La democratización de los servicios de salud odontológicos / The democratization of dental health services

Introducción: el proceso de democratización en los servicios de salud en odontología y en todo el campo de la salud parte del acceso a la atención de la población, así como de la libertad de contar con información científica adecuada y suficiente para que la población cuide de su salud. Es compromiso del estado, de acuerdo con la constitución, poder contar con las condiciones políticas, económicas y sociales para el cumplimiento del mandato constitucional. Conclusiones: el sistema de salud no ha logrado desarrollarse en la población vulnerable porque requiere buena infraestructura, personal de salud, medicamentos, etcétera. Le corresponde al estado impulsar iniciativas para acercar y dar acceso a dicha población sin importar lo alejada que se encuentre, por lo que deberá apoyarse en el uso de tecnologías que le faciliten y permitan cumplir con la obligación constitucional que representa el derecho a la salud y con ello la democratización de la salud (AU)

Introduction: the process of democratization in health services in dentistry and in the entire field of health starts from the access to care for the population, from the freedom to have adequate and sufficient scientific information for the population to take care of their health. It is a commitment of the state according to the constitution to be able to have the political, economic and social conditions for the fulfillment of the constitutional mandate. Conclusions: the health system has not been able to develop in the vulnerable population requires good infrastructure, health personnel, medicines, etc. It is up to the state to promote initiatives to provide access to this population regardless of its remoteness, to rely on the use of technologies that facilitate and allow the fulfillment of the constitutional obligation that represents the right to health and thus democratize health (AU)

Sistema de avaliação de práticas psicológicas Aluízio Lopes de Brito (SAPP) sobre políticas de cuidado / Aluízio Lopes de Brito psychological practices assessment system (SAPP) on care policies / Sistema de evaluación de prácticas psicológicas Aluízio Lopes de Brito (SAPP) sobre políticas de cuidado

O objetivo do presente manuscrito é caracterizar e descrever os fluxos do Sistema de Avaliação de Práticas Psicológicas Aluízio Lopes de Brito (SAPP), dispositivo instituído no âmbito do Sistema Conselhos de Psicologia e regulamentado pelo Conselho Federal de Psicologia através da Resolução CFP nº 15, de 18 de agosto de 2023. O SAPP surge da necessidade premente de orientação e qualificação profissionais frente às práticas emergentes que produzem o saber/ fazer da psicologia. Nesse sentido, trata-se de processo que busca orientar, qualificar e fazer conhecer práticas que sejam compatíveis ou não com o exercício profissional em psicologia. Com o trabalho realizado no SAPP serão produzidos pareceres que contribuirão minimamente para o conhecimento das fronteiras que delimitam os campos da psicologia e, por excelência, conheceremos melhor nossas próprias formas de atuação. Através da consideração do trinômio teoria-prática-ética, o CFP espera com o SAPP abrir diálogos com grupos, práticas e saberes fronteiriços e constantemente relegados pela psicologia hegemônica. Para tanto, parte do pressuposto de que os saberes e fazeres destas populações podem refinar as teorias psicológicas e fazer a psicologia avançar como ciência e profissão.(AU)

This manuscript aims to characterize and describe the flows of the Aluízio Lopes de Brito Psychological Practices Assessment System (SAPP), an instrument established within the framework of the Psychology Council System and regulated by the Federal Council of Psychology (CFP) with Resolution CFP No. 15, of August 18, 2023. The SAPP arises from the pressing need for professional guidance and qualification in the face of emerging practices that shape the knowledge/practice of psychology. In this sense, it is a process that seeks to guide, qualify, and make known practices that are compatible or not with the professional practice of psychology. The work carried out in the SAPP will produce opinions that will contribute minimally to the understanding of the boundaries that delimit the fields of psychology and, by excellence, we will better understand our own modes of operation. Considering the trinity of theory-practice-ethics, the CFP hopes with the SAPP to open dialogues with groups, practices, and knowledge that are in the borders and are constantly relegated by hegemonic psychology. To this end, it assumes that the knowledge and practices of these populations can refine psychological theories and advance psychology as a science and profession.(AU)

