scholarly journals Dengue 2009-2017: Políticas Públicas de Salud en la Provincia de Córdoba / Dengue 2009-2017: Public Policies in Health in the Province of Córdoba

2018 ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
José Emilio Ortega ◽  
Santiago Martín Espósito
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
National Context ◽  
Careful Evaluation ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right

El dengue es una enfermedad de interés en salud pública por su impacto en la morbilidad y mortalidad en el contexto mundial, regional y nacional. En 2009, la recolonización del Aedes aegypti, vector del dengue en la Argentina y en la Provincia de Córdoba generó una crisis sanitaria. Analizaremos el rol de Estado Provincial como responsable de políticas públicas sanitarias, abordando la implementación de éstas a partir de una evaluación razonable y cuidadosa de la realidad, teniendo en cuenta que el derecho a la salud, analizado en clave del Estado Social de Derecho, es un verdadero derecho fundamental. Dengue is a disease of interest in public health due to its impact on morbidity and mortality in the global, regional and national context. In 2009, the recolonization of Aedes aegypti, a vector of dengue in Argentina and in the Province of Córdoba, generated a health crisis. We will analyze the role of the Provincial State as responsible for public health policies, addressing the implementation of these policies based on a reasonable and careful evaluation of reality, taking into account that the right to health, analyzed in the Social State Law, is a true fundamental right.  

scholarly journals Derecho, salud y políticas públicas. Vacunación. Posturas a favor y en contra / Right, health and public policies. Vaccination. Positions for and against

2019 ◽  
pp. 62-75
Author(s):  
María Yanina Gázquez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Individual Good ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right

El siguiente artículo tiene por objeto analizar la vacunación y la puja que existe entre las políticas de salud pública (derecho a la salud) y el derecho a la autodeterminación, para así determinar qué bien jurídico prevalece, si el bien social o el individual, con base en el análisis de doctrina y jurisprudencia nacional.   The following article aims to analyze vaccination, and the bid that exists between public health policies and the right to self-determination, in order to determine which legal good prevails, whether the social or individual good, based on doctrine analysis and national jurisprudence.

scholarly journals Health Equity Lens Embedded in the Public Health Policies of Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Document Analysis

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402096277
Author(s):  
Leena Eklund Karlsson ◽  
Anne Leena Ikonen ◽  
Kothar Mohammed Alqahtani ◽  
Pernille Tanggaard Andersen ◽  
Subash Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Related

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), no studies have been documented to analyze the equity aspects of public health policies. The aims of the study were to identify policy documents in the KSA relevant to public health and to explore whether these include an equity approach. Twenty health-related documents were identified from various ministries’ websites and analyzed through directed content analysis. The results showed that the term “equity” was neither defined nor explained in the documents and suggestions on how to tackle health inequities were lacking. None of the suggested measures communicated an explicit focus on promoting health equity or the social gradient. Several upstream, midstream, and downstream measures were suggested to improve justice and public health for the people. The study reveals that there is a need for an in-depth assessment of the policy measures across sectors and their influence on health equity to inform future health policy development and action in the KSA.

Norwegian Public Health Policy: Revitalization of the Social Democratic Welfare State?

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Fosse
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
State Model ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Structural Measures

Norway is part of the so-called social democratic welfare state model, which is characterized by its emphasis on solidarity and redistribution among social groups. The concepts of upstream and downstream policy measures may be useful to characterize different approaches to public health policies: upstream measures would be structural measures, in line with the social democratic welfare state model, while downstream measures would be more targeted at individuals or groups at some sort of risk. The aim of this article is to analyze national policies in Norway and how these may be characterized in terms of upstream and downstream factors. Health promotion and public health policies have been high on the Norwegian political agenda for two decades. However, the national policy emphasis has shifted between strategies aimed at individuals and structural strategies—that is, between downstream and upstream measures. Until 2003, policies included mainly downstream measures, but since then a policy shift has taken place and current policy includes an emphasis on upstream measures. This policy was strengthened after a left-wing coalition came into government in 2005. It may be argued that the present policy represents a revitalization of universal and structural measures, in line with the social democratic welfare state model.

scholarly journals China's Public Health Policies in Response to COVID-19: From an “Authoritarian” Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinghua Gao ◽  
Pengfei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Authoritarian State ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Wide Range

