Total of resources: 27165

Towards better stewardship: concepts and critical issues

This paper reports current World Health Organization work on stewardship. Also it reviews related work in health and other sectors, and presents WHO ‘s current thinking on ‘domain / sub functions’ ...
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Resource added in: 03/07/2002
Available languages: English
16672, Health Care Reform, Equity, Living Conditions, Advocacy, Policies

Simposio 2001: Violencia de género, salud y derechos en las Américas - informe final.

Incluye el relato de las experiencias analizadas en la reunión y las recomendaciones sobre políticas públicas, legislación, programas y servicios, información, comunicación y educación, capacit...
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Resource added in: 02/07/2002
Available languages: English, Spanish
Violence, Domestic Violence, Gender Identity, Health, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Anais de congresso

Anuário Estatístico do Estado de São Paulo

Elaborado pela Fundação SEADE, o Anuário disponibiliza um conjunto de informações sobre o Estado de São Paulo e suas regiões, de 1994 a 2001, reunidas por capítulos: agricultura, caracterizaç...
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Resource added in: 01/07/2002
Available languages: Portuguese
Public Health, Demography, Statistics as Topic, Population Characteristics, Vital Statistics, Mortality, Morbidity, Sanitation, Housing, Environment

New report examines systems that rate the strength of scientific research studies and their findings

This report identifies and compares systems that rate the quality of evidence in individual research studies and compilations of studies addressing a common scientific issue. Also provides guidance on...
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Resource added in: 01/07/2002
Available languages: English
Research, Evidence-Based Medicine, Use of Scientific Information for Health Decision Making, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Uso de resultados de investigación

Evidence report/Technology assessment: Number 47. Systems to rate the strength of scientific evidence

The authors, identify the titles and abstracts for a total of 1.602 publications related to rating the quality of studies and the overall strength of evidence.
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Resource added in: 01/07/2002
Available languages: English
Evidence-Based Medicine, Quality of Health Care, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Health perfonmance assesment, /Practice, Management, Media

Addressing inequity in health and health care In Mexico

This paper presents the inequities of the health care system and describes how it contributes to the status quo rather than redressing the situation. After tracing the origins of the present system, a...
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Resource added in: 01/07/2002
Available languages: English
Health Care Reform, Social Security, Equity in Access to Health Services, Insurance, Health, Health Status Disparities, Advocacy, Equity, Living Conditions

British Geriatrics Society

It presents institutional information, news, training events, meetings schedule, information on grants, submission of abstracts, and Special Interest Group - SIG. It allows access to publications on g...
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Resource added in: 30/06/2002
Available languages: English
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Aging, Geriatrics

British Society for Research on Ageing - BSRA

It presents institutional information, the BSRA's annual meeting agenda, information about publications and subscriptions. It allows access to an example copy of the BSRA's journal "Lifespan". The doc...
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Resource added in: 30/06/2002
Available languages: English
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Geriatrics, Aging, Associações e sociedades internacionais

British Society of Gerontology - BSG

It presents institutional information, the BSG's annual conference agenda, events, information about subscriptions, publications, and research directory. It allows access to publications on gerontolog...
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Resource added in: 30/06/2002
Available languages: English
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Geriatrics, Aging

Austrian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology

It presents institutional information, links for other institutions, course program, information about events, grant of award for research projects, Society's journal, and other activities in geriatri...
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Resource added in: 30/06/2002
Available languages: English, German
Aged, Health of the Elderly, Aging, Geriatrics