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COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness in the population of Friuli Venezia Giulia, North-East Italy. Control of bias associated with divergent compliance to policies in a test-negative case-control study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies consolidate knowledge of real-world effectiveness in different contexts. However, methodological issues may undermine their conclusions: to assess the VE against COVID-19 within the Italian population, a ...
Valentina Rosolen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the COVID-19 pandemic response

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
The procurement and provision of expert-driven, evidence-informed, and independent science advice is integral to timely decision-making during public health emergencies.
Dominika Bhatia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Resources for Health Policies : A Critical Component in Health Policies [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2003
In the last few years, increasing attention has been paid to the development of health policies. But side by side with the presumed benefits of policy, many analysts share the opinion that a major drawback of health policies is their failure to make room for issues of human resources. Current approaches in human resources suggest a number of weaknesses:
Dussault Gilles, Dubois Carl-Ardy
openaire   +3 more sources

The Financial Risks of Unpaid Caregiving During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a Self-reported Survey in a Canadian Jurisdiction

open access: yesHealth Services Insights, 2023
As health service delivery shifts from institutions to the home, greater care responsibilities are being imposed on unpaid caregivers. However, gaps remain concerning how these responsibilities are contributing to caregivers’ financial risk.
Husayn Marani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries

open access: yesEuropean Geriatric Medicine, 2020
Aim To assess the impact on the older population of policies to decrease the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Findings Ageism has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
O. Miralles   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Population and Health Policies* [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Abstract The program evaluation literature for population and health policies is in flux, with many disciplines documenting biological and behavioral linkages from fetal development to late life mortality, chronic disease, and disability, though their implications for policy remain uncertain.
openaire   +5 more sources

"The Actor Is Policy": Application of Elite Theory to Explore Actors’ Interests and Power Underlying Maternal Health Policies in Uganda, 2000-2015

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020
Background: The persistence of high maternal mortality and consistent failure in low- and middle-income countries to achieve global targets such as Millennium Development Goal five (MDG 5) is usually explained from epidemiological, interventional and ...
Moses Mukuru   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health policies for international migrants: A comparison between Mexico and Colombia

open access: yesHealth Policy OPEN, 2020
Objective The aim of this study was to compare the health policies for international migrants in Mexico and Colombia. Methods A descriptive comparative study of the documents issued by the national-level government of the most recent past administrations
I. Bojórquez-Chapela   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker)

open access: yesNature Human Behaviour, 2021
COVID-19 has prompted unprecedented government action around the world. We introduce the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), a dataset that addresses the need for continuously updated, readily usable and comparable information on policy
Thomas Hale   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contraception determinants in youths of Sierra Leone are largely behavioral

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2018
Background Sexual initiation occurs early in Sierra Leone. This study aims to analyze the determinants of condom and/or contraceptive use among a representative sample of young persons (10 to 24 years) in Sierra Leone.
Aline Labat   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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