La elaboración de esta publicación se dio como parte de la Iniciativa de Prevención de la Violencia y las Lesiones (VIP) en el marco
de Salud y Seguridad Humana, desarrollado e implementado por un grupo de instituciones, cordinado por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de ...
For concerned citizens and influential thinkers and doers, the McMaster Health Forum
strives to be a leading hub for improving health outcomes through collective problem
solving. Operating at the regional/provincial level and at national levels, the Forum
harnesses information, convenes stakeholders and ...
Policy-makers, stakeholders and knowledge brokers (including researchers) all
have a great deal they can learn from one another. Policy-makers need access
to good-quality health systems information that they can apply to a local issue.
Stakeholders may seek to influence health policy as well as make deci...
While there is a considerable body of health systems information being
generated, it is often not being used as a key input in the policy-making
process. The BRIDGE systematic review highlights several examples of health
systems information: not being used at all, being only partially used, being
used to...
L’objectif de cette note est d’informer les délibérations des décideurs et des parties prenantes. Elle
résume les meilleures données probantes disponibles, au sujet des options stratégiques et des
considérations de leur mise en œuvre, pour améliorer l’accessibilité financière des service...
There is a general lack of attention given to ‘what to do next’ to advance
knowledge brokering in many European countries’ health systems. Four sets
of interrelated issues can contribute to this problem within any given country’s
health system....
Le problème: Au Cameroun, les usagers des services d?accueil des urgences (SAU) notamment dans les hôpitaux régionaux et nationaux (1°, 2° et 3° catégories) autant que les soignants se plaignent de la faible accessibilité et de la mauvaise qualité des soins qui y sont délivrés ; ces plaintes s...
A core question for policy-makers will be the extent to which investments
in preventive actions that address some of the social determinants of health
represent an effi cient option to help promote and protect population health.
Can they reduce the level of ill health in the population? How strong is the...
This policy brief contributes to the evidence base of policy development for scaling up
palliative care services across Uganda, particularly among population groups with ‘special
needs’, such as the poor, those living in rural areas, children or parents with life-limiting
diseases, the elderly, and t...
Managing multiple medical conditions is part of the daily
life of a growing number of Ontarians. As Fortin et al.
observed, “patients with multiple conditions are the rule
rather than the exception in primary care.”(2)
Multimorbidity (living with three or more medical
conditions) has attracted signif...
