[Professional practices in public dental healthcare: case study of two municipal districts, Bahia State, Brazil].

[Analysis of seniors vaccination programme in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil].

This study examines the planning, operations and assessment of a Seniors Vaccination Program in Campinas, São Paulo State, from the standpoint of practices adopted by central, district and local authorities and intended to ensure influenza vaccination coverage. The case study method was used, with work-health process benchmarks. The primary data source was semi-structured interviews, with insti...

Contextualizing Obesity and Diabetes Policy: Exploring a Nested Statistical and Constructivist Approach at the Cross-National and Subnational Government Level in the United States and Brazil

Background This article conducts a comparative national and subnational government analysis of the political, economic, and ideational constructivist contextual factors facilitating the adoption of obesity and diabetes policy.   Methods We adopt a nested analytical approach to policy analysis, which combines cross-national statistical analysis with subnational case study comparisons to examine...

[Evaluation of decentralized management of basic pharmaceutical care in Bahia State, Brazil].

This article analyzes the decentralized management of pharmaceutical care at the municipal (local) level in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The working hypothesis is that conditioning factors for such management results mainly from an essentially technical and procedures-based approach that still prevails in pharmaceutical care. Two research strategies were used: an extensive strategy, based on the...

Citrus Co-Products in Ruminants Feeds: A Review

The generation of co-products continues at an accelerating pace, driven by population growth. Many of these co-products can be included in ruminant feed, which has the ability to transform them into good quality animal protein, and also help to reduce the disposal of undesirable residues to the environment. One of the co-products with potential use in animal feed, the citrus pulp, represents re...

Professional Practices Promoting Health of Healthcare Workers: Comparison of Public and Private Hospitals in Pakistan