand beyond diabetes to a broader chronic-disease management approach. However, to determine whether it would be benefic...

    Eliminating discrimination and inequalities in access to water and sanitation

    Patterns of marginalisation and exclusion are present all over the world, with stark and persisting inequalities in access to water and sanitation. Progress made in the water and sanitation sector does not always benefit those who are most in need of these services, in particular the poorest, people livi...

    Changing sexual offender behaviour and assessing risk for reoffending

    We found 11 systematic reviews and 21 primary studies and non-systematic reviews relevant to the questions. Of these, seven reviews and 11 studies addressed the first question about remediation/rehabilitation models in changing sexual offender behaviour, and five reviews and 10 primary studies addressed ...

    Condón femenino (CF): diálogo de políticas
    Female condom (FC): policy dialogue

    ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO En Chile 38.000 personas viven con VIH/SIDA y unas 400-500 mueren anualmente a causa de esta condición. Por consecuencia, pese a la reconocida efectividad del Condón Masculino (CM) para prevenir la transmisión de VIH e Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual (ITS), numerosos actores...

    Identifying risk and protective factors for quality clinical practice

    We identified two overviews of systematic reviews, 18 systematic reviews and 17 primary studies from our searches that were relevant to the questions posed. The primary studies address the first question about risk factors for unsafe clinical practice, and both of the overviews and all of the systematic ...

    Public health aspects of migrant health: a review of the evidence on health status for refugees and asylum seekers in the European Region

    Refugees and asylum seekers are defined in many ways, but can be considered as those who did not make a voluntary choice to leave their country of origin and cannot return home in safety. Outcome data are limited and mostly focused on perinatal and mental health but do suggest significant levels of unmet...

    Public health aspects of migrant health: a review of the evidence on health status for labour migrants in the European Region

    A systematic search of scholarly and grey literature found 33 studies published in English between 2005 and 2015: 16 assessing the success of specific policies or interventions for labour migrants and 17 with best practice recommendations for policy-making. Documentation status, high socioeconomic status...

    Promoting better integration of health information systems: best practices and challenges

    This report addresses the current trends in Member States of the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in how to promote better integration of health information systems. To understand what better integration means from a pragmatic perspective, experts from 13 EU Member States we...