de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 23 de junio de 2010 16:11
asunto: [EQ] How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall:
How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally, 2010 Update
Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, and Kristof Stremikis
Commonwealth Fund June 2010
Available online PDF [34p.] at: http://bit.ly/bPSyNT
Chartpack (859K PPT)
Chartpack (274K PDF)
Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries.
This report—an update to three earlier editions—includes data from seven countries and incorporates patients' and physicians' survey results on care experiences and ratings on dimensions of care. Compared with six other nations—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—the U.S. health care system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives.
Newly enacted health reform legislation in the U.S. will start to address these problems by extending coverage to those without and helping to close gaps in coverage—leading to improved disease management, care coordination, and better outcomes over time.
Interactive tool:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/site_docs/slideshows/MirrorMirror/MirrorMirror.html
Other New International Resources
· Health Care Abroad and Reform at Home: The latest podcast from the Fund's "New Directions in Health Care" series examines the costs of providing medical services in other parts of the world and considers how health care reform might change the bottom line in this country.
· International Profiles of Health Care Systems: These overviews, covering Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.S., provide detailed information for each nation on health insurance coverage and benefits, health system financing, delivery system organization, quality assurance mechanisms, efforts to improve efficiency and control costs, and recent innovations and reforms.
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viernes, 25 de junio de 2010
[EQ] A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 23 de junio de 2010 16:13
asunto: [EQ] A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems
A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems
Rifat Atun,1, Thyra de Jongh, 2 Federica Secci, 3 Kelechi Ohiri 4 and Olusoji Adeyi 4,5
1 Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 2 Researcher, Centre for Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 3 Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 4 Health Specialist, Human Development Network, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA and 5 Coordinator of Public Health Programs, Human Development Network, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Available online at: http://bit.ly/8Y1zrv
“……..A longstanding debate on health systems organization relates to benefits of integrating health programmes that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access and improve health outcomes.
This debate has long been characterized by polarization of views and ideologies, with protagonists for and against integration arguing the relative merits of each approach. However, all too frequently these arguments have not been based on hard evidence. The presence of both integrated and non-integrated programmes in many countries suggests there may be benefits to either approach, but the relative merits of integration in various contexts and for different interventions have not been systematically analysed and documented.
In this paper we present findings of a systematic review that explores a broad range of evidence on:
(i) the extent and nature of the integration of targeted health programmes that emphasize specific interventions into critical health systems functions,
(ii) how the integration or non-integration of health programmes into critical health systems functions in different contexts has influenced programme success,
(iii) how contextual factors have affected the extent to which these programmes were integrated into critical health systems functions.
Our analysis shows few instances where there is full integration of a health intervention or where an intervention is completely non-integrated. Instead, there exists a highly heterogeneous picture both for the nature and also for the extent of integration. Health systems combine both non-integrated and integrated interventions, but the balance of these interventions varies considerably…………”
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fecha: 23 de junio de 2010 16:13
asunto: [EQ] A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems
A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems
Rifat Atun,1, Thyra de Jongh, 2 Federica Secci, 3 Kelechi Ohiri 4 and Olusoji Adeyi 4,5
1 Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 2 Researcher, Centre for Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 3 Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Health Management, Imperial College London, UK, 4 Health Specialist, Human Development Network, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA and 5 Coordinator of Public Health Programs, Human Development Network, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Available online at: http://bit.ly/8Y1zrv
“……..A longstanding debate on health systems organization relates to benefits of integrating health programmes that emphasize specific interventions into mainstream health systems to increase access and improve health outcomes.
This debate has long been characterized by polarization of views and ideologies, with protagonists for and against integration arguing the relative merits of each approach. However, all too frequently these arguments have not been based on hard evidence. The presence of both integrated and non-integrated programmes in many countries suggests there may be benefits to either approach, but the relative merits of integration in various contexts and for different interventions have not been systematically analysed and documented.
In this paper we present findings of a systematic review that explores a broad range of evidence on:
(i) the extent and nature of the integration of targeted health programmes that emphasize specific interventions into critical health systems functions,
(ii) how the integration or non-integration of health programmes into critical health systems functions in different contexts has influenced programme success,
(iii) how contextual factors have affected the extent to which these programmes were integrated into critical health systems functions.
Our analysis shows few instances where there is full integration of a health intervention or where an intervention is completely non-integrated. Instead, there exists a highly heterogeneous picture both for the nature and also for the extent of integration. Health systems combine both non-integrated and integrated interventions, but the balance of these interventions varies considerably…………”
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[EQ] 10 best resources on: health workers in developing countries
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 23 de junio de 2010 16:16
asunto: [EQ] 10 best resources on: health workers in developing countries
10 best resources on: health workers in developing countries
Karen A Gre´pin 1 and William D Savedoff
1 Assistant Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, ew York University, New York, NY
2 Senior Partner, Social Insight, Portland, ME, USA.
Available online at: http://bit.ly/bHAveF
KEY MESSAGES
· Until recently researchers and policymakers paid little attention to the role of health workers in developing countries but a new generation of studies are providing a fuller understanding of these issues using more sophisticated data and research tools.
