Vaccination—A Step Closer to Universal Health Coverage

Journal of Public Health - Vaccination saves countless lives worldwide. However, a gap in accessibility to and acceptability of vaccines is observed locally and globally. This gap must be addressed...     

Health perceptions in Latin America

The influence of cultural patterns and economic conditions on health perceptions in Latin America is studied using the results of the 2007 Gallup World Poll. The differences in health satisfaction between countries around the world have a robust association with variables that may reflect cultural differences rather than with aggregate economic variables or traditional health indicators. Simple health self-rating indicators reveal huge cultural differences in health perceptions in Latin America. However, within each country, differences correlate strongly with individuals' economic and health conditions. Lower-income groups recognize more health problems, but are less tolerant of some of them than the rich.     

全民健康覆盖的内涵界定与测量框架

“全民健康覆盖”的概念提出以来,学术界对这一概念存在着不同的理解和诠释。本研究从“人人享有卫生保健”角度,结合中国实践,探讨“全民健康覆盖”的内涵,认为这一概念应包括风险保护、服务提供、服务获得、服务结果四方面核心要素,可以从经济可负担性、服务可提供性、服务可获得性、体系有效性四个维度进行测量。下一步的研究重点应是建立起具有可操作性的指标体系和数学模型,并在实践中予以检验和不断完善。     

全民健康覆盖的内涵及我国推进全民健康覆盖的策略选择

世界卫生组织提出全民健康覆盖的内涵在于全社会每个人公平的享有其应享有的服务,重点关注的是服务的利用及风险保护。"全民医保"不是全民健康覆盖,我国当前全民覆盖的医疗保障体系只是实现全民健康覆盖的制度工具,以促进居民卫生服务的利用,不能保障每一位居民都能利用到其应享有的服务,解决居民服务利用的公平性问题。全民健康覆盖中的健康服务还包括公共卫生服务、健康促进等。我国全民健康覆盖的发展应依托现有的基本医疗保障体系,在促进服务利用的同时关注弱势群体的服务利用,正确评估改革,重点关注服务利用的困难群体。     

Trends and priorities in nursing research

This document initially presents an introduction to the global scenario in which nursing research is set today. Next, the main nursing research priorities are described in accordance with the agendas of international health and nursing organizations on different continents, as well as the characteristics of nursing research in Latin America until the end of the XXth century, based on studies and publications in which the main thematic tendencies are identified. Finally, the author reflects on the priority definition process in nursing knowledge production, with a view to attending the need for foundations of the subject area as well as public health needs.     

中国全民统一健康保障发展程度定量分析

目的定量分析中国全民统一健康保障(简称全民统一健保)发展程度。方法构建加法模型,收集相关指标数据,定量分析中国自2003—2011年期间全民统一健保的发展程度。结果计量分析表明,在用0～5的取值范围表示全民统一健保发展程度的情况下,中国全民统一健保的得分在2003年为2.79,2008年为2.32,2011年为2.60,在全民统一健保的进程中行至一半。结论中国全民统一健保程度已处于发展中期。     

Strengthening eHealth Systems to Support Universal Health Coverage in sub-Saharan Africa

The aim of universal health coverage (UHC) is to ensure that all individuals in a country have access to quality healthcare services and do not suffer financial hardship in using these services. However, progress toward attaining UHC has been slow, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The use of information and communication technologies for healthcare, known as eHealth, can facilitate access to quality healthcare at minimal cost. eHealth systems also provide the information needed to monitor progress toward UHC. However, in most countries, eHealth systems are sometimes non-functional and do not serve programmatic purposes. Therefore, it is crucial to implement strategies to strengthen eHealth systems to support UHC. This perspective piece proposes a conceptual framework for strengthening eHealth systems to attain UHC goals and to help guide UHC and eHealth strategy development.     

Innovative initiative in nursing teaching in Latin America

The study describes a set of nine projects which are initiatives in the innovation of the teaching twelve country of Nursing in Latin America. It discusses the purpose of these projects so as to incorporate pedagogical concepts which are critical and provoke reflection, and active methods of teaching and analysis of conceptual aspects, the management, strategies and models which are adopted. It describes the common features of the courses in the semi-present and distance forms and analyzes the teaching methods which focus on the teacher-student relation, as strengthening group and independent learning, as well as the use of adequate teaching materials. It also analyzes the communication system established by the projects, which seeks to strengthen horizontal relations, incorporating technology and distance education. It concludes by suggesting that this initiative is a suitable strategy to contribute to build new models for training nursing personnel.