Health Priorities
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photovoice as community-based participatory research: a qualitative review.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore the use of photovoice as a research methodology to identify and explore community health and disability priorities. METHODS: Published studies (n = 31) that applied photovoice as a research methodology to promote and enhance ... Read more...

Prioritizing neurosurgical education for pediatricians: results of a survey of pediatric neurosurgeons.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECT: Pediatricians play a vital role in the diagnosis and initial treatment of children with pediatric neurosurgical disease. Exposure of pediatrics residents to neurosurgical diseases during training is inconsistent and is usually quite limited. ... Read more...

Women and children first: transforming a historic defining moment into a contemporary ethical imperative.

26 Aug 2009 "Women and children first" is a familiar phrase and comes down to us from the heroic sacrifice of their lives by British soldiers on the HMS Birkenhead in 1852. "Women and children first," the New York Declaration of the International Academy of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Priorities'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A potential avalanche of need? 30 Oct 2009
• Photovoice as community-based participatory research: a qualitative review. 30 Oct 2009
• Afghanistan's hidden health issue. 29 Oct 2009
• The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority. 29 Oct 2009
• Towards a global fund for the health MDGs? Oct 2009
• Nutrition in early life: a global priority. Oct 2009
• The politics of contraception: policies lost and regained. 29 Sep 2009
• Prioritizing neurosurgical education for pediatricians: results of a survey of pediatric neurosurgeons. 29 Sep 2009
• Canada 2010: what should global health expect? 22 Sep 2009
• Rethinking the responsiveness requirement for international research. 3 Sep 2009
• Aaron Motsoaledi: South African minister of health. Interview by Clare Kapp. 3 Sep 2009
• South Africa steps up. 3 Sep 2009
• A science of connectedness. 30 Aug 2009
• Revitalising health in Afghanistan. 27 Aug 2009
• Women and children first: transforming a historic defining moment into a contemporary ethical imperative. 26 Aug 2009
• A moral imperative for children. 24 Aug 2009
• Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: challenges and priorities. 22 Aug 2009
• Violence and injuries in South Africa: prioritising an agenda for prevention. 22 Aug 2009
• The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa. 22 Aug 2009
• HIV infection and tuberculosis in South Africa: an urgent need to escalate the public health response. 22 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Priorities'

Definition: Preferentially rated health-related activities or functions to be used in establishing health planning goals. This may refer specifically to PL93-641.

Descriptor UI: D006292

Alternative terms: Health Priorities; Priorities, Health; Health Priority; Priority, Health;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.349.330; N05.300.400;

History Note: 91(80); was see under HEALTH PLANNING 1980-90