· Recent research highlights the value of viewing health workers as active agents in dynamic labour markets who are faced with many competing incentives and constraints.
· Newer studies have provided greater insights into human resource requirements in health, the motivations and behaviours of health workers, and health worker migration. We are encouraged by the progress but believe there is a need for even more, and higher quality, research on this topic.
Our goal in this essay is not so much to present the ‘10 best’ resources on health workers, which would be presumptuous to say the least, but rather to introduce this new generation of research by highlighting a number of good research articles that demonstrate this trend.
These articles share a growing awareness that the number and quality of health workers engaged in health care services is influenced by more than government decisions about spending and deployment. They encompass the behaviour of private practitioners and nongovernmental organizations; people who seek health care; and health workers themselves as they make choices about their training, employment, location and work effort, all within a context defined by the broader labour market, politics and culture.
This is why recent research is often framed within the perspective of labour market analysis even if it emerges from fields like political science, sociology, anthropology, public administration and business management.
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fecha: 23 de junio de 2010 16:16
asunto: [EQ] 10 best resources on: health workers in developing countries
10 best resources on: health workers in developing countries
Karen A Gre´pin 1 and William D Savedoff
1 Assistant Professor, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, ew York University, New York, NY
2 Senior Partner, Social Insight, Portland, ME, USA.
Available online at: http://bit.ly/bHAveF
KEY MESSAGES
· Until recently researchers and policymakers paid little attention to the role of health workers in developing countries but a new generation of studies are providing a fuller understanding of these issues using more sophisticated data and research tools.
· Recent research highlights the value of viewing health workers as active agents in dynamic labour markets who are faced with many competing incentives and constraints.
· Newer studies have provided greater insights into human resource requirements in health, the motivations and behaviours of health workers, and health worker migration. We are encouraged by the progress but believe there is a need for even more, and higher quality, research on this topic.
Our goal in this essay is not so much to present the ‘10 best’ resources on health workers, which would be presumptuous to say the least, but rather to introduce this new generation of research by highlighting a number of good research articles that demonstrate this trend.
These articles share a growing awareness that the number and quality of health workers engaged in health care services is influenced by more than government decisions about spending and deployment. They encompass the behaviour of private practitioners and nongovernmental organizations; people who seek health care; and health workers themselves as they make choices about their training, employment, location and work effort, all within a context defined by the broader labour market, politics and culture.
This is why recent research is often framed within the perspective of labour market analysis even if it emerges from fields like political science, sociology, anthropology, public administration and business management.
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[EQ] Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 09:01
asunto: [EQ] Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
United Nations, New York June 23, 2010
Available online PDF [80p.] at: http://bit.ly/bmwAhK
The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 23 June 2010. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, warns that while some progress has been made, it is uneven. And it pinpoints the areas where the accelerated efforts are needed to meet MDGs by 2015.
“…….The Millennium Declaration represents the most important promise ever made to the world’s most vulnerable people. The MDG framework for accountability derived from the Declaration has generated an unprecedented level of commitment and partnership in building decent, healthier lives for billions of people and in creating an environment that contributes to peace and security.
The Millennium Development Goals are still attainable. The critical question today is how to transform the pace of change from what we have seen over the last decade into dramatically faster progress. The experience of these last ten years offers ample evidence of what works and has provided tools that can help us achieve the MDGs by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals summit in September will be an opportunity for world leaders to translate this evidence into a concrete agenda for action….”
This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs,
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fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 09:01
asunto: [EQ] Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
United Nations, New York June 23, 2010
Available online PDF [80p.] at: http://bit.ly/bmwAhK
The report is available in all UN languages. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010 was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 23 June 2010. The report, which presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs, warns that while some progress has been made, it is uneven. And it pinpoints the areas where the accelerated efforts are needed to meet MDGs by 2015.
“…….The Millennium Declaration represents the most important promise ever made to the world’s most vulnerable people. The MDG framework for accountability derived from the Declaration has generated an unprecedented level of commitment and partnership in building decent, healthier lives for billions of people and in creating an environment that contributes to peace and security.
The Millennium Development Goals are still attainable. The critical question today is how to transform the pace of change from what we have seen over the last decade into dramatically faster progress. The experience of these last ten years offers ample evidence of what works and has provided tools that can help us achieve the MDGs by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals summit in September will be an opportunity for world leaders to translate this evidence into a concrete agenda for action….”
This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs,
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[EQ] Poverty Lines across the World
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 09:42
asunto: [EQ] Poverty Lines across the World
Poverty Lines across the World
Martin Ravallion
The World Bank - Development Research Group Director’s Office
Policy Research Working Paper 5284 - April 2010
Available online PDF [38p.] at: http://bit.ly/aO2sTz
“………..National poverty lines vary greatly across the world, from under $1 per person per day to over $40 (at 2005 purchasing power parity). What accounts for these huge differences, and can they be understood within a common global definition of poverty?
