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Mental health policy and practice across europe
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Year: 2007 Publisher: Buckingham ; Maidenhead, Berkshire Open University Press

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In much of Europe it remains taboo to discuss the challenges that poor mental health raises for governments, societies and particularly for people with mental health problems themselves.This book maps the current state of policy, service provision and funding for mental health care across Europe, taking into account the differing historical contexts that have shaped both the development and delivery of services. A holistic approach is adopted that aims to assess the influence on mental health of environmental factors such as housing, poverty, employment, social justice and displacement.Covering a wide range of policy issues, the book:* Examines the legal rights of people with mental health problems* Addresses the impact of stigma, social exclusion and discrimination* Reviews the role of users and their families in the development of mental health services and policy* Reflects on approaches to reform and on the future development of services* Evaluates opportunities for the rehabilitation of people with mental health problems* Discusses the financing and organisation of mental health systems* Reflects on approaches to reform and the future development of servicesMental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe is key reading for policy makers, professionals involved in the delivery of health and social care services, voluntary agencies, non-governmental organizations, academics and students of health policy.

Hooked : ethics, the medical profession, and the pharmaceutical industry
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ISBN: 0742552187 Year: 2007 Publisher: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield


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Flexicurity and the lifecourse : Labour market integration over the lifecourse in different European welfare state regimes
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Year: 2007 Publisher: Brussels FOD Sociale Zekerheid = SPF Sécurité sociale

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The presentation deals with the concept of “flexicurity” from the perspective of individuals’ labour market participation. To begin with, differing notions of “flexicurity” from selected European countries are being discussed. The presentation then extends the analysis of flexicurity to take account of the life-course perspective; in the international flexicurity debate such an approach has so far not been systematically taken. Based on own empirical research, the presentation focuses on different aspects of labour market integration over the life-course in different European welfare state regimes. In the second half the presentation deals with the question of what options will be needed for time allocation in different phases of life and over the whole life of an individual, and what financial resources could be combined to finance those phases. The first section discusses methodological and conceptual issues related to flexicurity and the life course. The second and main section of the second part deals with policy implications. Five crucial objectives of a flexicurity policy based on a life-course approach are identified, and a range of options to improve flexibility and security over the lifetime are being discussed. These options include e.g. measures to increase time sovereignty, subsidised part-time schemes for care and lifelong learning, the use of accumulated pension savings to finance other activities during the course of working life, and the role of minimum provision in social security schemes.

Public ends, private means : Strategic purchasing of health services
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ISBN: 9780821365472 Year: 2007 Publisher: Washington, D.C. World Bank

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Great progress has been made in recent years in securing better access and financial protection against the cost of illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important part of this story. Experience has shown that, without strategic policies and focused spending, the poor are likely to get left out. The use of purchasing to enhance public sector performance is well-documented in other sectors. Extension to the health sector of lessons from this experience is now successfully implemented in many developing countries.Public Ends, Private Means: Strategic Purchasing of Value for Money in Health Services is part of a series of World Bank publications on ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It reviews the underlying economics in terms of agency theory, behavioral science, contract theory, transaction costs, and public choice theory. It provides a synthesis of the institutional environment needed for countries to shift to strategic purchasing, organizational incentives that need to be in place, and management capacity that needs to be strengthened. The volume is supplemented with a CD that presents six regional reviews of current resource allocation and purchasing (RAP) arrangements.


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Monitoring and evaluation of mental health policies and plans
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ISBN: 9789241547154 Year: 2007 Publisher: Geneva World Health Organization

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Careful monitoring and evaluation of a country’s mental health policy and plan are vital for improving services, treatment and care and for guiding future policy directions

Using evidence : how research can inform public services
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ISBN: 9781861346643 9781861346650 9781847422323 Year: 2007 Publisher: Bristol : The Policy Press,

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This book provides a timely and novel contribution to understanding and enhancing evidence use. It builds on and complements the popular and best-selling "What Works?: Evidence-based policy and practice in public services" (Davies, Nutley and Smith, Policy Press, 2000), by drawing together current knowledge about how research gets used and how this can be encouraged and improved. In particular, the authors explore various multidiscipliary frameworks for understanding the research use agenda; consider how research use and the impact of research can be assessed; summarise the empirical evidence from the education, health care, social care and criminal justice fields about how research is used and how this can be improved and draw out practical issues that need to be addressed if research is to have greater impact on public services. "Using evidence" is important reading for university and government researchers, research funding bodies, public service managers and professionals, and students of public policy and management. It will also prove an invaluable guide for anyone involved in the implementation of evidence-based policy and practice.


