scholarly journals An Ecological Study Assessing the Relationship between Public Health Policies and Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1221
Author(s):  
Zahra Pasdar ◽  
Tiberiu A. Pana ◽  
Kai D. Ewers ◽  
Weronika A. Szlachetka ◽  
Jesus A. Perdomo-Lampignano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Health System ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
High Income ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Public Data

Reliance on government-led policies have heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research on the policies associated with outcomes other than mortality rates remains warranted. We aimed to determine associations between government public health policies on the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. This ecological study including countries reporting ≥25 daily COVID-related deaths until end May 2020, utilised public data on policy indicators described by the Blavatnik school of Government. Associations between policy indicators and severity of the pandemic (mean mortality rate, time to peak, peak deaths per 100,000, cumulative deaths after peak per 100,000 and ratio of mean slope of the descending curve to mean slope of the ascending curve) were measured using Spearman rank-order tests. Analyses were stratified for age, income and region. Among 22 countries, containment policies such as school closures appeared effective in younger populations (rs = −0.620, p = 0.042) and debt/contract relief in older populations (rs = −0.743, p = 0.009) when assessing peak deaths per 100,000. In European countries, containment policies were generally associated with good outcomes. In non-European countries, school closures were associated with mostly good outcomes (rs = −0.757, p = 0.049 for mean mortality rate). In high-income countries, health system policies were generally effective, contrasting to low-income countries. Containment policies may be effective in younger populations or in high-income or European countries. Health system policies have been most effective in high-income countries.

scholarly journals The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Thomson ◽  
Frances Hillier-Brown ◽  
Adam Todd ◽  
Courtney McNamara ◽  
Tim Huijts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
High Income ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Umbrella Review ◽  
Public Health Policies

scholarly journals The incidence of stroke in pediatric patients in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela Sandes Fonseca ◽  
Louise Seixas Lordêllo ◽  
Beatriz Gusmão Azevêdo ◽  
Lara Teixeira de Oliveira ◽  
Giovanna Carvalho Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Total Mortality ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Brain Stroke ◽  
Using Data

Background: Stroke is rare in pediatric patients, but it is of paramount importance due to its serious complications. The study of the incidence of strokes in these patients is important for us to be able to adequate public health policies. Objectives: To evaluate the incidence of strokes in pediatric patients in Brazil. Design and setting: Descriptive, retrospective study, carried out using data from the Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS), from 2011 to 2020. Methods: Variables: brain stroke not specific for the hemorrhagic or ischemic type, mortality, hospitalizations, sex, ethnicity and age group from 0 to 19 years of age. Results: During the period from 2011 from 2020, there were a total of 6912 cases of stroke in the age group from 0 to 19 years; the highest incidence in 2019 (10.59%) and the lowest incidence in 2020 (8.65%.) The age group from 15 to 19 accumulated the greatest number of cases (60.40%). The total mortality rate was 8.12% (561 cases). The highest mortality rate was observed between 15 and 19 years of age (62.03%), and the lowest between 5 and 9 years of age(4.63%). The incidence was slightly higher in males (50.41%). Conclusions: Similar annual stroke rates were identified during the analyzed period, demonstrating the need for interventional actions to reduce its incidence. The non-specification of the hemorrhagic or ischemic types is a limiting factor, since the prevention management is different in each case. There was a higher prevalence, as well as a higher mortality rate, from 15 to 19 years.

scholarly journals Psicologia Hospitalar e Políticas Públicas de Saúde: Uma Análise do Fazer da Psicologia nos Hospitais do SUS / Hospital Psychology and Public Health Policies: An Analysis of Psychologydoing in the Unique Health System Hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (53) ◽  
pp. 1173-1188
Author(s):  
Bruno Henrique Mendes ◽  
Jefferson Reis Lacerda ◽  
Andréia Cristina Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies

O ambiente hospitalar é palco de fenômenos desencadeadores de reações psicológicas das mais diversas naturezas. Em geral, o processo de adoecimento está envolto por angústias e inseguranças que demandam atenção especializada, sobretudo com a necessidade de compreensão da saúde como estado de bem-estar físico, psíquico e social. A Psicologia Hospitalar, como subespecialidade da Psicologia da Saúde, se ocupa da contribuição para o bom andamento da recuperação e promoção da saúde integral do paciente. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar a atuação do (a) psicólogo (a) hospitalar no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Observa-se que a atuação do profissional de psicologia neste contexto está ligada ao compromisso ético-político com a defesa da cidadania e é baseada em um eixo principal, composto por ações de atenção ao paciente, à família e à equipe de saúde.