For all except the poorest countries, the absolute, nutrition-based, poverty lines found in practice tend to behave more like relative lines, in that they are higher for richer countries. Prevailing methods of setting absolute lines allow ample scope for such relativity, even when nutritional norms are common across countries.
Both macro data on poverty lines across the world and micro data on subjective perceptions of poverty are consistent with a weak form of relativity that combines absolute consumption needs with social-inclusion needs that are positive for the poorest but rise with a country’s mean consumption. The strong form of relativism favored by some developed countries -- whereby the line is set at a fixed proportion of the mean -- emerges as the limiting case for very rich countries….”
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fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 09:42
asunto: [EQ] Poverty Lines across the World
Poverty Lines across the World
Martin Ravallion
The World Bank - Development Research Group Director’s Office
Policy Research Working Paper 5284 - April 2010
Available online PDF [38p.] at: http://bit.ly/aO2sTz
“………..National poverty lines vary greatly across the world, from under $1 per person per day to over $40 (at 2005 purchasing power parity). What accounts for these huge differences, and can they be understood within a common global definition of poverty?
For all except the poorest countries, the absolute, nutrition-based, poverty lines found in practice tend to behave more like relative lines, in that they are higher for richer countries. Prevailing methods of setting absolute lines allow ample scope for such relativity, even when nutritional norms are common across countries.
Both macro data on poverty lines across the world and micro data on subjective perceptions of poverty are consistent with a weak form of relativity that combines absolute consumption needs with social-inclusion needs that are positive for the poorest but rise with a country’s mean consumption. The strong form of relativism favored by some developed countries -- whereby the line is set at a fixed proportion of the mean -- emerges as the limiting case for very rich countries….”
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[EQ] Tackling Chronic Disease in Europe - Strategies, interventions and challenges
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 13:28
asunto: [EQ] Tackling Chronic Disease in Europe - Strategies, interventions and challenges
Tackling Chronic Disease in Europe
Strategies, interventions and challenges
Reinhard Busse, Professor and Director of the Department of Health Care Management at the Berlin University of Technology, and Associate Head for Research Policy of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Miriam Blümel, David Scheller-Kreinsen and Annette Zentner, research fellows at the Department of Health Care Management at the Berlin University of Technology.
World Health Organization 2010, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Full text of the book [PDF 750KB - 127p.] at: http://bit.ly/afrk27
“……..Chronic conditions and diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Europe, accounting for 86% of total premature deaths, and research suggests that complex conditions such as diabetes and depression will impose an even greater health burden in the future – and not only for the rich and elderly in high-income countries, but increasingly for the poor as well as low- and middle-income countries.
The epidemiologic and economic analyses in the first part of the book suggest that policy-makers should make chronic disease a priority.
This book highlights the issues and focuses on the strategies and interventions that policy-makers have at their disposal to tackle this increasing challenge.
Strategies discussed in the second part of this volume include
(1) prevention and early detection,
(2) new provider qualifications (e.g. nurse practitioners) and settings,
(3) disease management programmes and
(4) integrated care models.
But choosing the right strategies will be difficult, particularly given the limited evidence on effectiveness and cost/effectiveness.
In the third part, the book therefore outlines and discusses institutional and organizational challenges for policy-makers and managers:
(1) stimulating the development of new effective pharmaceuticals and medical devices,
(2) designing appropriate financial incentives,
(3) improving coordination,
(4) using information and communication technology, and
(5) ensuring evaluation.
To tackle these challenges successfully, key policy recommendations are made.
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Governments of Belgium, Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region of Italy, the European Investment Bank, the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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fecha: 24 de junio de 2010 13:28
asunto: [EQ] Tackling Chronic Disease in Europe - Strategies, interventions and challenges
Tackling Chronic Disease in Europe
Strategies, interventions and challenges
Reinhard Busse, Professor and Director of the Department of Health Care Management at the Berlin University of Technology, and Associate Head for Research Policy of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Miriam Blümel, David Scheller-Kreinsen and Annette Zentner, research fellows at the Department of Health Care Management at the Berlin University of Technology.
World Health Organization 2010, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Full text of the book [PDF 750KB - 127p.] at: http://bit.ly/afrk27
“……..Chronic conditions and diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Europe, accounting for 86% of total premature deaths, and research suggests that complex conditions such as diabetes and depression will impose an even greater health burden in the future – and not only for the rich and elderly in high-income countries, but increasingly for the poor as well as low- and middle-income countries.
The epidemiologic and economic analyses in the first part of the book suggest that policy-makers should make chronic disease a priority.
This book highlights the issues and focuses on the strategies and interventions that policy-makers have at their disposal to tackle this increasing challenge.
