Mendes IAC, Ventura CAA. Nursing Protagonism in the UN Goals for the people’s health. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem. 2017;25:e2864. [Access ___ __ ____]; Available in: ____________________. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1590/1518-8345.0000.2864. URL day month year For decades, high-level discussions on possible actions and strategic goals have been conducted aiming at achieving a better level of heal...

Letters Community participation in health care Editor – I agree, but only in part, with the views expressed in the editorial " Community participation in health impact assessment: intuitively appealing but practically difficult " (1). The authors have considered many important issues relating to community participation, such as democratic processes, community empowerment, and top-down professio...

results according to the studies reviewed, induction of mild hypothermia in patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation would lead to increased survival and better neurological outcome; however, studies on the complications of hypothermia or different methods of inducing hypothermia were limited and needed to be studied further. conclusions this study provides strategic issues concerning the i...

1. CHEDV, Sta Maria da Feira, Portugal 2. Villar-Bajwa Practice, Spire Lea Hospital, Cambridge, UK 3. Hip Department, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Sta Maria da Feira, Portugal 4. Hip Department, Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga, Porto Hip Unit director, Porto, Portugal *Correspondence to: F. Leal. E-mail: [email protected] Submitted 20 January 2015; Revised 20 ...

OBJECTIVE To study the implications of policy changes on the demand for antenatal care (ANC), HIV testing and hospital delivery among pregnant women in rural Malawi. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of monthly reports. SETTING Malamulo SDA hospital in Thyolo district, Makwasa, Malawi. METHODS Three hospital-based registers were analysed from 2005 to 2007. These were general ANC, delivery and...

Xiaofang Jia1, Li Liu1, Xiaoqian Liu1, Dage Wu1, Lin Yin1, Xiaohui Liu2, Jiaoli Zhang1, Pengyuan Yang2, Hongzhou Lu1*, and Lijun Zhang1* Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China *Correspondence address. Tel: þ86-21-37990333-5368; Fax: þ86-21-57248073; E-mail: [email protected]...

The practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) is central to the philosophy of the Permanente Medical Groups (PMG), but our beliefs don’t stop the world from changing around us. Physicians practicing EBM within the PMG will face a number of changes in the coming years—both positive and negative. Among the positive changes, the most obvious and perhaps the most significant is the implementation o...