State Health Policies, Federalism, and the Elderly

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
William W. Lammers ◽  
Phoebe S. Liebig

AIDS Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Bita Fayaz Farkhad ◽  
Mohammadreza Nazari ◽  
Man-pui Sally Chan ◽  
Dolores Albarracín

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 317
Author(s):  
Alessandra Conceição Leite Funchal Camacho ◽  
Maria José Coelho

ABSTRACTObjective: to examine the public health policies of the elderly in the references of the main databases from 2004 to 2008. Method: study of systematic review of literature conducted on databases of the Library of Health, in September 2008. For information analysis was organized the content found on the year, publication type and methods/techniques, content and essence of the production of knowledge, database, the authors' recommendations. Results: the references that were analyzed 26 and 10 in the database SCIELO, one in the BDENF and 15 in the LILACS. Conclusion: we observed an increase in publications dealing with professionals in health operationalized the public health policies of the elderly as the main recommendations bringing the development of public policies that take into account the specifics of the elderly, facilitating their access and that could reduce inequality. Mention the importance of visibility of the aging process and adequacy of public policies aimed at expansion of the strategies that have the caregiver as the leading subject. Descriptors: health public policy; aged; nursing.RESUMOObjetivo: analisar as políticas públicas de saúde do idoso nas referências das principais bases de dados de 2004 a 2008. Método: estudo de revisão de literatura sistemática realizada nas bases de dados da Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde, em setembro de 2008. Para análise das informações foi realizada a organização do conteúdo encontrado quanto ao ano, tipo de publicação e métodos/técnicas, essência do conteúdo e produção do conhecimento, base de dados, recomendações dos autores. Resultados: as referências analisadas foram 26 sendo 10 na base de dados SCIELO, uma na BDENF e 15 na LILACS. Conclusão: Verificamos um aumento de publicações que tratam de profissionais na área da saúde operacionalizando as políticas públicas de saúde do idoso trazendo como principais recomendações o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas que levem em conta as especificidades do idoso, facilitando o seu acesso e que possam reduzir desigualdades. Referem a relevância da visibilidade do processo de envelhecimento e adequação das políticas públicas visando à ampliação de estratégias que tenham o cuidador como sujeito principal. Descritores: políticas públicas de saúde; idoso; enfermagem.RESUMENObjetivo: analizar las políticas de salud pública a los ancianos en las referencias de las principales bases de datos de 2004 a 2008. Método: estudio de revisión sistemática de literatura sobre las bases de datos de la Biblioteca de la Salud, en setiembre de 2008. Resultados: las referencias que se analizaron fueron 26, tenendo 10 en la base de datos SCIELO, 01 referencia en la BDENF y 15 en el LILACS. Conclusión: se observó un aumento de publicaciones relacionadas a los profesionales de la salud en la práctica las políticas de salud pública de los ancianos con principales recomendaciones sobre el desarrollo de políticas públicas que tengan en cuenta las características específicas de los ancianos, facilitando su acceso y que podrían reducir la desigualdad. Mencionan la importancia de la visibilidad del proceso de envejecimiento y la adecuación de las políticas públicas con la ampliación de estrategias que tienen el cuidador como principal sujeto. Descriptores: políticas públicas de salud; ancianos; enfermería.


1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (S1) ◽  
pp. S71-S73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hansjoerg Melchior ◽  
Vinod Kumar ◽  
Nancy Muller ◽  
Hanneke van Maanen ◽  
Christine Norton

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 311-317
Author(s):  
Mírian Dias Moreira e Silva ◽  
Keidson Rodrigues de Brito ◽  
André Dias Moreira e Silva ◽  
GINA ANDRADE ABDALA ◽  
Maria Dyrce Dias Meira

Introduction: the demands for goods and services aimed at the health needs of the elderly require a different perspective that considers the human being in all its dimensions: biopsychosocial and spiritual. Objective: to reflect on the assistance strategies that impact comprehensive care for the elderly, based on public health policies. Methodology: reflective essay that contextualizes comprehensive care for the elderly. Results: the content is presented in four sections: "Population aging in Brazil" "Public Health Policies: a brief historical recovery"; "Comprehensiveness in health care: practices and challenges" and, finally, "Training to work in the health of the elderly and communication strategies". Conclusion: it is clear that different care strategies, including verbal and non-verbal communication, contribute to greater comprehensiveness and humanization in the care of the elderly. It also appears that public health policies depend on intersectoral integration to provide care for the elderly in a holistic way.


2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Regina Soares de Assunção ◽  
Susana Isabel Mendes Pinto ◽  
Helena Maria Guerreiro José

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the social and health responses for the elderly in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: An integrative literature review. Results: There is a lack of specialized health care to meet the real needs of the elderly, and the shortage of health professionals does not contribute favorably to this situation. There is a small number of facilities for the elderly and most of them are inadequate. Although there are models of care as well as social and health support policies for the elderly, there are still inequities/inequalities in access to these policies, especially for the most disadvantaged populations. Conclusion: Social and health policies for the elderly in Sub-Saharan Africa are below standard and appropriate economic, political and social intervention is required.