Strategies discussed in the second part of this volume include
(1) prevention and early detection,
(2) new provider qualifications (e.g. nurse practitioners) and settings,
(3) disease management programmes and
(4) integrated care models.
But choosing the right strategies will be difficult, particularly given the limited evidence on effectiveness and cost/effectiveness.
In the third part, the book therefore outlines and discusses institutional and organizational challenges for policy-makers and managers:
(1) stimulating the development of new effective pharmaceuticals and medical devices,
(2) designing appropriate financial incentives,
(3) improving coordination,
(4) using information and communication technology, and
(5) ensuring evaluation.
To tackle these challenges successfully, key policy recommendations are made.
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Governments of Belgium, Finland, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region of Italy, the European Investment Bank, the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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[Ergo] Llamado a participar desde Chile
de: EMK : emonterok@gmail.com
fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 08:58
asunto: [Ergo] Llamado a participar desde Chile
Saludos Ergolisteros,
Con mucho gusto retomo comunicación con la comunidad de ergonautas, y esta vez, para invitarles a todos los residentes en Chile a participar en la II Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño en Madrid 2010. En el llamado adjunto cabe destacar sus dos temáticas principales, “Diseño para el Desarrollo” y “Diseño para todos o inclusivo”, este último en el cual creo deben haber muchos trabajos y proyectos de los miembros de la ergolista que pueden participar. Los invito a todos a este llamado de preselección de trabajos que sólo requiere una breve descripción del tema (ver documento afiche adjunto y las bases en el sitio de la Bienal.
Con un especial abrazo y saludo,
enrique montero kaiser
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Director Gerente General EMK Diseño y Ergonomía Aplicada S.p.A.
Presidente Colegio Diseñadores Profesionales de Chile
Pass Director Sociedad Chilena de Ergonomía
Co-fundador Unión Latinoamericana de Ergonomía
Director Editorial de DiseñoLA.org
Docente de pre y pos grado
Máster en Ergonomía, UPC, Barcelona España
Máster Diseño Industrial y Creación de Productos, UPC, Barcelona España.
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Comunidad "ERGO"
Un proyecto de "Ergonomía en Español"
http://www.ergonomia.cl
¡¡MÁS DE 10 AÑOS!!
¡¡650 MIEMBROS!!
fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 08:58
asunto: [Ergo] Llamado a participar desde Chile
Saludos Ergolisteros,
Con mucho gusto retomo comunicación con la comunidad de ergonautas, y esta vez, para invitarles a todos los residentes en Chile a participar en la II Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño en Madrid 2010. En el llamado adjunto cabe destacar sus dos temáticas principales, “Diseño para el Desarrollo” y “Diseño para todos o inclusivo”, este último en el cual creo deben haber muchos trabajos y proyectos de los miembros de la ergolista que pueden participar. Los invito a todos a este llamado de preselección de trabajos que sólo requiere una breve descripción del tema (ver documento afiche adjunto y las bases en el sitio de la Bienal.
Con un especial abrazo y saludo,
enrique montero kaiser
***********************
Director Gerente General EMK Diseño y Ergonomía Aplicada S.p.A.
Presidente Colegio Diseñadores Profesionales de Chile
Pass Director Sociedad Chilena de Ergonomía
Co-fundador Unión Latinoamericana de Ergonomía
Director Editorial de DiseñoLA.org
Docente de pre y pos grado
Máster en Ergonomía, UPC, Barcelona España
Máster Diseño Industrial y Creación de Productos, UPC, Barcelona España.
*********************************************
Comunidad "ERGO"
Un proyecto de "Ergonomía en Español"
http://www.ergonomia.cl
¡¡MÁS DE 10 AÑOS!!
¡¡650 MIEMBROS!!
[EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 09:30
asunto: [EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities…Efficient and fair employment and welfare state policies are needed to reduce employment related health inequalities explain Joan Benach and colleagues..Joan Benach, director of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS). Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET)1,2, Carles Muntaner, professor of nursing1,3, Haejoo Chung, assistant professor1,3,4, Orielle Solar, undersecretary for public health1,5,6, Vilma Santana, associate professor7, Sharon Friel, associate professor8, Tanja AJ Houweling, senior research fellow 8, Michael Marmot, professor8
1 Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS), Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, 3 Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, 4 Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 5 Ministry of Health, Chile, 6 School of Public Heath. Universidad Mayor, Chile, 7 Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, 8 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
BMJ 2010;340:c2154 - 21 June 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c2154
Website: http://bit.ly/9GLI1T
“………..Globalisation has increased the inequality in working conditions across regions, countries, social groups, and occupations. It has also generated substantial social inequalities in health. Worldwide, about 1000 workers, mainly located in poor regions and countries, die every day because of unsafe working conditions, and an additional 5000 people die from work related diseases.4 5 In rich regions, such as the European Union, long established hazards at work—for example, exposure to chemical products, radiation, or vibrations—have remained stable or slightly decreased in the past decade.
