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11026783

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
In the Americas, health sector reforms are facing the challenge of strengthening the steering and leadership role of health authorities. An important part of that role consists of fulfilling the essential public health functions (EPHFs) that are incumbent on all levels of government. For that, it's crucial to improve public health practice, as well as the instruments used to assess the current state of public health practice and the areas where it needs to be strengthened. For that purpose, the Pan American Health Organization has started an initiative called "Public Health in the Americas," with the objective of defining and measuring EPHFs, as a way of improving public health practice and strengthening the leadership provided by health authorities at all levels of government. This article summarizes conceptual and methodological aspects of defining and measuring EPHFs. The article also analyzes the implications that measuring performance on these public health roles, responsibilities, and activities would have for improving public health practice in the Americas.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1020-4989
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
126-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Essential functions of public health: emerging topic in health care reform].
pubmed:affiliation
División de Desarrollo de Sistemas, Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS), Washington, D.C., USA. claiss@ctcreuna.cl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract