Equidad y salud materno-infantil en Honduras
Este estudio surge como una necesidad de información útil y relevante para la formulación de políticas públicas orientadas a mejorar las condiciones de salud en un marco de equidad. El objetivo p...
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23/03/2001
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50003, Health Status, Salud Materno Infantil, Equidad en estado de salud
The use of capitation payment by the Social Security Institute and Previsional Medical Enterprises in Nicaragua
Nicaragua externalized the provision of health care from the Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social, introduced competition between public and private health care providers, called Empresas Médi...
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Delivery of Health Care, Social Security, Health Reform, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Broken bodies, shattered minds: Torture and ill treatment of women
Torture of women is rooted in a global culture which denies women equal rights with men, and which legitimizes the violent appropriation of women's bodies for individual gratification or political end...
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22/03/2001
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Women, Human Rights, Delivery of Health Care, Advocacy
Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st Century
The report envisions a revamped system that not only is centered on the needs, preferences, and values of patients, but also encourages teamwork among health care workers and makes much greater use of...
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Health Systems, Quality Care, Advocacy, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
Early marriage: child spouses
The Digest looks at the reasons for the perpetuation of early marriage, and its possible increase in populations under stress. A key factor is poverty, with the marriage of children often seen as a st...
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Poverty, Children, Adolescents, Economic survival, Equity, Living Conditions
Global Action on Aging
Apresenta os objetivos da instituição, galeria de fotos, links para páginas sobre direito dos idosos, direitos previdenciários, calendário de eventos, publicações da instituição (disponíveis...
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Aged, Aged Rights, Health, Medicare, Envelhecimento (humano)
Ethical issues in international health research
Participants from both developing and industrialized countries have an opportunity to compare experiences, receive expert advice, and voice their concerns in five days of lectures, case studies, and p...
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Research, Ethics, Advocacy, Políticas nacionales de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación con énfasis en el área de salud
Medical out-of-pocket spending in poverty thresholds
Two options for including amounts for medical out-of-pocket spending (moop) in poverty thresholds like those proposed by the National Research Council are presented. Using an experimental poverty data...
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22/03/2001
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Poverty, 51593, Data Collection, Health Expenditure, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
Early entrance to the job market and its effect on adult health: evidence from Brazil
The debate about the appropriate policy response to child labor is complex, requiring a balance between protecting the health of the child and safeguarding the income of the family. These findings ind...
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21/03/2001
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Evidence-Based Medicine, Child Health, Health Equity, Equity, Living Conditions
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Cuba - BVS Cuba
Presenta información sobre la BVS, vigilancia en salud, atención primaria, medicina en desastres, y permite acceso a bases de datos bibliográficas, a texto completo y numéricas, directorios, revis...
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Libraries, Medical, Biological Science Disciplines, Biblioteca virtual em saúde
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