Promoción de salud: un enfoque en salud pública
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Promoción de la salud basada en activos: ¿cómo trabajar con esta perspectiva en intervenciones locales?
La incorporación del modelo de activos para la salud en las intervenciones de salud comunitaria/promoción de la salud puede reforzar aspectos relacionados con la equidad, la orientación a los determinantes sociales, la intersectorialidad y la participación en dichas intervenciones.
Prolactin Determinants in Healthy Women: A Large Cross-Sectional Study within the EPIC Cohort
Background: Experimental and epidemiologic data suggest that higher circulating prolactin is associated with breast cancer risk; however, how various risk factors for breast cancer influence prolactin levels in healthy women is not clear. Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional associations between several suggested reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer and circulating prolactin among pre- and…
Projecting Pharmaceutical Expenditure in EU5 to 2021: Adjusting for the Impact of Discounts and Rebates
Background Within (European) healthcare systems, the predominant goal for pharmaceutical expenditure is cost containment. This is due to a general belief among healthcare policy makers that pharmaceutical expenditure—driven by high prices—will be unsustainable unless further reforms are enacted. Objective The aim of this paper is to provide more realistic expectations of pharmaceutical expenditure for all…
Progress and challenges in tobacco control policies in Mexico, 2003–2017: an approach using the Tobacco Control Scale
The study aims to assess the implementation of tobacco control policies in Mexico from 2003 through 2017 using the Tobacco Control Scale (TCS). The TCS is a research tool widely used in the European region. It facilitates assessment of tobacco control policy implementation based on six cost-effective interventions: tobacco taxes, smoke-free policies, advertising bans, public…
Programa de Intervención Educativa: Aprende a Crecer con Seguridad
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Prognostic role of pre-diagnostic circulating inflammatory biomarkers in breast cancer survival: evidence from the EPIC cohort study
Background Inflammation influences tumour progression and cancer prognosis, but its role preceding breast cancer (BC) and its prognostic implications remain inconclusive. Methods We studied pre-diagnostic plasma inflammatory biomarkers in 1538 women with BC from the EPIC study. Cox proportional hazards models assessed their relationship with all-cause and BC-specific mortality, adjusting for tumour characteristics and lifestyle…
Prognoses and improvement for head and neck cancers diagnosed in Europe in early 2000s: The EUROCARE-5 population-based study
Background Head and neck (H&N) cancers are a heterogeneous group of malignancies, affecting various sites, with different prognoses. The aims of this study are to analyse survival for patients with H&N cancers in relation to tumour location, to assess the change in survival between European countries, and to investigate whether survival improved over time. Methods…
Profiles of adult people in a Spanish sample with chronic pain: Cluster analysis
Aim To establish groups of people with chronic non-cancer pain according to the impairment caused by pain and to identify factors associated with the group with a higher level of impairment. Background Knowing the profiles of people who suffer from chronic non-cancer pain could make it possible to direct their treatment and to detect associated…
Profesionalismo en Salud
Este Informe Técnico de la EASP trata de la importancia de las profesiones sanitarias y la necesidad de revisar de forma permanente la idea de «profesionalismo», un concepto que hace referencia a valores y conductas que son la base de la confianza entre la ciudadanía y los profesionales de la salud. Por este motivo, nuestro…