INTRODUCTION There is inadequate evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health promotion interventions. The Salut Programme aims to reach all parents and children in the Västerbotten County of Sweden with a combination of health promotion interventions initiated during pregnancy and continued over the childhood period. This study protocol describes an effectiveness study and a...

We investigated the relationship between reported cases of influenza in Catalonia (Spain). Covariates analyzed were: population, age, data of report of influenza, and health region during 2010-2014 using data obtained from the SISAP program (Institut Catala de la Salut - Generalitat of Catalonia). Reported cases were related with the study of covariates using a descriptive analysis. Generalized...

1 Servei d’estudis i Prospectives en Polítiques de Salut, Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya, Avenida Tibidabo, 21, Barcelona 08022, Spain. Send correspondence and reprint requests to: María Luisa Vázquez, Servei d’estudis i Prospectives en Polítiques de Salut, Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya, Avenida Tibidabo, 21, Barcelona 08022, Spain; telephone: 0034932531820; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Th...

Affiliations of authors: Center for Infection Research in Cancer, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL (ARG); Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (ARK); Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology, IDIBELL, Spain (SdS); CIBER Epidemiologia y Salut Públi...

Fernando Berrendero,1 Brigitte L. Kieffer,2 and Rafael Maldonado1 Laboratori de Neurofarmacologia, Facultat de Ciéncies de la Salut i de la Vida, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain, and Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale/Université Louis Pasteur, BP 1...