More Than Health Care Services

Public health is more important than health care.

PUBLIC health practitioners seem to be suffering an identity crisis. Perhaps they have felt ignored and under-funded for so long that they are eager to latch onto anything that includes the word "health." Or perhaps some public health practitioners understand that health care receives 94% of the health services dollars with only 3 % going to public health, so they mistakenly think they should b...

Mental health services for residents: more important than ever.

The mental health of physicians in training is a topic of considerable concern. Recent attention to the issue of patient safety has led to examination of the relationship between residents' stress and compromised clinical performance. Few mental health programs dedicated to residents and formally structured to meet their specific needs are reported in the literature. The authors raise the quest...

More than ramps: accessible health care for people with disabilities.

[Health literacy, more than information].

La alfabetización para la salud se ha tratado de forma extensa y con diversas perspectivas desde 1974, cuando en el marco de una conferencia sobre educación y salud el profesor Scott K. Simonds1 utilizó por primera vez el binomio. Desde entonces, no solo se ha puesto de relieve su importancia, sino que se considera una estrategia global2. Son muchas las definiciones que se han formulado y tambi...

Maternal health care in south India: Do adolescents seek more care than older women?

Introduction Adolescent reproductive health is a major area of focus by donor agencies worldwide. While it is generally believed that younger women experience lower autonomy compared to older women, little information is available regarding the care seeking behaviour of pregnant adolescents. In rural India, early onset of sexual activity and the pressure on young married women to prove their fe...