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Introducción: Los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales constituyen una herramienta valiosa para orientar la toma de decisiones al permitir identificar las relaciones entre diferentes variables y explicar el comportamiento de aquellas más abstractas. Tal es el caso de la probabilidad de que una persona consulte en el sistema de salud, donde intervienen factores demográficos, sociales y psicológicos. El presente trabajo se propuso construir un modelo explicativo de la utilización de los servicios médicos ambulatorios en una población de clase media urbana con seguro de salud relacionando variables demográficas, sociales y de autopercepción de salud. Métodos: Se realizó a través de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales con diseño longitudinal (cohorte prospectiva). Para ello se realizaron inicialmente dos cortes transversales en diferentes momentos, y luego se realizó el análisis longitudinal teniendo en cuenta la información obtenida en los dos cortes transversales. Resultados: La utilización de los servicios médicos ambulatorios fue explicada en el siguiente orden según su fuerza de asociación: CPS (coeficiente de 0,57), la utilización de los servicios en el periodo anterior (0,23), la salud percibida en el último período (- 0,15), y los problemas familiares del último período (0,08). Las demás variables no tuvieron una asociación estadísticamente significativa. Conclusiones: La realización de CPS es la variable con mayor capacidad explicativa de la variabilidad de la utilización de servicios ambulatorios de salud de personas de clase media urbana que tienen seguro de salud y niveles altos de estudios. Esto podría tener implicancias importantes a nivel de gestión para asegurar la sustentabilidad del sistema de salud a través de una organización racional de los recursos disponibles.

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Educational communities have the potential to project themselves as transforming niches of living conditions around the identification of health needs and the search for alternatives to solve them. Within the framework of the Master's in Public Health at the Universidad de La Sabana, progress has been made in strategies to generate this link, through support in the formulation of a community health program in an educational environment, based on the adaptation of the model Precede- Procede, a method to plan, conduct and evaluate health education interventions. Taking into account the above, the objective of this article is to reflect on the contributions of the model for the formulation of community health programs in educational settings, regarding primary health care and the policies of healthy educational settings, considering that they are referents regulations in the Colombian territory. In summary, this model is considered a favorable option for the formulation of health programs in the educational context because it privileges community participation, addresses contextualized problems and gives the possibility for students to integrate from an early age and educational communities to become social managers of their own health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introducción: La complejidad de la época actual exige tener en cuenta enfoques cuantitativos y cualitativos, datos de diferentes fuentes, métodos múltiples y un crisol de enfoques. Para dar respuesta a esta complejidad se presenta el análisis situacional como método posible. Metodología: Se presenta una revisión integrativa en relación con la variante de análisis situacional, que sigue los siguientes pasos: 1) identificación del problema (pregunta y objetivo de la investigación claramente definidos); 2) búsqueda bibliográfica (estrategia de búsqueda exhaustiva); 3) evaluación de datos; 4) análisis de datos (reducción de datos, visualización, comparación y conclusiones); y 5) presentación de los resultados así como las implicaciones para la práctica, la política públicas y las futuras investigaciones. Resultados: Emerge literatura que da cuenta del análisis situacional como una metodología utilizada en educación en salud, gestión en salud, políticas públicas y atención en salud, que incorpora elementos del análisis de discurso y teorías poshumanistas. Conclusiones: El análisis situacional es una metodología de comprensión de los fenómenos sociales, culturales, sanitarios y de educación, que está disponible y es acorde con la mirada multidimensional requerida para comprender la complejidad del entorno y fluidez de la era que estamos viviendo.

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En 2019, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud aprobó una política regional conocida como Plan de acción para el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de información para la salud 2019-2023, cuyo diseño es el objeto de este artículo. El análisis se realiza tanto desde el punto de vista de su elaboración como de la implementación, a la luz de los conceptos teóricos de Harold Lasswell y Charles Lindblom. El siguiente estudio de política se realizó a partir de una reflexión sobre su contexto, orientación hacia problemas, diversidad y multiplicidad de los métodos utilizados. Asimismo, se hizo una reflexión sobre la búsqueda imparcial del interés público, el diseño de políticas prácticas, la satisfacción de las necesidades de los funcionarios públicos y la oferta de recomendaciones. La política puede ser implementada independientemente de la configuración administrativa de los países y territorios o bien del poder político que puedan ejercer otras instituciones. Su diseño está orientado al acceso universal a los servicios de salud para la región de las Américas, teniendo en cuenta la diversidad cultural e idiomática, incluyendo poblaciones indígenas demuestra que se contextualizó para una región con altos índices de inequidades.