Studies, however, report the increase of other hazards, such as work intensification and non-standard employment, and the strong links between these different hazards and health inequalities.
For example, working class people tend to be employed in jobs that have poor psychosocial working conditions, and large and persistent health inequalities exist.6 7 In middle and low income countries, most workers are employed in agriculture or manufacturing. They face heavy physical work, the risk of injury, and the risk of poisonings from pesticides and biological hazards. Workers are unequally exposed to hazardous working conditions within countries and as a result health inequalities vary across occupation, gender, ethnicity, migrant status, and other forms of social stratification………..”
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fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 09:30
asunto: [EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities…Efficient and fair employment and welfare state policies are needed to reduce employment related health inequalities explain Joan Benach and colleagues..Joan Benach, director of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS). Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET)1,2, Carles Muntaner, professor of nursing1,3, Haejoo Chung, assistant professor1,3,4, Orielle Solar, undersecretary for public health1,5,6, Vilma Santana, associate professor7, Sharon Friel, associate professor8, Tanja AJ Houweling, senior research fellow 8, Michael Marmot, professor8
1 Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS), Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, 3 Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, 4 Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 5 Ministry of Health, Chile, 6 School of Public Heath. Universidad Mayor, Chile, 7 Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, 8 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
BMJ 2010;340:c2154 - 21 June 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c2154
Website: http://bit.ly/9GLI1T
“………..Globalisation has increased the inequality in working conditions across regions, countries, social groups, and occupations. It has also generated substantial social inequalities in health. Worldwide, about 1000 workers, mainly located in poor regions and countries, die every day because of unsafe working conditions, and an additional 5000 people die from work related diseases.4 5 In rich regions, such as the European Union, long established hazards at work—for example, exposure to chemical products, radiation, or vibrations—have remained stable or slightly decreased in the past decade.
Studies, however, report the increase of other hazards, such as work intensification and non-standard employment, and the strong links between these different hazards and health inequalities.
For example, working class people tend to be employed in jobs that have poor psychosocial working conditions, and large and persistent health inequalities exist.6 7 In middle and low income countries, most workers are employed in agriculture or manufacturing. They face heavy physical work, the risk of injury, and the risk of poisonings from pesticides and biological hazards. Workers are unequally exposed to hazardous working conditions within countries and as a result health inequalities vary across occupation, gender, ethnicity, migrant status, and other forms of social stratification………..”
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[EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 09:30
asunto: [EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities…Efficient and fair employment and welfare state policies are needed to reduce employment related health inequalities explain Joan Benach and colleagues..Joan Benach, director of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS). Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET)1,2, Carles Muntaner, professor of nursing1,3, Haejoo Chung, assistant professor1,3,4, Orielle Solar, undersecretary for public health1,5,6, Vilma Santana, associate professor7, Sharon Friel, associate professor8, Tanja AJ Houweling, senior research fellow 8, Michael Marmot, professor8
1 Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS), Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, 3 Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, 4 Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 5 Ministry of Health, Chile, 6 School of Public Heath. Universidad Mayor, Chile, 7 Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, 8 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
BMJ 2010;340:c2154 - 21 June 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c2154
Website: http://bit.ly/9GLI1T
“………..Globalisation has increased the inequality in working conditions across regions, countries, social groups, and occupations. It has also generated substantial social inequalities in health. Worldwide, about 1000 workers, mainly located in poor regions and countries, die every day because of unsafe working conditions, and an additional 5000 people die from work related diseases.4 5 In rich regions, such as the European Union, long established hazards at work—for example, exposure to chemical products, radiation, or vibrations—have remained stable or slightly decreased in the past decade.
Studies, however, report the increase of other hazards, such as work intensification and non-standard employment, and the strong links between these different hazards and health inequalities.
For example, working class people tend to be employed in jobs that have poor psychosocial working conditions, and large and persistent health inequalities exist.6 7 In middle and low income countries, most workers are employed in agriculture or manufacturing. They face heavy physical work, the risk of injury, and the risk of poisonings from pesticides and biological hazards. Workers are unequally exposed to hazardous working conditions within countries and as a result health inequalities vary across occupation, gender, ethnicity, migrant status, and other forms of social stratification………..”
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fecha: 25 de junio de 2010 09:30
asunto: [EQ] The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities
The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities…Efficient and fair employment and welfare state policies are needed to reduce employment related health inequalities explain Joan Benach and colleagues..Joan Benach, director of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS). Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET)1,2, Carles Muntaner, professor of nursing1,3, Haejoo Chung, assistant professor1,3,4, Orielle Solar, undersecretary for public health1,5,6, Vilma Santana, associate professor7, Sharon Friel, associate professor8, Tanja AJ Houweling, senior research fellow 8, Michael Marmot, professor8
1 Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS), Employment Conditions Knowledge Network (EMCONET), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 2 CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain, 3 Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, 4 Department of Healthcare Management, College of Health Sciences, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 5 Ministry of Health, Chile, 6 School of Public Heath. Universidad Mayor, Chile, 7 Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, 8 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, United Kingdom
BMJ 2010;340:c2154 - 21 June 2010, doi:10.1136/bmj.c2154
Website: http://bit.ly/9GLI1T
“………..Globalisation has increased the inequality in working conditions across regions, countries, social groups, and occupations. It has also generated substantial social inequalities in health. Worldwide, about 1000 workers, mainly located in poor regions and countries, die every day because of unsafe working conditions, and an additional 5000 people die from work related diseases.4 5 In rich regions, such as the European Union, long established hazards at work—for example, exposure to chemical products, radiation, or vibrations—have remained stable or slightly decreased in the past decade.
