Monday, September 28, 2009

[EQ] Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health - Cuernavaca Mexico April 9 - 11, 2010 - Call for abstracts

Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration
Learning from South-South Collaboration

1st Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health

Hosted at: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP)
Cuernavaca, Mexico - April 9 - 11, 2010

Website: http://globalhealthedu.org/events/alliances/Pages/default.aspx

November 1, 2009: Deadline for all abstract submissions are 11:59 pm Eastern Time

The program analyzes the differences between South/South collaborations and traditional North/South alliances, examines successes and obstacles to effective functioning of these partnerships and culls lessons that can be learned and adopted by the North.

Awards
Recognition for Global Health Activities & Scholarships Awarded for Leadership and Excellence
http://globalhealthedu.org/EVENTS/ALLIANCES/Pages/Awards.aspx

Call for abstracts:
http://globalhealthedu.org/events/alliances/Pages/CallForAbstracts.aspx

Keynote Speaker: Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) Dr. Paulo Buss is President of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil's national institute of health which provides community services throughout Brazil and postgraduate medical training in public health. Plenary Panels:
▪ Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health Education: Beyond the traditional medical model
▪ Lessons Learned from A(H1N1) Virus
▪ Role of Institutional Alliances in Advancing Global Health Education
▪ Ethics and Equity Issues of Collaborations for Global Health
▪ Social Determinants of Health
▪ Global Health Diplomacy

An Exploration of Issues::
▪ International Agencies and Global Health Alliances		▪ Economic Crises and Health, Workforce Education
▪ Pros and Cons of Multicultural Collaborations		▪ Research and Residencies Abroad
▪ Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Health		▪ Surgery in Global Health
▪ Regional Perspectives on Global Health Education		▪ Chronic and Lifestyle Diseases
▪ Education and Human Resources Development		▪ Nutrition and Malnutrition
▪ Clinical Practice and Research in Global Health		▪ Accidents, Violence and Trauma
▪ The Environment and Global Health		▪ Student Experiences in Global Health
▪ Public Policies and Health		▪ Aging as a Global Health Concern
▪ Access to Care		▪ New Technologies in Global Health

Invited Speakers Include:
▪ Marco Akerman, Pan American Health Organization		▪ Ilona Kickbusch, Graduate Inst. of Intl. Dev. Studies, Geneva
▪ Jack Bryant, World Health Organzation		▪ Pablo Kuri, Mexico Secretariat of Health
▪ Pierre Buekens, Tulane University		▪ Laura Magaña, Instituto de Salud
▪ Paulo Buss, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation		▪ Tom Novotny, San Diego State University
▪ Julio Frenk, Harvard University		▪ Walter Patrick, South Asian Partners for Global Health
▪ Mauricio Hernandez, Mexico Ministry of Health		▪ Mirta Roses, Pan American Health Organization
▪ King Holmes, University of Washington		▪ Jeanette Vega, Undersecretary of Public Health, Chile
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Contact:
Golabl Health INSP Cuernavaca, Morelos MEXICO

Tel . (52-777) 329 3000 Ext. 5205 y 5206 Fax: (777) 311 1156 saludglobal@insp.mx

Para solicitar mayor información en español:
Dra. Nelly Salgado de Snyder. Programa de

Salud Global del INSP; Teléfono +52 777 329-3000 ext 5205 y 5206.
Correo electrónico: nsnyder@insp.mx.

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[EQ] Universal Health Insurance and Equity Equity in Primary Care and Specialist Office Visits

Universal Health Insurance and Equity in Primary Care and Specialist Office Visits:

A Population-Based Study

Richard H. Glazier 2,3,4 Mohammad M. Agha 2,4 Rahim Moineddin 1,3,4 Lyn M. Sibley 1

1 Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2 Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annals of Family Medicine - www.annfammed.org - Vol. 7, No. 5 ✦ September/October 2009

Available online at: http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/reprint/7/5/396

PURPOSE

Universal coverage of physician services should serve to reduce socioeconomic disparities in care, but the degree to which a reduction occurs is unclear.

We examined equity in use of physician services in Ontario, Canada, after controlling for health status using both self-reported and diagnosis-based measures.

METHODS

Ontario respondents to the 2000-2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) were linked with physician claim fi les in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004. Educational attainment and income were based on self-report. The CCHS was used for self-reported health status and Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups was used for diagnosis-based health status.

RESULTS

After adjustment, higher education was not associated with at least 1 primary care visit (odds ratio [OR] = 1.05; 95% confi dence interval [CI], 0.87-1.24), but it was inversely associated with frequent visits (OR = 0.77; 95% CI, 0.65-0.88). Higher education was directly associated with at least 1 specialist visit (OR = 1.20; 95% CI, 1.07-1.34), with frequent specialist visits (OR = 1.21; 95% CI, 1.03-1.39), and with bypassing primary care to reach specialists (OR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.02-1.44). The largest inequities by education were found for dermatology and ophthalmology. Income was not independently associated with inequities in physician contact or frequency of visits.

CONCLUSIONS

After adjusting for health status, we found equity in contact with primary care for educational attainment but inequity in specialist contact, frequent visits, and bypassing primary care. In this setting, universal health insurance appears to be successful in achieving income equity in physician visits.

This strategy alone does not eliminate education-related gradients in specialist care.

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[EQ] A healthier future for all Australians - Final Report

A healthier future for all Australians:
National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission

Commonwealth of Australia - Final Report June 2009

Website: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/nhhrc-report

This report identifies actions that can be taken by governments to reform the health system under three reform goals: tackling major access and equity issues that affect health outcomes for people now; redesigning our health system so that it is better positioned to respond to emerging challenges; and creating an agile and self-improving health system for long-term sustainability.

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Executive Summary (PDF 1225 KB)
Recommendations (PDF 1074 KB)
Introduction (PDF 1027 KB)

Chapter 1: A time for action (PDF 1486 KB)
Chapter 2: Our vision for long-term health reform (PDF 1039 KB)
Chapter 3: Tackling major access and equity issues that affect health outcomes for people now (PDF 1081 KB)
Chapter 4: Redesigning our health system to respond to emerging challenges (PDF 1124 KB)
Chapter 5: Creating an agile and self-improving health system (PDF 1117 KB)
Chapter 6: Reforming governance (PDF 1102 KB)
Chapter 7: Implementing a national plan for health reform (PDF 1523 KB)

Appendix A: Terms of reference (PDF 24 KB)
Appendix B: About the Commissioners (PDF 143 KB)
Appendix C: Acknowledgements (PDF 30 KB)
Appendix D: Discussion papers (PDF 42 KB)
Appendix E: Submissions in response to the Interim Report (PDF 48 KB)
Appendix F: Design and governance principles (PDF 46 KB)
Appendix G: Implementing reforms (PDF 189 KB)
Appendix H: Investing in reform (PDF 153 KB)
Glossary & Acronyms (PDF 3290 KB)

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