This article aims to describe the activities conducted by the National Childhood Cancer Plan Working Group to support the development of national childhood cancer plans in Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 2019--2022, and to present the stage of plan development. The Working Group activities were supported by the Pan American Health Organization and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer. Year after year, the workshops and activities developed with the Working Group mobilized key stakeholders: pediatric oncologists, representatives of the Ministry of Health, foundations supporting childhood cancer initiatives, and hospital administrators. As of February 2023, one regional framework is in place, approved by the Council of Ministries of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic, nine countries are currently implementing national plans or laws that include childhood cancer, and ten countries are writing new plans. The WHO three-step framework helped to guide the Working Group activities. All plans were supported by a situational analysis, which highlighted the importance of having systematized data for evidence-based policies. To increase implementation success, an accompanying budget and timeline help to ensure the adequate implementation of the interventions. More than anything, committed stakeholders remain the most fundamental element to successfully write and approve a national childhood cancer plan. This is an opportunity to share these countries' experience so the strategy can be adapted to support other countries developing a childhood cancer plan and extended to other public health areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Working with PAHO/WHO to prioritize childhood cancer in the context of systems strengthening is central to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH)'s role as WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer. This manuscript focuses on how SJCRH and PAHO/WHO have partnered to apply C5 (Country Collaboration for Childhood Cancer Control) to define and implement priority actions regionally, strengthening Ministry programs for childhood cancer, while implementing the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer since 2018. Using C5, a tool developed by SJCRH, PAHO/WHO and SJCRH co-hosted regional/national workshops engaging authorities, clinicians and other stakeholders across 10 countries to map health systems needs and prioritize strategic activities (spanning Central America, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil and Uruguay). SJCRH provided English/Spanish/Portuguese C5 versions/templates for analysis/prioritization exercises, and worked with PAHO/WHO and country teams to implement C5, analyze findings, and develop outputs. In an eight-country regional workshop, countries defined priorities within national/regional initiatives and ranked their value and political will, incorporating country-specific surveys and stakeholder dialogues. Each country prioritized one strategic activity for 2022-2023, exchanged insights via storytelling, and disseminated and applied results to inform country-specific and regional action plans. National workshops analyses have been incorporated into cancer control planning activities and collaborative work regionally. Implementation success factors include engaging actors beyond the clinic, enabling flexibility, and focusing on co-design with stakeholders. Joint implementation of C5 catalyzed prioritization and accelerated strategic activities to improve policies, capacity, and quality of care for children in the Americas, supporting Ministries to integrate childhood cancer interventions as part of systems strengthening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: describing mental health practices in primary care from the perspective of professional managers. Method: this was a descriptive, qualitative study carried out between February and May 2019, using a semi-structured questionnaire sent to professionals who directly assist mental health users in 24 municipalities and an interview with a technician from a health region in Paraná. The data was analyzed using Bardin's content analysis technique. Results: the following categories were identified: risk stratification as a practice in mental health care services; the work of family health support center professionals; networking; therapeutic follow-up. Final considerations: the professionals' perceptions are heterogeneous, but there is a consensus on the fragility of the role of primary care in constituting an efficient and resolutive gateway and that risk stratification is often not carried out. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective : Identify challenges in the applicability of ontological models that represent relationships and elements of health management competencies. Methods: Scoping Review, according to Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and the guiding question: "What are the challenges in the applicability of ontological models that represent the health management competencies described in health in the literature?". Included national and international studies, English, Portuguese and Spanish, in the time span of 2015 to 2020. Results : The search strategy was applied in eight databases; 2024 articles were found and eight were selected as the final sample. The studies highlighted the following difficulties in this theoretical framework: interpretation of complex, heterogeneous and dispersed data by health managers, lack of automation in patient monitoring, lack of training of health managers, inadequate task distribution and workload of the nursing team and also, deficiency in decision-making shared between health professionals and the patient. Conclusions: The application of ontological models in health management systems resulted in time optimization, data integration and better management decision-making in order to positively help the work of health professionals and managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Para los profesionales de enfermería la planificación del cuidado es importante si se desean obtener resultados favorables para las personas que se atienden, es por ello que al momento de generar la planeación del cuidado se debe reflexionar sobre los aspectos subjetivos que le permiten a la persona visualizar el mundo y que resultan en la generación de acciones o comportamientos que favorecen o perjudican su salud, de lo contrario la eficacia de las intervenciones de cuidado podría ser de corto alcance o de poca duración. Esta situación es lo que ha motivado a crear esta breve consideración a lo que es la subjetividad y cómo es que constituye al ser humano como ser para poder entender sus implicaciones en los procesos de salud–enfermedad.