Background: China is generally regarded internationally as an “authoritarian” state. Traditional definitions have assigned many negative connotations surrounding the term of authoritarian. We realize that it might not be considered value-neutral in other countries. But authoritarian in the Chinese context emphasizes more on centralized decision making, collectivism, coordinating all activities of the nation, and public support, which is considered a value-neutral term. Therefore, it is adopted in this paper. We would like to clarify this. Authoritarian governance is considered an important mechanism for developing China's economy and solving social problems. The COVID-19 crisis is no exception. Most of the current research on crisis management and government crises focuses on advanced, democratic countries. However, the consequences of crisis management by authoritarian governments have not been fully appreciated. Although prior research has addressed authoritarian initiatives to manage crises in China, authoritarian interventions have rarely been theorized in public health emergencies.Methods: Based on a literature review and theoretical analysis, we use a descriptive and qualitative approach to assess public health policies and mechanisms from an authoritarian perspective in China. In light of the key events and intervention measures of China's government in response to COVID-19, the strategic practices of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to construct, embody, or set political goals through authoritarian intervention in public health crisis management are discussed.Results: China's government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a comprehensive authoritarian intervention, notably by establishing a top-down leadership mechanism, implementing a resolute lockdown, rapidly establishing square cabin hospitals, enhancing cooperation between different government departments, mobilizing a wide range of volunteer resources, enforcing the use of health codes, imposing mandatory quarantine on those returning from abroad, and implementing city-wide nucleic acid testing. These measures ensured that China was able to contain the outbreak quickly and reflect on the unique role of the Chinese authoritarian system in responding to public health crises.Conclusions: Our paper contributes to expanding the existing understanding of the relationship between crisis management and authoritarian system. China's response to COVID-19 exemplifies the unique strengths of authoritarian institutions in public health crisis management, which is a helpful and practical tool to further enhance the CPC's political legitimacy. As a socialist model of crisis management with Chinese characteristics, it may offer desirable experiences and lessons for other countries still ravaged by the epidemic.

Uma experiência de formação para a participação social

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Francisca Fabiana da Silva ◽  
José Carlos Martins da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
The Political ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Social

