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project in the Dominican Republic, a forestry/technology project in Nicaragua, and a crop insurance project in Peru. …
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Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
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This paper summarizes a randomized experiment to study the effects of an Internet-based intervention on type 2 diabetes … participants' knowledge, behavior, or health outcomes. Only a minority of patients logged on to the website, and most were only …
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education, health and public administration. IT applications foster efficiency, reduce costs and expand the outreach of these …
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Electronic medical record (EMR) systems are increasingly used in developing countries to improve quality of care while increasing efficiency. There is little systematic evidence, however, regarding EMRs' benefits and costs. This case study documents the implementation and use of an EMR system at...
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The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for … results provide evidence that the current public health crisis will exacerbate economic inequality, and they are among the rst …
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This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic … of health self-assessment questions: i) health satisfaction; ii) health status on a scale of 0- 10; and iii) the EuroQol …-national comparisons of health perceptions, but it does not find support for the widely held view that the same applies within countries …
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A crescente exposição a fatores de risco em combinação com os baixos níveis de acesso aos cuidados preventivos está aumentando as necessidades de saúde não satisfeitas. A região da ALC vem experimentando uma "transição nutricional" com relação às dietas menos saudáveis. De 30% a...
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Renewed interest in the Primary Health Care-PHC agenda is a common element of the majority of recent health system … address the major challenges the Region's health systems face. As governments are making substantive long term investments in …
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This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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