Hablando del cuidado de la salud es conveniente reconocer la influencia que tienen sobre éste los significados que las personas se han generado sobre salud y enfermedad a partir de la interacción con su contexto y las experiencias previas con situaciones similares propias o ajenas, por lo que esta parte de cómo es percibida la situación de salud a partir de sus significados es fundamental tenerla presente al momento de impartir el cuidado que los profesionales de enfermería brindan a sus pacientes, ya que el éxito o el fracaso de las intervenciones está directamente relacionado con observar estos significados. Es por lo que a través del interaccionismo simbólico de Herbert Blumer se pretende ayudar a comprender que el significado del cuidado de la salud tiene su origen en la interacción social y la importancia que esto tiene para poder entender la conducta de las personas en situaciones específicas, como el cuidado de la salud.

Objetivo: estimar la oferta de nefrólogos en Uruguay en 2020. Método: Se plantea analizar las fuentes de información de acceso público como insumo para estimar la oferta de especialistas médicos en Uruguay, su completitud, fiabilidad y limitaciones. Resultados: en 2020, se identifican 178 médicos con desempeño profesional activo en el área de la nefrología en Uruguay. Es una especialidad con una pirámide feminizada (más del 70% son mujeres), y con más de la mitad de los médicos con edades por encima de los 49 años. Si se restringe el universo a los de 65 años o menos, el país cuenta con una oferta de 173 especialistas. Más allá de las limitaciones, es la mejor aproximación a la cantidad y estructura demográfica de la profesión en el país. Conclusiones: el estudio aporta una estimación sobre la oferta de recursos humanos en nefrología. El poder realizar este tipo de trabajo es un avance sustantivo para el Uruguay. La información y los sistemas de información se conciben como un insumo fundamental para el proceso de toma de decisión y gestión en salud. En tal sentido cobra relevancia la optimización del uso de los datos y la información disponible en cada momento, así como la identificación de los datos necesarios y no disponibles, de manera de promover su incorporación en próximas innovaciones de los sistemas de registros sistemáticos de datos.

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The so-called health maps are an instrument for the promotion, democratization and right to public information in health. They have also been a tool for contextualizing and better targeting inequalities in the public health sector and other related sectors. This article aims to explain the elaboration of the health map of Mauritania, and its value in the planning and reordering of the supply of health services at all levels of the country's health pyramid in order to respond to the growing requests for information generated by various organizations, but mainly from the Mauritanian health sector. The methodology used to develop a participatory map of health assets in a specific African country is presented. The survey technique was used as a research procedure, as it allows data to be collected and processed quickly and efficiently. Geographic information systems were an important support to the work. The health map drawn up was a fundamental tool for the management and organization of the territory in terms of health planning for the following five years. It has enabled health resources to be organized in order to achieve a supply of services more suited to the needs of the population, avoiding duplication of care, while at the same time becoming a powerful instrument to support decision-making. This territorial knowledge of the country allowed and made possible the subsequent implementation of Health Development Plans in the regions with the greatest health inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Con millones de personas en el mundo en situación de distanciamiento físico por el COVID-19, las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TICs) se han posicionado como uno de los medios principales de interacción y colaboración. Ya al inicio de este milenio se empezaban a mencionar las siguientes ventajas: mayor acceso a la información y a la prestación de servicios; fortalecimiento educativo; control de calidad de los programas de detección y reducción de los costos de la atención de en salud. Sin embargo, entre las principales barreras de adopción de la telemedicina se encuentran las de índole: tecnológicas; humanas y sociales; psico-sociales y antropológicas; de Gobernanza y económicas. En estos 20 años se logró un aumento en los recursos y capacidad técnica, una mejora en la educación digital, un empoderamiento del paciente en su tratamiento y un mayor interés público en esta área. En especial se considera exitosa la conformación de equipos interdisciplinarios, las redes académicas y profesionales y las consultas médicas virtuales. Después de revisar el estado de la telemedicina en la Región de las Américas, los autores recomiendan adoptar medidas urgentes para poner en práctica políticas y programas nacionales de telemedicina, incluyendo el marco normativo y presupuesto necesario, cuya implementación se realice de manera integral e interoperable y que se sustente de redes académicas, de colaboración e instituciones especializadas. Dichas políticas deben generar un contexto habilitante que den sostenibilidad al avance logrado, considerando los aspectos mencionados en las posibles barreras.

