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Instituto Paulista de Sexualidade e Cl�nica de Psicologia e Sexualidade

O Instituto Paulista de Sexualidade - InPaSex -, cl�nica de psicologia e sexualidade, � composto de profissionais de s�lida forma��o acad�mica e larga experi�ncia no...
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Resource added in: 14/12/2000
Available languages: Portuguese
Sexuality, Sex Counseling, Adolesc�ncia, Transtornos Sexuais, DEPRESS�O

La Salud en el desarrollo

Discurso inaugural pronunciado por el Profesor Amartya Sen, rector del Trinity College, Cambridge, ante la 52 Asamblea Mundial de la Salud. Mostra la importancia de reconocer el papel decisivo de la r...
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Resource added in: 14/12/2000
Available languages: Spanish
Health Equity, Reforma en Atención de la Salud

Mortalidad Infantil un indicador para la gestión local

Este trabajo constituye otro documento de la serie de informes publicados por la Representación OPS/OMS en Argentina, con relación a la evolución de los indicadores de condiciones de vida y de salu...
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Resource added in: 14/12/2000
Available languages: Spanish
Social Conditions, Infant Mortality, Epidemiology, Medición, Métodos e indicadores, Equidad en condiciones de vida

Cross sectional study of primary care groups in London: association of measures of socioeconomic and health status with hospital admission rates

"... Objectives: To calculate socioeconomic and health status measures for the primary care groups in London and to examine the association between these measures and hospital admission rates.Conclusi...
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Resource added in: 14/12/2000
Available languages: English
Health Status, Patient Admission, nsitionsitionsitionsitions, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Poverty and policy in Latin America and the Caribbean

"...Although the progress toward poverty reduction remains sluggish, other dimensions of social welfare in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region show signs of improvement. Adult literacy and s...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Social Conditions, Poverty, Public Policy, Health Equity

Older Americans 2000: key indicators of well-being

This new interagency report, Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of well being (Older Americans) provides a unified picture of the health and well being of older population. This publication provides...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Demographic Indicators, Health of the Elderly, Behaviors, Population well-being, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions

Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health insurance and Health Care

Racial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major differences in health status compared to the majority white population. Although many factors affect health status, the lack ...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Ethnicity, Health Status, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util

Child care patterns of school-age children with employed mothers

This report investigates the different types of child care arrangements, including unsupervised "self-care," that families with working mothers use for their school-age children. Specifically, we exam...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Child Care, Ethnicity, Woman, Working, Racial Stocks, eincomeincome, Equity, Living Conditions

Costa Rica: A pension reform strategy

This publication describes the present pension system, its shortcomings, and defends the need for urgent reform. It also makes recommendations on how to reform the system, what should be changed firs...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Social Security, Pension System, Reform, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util

Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies

The hypothesis suggests that good quality public-health programmes for improving child health are more available and being utilised by those families who need them least. The hypothesis also predicts ...
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Resource added in: 13/12/2000
Available languages: English
Child Health, Public Health, Equity, Quality Health Care, onditionditionditiondition, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util