The lack of health system decision-maker engagement in
supporting comprehensive chronic pain management in
provincial and territorial healthcare systems in Canada
can be understood by considering four sets of
interrelated issues: 1) lack of awareness of chronic pain;
2) lack of awareness of limitations i...
Opportunities exist to disseminate evidence-based cancer control strategies to state-level policy makers in both
the legislative and executive branches. We explored factors that influence the likelihood that state-level policy
makers will find a policy brief understandable, credible, and useful....
Las estrategias implementadas en las últimas tres décadas para incrementar la cobertura y acceso
de comunidades excluidas a prestaciones de salud, se caracterizaban por una organización basada
en programas verticales entregados en los establecimientos de salud de la red de servicios, de
segundo y terc...
Le Problème Mortalité maternelle est un grave problème de santé publique en RCA avec un taux de 1355 décès pour 100.000 naissances vivantes. Quatre principales difficultés sont à la base de ce problème : o Difficultés liées à l’accès aux soins o Difficultés liées à l’insuffisa...
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la! terminación! de! éste,! es! una! tragedia! familiar! y! comunitaria,! con! profundas!
consecuencias! sociales! y! económicas.! La! mayoría! de! estas! muertes! pueden! ser!!
prevenibles! con! acciones! dirigidas! a...
Depuis les indépendances, les stratégies d’allocation budgétaire au niveau du ministère
de la santé étaient basées sur l’analyse des budgets passés (allocation historique), les
contraintes budgétaires générales et sur des pourcentages d’augmentation des crédits
par rapport aux exercices...
This issue brief was prepared in the context of great
local concern about dramatic inequalities in health
between neighbourhoods in Hamilton, which
correspond closely with long-standing neighbourhood
concentrations of poverty. There has been widespread
awareness of the problem of concentrated poverty in
...
An increasing number of global issues have emerged as
key determinants of health. Governments around the
world are recognizing the importance of considering and
acting upon these global issues as a way to protect and
improve the health of their citizens. Specifically, these
governments have started to re...
Clinical nurse specialists are defined as ‘registered
nurses holding a master’s degree in nursing and having
expertise in a clinical nursing specialty who promote
excellence in nursing practice. They serve as role models and
advocates for nurses by providing leadership in their roles
as clinicians, r...