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In 2019, the Pan American Health Organization approved a regional policy known as the Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2019-2023, the design of which is the subject of this article. This analysis was carried out from the point of view of the development of the plan of action, as well as its implementation, in the light of the theoretical concepts of Harold Lasswell and Charles Lindblom. In the study of this policy, consideration was given to context, focus on problems, diversity, and the variety of methods used. The impartial search for the public interest, design of practical policies, needs of public officials, and provision of recommendations are discussed. The policy can be implemented regardless of the administrative configuration of countries and territories, or the political power that other institutions may exercise. Its design is oriented toward universal access to health services in the countries of the Americas, taking into account cultural and linguistic diversity, including indigenous populations, which shows that it was contextualized for a region with high rates of inequities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to describe the planning process in health centers with contrasting results, according to health indicators. Method: multiple case study, consisting of four cases. Data collection took place between March and May 2017, in health centers, through documentary and bibliographic research, semi-structured interview and non-participant observation. Participants were 25 subjects, coordinators of health centers, higher level professionals of the teams, supporters of the health district and a manager of the planning area. Each case was analyzed individually, seeking similarities and contrasts. The findings of all cases were totalized and analyzed by cross-synthesis of cases. Results: lack of human resources, interpersonal problems and individualized work processes were problems that made it difficult to achieve better results. Final considerations: integrated work and communication between professionals facilitates the development of planning and helps achieve better results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El objetivo de este estudio fue describir el procesamiento de un plan de acción interinstitucional para el abordaje del sobrepeso y la obesidad en dos cantones urbanos de Costa Rica: Alajuelita y Escazú. Esta investigación tiene enfoque cualitativo, es de tipo descriptivo transversal y utiliza una metodología de investigación-acción, la cual toma como participantes a los actores institucionales de ambos cantones, por un lapso de seis meses. El principal resultado fue el desarrollo de un plan de acción para el abordaje del sobrepeso y la obesidad en madres de cada cantón. Además, se propusieron indicadores de proceso, producto y resultado para cada una de las cuatro áreas de trabajo que formaron parte de dicha herramienta. Se concluyó que la corresponsabilidad en salud es de vital importancia para crear acciones dirigidas a mejorar la salud de las personas, especialmente en comunidades donde, si bien existe una importante voluntad política de los actores institucionales, se cuenta con pocos recursos.

Este artículo describe el proceso de elaboración del Plan Nacional de Cáncer de Chile. Este proceso incluyó una etapa inicial de diagnóstico en la que se convocó a diversos actores relevantes en el tema, con el fin de recoger distintas perspectivas y propuestas. Más tarde, la información recopilada fue sistematizada y estructurada por el Ministerio de Salud a través de un plan de acción, en el que se detallan sus iniciativas, objetivos e indicadores asociados. El Plan se definió en función de cinco líneas estratégicas a partir de las cuales se desprenden todas las acciones propuestas para los siguientes 10 años. El objetivo del artículo es describir el proceso de elaboración del Plan, con el fin de extraer diversas lecciones que pueden ser útiles para la elaboración de otros planes de características similares en Chile y otros países de la Región. Las principales lecciones aprendidas tienen relación con la necesidad de establecer un diagnóstico claro que permita hacer propuestas basadas en la evidencia, y la importancia de realizar este tipo de planificación a través de un proceso participativo y con una mirada interdisciplinaria, que potencie la solidez de las propuestas y facilite su validación y sostenibilidad.

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Este documento tiene por objetivos resumir los desafíos actuales de la medicina familiar en América Latina y proponer posibles líneas de acción para consolidar su desarrollo. En los últimos 40 años, los sistemas de salud de la Región de las Américas han encarado reformas cuyos resultados fueron negativos en términos de equidad, y la atención primaria de la salud, lejos de ser aquella estrategia destinada a reducirla, se restringió a una política focal y selectiva. En este contexto, las propuestas técnicas de expansión de las plazas de formación en medicina familiar y su inserción en las carreras de Medicina, han carecido de coherencia y de una dirección política clara, por lo que su falta de eficacia puede leerse como un síntoma de estas reformas incompletas. Al respecto, la Confederación Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar realizó recomendaciones sobre el compromiso político de los gobiernos para asegurar la estructura y el financiamiento necesarios, consolidar el modelo de medicina familiar como mecanismo de instrumentación de la atención primaria de la salud, la jerarquización de los programas de formación, las condiciones laborales de los médicos de familia y la certificación profesional, entre otras. Estas recomendaciones técnicas, sin acción política coherente y oportuna, no serán más exitosas que los intentos previos.