scholarly journals Estimation of Tunisia COVID-19 infected cases based on mortality rate

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Abdeljaoued-Tej ◽  
Marc Dhenain
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Infected People ◽  
Pessimistic Scenario ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTEstimating the number of people affected by COVID-19 is crucial in deciding which public health policies to follow. The authorities in different countries carry out mortality counts. We propose that the mortality reported in each country can be used to create an index of the number of actual cases at a given time. The specificity of whether or not deaths are rapid or not by COVID-19 also affects the number of actual cases. The number of days between the declaration of illness and death varies between 12 and 18 days. For a delay of 18 days, and using an estimated mortality rate of 2%, the number of cases in April 2020 in Tunisia would be 5 580 people. The pessimistic scenario predicts 22 320 infected people, and the most optimistic predicts 744 (which is the number of reported cases on April 12, 2020). Modeling the occurrence of COVID-19 cases is critical to assess the impact of policies to prevent the spread of the virus.

scholarly journals SISTEMA ÚNICO DE SAÚDE (SUS): POLÍTICA DE SAÚDE COLETIVA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Eneida Orbage de Britto Taquary ◽  
Isadora Orbage de Britto Taquary
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health System ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Social Law ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
De Se ◽  
Constitutional Jurisprudence

A problemática se refere à necessidade de se conhecer os critérios para otimizar os protocolos na saúde pública, de forma a obedecer os princípios do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). A hipótese levantada se refere à otimização dos recursos econômicos no SUS e os critérios utilizados para observância de um protocolo. Objetiva identificar as características e princípios do SUS e conhecer a política de saúde baseada em evidências. A metodologia será baseada em revisão bibliográfica e na jurisprudência constitucional, de forma a alcançar como resultado a identificação da saúde como direito coletivo e social.  The problem refers to the need to know the criteria to optimize protocols in public health, in order to obey the principles of the Unified Health System (SUS). The hypothesis raised refers to the optimization of the economic resources in the SUS and the criteria used to observe a protocol. It aims to identify the characteristics and principles of SUS and to know the health policy based on evidence. The methodology will be based on literature review and constitutional jurisprudence, in order to achieve as a result the identification of health as a collective and social right.  Unified Health System. Health Unic System; Public health policies in Brazil; Collective and social law

scholarly journals Brazilian Unified Health System and democracy: nursing in the context of crisis

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 2066-2071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janieiry Lima de Araújo ◽  
Rodrigo Jácob Moreira de Freitas ◽  
Maria Vilani Cavalcanti Guedes ◽  
Maria Célia de Freitas ◽  
Ana Ruth Macedo Monteiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
Democratic Stability ◽  
The Right

ABSTRACT Objective: to discuss, taking for reference the crisis in Brazil and its impact on public health policies, the insertion of Brazilian nursing in that context and its ways of practicing the profession, based on the study about the politicality of care. Method: the reflection is divided into two topics, the first is about public policies, the Brazilian Unified Health System and the deconstruction of the right to health with neoliberal offensive; and the second is about the nursing political action in the fight for the right to health and for democracy. Final considerations: we emphasize that nursing must assume its sociopolitical role to contribute to the construction of a better and fairer Brazil, saying no to neoliberal reforms, as well as fighting for rights already acquired and for the resumption of the democratic stability in the country.

scholarly journals Living, collective and political organisms for construction of the attributes of the National Oral Health Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Fávero BULGARELLI
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Oral Health Policy

ABSTRACT The last few decades have witnessed a growth in the value of dentists as health professionals as they act as protagonists in the construction of public health policies. This change comes from powerful and representative dentists in the Unified Health System (acronym in Portuguese is SUS). This short theoretical essay aims to bring the reader closer to the attributes necessary for the building of a social policy and draws a parallel with the National Oral Health Policy (acronym in Portuguese is PNSB). Issues such as context-oriented health policy and the National Oral Health Policy associated with the attributes of a social policy are presented in a narrative and reflective manner. In this process, the exercise of citizenship is demonstrated, emphasizing the importance of the collective role and policy of dentist surgeons in the stages of health policies in Brazil

scholarly journals An Ecological Study Assessing the Relationship between Public Health Policies and Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Pasdar ◽  
Tiberiu A Pana ◽  
Kai D Ewers ◽  
Weronika A Szlachetka ◽  
Jesus A Perdomo-Lampignano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Relationship
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