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 2300
Author(s):  
Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima Freitas ◽  
Maria Josefina da Silva ◽  
Maria Da Conceição Coelho Brito ◽  
Violante Augusta Batista Braga ◽  
Maria Eliana Peixoto Bessa

ABSTRACTObjective: to analyse the trends in scientific production on public policies aimed at elderly and family. Method: it an integrative literature review that guided the question: what the evidence of scientific production on publics policies aimed at elderly and the family? We used four databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, Scielo and Library COCHRANE. The search period was between February and june 2010. Results: of a sample of 603 articles were selected only six, which showed an increase in disability in the elderly while the increase in life expectancy. There is also an increase in charge of Social Security, to be a challenge to public policies promote a active aging, being necessary for this, a reconfiguration of the heath sector. Conclusion: study showed a complexity in implementing public policies, as well as a literature scarce, according to the adopted approach. To instigate, then, new scientific production in area of nursing in order to promote the construction of new strategies, as well as the real applicability of existing ones to make the elderly an active part of society. Descriptors: politics; aged; family; nursing research.RESUMOObjetivo: analisar as tendências na produção científica sobre as políticas públicas voltadas ao idoso e família. Método: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura que se norteou pelo seguinte questionamento: quais as evidências das produções científicas sobre as Políticas Públicas voltadas ao idoso e a família? Foram utilizadas quatro bases de dados: LILACS; MEDLINE; Scielo e Biblioteca COCHRANE. O período da busca foi entre os meses de fevereiro a junho de 2010. Resultados: de uma amostra de 603 artigos selecionaram-se apenas seis, onde se evidenciou um aumento das incapacidades em idosos simultaneamente ao acréscimo da expectativa de vida. Há também um aumento nos encargos da Previdência Social, sendo um desafio às políticas públicas a promoção de um envelhecimento ativo, sendo necessário para este, uma reconfiguração do setor saúde. Conclusão: o estudo evidenciou uma complexidade em implementar políticas públicas, bem como um literatura escassa, de acordo com a abordagem adotada. Instiguem-se, então, novas produções científicas na área da enfermagem, de maneira a fomentar a construção de novas estratégias, bem como a real aplicabilidade das existentes, de modo a tornar o idoso parte ativa da sociedade. Descritores: política; idoso; família; pesquisa em enfermagem.RESUMENObjetivo: analizar la evolución de la producción científica en las políticas públicas dirigidas a ancianos y la familia. Método: se trata de uma revisión de la literatura de integración que guio a los pregunta: ¿cuál ES la evidencia de la produción científica em las políticas públicas dirigidas a ancianos y la familia? Hemos utilizado cuatro bases de datos: LILACS, MEDLINE, Scielo y la Biblioteca COCHRANE. El período de búsqueda fue entre febrero y junio de 2010. Resultados: de uma muestra de 603 artículos fueron seleccionados solo seis, que mostraron um aumento en discapacidad em los ancianos, mientras que el aumento de la esperanza de vida. También hay um aumento a cargo de la Seguridad Social, a ser um desafío para las políticas públicas para promover un envejecimiento activo, siendo necesario para ello, uma reconfiguración del sector de salud. Conclusión: estudio mostró una complejidad en la implementación de políticas públicas, así comouna literatura escasos, de acuerdo con el enfoque adoptado. Impulsar, a continuación, la nueva producción científica em área de enfermería con el fin de promover la construcción de nuevas estratégias, así como el real aplicabilidad de las existentes para que los ancianos sean parte activa de la sociedad. Descritores: política; anciano; familia; investigación en enfermería.


Author(s):  
Alina Husain

In response to COVID-19, many state governments chose to halt elective or nonessential procedures to free up personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline medical workers. To help guide and inform state health policies, an emerging body of literature developed which contextualized the role of abortions as time-sensitive, essential medical procedures. Despite this, Texas, Indiana, and Iowa issued executive orders restricting elective or nonessential procedures, and included abortions among the medical services being banned. This content analysis analyzed executive orders and subsequent communications from officials in all three states to identify rhetorical patterns and the language that was used to connect the coronavirus pandemic to abortion care. The major themes that emerged were the expansion of gubernatorial powers due to the declaration of an emergency, connecting abortion services to PPE shortages, classifying abortions as “elective” procedures, differentiating medical and surgical abortions, and purposeful avoidance of the actual term “abortion.” The findings indicate that governors in each of these three states used COVID-19 to further restrict abortion access, and they were able to use rhetoric to create a distinct narrative and justify their policies.


2018 ◽  
Vol 88 (10) ◽  
pp. 776-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine M. Toups ◽  
Valerie G. Press ◽  
Anna Volerman

Author(s):  
Christelle Baunez ◽  
Mickael Degoulet ◽  
Stéphane Luchini ◽  
Patrick A. Pintus ◽  
Miriam Teschl

AbstractThis note provides an early assessment of the reinforced measures to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in France, which include a curfew of selected areas and culminate in a second COVID-19-related lock-down that started on October 30, 2020 and is still ongoing. We analyse the change in virus propagation across age groups and across départements using an acceleration index introduced in Baunez et al. (2020). We find that while the pandemic is still in the acceleration regime, acceleration decreased notably with curfew measures and this more rapidly so for the more vulnerable population group, that is, for people older than 60. Acceleration continued to decline under lock-down, but more so for the active population under 60 than for those above 60. For the youngest population aged 0 to 19, curfew measures did not reduce acceleration but lock-down does. This suggests that if health policies aim at protecting the elderly population generally more at risk to suffer severe consequences from COVID-19, curfew measures may be effective enough. However, looking at the departmental map of France, we find that curfews have not necessarily been imposed in départements where acceleration was the largest.JEL Classification NumbersI18; H12


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