Las funciones esenciales de la salud pública

Un tema emergente en las reformas del sector de la salud

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14968469
AutoresFernando Muñoz-Sánchez (0000-0002-9481-1466), Fernando Muñoz (0000-0003-1295-7240), Daniel López-Acuña (0000-0003-3093-0420), Paul Halverson, Paul K Halverson (0000-0001-7684-4363), Carlyle Guerra de Macedo, Wade Hanna, Mónica Larrieu, Soledad Ubilla, Jose Luis Zeballos
Año2000
Volumen8
Número1-2
Páginas126-134
Fecha de publicación2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892000000700017
PMID11026783
OpenAlexW2100700210
SCIELO_PIDS1020-49892000000700017
IdiomaES
Citas recibidas7

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

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