El objetivo de este manuscrito es caracterizar y describir los flujos del Sistema de Evaluación de Prácticas Psicológicas Aluízio Lopes de Brito (SAPP), un dispositivo establecido en el marco del Sistema de Consejos de Psicología y regulado por el Consejo Federal de Psicología a través de la Resolución CFP n.º 15, con fecha del 18 de agosto de 2023. El SAPP surge de la necesidad apremiante de orientación y calificación profesional frente a las prácticas emergentes que configuran el conocimiento y las habilidades de la psicología. En este sentido, es un proceso que busca orientar, calificar y dar a conocer prácticas que sean compatibles o no con el ejercicio profesional de la psicología. El trabajo realizado en el SAPP generará opiniones que contribuirán mínimamente a la comprensión de los límites que delimitan los campos de la psicología y, por excelencia, comprender mejor nuestras propias formas de actuación. A través de la consideración de la tríada teoría-práctica-ética, el CFP espera que con el SAPP puede llevar a cabo el diálogo con grupos, prácticas y conocimientos fronterizos y constantemente pasados por alto por la psicología hegemónica. Con este fin, se asume que los conocimientos y prácticas de estas poblaciones pueden refinar las teorías psicológicas y hacer avanzar la psicología como ciencia y profesión.(AU)

Saúde mental na universidade: atendimento psicológico online na pandemia da covid-19 / Mental health at the university: online psychological care during the covid-19 pandemic / Salud mental en la universidad: atención psicológica en línea en la pandemia de covid-19

Com a pandemia da covid-19, o contexto universitário, que já vinha sendo palco de discussões em relação à saúde mental, tem vivenciado crises mais severas pelos estudantes. Diante deste cenário, foi desenvolvido o projeto Escuta Solidária, voltado à saúde mental dos discentes de graduação e de pós-graduação. Neste artigo, temos como objetivo discutir o atendimento psicológico online com estudantes do curso de psicologia durante o período de isolamento social rígido (maio a junho de 2020). Fizemos, com os psicólogos voluntários, um grupo focal direcionado para a experiência de atendimento psicológico online de curta duração no contexto pandêmico. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, realizado com os 11 psicólogos clínicos participantes do referido projeto. A partir de uma análise fenomenológica crítica, os resultados foram divididos em cinco categorias: a) limitações e contribuições do projeto; b) a importância da capacitação e supervisão clínica para a qualidade do projeto; c) atendimento psicológico online; d) ser psicólogo clínico durante a crise da covid-19; e e) demandas emergentes nos atendimentos psicológicos na quarentena. Por fim, discutimos a importância da desmistificação do atendimento psicológico em situações de crise, especialmente na modalidade online, fomentando questionamentos à formação e atuação dos profissionais, no sentido de estarmos atentos às demandas psicológicas que o contexto de crise acarreta na sociedade.(AU)

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the university context, which had already been the stage for discussions regarding mental health, has experienced more severe crises by students. In view of this scenario, the Solidarity Listening project was developed, aimed at the mental health of undergraduate and graduate students. In this article, we aim to discuss online psychological care with psychology students during the period of strict social isolation (May to June 2020). We carried out, with volunteer psychologists, a focus group aimed at the experience of short-termonline psychological care in the pandemic context. This is a qualitative study, carried out with 11 clinical psychologists participating in the aforementioned project. From a critical phenomenological analysis, the results were divided into five categories: a) limitations and contributions of the project; b) the importance of training and clinical supervision for the quality of the project; c) online psychological care; d) being a clinical psychologist during the COVID-19 crisis; and e) emerging demands in psychological care in quarantine. Finally, we discuss the importance of demystifying psychological care in crisis situations, especially in the online modality, promoting questions regarding the training and performance of professionals, to be aware of the psychological demands that the context of crisis entails in society.(AU)

La pandemia del covid-19 provocó que las universidades, que ya habían sido escenario de discusiones sobre la salud mental, experimentaran crisis más severas entre los estudiantes. Ante este escenario, se desarrolló el proyecto Escucha Solidaria, dirigido a la salud mental de estudiantes de grado y posgrado. Este artículo pretende discutir la atención psicológica en línea con estudiantes de Psicología durante el período de aislamiento social más estricto (mayo/junio de 2020). Se conformó un grupo focal con los psicólogos voluntarios orientado a la práctica de la atención psicológica en línea, a corto plazo, en el contexto de una pandemia. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo, realizado con 11 psicólogos clínicos que participaron en el mencionado proyecto. A partir del análisis fenomenológico crítico, los resultados se dividieron en cinco categorías: a) limitaciones y aportes del proyecto; b) importancia de la capacitación y la supervisión clínica para la calidad del proyecto; c) atención psicológica en línea; d) ser psicólogo clínico durante la crisis del covid-19; y e) demandas emergentes en atención psicológica en la cuarentena. Se concluye que es importante desmitificar la atención psicológica en situaciones de crisis, especialmente en la modalidad en línea, al promover principalmente preguntas sobre la formación y el desempeño de los profesionales con el fin de ser conscientes de las demandas psicológicas que el contexto de crisis conlleva la sociedad.(AU)

Nursing practices centered on individuals with tuberculosis: an interface with democracy / Prácticas de Enfermería dirigidas al individuo con tuberculosis: interfaz con la democracia / Práticas de enfermagem centradas no indivíduo com tuberculose: interface com a democracia

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether user-centered nursing practices in TB DOT are being carried out and are contributing to democracy. Method: A cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive study with 123 nurses in three capital cities with high incidence of TB (Manaus-AM, João Pessoa-PB, Porto Alegre-RS) in Brazil. Data were collected from January to June 2014. Descriptive and multiple correspondence analyzes were used. Results: It was identified that the most user-centered care actions had scores below 50%, considered unfavorable to the exercise of democracy. In the analysis of the general user-centered practice score per municipality, Manaus and João Pessoa presented unfavorable results, and the municipality of Porto Alegre was partially favorable. Conclusion: The three municipalities need to advance in the implementation of user-centered practices in DOT, because their health system still has difficulties and challenges to overcome.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Analizar si las prácticas de enfermería dirigidas al paciente de TDO de la TB están realizándose y si contribuyen a la democracia. Método: Estudio descriptivo exploratorio, corte transversal, realizado con 123 enfermeros en tres capitales de alta incidencia de TB (Manaus-AM; João Pessoa-PB; Porto Alegre-RS) en Brasil. Datos recolectados de enero a junio de 2014. Se utilizaron análisis descriptivo y de correspondencia múltiple. Resultados: Se identificó que la mayoría de las acciones de cuidado dirigido al paciente presentaron puntajes inferiores al 50%, considerados desfavorables al ejercicio de la democracia. Analizando los puntajes generales de las prácticas dirigidas al paciente por municipio, Manaus y João Pessoa expresaron resultados desfavorables, y Porto Alegre, parcialmente favorables. Conclusión: Los tres municipios precisan avanzar en la realización de prácticas dirigidas al paciente de TDO, dado que aún representan dificultades y desafíos a superarse por parte del sistema de salud.

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar se as práticas de enfermagem centradas no usuário em Tratamento Diretamente Observado da tuberculose estão sendo desenvolvidas e se estão contribuindo para a democracia. Método: Estudo descritivo e exploratório, de corte transversal, realizado com 123 enfermeiros em três capitais brasileiras com alta incidência de tuberculose. Os dados foram coletados no período de janeiro a junho de 2014 e analisados mediante análises descritiva e de correspondência múltipla. Resultados: A maioria das ações de cuidado centrado no usuário apresentou escores abaixo de 50%, considerados desfavoráveis ao exercício da democracia. Na análise do escore geral das práticas centradas no usuário por município, Manaus e João Pessoa apresentaram resultados desfavoráveis, e Porto Alegre, parcialmente favoráveis. Conclusão: As três capitais precisam avançar na realização de práticas centradas no usuário submetido a este tipo de tratamento, pois ainda apresentam dificuldades e desafios a serem superados pelo sistema de saúde.