This article critically analyzes local governments’ abilities to face the COVID-19 pandemic by examining an instance of technical-scientific cooperation between a municipality and a university located in the northern Rio de Janeiro (state) beginning in April 2020. This collaboration included: the implementation of a situation room, data processing and analysis for decision making and for public communication, a telemonitoring center, ongoing training with territorial healthcare teams, and an epidemiological study of COVID-19 in the municipality, among other actions. We situate our analysis within a conceptual framework that adopts a micropolitical view of concepts such as experience, pragmatism, “live work in action,” and desire. The notion of “planningdoing” is deployed as an inventive form of planning that is only narrated a posteriori, as an imperative act, a live government in action that depends on the movement of desire oriented by life, and that only takes place in collective spaces of management practices and health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To report the experience of academic care of nursing students during the joint construction of a singular therapeutic project with the family health care teams in a Basic Health Unit. Methodology: A descriptive study of the type of experience report on the elaboration of a singular therapeutic project, based on the experiences lived by Nursing students of the Federal University of Piauí in the second semester of 2019 when they followed up on a patient with mental disorder was carried out. Results: As a result of following the stages of situational diagnosis, goal setting, division of responsibilities, and evaluation and reevaluation, as well as the link between academics and professionals with the patient and her family in each phase of the singular therapeutic project, it was possible to identify the organic, psychological and social aspects that trigger health problems and risks to plan and implement interventions aimed at satisfying the demands of the patient and their family, consequently improving their quality of life. Conclusions: The singular therapeutic project proved to be an important tool to overcome the existing therapeutic gap between patient, family and health team, contributing to the strengthening of ties, a better resolution of the demands of the patient, the family and the production of autonomy and personal care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El envejecimiento de la población cubana es una de las implicaciones demográficas y sociales más importantes derivadas del descenso de la fecundidad, la mortalidad y el aumento de la esperanza de vida; las consecuencias que dicho fenómeno expone ante la sociedad actual y sus sistemas lo hacen tributario de grandes y complejas decisiones gubernamentales y estatales, esto adquiere mayor relevancia para el sector salud. Prepararse para afrontar el envejecimiento y tener una sociedad más amigable con las personas de edad es una prioridad para el sistema municipal de salud de Cienfuegos. La intersectorialidad constituye una vía esencial para mejorar la calidad de vida de la población de 60 años y más. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica con el objetivo de mostrar cómo la acción intersectorial, rectorada por el sector salud, puede contribuir a transformar la situación de salud, de bienestar y calidad de vida del adulto mayor.

