lunes, 6 de agosto de 2012


The Impact of Daycare Programs on Child Health, Nutrition and Development in Developing Countries:
a systematic review

Jef L Leroy, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC
Paola Gadsden, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México
Maite Guijarro, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México
The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
Available online PDF [46p.] at: http://bit.ly/PzEvNm

viernes, 3 de agosto de 2012


Social Determinants of Health - Canadian Best Practices Portal

“……The social determinants of health influence the health of populations.  They include income and social status; social support networks; education; employment/working conditions; social environments; physical environments; personal health practices and coping skills; healthy child development; gender; and culture.


More Relatively-Poor People in a Less Absolutely-Poor World
Shaohua Chen, World Bank
Martin Ravallion, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
July 1, 2012 - World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6114


The Right to a Better Life 
- Strategy for Denmark’s Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark - June 2012
Available online PDF [44p.] at: http://bit.ly/Ojncp5 

Tools for Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach in Public Health Practice
Julie A. Jacobs, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis, Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Ellen Jones, School of Health Related Professions, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Barbara A. Gabella, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado
Bonnie Spring, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Ross C. Brownson, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri

Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110324. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110324. July 20th, 2012
Available online at: http://bit.ly/NaFy70

Health, well-being, and measuring the burden of disease

Hausman DM
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI  USA
Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:13 (1 August 2012)
Available online at: http://bit.ly/MAOZNN

Is social capital good for health? A European perspective
Lorenzo Rocco, University of Padua, Italy
Marc Suhrcke, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
WHO Regional Office for Europe - Copenhagen, Denmark – 2012
Available online PDF [24p.] at: http://bit.ly/OMAeLM

jueves, 28 de junio de 2012

World Health Statistics 2012

World Health Organization.


Referente mundial de la Salud.


Assessing the impact and effectiveness of intersectoral action on the social determinants of health and health equity:
An expedited systematic review
Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University.
ISBN: 978-1-926823-12-6 -  NCCDH_CCNDS  – June 2012
Available online PDF [64p.] at: http://bit.ly/NSC5PE



Measuring Child Poverty:
New league tables of child poverty in the world’s rich countries
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre - May 2012
Innocenti Report Card 10, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence Italy

Available online PDF [40p.] at: http://bit.ly/KXEscw 



A Guide to Evaluation in Health Research

Sarah Bowen, Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health -University of Alberta
Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR- June 2012
Available online PDF [55p.] at: http://bit.ly/LwDlTX 





Chronic Diseases, Primary Care and Health Systems Performance
Diagnostics, Tools and Interventions
Inter-American Development Bank
Social Sector - Social Protection and Health Division
James Macinko, Inês Dourado, Frederico C. Guanais
Available online PDF [35p] at: http://bit.ly/M0pF4f 






Global Health
May 2012 - Dedicated to the World’s well being
Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute in cooperation with the Global Health Diplomacy Program
Munk School of Global Affairs and Trinity College University of Toronto
Available online PDF [74p.] at: http://bit.ly/M0KSJJ