Tax policy and tax protest in 20 rich democracies, 1980-2010.

Why are some policies protested more than others? New data on protest against eight categories of taxation in twenty rich democracies from 1980 to 2010 reveal that economically and socially concentrated taxes are protested most, whereas taxes that confer entitlement to benefits are protested least. Other features of policy design often thought to affect the salience or visibility of costs are unimportant for explaining the frequency of protest. These findings overturn a folk theory that political sociology has inherited from classical political economy; clarify the conditions under which policy threats provoke protest; and shed light on how welfare states persist.

The ethics and politics of mindfulness-based interventions.

Recently, there has been a lot of enthusiasm for mindfulness practice and its use in healthcare, businesses and schools. An increasing number of studies give us ground for cautious optimism about the potential of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to improve people's lives across a number of dimensions. This paper identifies and addresses some of the main ethical and political questions for larger-scale MBIs. First, how far are MBIs compatible with liberal neutrality given the great diversity of lifestyles and conceptions of the good characteristic of modern societies? It will be argued that the potential benefits of contemporary secular mindfulness practice are indeed of a sufficiently primary or all-purpose nature to qualify as suitable goals of liberal public policy. Second, what challenges are brought up if mindfulness is used in contexts and applications-such as military settings-whose goals seem incompatible with the ethical and soteriological views of traditional mindfulness practice? It will be argued that, given concerns regarding liberal neutrality and reasonable disagreement about ethics, MBIs should avoid strong ethical commitments. Therefore, it should, in principle, be applicable in contexts of controversial moral value. Finally, drawing on recent discussions within the mindfulness community, it is argued that we should not overstate the case for mindfulness and not crowd out discussion of organisational and social determinants of stress, lowered well-being, and mental illness and the collective measures necessary to address them.

The parliamentary political agenda: a tool for policy analysis of diabetes priorities in Spain.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the political agenda on diabetes in Spain under democracy by considering the frequency and content of initiatives in the Spanish parliament. METHODS: A systematic search of parliamentary interventions (1979-2010) reported on the Spanish Congress of Deputies' web page was carried out using the key word "diabetes". A descriptive study of the frequency of interventions was performed, followed by a content analysis, according to the priorities of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Diabetes Federation and the Spanish Diabetes Federation. Other study variables were the year of presentation, legislature, type of initiative and whether a political decision was taken (yes/no). RESULTS: There were 59 interventions: 22% were related to the first international initiatives and 44.1% took place in the last two legislatures in response to the WHO's program Diabetes Action Now. A total of 32.2% of the initiatives addressed educational and social programs, while 23.7% addressed access to resources and health services. Most initiatives (74.6%) consisted of parliamentary questions to the government, which only required a response. Of the 15 initiatives requiring a decision to be taken, only eight were approved. CONCLUSIONS: Spanish legislators aim to comply with international standards. Nevertheless, political decision-making has sometimes been slow. Importantly, most of the political responsibilities related to health have been transferred to the autonomous regions. The updated National Diabetes Strategy in Spain will need to strengthen public health policies according to established international priorities. Monitoring parliamentary interventions has proven to be a valid tool for evaluating patterns of political debate and decisions on diabetes.

[Transparency and good healthcare governance: an aid to overcoming the crisis]. / Transparencia y buen gobierno en sanidad. También para salir de la crisis.