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The effectiveness of health impact assessment : scope and limitations of supporting decision-making in Europe
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ISBN: 9789289072953 9289072954 9789289072960 Year: 2007 Publisher: Copenhagen Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe

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Health impact assessment (HIA) is a support tool for intersectoral decision- and policy-making. It is used to assess the potential health consequences of pending decisions and it feeds this information back into the decision-making process. This book provides a detailed map of the use of HIA in the WHO European Region across a large range of sectors, including transport, environment, urban planning and agriculture, and at national, regional and local levels. It also reviews the implementation and institutionalization of HIA with specific focus on governance, financing, resource generation and delivery. HIA's effectiveness is explored and analysed in 17 case studies using a common analytical approach. This research also identifies the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of HIA. Overall the book demonstrates that HIA can be effective, while also revealing the uneven development and incomplete institutionalization of HIA across Europe. The book is based on a European research project funded under the European Union Public Health Work Programme. The research was led by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and included research teams from 19 countries.

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Analyse du risque --- Analysis [Risk ] --- Assessment [Risk ] --- Bewijsgebaseerde geneeskunde --- EBM (Medicine) --- Estimation des risques --- Estimation du risque --- Evidence-based healthcare --- Evidence-based medicine --- Evidenzbasierte Medizin --- Geneeskunde op basis van bewijs --- Gezondheid--Indicatoren --- Gezondheidsindicatoren --- Health administration --- Health care administration --- Health indicators --- Health sciences administration --- Health status indexes --- Health status indicators --- Indexes [Health status ] --- Indicateurs sanitaires --- Indicators [Health status ] --- Medicina basada en la evidencia --- Medicina basata su prove di efficacia --- Médecine basée sur des preuves --- Médecine basée sur la preuve --- Médecine basée sur le niveau de preuve --- Médecine basée sur les preuves --- Médecine factuelle --- Médecine fondée sur des preuves --- Médecine fondée sur les données probantes --- Médecine fondée sur les faits --- Public health administration --- Risk analysis --- Risk assessment --- Risk evaluation --- Santé publique--Administration --- Schatting van het risico --- Volksgezondheid--Administratie --- Évaluation des risques --- Évaluation du risque --- Health Status Indicators --- Risk Assessment --- Evidence-Based Medicine --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Program Evaluation --- Decision Making --- Policy Making --- Public Health Administration --- Case Reports --- Europe --- WA 525 Health Administration and Organization - General works --- Case studies --- Organizational Case Studies --- Health Policy --- Public health --- Decision making --- Santé publique --- Indicateurs de santé --- Prise de décision --- Europe. --- Research --- Economic aspects --- Recherche --- Aspect économique --- Cas, Etudes de --- Santé publique --- Indicateurs de santé --- Prise de décision --- Aspect économique --- Medical policy --- Indexes, Health status --- Indicators, Health status --- Health --- Health surveys --- Medical statistics --- Quality of life --- Social indicators --- Methodology


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Omgaan met dementerenden : aanbevelingen vanuit het Qualidem-project
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ISBN: 9789044120738 Year: 2007 Publisher: Antwerpen Garant

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Tegelijk met het verouderen van de populatie is er een significante toename van het absolute aantal ouderen met de ziekte van Alzheimer of andere vormen van dementie. Dementie gaat gepaard met een progressieve cognitieve achteruitgang en een hoge prevalentie van gedrags- en psychologische problemen.Deze problemen moeten eerst zo helder mogelijk worden gemaakt om er een oplossing aan te kunnen bieden. Dit boek brengt ze in kaart, benoemt ze en maakt ze duidelijk onder meer aan de hand van casussen. Hieruit volgen conclusies en stellingen.

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Dementia. --- Mental Competency. --- Alzheimer Disease --- Academic collection --- 606.15 --- angst --- dementie --- depressie --- mantelzorg --- 605.93 --- alzheimerziekte (gez) --- dementie (gez) --- geriatrische verpleegkunde (gez) --- 606.5 --- arbeidsbelasting --- dementie (dementia, dementia senilis) --- familiebegeleiding --- psychose --- rouw (verdriet) --- Dementie --- S20080248.JPG --- demente bejaarden --- gedragsproblemen --- welzijnswerk --- Competence --- Incompetence, Mental --- Mental Competence --- Competency, Mental --- Incompetency, Mental --- Competence, Mental --- Mental Incompetence --- Mental Incompetency --- Informed Consent --- Insanity Defense --- Treatment Refusal --- Comprehension --- Amentia --- Familial Dementia --- Senile Paranoid Dementia --- Amentias --- Dementia, Familial --- Dementias --- Dementias, Familial --- Dementias, Senile Paranoid --- Familial Dementias --- Paranoid Dementia, Senile --- Paranoid Dementias, Senile --- Senile Paranoid Dementias --- Tauopathies --- psychology. --- (zie ook: dood) --- 362.31 --- 376 --- 367 --- 361 --- Dementie. --- Gedragsstoornissen --- Hulpverlening. --- depressies --- gerontagogie --- psychopathologie --- Geriatrics --- Social welfare methods --- Social policy and particular groups --- Dementia --- Aged --- Aged, 80 and over --- Health Care --- WT 155 Senile dementia. Alzheimer's disease --- Treatment --- Patients --- Services for --- Home care --- Care --- bejaarden --- dementia --- ouderenzorg --- thuiszorg --- departement Gezondheidszorg 08 --- Qualidem-project --- ziekte van Alzheimer --- Mental Competency --- psychology --- Bejaarden --- Verzorgende beroepen --- Provincie West-Vlaanderen --- Oudere --- Verzorging --- Gemeenschap --- School --- Buurt --- Beroep