Resumo: O presente trabalho configura-se como um estudo acerca da atuação da Pastoral da Criança no controle social das políticas públicas de saúde, especificamente no desenvolvimento de processos de formação que favorecem a participação social e o exercício da cidadania, que constituem práticas fundamentais para a construção da sociedade do Bem Viver. As atividades realizadas pelos voluntários, capacitados pela Pastoral da Criança, nos espaços políticos e sociais, semeiam esperança junto a um povo sofrido, esquecido pela sua condição social, ao mesmo tempo que fortalecem a comunidade. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, em que analisamos a ação da entidade à luz dos materiais educativos produzidos para formação e acompanhamento dos agentes voluntários. Como pressupostos teóricos utilizamos, entre outros, os estudos de Gonh (2011), Pastoral da Criança (2000, 2008) e Nascimento (2006). Os resultados revelam que as ações desenvolvidas pela Pastoral da Criança aliadas à participação política dos voluntários, nos conselhos municipais de saúde e na comunidade, contribuem para a melhoria das políticas públicas de saúde e se constituem como práticas sociais efetivas de construção da cidadania.  Palavras-chave: Formação; Participação Social; Saúde; Cidadania.  Abstract: The present work is a study about the performance of Pastoral da Criança in the social control of public health policies, which are fundamental practices for the construction of the society of well live. The activities carried out by volunteers, trained by Pastoral da Criança, in the political and social spaces, hey sow hope together with the suffering people, forgotten by their social condition, at the same time that they strengthen the community. This is a qualitative research, in which we analyze the action of the entity in the light of the educational materials produced for training and follow-up of volunteer agents. As theoretical presuppositions, we use, among others, the studies of Gonh (2011), Pastoral da Criança (2000, 2008) and Nascimento (2006). The results show that the actions developed by Pastoral da Criança, together with the political participation of the volunteers, in the municipal health councils and in the community, contribute to the improvement of public health policies and constitute effective social practices for the construction of citizenship.  Keywords: Formation; Social Participation; health; Citizenship.   REFERÊNCIAS  BRASIL. Constituição (1988). Constituição Federal. República Federativa do Brasil. Brasília: Senado Federal, 1988.    _____. Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria da Atenção à Saúde. Lei 8.080 de 19 de setembro de 1990. Dispõe sobre as condições para a promoção, proteção e recuperação da saúde, a organização e o funcionamento dos serviços correspondentes e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União.  Brasília, DF, 1990.  CONFERENCIA NACIONAL DOS BISPOS DO BRASIL. Fraternidade e Política: justiça e paz se abraçaram: Manual/CNBB. São Paulo: Salesiana Dom Bosco, 1996.   ______. Compêndio da doutrina Social da Igreja / Pontifício Conselho “justiça e paz”. 4 ed. São Paulo: Paulinas, 2008.   GOHN, Maria da Glória. Conselhos gestores e participação sociopolítica. São Paulo: Cortez, 2011.   GIL, Antonio Carlos. Métodos e técnicas da pesquisa social. 6. ed. São Paulo: Atlas, 2011.  INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA. Censo demográfico 2010: população residente, resultados do universo segundo mesorregiões, microregiões, municípios, distritos, subdistritos e bairros: Rio Grande do Norte. [online]: IBGE, 2010. Disponível em: <http://www.ibge.com.br>. Acesso em: 03 jan. 2014.  ISTITUTO GOVERNAR. Revista Governar Cidades. Ano 1. n.O1, p. 8-16, fev. 2010.  NASCIMENTO, José Mateus. Um Evangelho segundo a Pastoral da Criança: por uma pedagogia de sobrevivência.  2006. 265f. Tese (Doutorado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, 2006. PASTORAL DA CRIANÇA. Guia do líder da Pastoral da Criança: Para países de língua portuguesa. 22. ed. Curitiba. 2000.  _____. O Articulador junto ao conselho de saúde. Curitiba: [s.n.], 2008. (Série Participação e Controle Social).  REIMBERG, Cristiane Oliveira. Dois olhares sobre a relação entre jornalismo e a Pastoral da Criança: a comunicação popular do jornal da entidade e a cobertura jornalística da Folha de S.Paulo. São Paulo. 164f. Monografia (Especialização em Jornalismo Social) - Coordenadoria Geral de Especialização, Aperfeiçoamento e Extensão. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. São Paulo, 2006.  

scholarly journals The Role of a Medicalized Discourse in the Global Activities of the World Health Organization

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 173-191
Author(s):  
Marta Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Tobacco Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

This article presents selected results of a research project entitled Medicalization strategies of the World Health Organization1 in which the author analyzed and described three WHO policies characterized by a medicalizing approach. These three policies were compared with each other in terms of their conceptual (narrative) and institutional (practical) levels of medicalization and their effects. In order to better understand the role of a medicalized discourse in the global activities of the WHO, these three cases were also compared to one non-medicalizing policy. The aim of this article is twofold: firstly, to present two cases analyzed as part of the project, namely, the tobacco policy (a ‘medicalized’ one) and the ageing policy (a ‘non-medicalized’ one) and secondly, to consider the possible influence of WHO discourse on tobacco and ageing on public health policies in the European Union.

scholarly journals Psicologia e políticas públicas: desafios para superação de práticas normativas / Psychology and puclib policies: challenges to overcoming normative practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Andrade Ferrazza
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social History ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Psychiatric Reform ◽  
History Of ◽  
Normative Practices ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

ResumoO presente trabalho tem o objetivo de estudar a história daconstituição de um saber psicológico normativo e da reflexão sobre a inserção da psicologia no âmbito da Saúde Coletiva, com destaque a alguns pontos norteadores para a profissão no sentido de garantir a formação de profissionais com um perfil condizente para atuação no âmbito das Políticas Públicas de Saúde. Será adotado o enfoque histórico social inspirado na perspectiva genealógica foucaultiana na tentativa de propor transformações atuais de discursos e práticas. Na atualidade, algumas práticas psi vinculadas às concepções individualistas e normativas, historicamente influenciadas pelo movimento higienista, poderiam constituir novos tipos de subjetividadesdespolitizadas. Assim, conclui-se que os indivíduos deixariam de implicar-se em suas próprias condições de sujeitos devido o reducionismo aos discursos psicopatologizantes, regradospor concepções que guardam pouca ou nenhuma relação com a promoção de saúde e as propostas dos projetos brasileiros de Reforma Sanitária e Psiquiátrica.Palavras-chave: Psicologia normativa; Políticas Públicas de Saúde; Reforma Sanitária e Psiquiátrica.AbstractThis article studies the history of the constitution of normative psychological knowledge and offers reflection on the role of psychology within Social Health. We foreground variousguidelines for the profession to ensure the training of professionals towards an apposite profile for practice in accordance with Public Health Policies. We adopt a social history approach informed by a Foucauldian genealogical perspective in our attempt to propose actual transformations to discourses and practices. Currently, some of the psy practices related toindividualist and normative conceptions - historically influenced by the hygienist movement - could constitute new types of depoliticized subjectivities. Thus, we posit that individuals willno longer involve themselves in their own conditions assubjects due to reductionist psychopathologizing discourses which are regulated by concepts that bear little or no relationto the promotion of health and the Brazilian Health and Psychiatric Reform project.Keywords: Normative Psychology; Public Health Policies; Health and Psychiatric Reform.