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This article describes the process of developing Chile's National Cancer Plan. This process included an initial diagnostic stage in which various stakeholders were called on to provide different perspectives and proposals. Later, the compiled information was systematized and structured by the Ministry of Health in an action plan with detailed initiatives, objectives, and associated indicators. The Plan was developed along five strategic lines that guide all the proposed actions for the next ten years. The objective of the article is to describe the process by which the Plan was developed, in order to draw several lessons that may be useful in the preparation of other similar plans in Chile and in other countries of the Region. The main lessons learned involve the need for clear diagnoses to make evidence-based proposals, and the importance of conducting this type of planning through a participatory process and with an interdisciplinary approach, resulting in sounder proposals and facilitating their validation and sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objetivo: analizar las contribuciones de la Residencia Multiprofesional en Planificación y Gestión en la formación y las acciones de Vigilancia Sanitaria con base en un relato de experiencia. Método: experiencia en la Vigilancia Sanitaria en uno de los 12 distritos sanitarios de la ciudad de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, en los meses de julio a septiembre de 2019. Resultados: se pudo disfrutar de varias actividades en el sector, destacando la propia rutina del sector en relación con la expedición de los permisos sanitarios, posterior a los procesos de inspección y supervisión de los establecimientos/unidades sanitarias y el Informe de las Condiciones Sanitarias de las Unidades. Conclusión: la inserción de un residente dentro de la Vigilancia Sanitaria, además de contribuir al servicio, destacó el potencial de acción conjunta entre la Residencia y la Vigilancia Sanitaria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research objective: To evaluate the work process of the Family Health Strategy team, Afonso Pena, from the Hélio Pellegrino Municipal Health Center according to the application of the SWOT matrix. Methodology adopted: This is an experience report on the application of a planning tool, called the SWOT matrix, to organize the work process of the family health team. Main results: The main problems of the team were a feeling of devaluation of the professionals, difficulty in communication between the members of the team itself and a reduction in the offer of places to make an appointment for the population. It was possible to identify the main problems and work with the themes of professional valorization, improved communication between the team and improved offer of places for consultation. Conclusion: The experience of the SWOT matrix application in the Family Health Strategy team was positive for the team, because it generated a process of self-knowledge and facilitated the analysis of the main problems to be changed in order to improve the process of organizing the work of professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To evaluate the implementation of food and nutrition actions in child health care by family health teams in two municipalities of Paraíba, Brazil. Methodology: Evaluative survey of implementation analysis. Nine health teams in each municipality were randomly selected. Eighteen under-five children were selected, on average, from each team to represent this population group. The structure, the work process and the users' evaluation were analyzed. For the evaluation of the services from the perspective of the users, the child version of the PCATool questionnaire was used. Results: Scores of the work process and users' evaluation indicated a fragmented attention in both municipalities, although with some differences between them. In the users' evaluation using the PCATool questionnaire, only the item completeness in the Municipality 1 reached the "advanced" level. Deficient promotion and prevention practices, growth monitoring and teamwork stood out with scores correlated with the users' evaluation, especially in the municipality with the best work process. Conclusion: There are impairments to completeness and quality associated with deficiencies in the implementation of food and nutrition actions directed at children's health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction : Health situation analyses (ASIS) allow for describing and explaining a population's health/disease profiles and the conditions in which people live and work. However, challenges remain in improving their analytical quality and utilization. Objective: To describe the methods used at different stages of ASIS design in Latin America. Methods : Content analysis of various official ASIS documents and guidelines from Latin American countries available online. Results : Community participation was identified in 63% of the documents. The main quantitative information sources on social determinants were secondary governmental sources (96%), followed by local primary sources (36%). The main sources of information on health conditions were institutional secondary sources (100%), followed by local primary sources (57%). Analyses beyond mere statistical description were found in 29% of the cases. In 54% of the guidelines, qualitative sources were used, playing a crucial role in small and hard-to-reach areas. Among the reviewed guidelines, 15 countries (62%) included prioritization, and 10 countries (43.4%) employed different methods to communicate the results. Conclusion : The reviewed official documents incorporate PAHO guidelines for designing health situation analyses, but their implementation varies significantly across countries, particularly regarding community participation, source usage, prioritization methods, and result dissemination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumen: El artículo analiza la aplicación de cuatro criterios para la (re)distribución de equipos básicos de salud en el nivel local. Es un estudio descriptivo, transversal, bajo la modalidad de estudio de caso, desarrollado en Nueva Esparta, Venezuela, 2016. Se diseñó un instrumento para consolidar en un repositorio los datos del nivel local sobre los equipos básicos de salud de 170 consultorios populares y 447 comunidades atendidas. Los criterios analizados fueron: (1) relación equipos básicos de salud/población, se calculó el número de equipos básicos de salud completos e incompletos y la razón de densidad de profesionales por 10.000 habitantes; (2) distancia entre los consultorios populares y la población; (3) características de los profesionales que conforman los equipos básicos de salud, por sexo, edad y tipo de profesional; (4) análisis de métricas de desigualdad, como criterio innovador, se calcularon 2 métricas-resumen de brecha y 1 de gradiente de desigualdad en salud, para evaluar las propuestas de (re)distribución de los equipos básicos de salud. Hay diferencias intra-estadales, a nivel de municipios y parroquias, en la distribución de profesionales de salud y escasez de enfermeras y promotores. De los 317 equipos básicos de salud que se requieren hay 52 equipos básicos de salud completos. Las métricas de desigualdad reflejan una equidistribución ecosocial del recurso humano, favoreciendo las poblaciones más pobres. La aplicación conjugada de los criterios permite identificar áreas geográficas y poblaciones con mayor carencia o escasez de equipos básicos de salud y optimizar su (re)distribución equitativa en el nivel local. La limitación de no contar con información desagregada fue superada utilizando un único repositorio con información consensuada por los equipos estadales/locales de salud. Es recomendable invertir en sistemas de información eficientes.