Studies, however, report the increase of other hazards, such as work intensification and non-standard employment, and the strong links between these different hazards and health inequalities.
For example, working class people tend to be employed in jobs that have poor psychosocial working conditions, and large and persistent health inequalities exist.6 7 In middle and low income countries, most workers are employed in agriculture or manufacturing. They face heavy physical work, the risk of injury, and the risk of poisonings from pesticides and biological hazards. Workers are unequally exposed to hazardous working conditions within countries and as a result health inequalities vary across occupation, gender, ethnicity, migrant status, and other forms of social stratification………..”
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martes, 15 de junio de 2010
[EQ] Best practice in estimating the costs of alcohol - Recommendations for future studies
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 14 de junio de 2010 14:42
asunto: [EQ] Best practice in estimating the costs of alcohol - Recommendations for future studies
Best practice in estimating the costs of alcohol – Recommendations for future studies
Edited by:Lars Møller, Regional Adviser a.i., WHO Regional Office for Europe
Srdan Matic, Unit Head, WHO Regional Office for Europe World health Organization WHO Regional Office for Europe
2010, vi + 64 pages - ISBN 978 92 890 4207 9
Available online PDF [72p.] at: http://bit.ly/bSet1F
This report aims to summarize best practice in estimating the attributable and avoidable costs of alcohol, and to make recommendations for making such estimates in future studies. It discusses the conceptual basis for such cost studies, and examines the conceptual and methodological challenges for each type of cost in turn. It recommends:
1. changes in the terminology used;
2. the consistent and explicit consideration of external costs;
3. more sophisticated modelling of the effect of policy on costs;
4. more robust attempts to quantify alcohol’s causal effect on harm and costs;
5. a demonstration project using new methodologies;
6. the use of scenarios rather than existing sensitivity analyses;
7. the importing of data from other studies rather than simply omitting certain types of cost;
8. consideration of future health and resource costs; and
9. not using the human capital method for valuing the labour costs of premature mortality within the main estimates.
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fecha: 14 de junio de 2010 14:42
asunto: [EQ] Best practice in estimating the costs of alcohol - Recommendations for future studies
Best practice in estimating the costs of alcohol – Recommendations for future studies
Edited by:Lars Møller, Regional Adviser a.i., WHO Regional Office for Europe
Srdan Matic, Unit Head, WHO Regional Office for Europe World health Organization WHO Regional Office for Europe
2010, vi + 64 pages - ISBN 978 92 890 4207 9
Available online PDF [72p.] at: http://bit.ly/bSet1F
This report aims to summarize best practice in estimating the attributable and avoidable costs of alcohol, and to make recommendations for making such estimates in future studies. It discusses the conceptual basis for such cost studies, and examines the conceptual and methodological challenges for each type of cost in turn. It recommends:
1. changes in the terminology used;
2. the consistent and explicit consideration of external costs;
3. more sophisticated modelling of the effect of policy on costs;
4. more robust attempts to quantify alcohol’s causal effect on harm and costs;
5. a demonstration project using new methodologies;
6. the use of scenarios rather than existing sensitivity analyses;
7. the importing of data from other studies rather than simply omitting certain types of cost;
8. consideration of future health and resource costs; and
9. not using the human capital method for valuing the labour costs of premature mortality within the main estimates.
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[EQ] Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 14 de junio de 2010 15:01
asunto: [EQ] Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
Laura Hopkins a, Ronald Labonté b, Vivien Runnels b and Corinne Packer b
A School of Public Health, Health Sciences Building, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
B Globalization and Health Equity, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada
Journal of Public Health Policy (2010) 31, 185–198. doi:10.1057/jphp.2010.10
Abstract at: http://bit.ly/aVNyMT
“……One manifestation of globalization is medical tourism. As its implications remain largely unknown, we reviewed claimed benefits and risks. Driven by high health-care costs, long waiting periods, or lack of access to new therapies in developed countries, most medical tourists (largely from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe) seek care in Asia and Latin America.
Although individual patient risks may be offset by credentialing and sophistication in (some) destination country facilities, lack of benefits to poorer citizens in developing countries offering medical tourism remains a generic equity issue. Data collection, measures, and studies of medical tourism all need to be greatly improved if countries are to assess better both the magnitude and potential health implications of this trade……..”
