Meta-evaluation of baseline studies of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Expansion Project: a participatory and formative approach

A participatory, formative meta-evaluation of baseline studies in Brazil is presented. International standards recommended by associations of evaluators were used, along with “specificity” criteria built up using the terms of reference for proposals for the selection of studies. The methodological approach combined a “peer review” of baseline study reports, with a participatory (self) assessment for […]
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Adequacy of prenatal care in the National Health System in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Autores: Neves I, Neves E, Neves I
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Adequacy+of+prenatal+care+in+the+National+Health+System+in+the+city+of+Rio+de+Janeiro%2C+Brazil.

The persistence of negative perinatal outcomes in Rio de Janeiro suggests problems in the quality of prenatal care. The most recent study in the city showed that only 38% of prenatal care was adequate.
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Meta-evaluation of baseline studies of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Expansion Project: a participatory and formative approach.

Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country.
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Primary health care reform and implications for the organizational culture of Health Center Groups in Portugal

Autores: Alves-Pires C, Barbosa-Ferreira JM, AM
Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014000100149

The health sector’s increasing complexity poses major challenges for administrators. There is considerable consensus on workforce quality as a key determinant of success for any health reform. This study aimed to explore the changes introduced by an action-training intervention in the organizational culture of the 73 executive directors of Health Center Groups (ACES) in Portugal during the primary health care reform. The study covers two periods, before and after the one-year ACES training, during which the data were collected and analyzed.
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