Evidence indicates that actions within four main themes (early child development, fair employment and decent work, social protection, and the living environment) are likely to have the greatest impact on the social determinants of health and health inequities. A systematic search and analysis of recommen...
Evidence syntheses use multidisciplinary and intersectoral sources of evidence to support policy-making. The Health Evidence Network (HEN) has supported and strengthened the use of evidence in health policy-making in the WHO European Region since 2003. The HEN synthesis report series responds to public h...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
Debido al aumento de la población de adultos mayores, se prevé un aumento en la tasa de hospitalización. Los adultos mayores frágiles, son quienes presentan con mayor frecuencia desenlaces adversos en salud como pérdida de la funcionalidad, readmisión hospitalaria y mortalid...
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Geriatrics,
Frail Elderly
Aqui apresentamos, de forma breve, os principais aspectos abordados pelas ferramentas SUPPORT (Supporting Policy Relevant Reviews and Trials) para elaboração de políticas de saúde informadas por evidências. As Ferramentas SUPPORT foram apresentadas em um conjunto de artigos publicados em 2009 na rev...
É reconhecido amplamente que as intervenções de saúde sustentadas pelas evidências de pesquisa serão mais efetivas do que aquelas que não são. Entretanto, na formulação de políticas de saúde, com seus processos decisórios não lineares e motivações políticas concorrentes, o uso de evidên...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
Organizaciones internacionales han llevado a cabo estrategias de prevención del VIH/SIDA, promoviendo entre otras alternativas, la distribución y uso de preservativos. El Condón Femenino(CF) ha sido promovido internacionalmente como un método que, a diferencia del Condón Masc...
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Health Policy,
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Condoms, Female
The lack of effective use of research evidence in policy-making is a major challenge in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is need to package research data into effective policy tools that will help policy-makers to make evidence-informed policy regarding infectious diseases of poverty ...
The REACH policy initiative SURE project under UNHRO in collaboration with the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University had produced a policy brief on increasing access to skilled birth attendance which was the focus for discussion in this meeting. The brief describes the problem, highlights three...
The poor governance in Cameroonian health districts stems from a lack of clear and consistent operating procedures for district governing bodies and health services, power imbalance between district managers and community representatives, and insufficient knowledge of the existing legal and regulatory fr...
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) programmes provide cash to poor households who meet certain health and education conditions such as regular school attendance and health check-ups for children at the clinic. This model of intervention is spreading rapidly throughout the developing world. Over 17 countrie...