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fecha: 14 de junio de 2010 15:01
asunto: [EQ] Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
Laura Hopkins a, Ronald Labonté b, Vivien Runnels b and Corinne Packer b
A School of Public Health, Health Sciences Building, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
B Globalization and Health Equity, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada
Journal of Public Health Policy (2010) 31, 185–198. doi:10.1057/jphp.2010.10
Abstract at: http://bit.ly/aVNyMT
“……One manifestation of globalization is medical tourism. As its implications remain largely unknown, we reviewed claimed benefits and risks. Driven by high health-care costs, long waiting periods, or lack of access to new therapies in developed countries, most medical tourists (largely from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe) seek care in Asia and Latin America.
Although individual patient risks may be offset by credentialing and sophistication in (some) destination country facilities, lack of benefits to poorer citizens in developing countries offering medical tourism remains a generic equity issue. Data collection, measures, and studies of medical tourism all need to be greatly improved if countries are to assess better both the magnitude and potential health implications of this trade……..”
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[EQ] Trends and Directions of Global Public Health Surveillance
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 11:50
asunto: [EQ] Trends and Directions of Global Public Health Surveillance
Trends and Directions of Global Public Health Surveillance
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD USA
Epidemiologic Reviews - Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
June 9, 2010 DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxq008
Website: http://bit.ly/bJHCu2
“………..Recently, global health and global health surveillance have received unprecedented recognition of their importance because of the newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, new cycles of pandemics, and the threats of bioterrorism.
The aim of this review is to provide an update of the current state of knowledge on health surveillance in a globalized world. Three key areas will be highlighted in this review:
1) the role of the new International Health Regulations,
2) the emergence of new global health networks for surveillance and bioterrorism, and
3) the reshaping of guidelines for the collection, dissemination, and interventions in global surveillance.
A discussion is also presented of the more important challenges of global health surveillance. Global surveillance has been reshaped by important changes in the new International Health Regulations and the rapid development of new global networks for disease surveillance and bioterrorism. These networks provide for the first time at the global scale real-time information about potential outbreaks and epidemics of newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
The recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic provide evidence of the benefits of the new global monitoring and of the importance of the World Health Organization in its coordinating role in the multilateral response of the global public health community….”
“…….There is agreement among the different reviewed professional assessments that key constraints and challenges for global public health are as follows:
1. The development of core capacities for new surveillance and response systems for developing countries is affected by the lack or shortages of resources, limited trained national staff and officials, and weak networks of laboratories.
2. Many countries have multiple independent surveillance and health information systems with limited coordination and no interoperability.
3. Laboratory facilities in many developing countries are not familiar with quality assurance and control principles and regulations, and a large percentage of their equipment is obsolete or not functioning.
4. Joint surveillance protocols and innovative systems of early detection of emerging diseases of animal origin that might threaten human health are needed. There is also a pressing need to have better integration and close collaboration of zoonotic and human surveillance systems.
5. The global disease monitoring through automated classification and visualization of events using electronic means is a limited option in many countries where the technologic divide is extreme. Large numbers of countries or areas in the interior of the countries have no access to the Internet or to basic computerized systems.
6. Local health facilities in a large number of countries have limited operating telecommunications and transportation capabilities available.
7. Traditionally, official surveillance systems are operated by staff not linked to the response teams, and the information collected is outdated and fragmented.
8. Many countries with severe human rights protection problems have difficulty maintaining the principles of fairness, objectivity, and transparency.
9. Compliance with global health regulations will require constant economic and technical cooperation with poorer countries……..”
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fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 11:50
asunto: [EQ] Trends and Directions of Global Public Health Surveillance
Trends and Directions of Global Public Health Surveillance
Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD USA
Epidemiologic Reviews - Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
June 9, 2010 DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxq008
Website: http://bit.ly/bJHCu2
“………..Recently, global health and global health surveillance have received unprecedented recognition of their importance because of the newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, new cycles of pandemics, and the threats of bioterrorism.
The aim of this review is to provide an update of the current state of knowledge on health surveillance in a globalized world. Three key areas will be highlighted in this review:
1) the role of the new International Health Regulations,
2) the emergence of new global health networks for surveillance and bioterrorism, and
3) the reshaping of guidelines for the collection, dissemination, and interventions in global surveillance.
A discussion is also presented of the more important challenges of global health surveillance. Global surveillance has been reshaped by important changes in the new International Health Regulations and the rapid development of new global networks for disease surveillance and bioterrorism. These networks provide for the first time at the global scale real-time information about potential outbreaks and epidemics of newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
The recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic provide evidence of the benefits of the new global monitoring and of the importance of the World Health Organization in its coordinating role in the multilateral response of the global public health community….”
“…….There is agreement among the different reviewed professional assessments that key constraints and challenges for global public health are as follows:
1. The development of core capacities for new surveillance and response systems for developing countries is affected by the lack or shortages of resources, limited trained national staff and officials, and weak networks of laboratories.
