agenda-setting is a crucial step for inclusive health policies in the low- and middle-income countries (lmics). enlightened by ha et al manuscript, this commentary paper argues that ‘political impetus’ is the key to the successful agenda-setting of health policies in lmics, though other determinants may also play the role during the process. this vietnamese case study presents a good example fo...

background: women and children form two-thirds of the country's population and the health of mothers and children is effective in improving the health of the entire community. using the experience of successful countries in the world in this field, can improve maternal and child health indicators in iran. objective: the present study aimed to improve maternal and child health services mana...

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Select Health of South Carolina has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Select Health of South Carolina’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professiona...

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Arbor Health Plan has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Arbor Health Plan’ clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professional societies, and peer-reviewe...

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Arbor Health Plan has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Arbor Health Plan’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professional societies, and peer-review...

The scope of this article is to pose questions on the theme of Men, Health and Public Policies to render debate on the subject viable, based on theoretical and empirical references related to these issues. Initially, some historical landmarks on the theme are presented to provide guidelines for debate. An overview of the gender agenda in public policies is then presented to introduce the discus...

This article aims to analyze Equity Promotion Policies in Health implemented by the Ministry of Health for vulnerable groups, through the Department of Strategy and Participative Management based on race, ethnicity, gender and lifestyle markers. The three structural elements of these policies are identified as: participatory management, transversality and awareness / professional qualifications...

Are we making the best use of laboratory computer systems? In this first issue of the 1983 volume of the Journal of Automatic Chemistry we can look back on a very successful first year with our new publisher, Taylor & Francis Ltd. Their experience in scientific publishing has been of considerable value to me and the editorial team. We now have a well-produced, accepted and well-presented produc...

Dr. Jung-Gi Im served for five years as the Editor-inchief. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Radiological Society back in the last decade, Dr. Im devoted himself to giving birth to this English journal. In the editorial of the inaugural issue in 2000, Dr. Im pronounced that his editorial policy was to meet global standards and trends in radiology combined with an EastAsian pe...

In December 2011, Israel launched the National Program to Promote Active, Healthy Lifestyle, an inter-ministerial, intersectoral effort to address obesity and its contribution to the country's burden of chronic disease. This paper explores the National Program according to the "Health in All Policies" (HiAP) strategy for health governance, designed to engage social determinants of health and cu...