Health policy dialogue to strengthen nursing in UruguayDi álogo político-sanitário para o fortalecimento da enfermagem no Uruguai
This article presents the experience of the health policy dialogue on nursing held in Uruguay in 2021, based on the theory of change. Four working groups were held, with the participation of 725 people. The points discussed included: the shortage of registered nurses to implement programs and cover functions at all levels of health care; the poor visibility of the healthcare impact of the activities carried out; insufficient financial resources for undergraduate and postgraduate training; and poor integration of nurses in management teams and policy decision-making spaces in the country. Participants expressed the need to ...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Augusto Ferreira Umpi érrez Mercedes P érez Carlos Valli Luc ía Gómez Garbero Camila Olivera Bruna Moreno Dias Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani Source Type: research

Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
Omega (Westport). 2023 Oct 26:302228231210148. doi: 10.1177/00302228231210148. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indice...
Source: Omega - October 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tom ás Caycho-Rodríguez Renzo Rivera-Calcina Lindsey W Vilca Carlos Carbajal-Le ón Pablo D Valencia Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo Walter L Arias Gallegos Mario Reyes-Bossio Nicol Or é-Kovacs Claudio Rojas-Jara Miguel Gallegos Roberto Polanco-Carrasco Maur Source Type: research

Health policy dialogue to strengthen nursing in UruguayDi álogo político-sanitário para o fortalecimento da enfermagem no Uruguai
This article presents the experience of the health policy dialogue on nursing held in Uruguay in 2021, based on the theory of change. Four working groups were held, with the participation of 725 people. The points discussed included: the shortage of registered nurses to implement programs and cover functions at all levels of health care; the poor visibility of the healthcare impact of the activities carried out; insufficient financial resources for undergraduate and postgraduate training; and poor integration of nurses in management teams and policy decision-making spaces in the country. Participants expressed the need to ...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Augusto Ferreira Umpi érrez Mercedes P érez Carlos Valli Luc ía Gómez Garbero Camila Olivera Bruna Moreno Dias Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani Source Type: research

Assessment of Obsessive Thoughts About COVID-19 in 7 Latin American Countries: Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Obsession With COVID-19 Scale
Omega (Westport). 2023 Oct 26:302228231210148. doi: 10.1177/00302228231210148. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of the Obsession with COVID-19 Scale (OCS) among seven Latin American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Although the OCS has been used in several countries and languages, there is a need for approaches that better integrate the cross-cultural equivalence of the scale. A total of 3185 people participated in the study. The results indicated the presence of a unidimensional structure and good reliability indice...
Source: Omega - October 26, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tom ás Caycho-Rodríguez Renzo Rivera-Calcina Lindsey W Vilca Carlos Carbajal-Le ón Pablo D Valencia Daniel E Yupanqui-Lorenzo Walter L Arias Gallegos Mario Reyes-Bossio Nicol Or é-Kovacs Claudio Rojas-Jara Miguel Gallegos Roberto Polanco-Carrasco Maur Source Type: research

Health policy dialogue to strengthen nursing in UruguayDi álogo político-sanitário para o fortalecimento da enfermagem no Uruguai
This article presents the experience of the health policy dialogue on nursing held in Uruguay in 2021, based on the theory of change. Four working groups were held, with the participation of 725 people. The points discussed included: the shortage of registered nurses to implement programs and cover functions at all levels of health care; the poor visibility of the healthcare impact of the activities carried out; insufficient financial resources for undergraduate and postgraduate training; and poor integration of nurses in management teams and policy decision-making spaces in the country. Participants expressed the need to ...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Augusto Ferreira Umpi érrez Mercedes P érez Carlos Valli Luc ía Gómez Garbero Camila Olivera Bruna Moreno Dias Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani Source Type: research