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Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention for labour and birth care in Brazilian private hospitals: a protocol

Background In Brazilian private hospitals, caesarean section (CS) is almost universal (88%) and is integrated into the model of birth care. A quality improvement intervention, “Adequate Birth” (PPA), based on four driving components (governance, participation of women and families, reorganisation of care, and monitoring), has been implemented to help 23 hospitals reduce their CS rate. […]
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The knowledge production in ENSP – Fiocruz postgraduate within context of Manguinhos in the Rio de Janeiro city – Brazil

The objective was to evaluate the occurrence and conditions of knowledge production in the stricto and lato sensu postgraduate courses of ENSP / Fiocruz in the context of the territory of Manguinhos. Methodological approach was Actor Theory Network for object research in action. A search was made of completion papers from 2004 to 2013 and […]
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A tool for exploring the dynamics of innovative interventions for public health: the critical event card

Public health interventions are increasingly represented as complex systems. Research tools for capturing the dynamic of interventions processes, however, are practically non-existent. This paper describes the development and proof of concept process of an analytical tool, the critical event card (CEC), which supports the representation and analysis of complex interventions’ evolution, based on critical events. […]
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Meta-evaluation of baseline studies of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Expansion Project: a participatory and formative approach.

A participatory, formative meta-evaluation of baseline studies in Brazil is presented. International standards recommended by associations of evaluators were used, along with “specificity” criteria built up using the terms of reference for proposals for the selection of studies.
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Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country.
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