Representações sociais das práticas alimentares entre adolescentes grávidas de uma comunidade em Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Gorete Lucena de Vasconcelos ◽  
Sheyla Costa de Oliveira ◽  
Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo ◽  
Cleide Maria Pontes ◽  
Inez Maria Tenório ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Saturation

ABSTRACTObjective: to analyze the social representation of teenagers pregnant on the feeding practices during pregnancy in a community from Recife city, Pernambuco, Brazil. Methodology: qualitative study whose population will be adolescents pregnant. The sampling is intended by the criterion of homogeneity wide. The clipping will be defined by empirical data saturation. As instruments for data collection will be used: a script of interview with closed questions, a script of interview with guiding questions and the use of photographs. Analyzes the data based on social representation, a social and cultural perspective. Results expected: expect it will get data on the knowledge of the magnitude of the problems in eating habits of adolescents during pregnancy subsidizing the public health policies, minimizing adverse effects on health and adolescent's health. Descriptors: adolescents; pregnancy; eating habits.RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a representação social de adolescentes grávidas sobre as práticas  alimentares durante a gravidez  em uma comunidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. Metodologia: estudo qualitativo cuja população será de adolescentes grávidas. A amostragem será intencional pelo critério de homogeneidade ampla. O recorte empírico será definido pela saturação dos dados. Como instrumentos para coleta de dados serão utilizados: um roteiro de entrevista com questões fechadas, um roteiro de entrevista contendo questões norteadoras e o uso de fotografias.  Analisaremos os dados à luz da representação social, numa perspectiva cultural e social. Resultados esperados: esperar-se-á, obter dados sobre o conhecimento da magnitude dos problemas dos hábitos alimentares das adolescentes durante a gravidez subsidiando as políticas públicas de saúde, minimizando efeitos adversos sobre a saúde da adolescente e do concepto. Descritores: adolescente; gravidez; hábitos alimentares.RESUMENObjetivo: analizar la representación social de las adolescentes embarazadas en las prácticas de alimentación durante el embarazo en una comunidad de Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. Metodología: estudio cualitativo cuya población és de las adolescentes embarazadas. El muestreo es por el criterio de homogeneidad. El corte será definido por la saturación de los datos empíricos. Como instrumentos para la recogida de datos se utilizarán: un guión de entrevista con preguntas cerradas, un guión de entrevista con preguntas y orientar el uso de fotografías. Analiza los datos la luz de la representación social, una perspectiva social y cultural. Resultados: se esperan obtener datos sobre el conocimiento de la magnitud de los problemas en los hábitos alimenticios de las adolescentes durante el embarazo subsidiar la políticas de salud pública, minimizando los efectos adversos sobre la salud y la salud de los adolescentes. Descriptores: adolescência; embarazo; hábitos de alimentación.

Physicians, the State and Public Health in Chile, 1881–1891

1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl J. Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Deep Roots ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
The Social

AbstractThis study of public health policy in Chile uncovers some of the social tensions in that country during the 1880s, and illustrates the fragmentation of the Chilean elite prior to the Revolution of 1891. The Chilean government's controversial and contested public health policies implied the increasing bureaucratic organisation and regulation of society. The justifications offered for these policies by central government officials reveal both the deep roots in Chilean politics of a powerful Executive, and the early linkage between the ‘scientific discourses’ of medical professionals and the bureaucratic centralisation of state power.

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