2. Many countries have multiple independent surveillance and health information systems with limited coordination and no interoperability.
3. Laboratory facilities in many developing countries are not familiar with quality assurance and control principles and regulations, and a large percentage of their equipment is obsolete or not functioning.
4. Joint surveillance protocols and innovative systems of early detection of emerging diseases of animal origin that might threaten human health are needed. There is also a pressing need to have better integration and close collaboration of zoonotic and human surveillance systems.
5. The global disease monitoring through automated classification and visualization of events using electronic means is a limited option in many countries where the technologic divide is extreme. Large numbers of countries or areas in the interior of the countries have no access to the Internet or to basic computerized systems.
6. Local health facilities in a large number of countries have limited operating telecommunications and transportation capabilities available.
7. Traditionally, official surveillance systems are operated by staff not linked to the response teams, and the information collected is outdated and fragmented.
8. Many countries with severe human rights protection problems have difficulty maintaining the principles of fairness, objectivity, and transparency.
9. Compliance with global health regulations will require constant economic and technical cooperation with poorer countries……..”
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[EQ] Global Health and Foreign Policy
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 11:50
asunto: [EQ] Global Health and Foreign Policy
Global Health and Foreign Policy
Harley Feldbaum, Kelley Lee and Joshua Michaud
Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (Harley Feldbaum, Joshua Michaud); and Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom (Kelley Lee).
Epidemiologic Reviews, doi:10.1093/epirev/mxq006 – June 2010
Website: http://bit.ly/cBx5MJ
“……Health has long been intertwined with the foreign policies of states. In recent years, however, global health issues have risen to the highest levels of international politics and have become accepted as legitimate issues in foreign policy.
This elevated political priority is in many ways a welcome development for proponents of global health, and it has resulted in increased funding for and attention to select global health issues. However, there has been less examination of the tensions that characterize the relationship between global health and foreign policy and of the potential effects of linking global health efforts with the foreign-policy interests of states.
In this paper, the authors review the relationship between global health and foreign policy by examining the roles of health across 4 major components of foreign policy: aid, trade, diplomacy, and national security. For each of these aspects of foreign policy, the authors review current and historical issues and discuss how foreign-policy interests have aided or impeded global health efforts. The increasing relevance of global health to foreign policy holds both opportunities and dangers for global efforts to improve health….”
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fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 11:50
asunto: [EQ] Global Health and Foreign Policy
Global Health and Foreign Policy
Harley Feldbaum, Kelley Lee and Joshua Michaud
Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (Harley Feldbaum, Joshua Michaud); and Public and Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, United Kingdom (Kelley Lee).
Epidemiologic Reviews, doi:10.1093/epirev/mxq006 – June 2010
Website: http://bit.ly/cBx5MJ
“……Health has long been intertwined with the foreign policies of states. In recent years, however, global health issues have risen to the highest levels of international politics and have become accepted as legitimate issues in foreign policy.
This elevated political priority is in many ways a welcome development for proponents of global health, and it has resulted in increased funding for and attention to select global health issues. However, there has been less examination of the tensions that characterize the relationship between global health and foreign policy and of the potential effects of linking global health efforts with the foreign-policy interests of states.
In this paper, the authors review the relationship between global health and foreign policy by examining the roles of health across 4 major components of foreign policy: aid, trade, diplomacy, and national security. For each of these aspects of foreign policy, the authors review current and historical issues and discuss how foreign-policy interests have aided or impeded global health efforts. The increasing relevance of global health to foreign policy holds both opportunities and dangers for global efforts to improve health….”
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[SESOMA] ARGENTINA: I Congreso Internacional de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
de: Miguel Acevedo : drmacevedo@gmail.com
fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 17:56
asunto: [SESOMA] ARGENTINA: I Congreso Internacional de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
www.congreso.apsila.org.ar.
Saludos;
Andrea Pujol (UNC)
Coordinación RIPOT
I Congreso Internacional de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
Trabajo y salud mental, ¿una relación posible?
Buenos Aires, 2, 3 y 4 de septiembre de 2010
Universidad Abierta Interamericana Anexo Cisneros
Fecha límite para la presentación de trabajos: 25 de junio
Consultar bases e información en
www.congreso.apsila.org.ar
fecha: 15 de junio de 2010 17:56
asunto: [SESOMA] ARGENTINA: I Congreso Internacional de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
www.congreso.apsila.org.ar.
Saludos;
Andrea Pujol (UNC)
Coordinación RIPOT
I Congreso Internacional de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
Trabajo y salud mental, ¿una relación posible?
Buenos Aires, 2, 3 y 4 de septiembre de 2010
Universidad Abierta Interamericana Anexo Cisneros
Fecha límite para la presentación de trabajos: 25 de junio
Consultar bases e información en
www.congreso.apsila.org.ar
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