Early marriage: child spouses
The Digest looks at the reasons for the perpetuation of early marriage, and its possible increase in populations under stress. A key factor is poverty, with the marriage of children often seen as a st...
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22/03/2001
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Poverty, Children, Adolescents, Economic survival, Equity, Living Conditions
Global Action on Aging
Apresenta os objetivos da instituição, galeria de fotos, links para páginas sobre direito dos idosos, direitos previdenciários, calendário de eventos, publicações da instituição (disponíveis...
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22/03/2001
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Aged, Aged Rights, Health, Medicare, Envelhecimento (humano)
Ethical issues in international health research
Participants from both developing and industrialized countries have an opportunity to compare experiences, receive expert advice, and voice their concerns in five days of lectures, case studies, and p...
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22/03/2001
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Research, Ethics, Advocacy, Políticas nacionales de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación con énfasis en el área de salud
Medical out-of-pocket spending in poverty thresholds
Two options for including amounts for medical out-of-pocket spending (moop) in poverty thresholds like those proposed by the National Research Council are presented. Using an experimental poverty data...
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22/03/2001
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Poverty, 51593, Data Collection, Health Expenditure, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
Early entrance to the job market and its effect on adult health: evidence from Brazil
The debate about the appropriate policy response to child labor is complex, requiring a balance between protecting the health of the child and safeguarding the income of the family. These findings ind...
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21/03/2001
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Evidence-Based Medicine, Child Health, Health Equity, Equity, Living Conditions
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Cuba - BVS Cuba
Presenta información sobre la BVS, vigilancia en salud, atención primaria, medicina en desastres, y permite acceso a bases de datos bibliográficas, a texto completo y numéricas, directorios, revis...
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21/03/2001
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Libraries, Medical, Biological Science Disciplines, Biblioteca virtual em saúde
Equity and the economic evaluation of healthcare
The main conclusion of this project is that existing economic evaluations do not represent an adequate guide to resource allocation decisions when the distributional effects of such decisions may be r...
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21/03/2001
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Delivery of Health Care, Economics, Allocation, Equity, Living Conditions, Advocacy
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Colombia - BVS
Presenta información sobre la BVS y el comité consultivo, y permite acceso a bases bibliográficas, catálogo colectivo de revistas, portal de revistas colombianas, boletín epidemiológico, termino...
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21/03/2001
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Libraries, Medical, Biological Science Disciplines, Biblioteca virtual em saúde
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Costa Rica - BVS
Presenta información sobre la BVS, y permite acceso a bases de datos bibliográficas, revistas en salud, boletines, directorios de instituiciones, especialistas, cursos y eventos, servicios de fotoco...
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21/03/2001
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Libraries, Medical, Biological Science Disciplines, Biblioteca virtual em saúde
Biblioteca Virtual en Salud - Legislación de Salud
Presenta información acerca de la BVS y el comité consultivo, y permite acceso a bases de datos de leyes, textos completos de legislación, revistas científicas, directorios, terminología en legis...
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17550, Legislation, Environmental, Libraries, Digital, Vigilância sanita
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