The issue of violence and injuries and its status as a
major public health problem has gained significant
political traction both internationally and within the
Caribbean region during the last two decades.
Internationally, the momentum began to build
across the Americas in 1993 with PAHO resolution
CD37...
Undocumented migrants are people within a country without the necessary documents and permits. They are considered at higher risk for health problems because of their irregular status and the consequences of economic and social marginalization. A systematic review found 122 documents that suggested polic...
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...
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...
This report summarizes the best available evidence for a link between psychosocial factors and morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases and cancer in the WHO European Region. The authors searched a total of 1822 Medline and PubMed articles published in English since January 2000, and identifi...
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...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
Los Bancos de Leche Materna (BLM) son una iniciativa para recolectar, almacenar, procesar y entregar leche materna donada voluntariamente a recién nacidos prematuros y de bajo peso.
Tanto partidarios como detractores de la implementación de Bancos de Leche Materna reconocen el e...
We did not identify systematic reviews that addressed
information-exchange systems. Of the 16 studies we
identified that focused on approaches to supporting
information exchange between sites and stakeholders,
13 specifically focused on health information
exchange (HIE) systems that have been widely
impl...
ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO
Una de las posibles causas del aumento sostenido de la obesidad/sobrepeso es la alta disponibilidad de alimentos con bajo contenido nutricional; estudios muestran que la reducción de la ingesta de este tipo de alimentos (especialmente de alto contenido de azúcar) reduce el riesg...
ANTECEDENTES
Considerando a la Atención Primaria de Salud (APS) como el primer contacto que un paciente tiene con el sistema público de salud, la satisfacción y el trato que los usuarios reciban en este nivel es importante para entregar una atención de calidad.
Un estudio realizado por el MINSAL el a...