Ouderen in Vlaanderen 1975-2005 : een terugblik in de toekomst
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ISBN: 9789033464836 Year: 2007 Publisher: Leuven Acco

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Het Consortium Vergrijzing in Vlaanderen en Europa (CoViVE) voert beleidsgericht onderzoek naar de socio-economische impact van de vergrijzing in Vlaanderen en Europa. Centraal staan de verdeling van de economische last van de veroudering tussen en binnen generaties; de kwaliteit, betaalbaarheid en toegankelijkheid van de zorg en de participatie van ouderen in het arbeidsbestel en het maatschappelijk leven. Dit boek levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan het maatschappelijk debat over de veroudering dat momenteel in heel Europa wordt gevoerd. Door de historische wortels van de vergrijzing te belichten wordt duidelijk dat de kenmerken van het toekomstige vergrijsde Vlaanderen vandaag al zijn vastgelegd. Van de generaties die de komende 40 jaar met pensioen zullen gaan zal het kinderaantal, opleidingsniveau en vele andere sociologische kenmerken niet of nauwelijks nog wijzigen. Deze uitgave laat de Vlaamse wetenschappelijk experten reflecteren over de gevolgen van de socio-economische, demografische en en beleidsmatige veranderingen in de voorbije dertig jaar voor de toekomstige vergrijzingsproblematiek in Vlaanderen en België. (Bron: covertekst) Wetenschappelijke experten reflecteren over de gevolgen van de socio-economische, demografische en beleidsmatige veranderingen in de voorbije dertig jaar voor de toekomstige vergrijzingsproblematiek in Vlaanderen en België. Intergenerationele welvaartsverdeling, sociale participatie en mantelzorg komen eveneens aan bod.

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Older people --- Population aging --- Ouderen --- History --- Sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Vlaanderen. --- Age group sociology --- demografie --- Demography --- sociaal beleid --- bejaarden --- Social policy and particular groups --- Flanders --- Aging --- Population --- Belgium --- Health Care --- HQ 1061 Aged. Gerontology (social aspects). Retirement.- General works --- Social aspects --- Flanders (Belgium) --- Economic aspects --- Social conditions --- 331-053.9 --- 331.121 --- 362.6 --- 368.43 --- P493VL --- 316.346 --- Beleid --- Demografie --- Ouderenzorg --- Participatie --- Samenleving --- Vergrijzing --- 308.053.9 --- Bejaarden / ouderen (bejaardenzorg, ouderen) --- Bejaardenproblematiek (ouderenproblematiek) --- Bejaardenzorg (ouderenzorg) --- België --- Geriatrie --- gezinsinkomen --- gezondheid --- S2007828.JPG --- vergrijzing --- 308.6 --- 324 --- gerontologie --- sociaal wetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Vlaanderen --- #SBIB:314H320 --- 301.185.1 --- 304.4 --- 312.8 --- 202 --- 311.6 --- 311.94 --- 336.024 --- 339.311.1 --- BE / Belgium - België - Belgique --- VL / Flanders - Vlaams Gewest - Région Flamande --- 665 Bejaarden --- Aging of population --- Aging population --- Aging society --- Demographic aging --- Graying (Demography) --- Greying (Demography) --- Age distribution (Demography) --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Old age --- arbeid van oudere personen - oudere arbeiders - bejaarde werknemers - oudere werknemers (zie ook 331.626-053.9, 362.6) --- eindeloopbaan --- bejaarden - bejaardenzorg (zie ook 331.626-053.9, 365-053.9, 362.3-053.9) --- pensioenen --- 312 --- 339 --- 362.1 --- Middelbare leeftijd en ouderdom --- Sociale problemen van en zorg voor ouderen; algemeen --- Bevolkingsstudies: leeftijdsgroepen: ouderen: algemeen --- Sociologie van de leeftijdsgroepen --- Sociaal beleid inzake bijzondere groepen --- Sociale organisatie --- Gezondheidstoestand van de bevolking --- Verdeling van de bevolking naar leeftijd. Veroudering van de bevolking --- Sociale begroting, rekeningen en uitgaven. Gezondheid --- Spaarneiging --- Sociologie --- Leeftijd --- Statistische gegevens --- Bejaarden --- Welvaart --- Erfelijkheidsleer --- Stadssamenleving --- Sport --- Verpleegkunde --- Emigratie --- Oudere --- Gemeenschap --- School --- Buurt --- Analyse --- Evaluatie --- Aardrijkskunde

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