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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martes, 15 de junio de 2010
[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
sábado, 29 de mayo de 2010
[SESOMA] Oportunidad laboral
de: AAV : alberto.a.villa@gmail.com
fecha: 28 de mayo de 2010 13:42
asunto: [SESOMA] Oportunidad laboral
Un colega busca para su empresa constructora Técnico Superior en Seguridad e Higiene, matriculado, para prestar servicos "part-time" en obras en construcción [Con experiencia].
Actualmente la empresa tiene emprendimientos inmobiliarios, edificios de entre 10 y 12 pisos, en la zona norte de Capital Federal y se busca cubrir el servicio en 5 de ellos.
Interesados que cumplan los requisitos [*] por favor enviar un e-correo a shyma[arroba]gmx.net
[*] Requisitos imprescindibles (todos): Técnico Superior en Seguridad e Higiene, matriculado, inscripto en AFIP, experiencia y antecedentes en el rubro comprobables [referencias] y disponbilidad para hacer unas 10 visitas al mes a las obras y para las gestiones asociadas en las ARTs
Saludos
AAV
fecha: 28 de mayo de 2010 13:42
asunto: [SESOMA] Oportunidad laboral
Un colega busca para su empresa constructora Técnico Superior en Seguridad e Higiene, matriculado, para prestar servicos "part-time" en obras en construcción [Con experiencia].
Actualmente la empresa tiene emprendimientos inmobiliarios, edificios de entre 10 y 12 pisos, en la zona norte de Capital Federal y se busca cubrir el servicio en 5 de ellos.
Interesados que cumplan los requisitos [*] por favor enviar un e-correo a shyma[arroba]gmx.net
[*] Requisitos imprescindibles (todos): Técnico Superior en Seguridad e Higiene, matriculado, inscripto en AFIP, experiencia y antecedentes en el rubro comprobables [referencias] y disponbilidad para hacer unas 10 visitas al mes a las obras y para las gestiones asociadas en las ARTs
Saludos
AAV
[EQ] Using Evidence to Design Benefits
de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
fecha: 27 de mayo de 2010 15:54
asunto: [EQ] Using Evidence to Design Benefits
Research Insights:
Using Evidence to Design Benefits
National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) in Washington, D.C. in February 2010, AcademyHealth
Available online at: http://bit.ly/b7uYPD
“…………Whether evidence-based research fuels the broad reforms in health care delivery that are essential to improving quality and reining in health care costs will depend not only on the strength of research efforts but also on the development of effective strategies to integrate evidence into decisions about how people use health care.
Evidence-based purchasing programs rely on a broad variety of benefit design strategies, including strategies for determining “essential” or “core” benefits. They can provide ways to link insurance design to provider performance, e.g., adherence to evidence-based practice. Evidence-based benefit designs create incentives—in the form of either financial incentives or enhanced services—that drive consumer behavior.
The goal is to encourage people to use services that are effective and provide clinical benefit for the money spent. As the application of evidence-based designs advances, payers and policymakers will face trade-offs between the specificity of benefit structures and administrative efficiency. “Getting it right” can be technically difficult and expensive as well as politically problematic.
Evidence to-date suggests the need for research to address concerns related to establishing expectations about the standards for evidence in support of decisions about what insurance should pay for, determining how to expand the use of evidence to broader categories of health benefits, and developing a better understanding of how different types of incentives work with different populations…………”
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fecha: 27 de mayo de 2010 15:54
asunto: [EQ] Using Evidence to Design Benefits
Research Insights:
Using Evidence to Design Benefits
National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) in Washington, D.C. in February 2010, AcademyHealth
Available online at: http://bit.ly/b7uYPD
“…………Whether evidence-based research fuels the broad reforms in health care delivery that are essential to improving quality and reining in health care costs will depend not only on the strength of research efforts but also on the development of effective strategies to integrate evidence into decisions about how people use health care.
Evidence-based purchasing programs rely on a broad variety of benefit design strategies, including strategies for determining “essential” or “core” benefits. They can provide ways to link insurance design to provider performance, e.g., adherence to evidence-based practice. Evidence-based benefit designs create incentives—in the form of either financial incentives or enhanced services—that drive consumer behavior.
The goal is to encourage people to use services that are effective and provide clinical benefit for the money spent. As the application of evidence-based designs advances, payers and policymakers will face trade-offs between the specificity of benefit structures and administrative efficiency. “Getting it right” can be technically difficult and expensive as well as politically problematic.
Evidence to-date suggests the need for research to address concerns related to establishing expectations about the standards for evidence in support of decisions about what insurance should pay for, determining how to expand the use of evidence to broader categories of health benefits, and developing a better understanding of how different types of incentives work with different populations…………”
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