Countries thrive on an economic foundation capable of facilitating the fulfillment of human potential in a society that does not renounce major achievements such as the welfare state. A necessary condition is that the "rules of the game", formal and informal institutions, make what is socially desirable individually attractive. Improving health governance, including its dimension of controlling corruption, and helping Spain out of the current economic crisis are two sides of the same coin. Characterization of health system governance in Spain and analysis of the impact of this governance on health policy, management of healthcare organizations and clinical practice allows an ambitious and feasible agenda to be drawn up of the remaining tasks that health professionals -broadly defined- and social actors should undertake with the support of citizens.

Democracies restricting democratic rights: some classical sources and implications for ethics of biometrics.

Ancient Greek and 17th century English philosophy are not usually discussed along with the ethics of biometrics and data sharing. Academic ethics today, however, suffers from a lack of background in classical texts. We may discuss whether biometrics and data sharing are consistent with democracy, but if we do not know what democracy is, then we cannot know what actions are consistent with it. I shall discuss how and why democracies have restricted the rights of their citizens. I will give the most attention to two paradigms that have most influenced modern democratic thinking: 17th century English democracy and ancient Athens. I do not accept the dogma that the Athenians were obviously wrong to try and then to condemn Socrates. His death-loving doctrine could not but have weakened the will of the youth to work and fight for the good of Athens. I will try to understand the Athenians' point of view and their need to defend their security. At the end, I will apply these lessons to biometrics and data sharing for security reasons.

Contested visions of American democracy: citizenship, public housing, and the international arena.

This essay reexamines the history of public housing and the controversy it generated from the Great Depression to the Cold War. By recasting that history in the global arena, it demonstrates that the debate over public housing versus homeownership was also a debate over the meaning of American citizenship and democracy, pointing up starkly divergent notions about what was and was not American. Through an examination of national conflicts and neglected local struggles, this article further shows that the fight over public housing was far more meaningful and volatile than traditionally assumed. Both critics and advocates of public housing drew from international experiences and imagery in positioning the home as a constitutive feature of citizenship in American democracy. Fears of Bolshevism, fascism, and communism served to internationalize issues of race, space, and housing and together shaped the decision of whether a decent home was an American right or privilege.

Questão agrária no Brasil v. 1. O debate tradicional, 1500 -1960 / Agrarian question in Brazil v. 1. The traditional debate, 1500-1960

Neste volume, reunimos os principais pensadores que, de certa forma, debateram a questão agrária na década de 1960, aglutinados em quatro vertentes do pensamento crítico. A primeira vertente é a corrente de pensamento hegemonizada pelo PCB, na época o principal partido de esquerda. Entre os pensadores que defenderam a corrente oficial do partido estão Nelson Werneck Sodré, Alberto Passos Guimarães e Moisés Vinhas. A segunda foi a corrente dissidente, representada pelas teses de Caio Prado Júnior. Membro atuante do partido, Caio Prado teve com o mesmo discordâncias fundamentais na interpretação da questão agrária, na interpretação da formação histórica do Brasil e na idéia do que seria a revolução brasileira. A terceira corrente foi a "escola cepalina" que, por influência de seu fundador e principal intelectual, Raul Prebisch, transformou-se, nas décadas de 1950 e 1960, num centro de pesquisa e de difusão de estudos e interpretações do nosso continente. No Brasil, as figuras mais proeminentes desse órgão foram Celso Furtado e Ignácio Rangel. Por último, uma quarta vertente que, do ponto de vista da interpretação, era semelhante e sofria influências da "escola cepalina", mas, do ponto de vista político, estava articulada na chamada esquerda do PTB, liderada por Leonel Brizola. O texto incorporado é de Paulo Schilling. Aqui reunimos vários textos para proporcionar aos leitores subsídios para uma melhor compreensão dos profícuos debates travados, naquele período histórico, sobre a questão agrária e suas interpretações...

Doença mental e democracia na Bolívia: o Manicomio Pacheco, 1935-1950 / Mental disease and democracy in Bolivia: the Manicomio Pacheco, 1935-1950

Examina, por meio do estudo dos registros do Manicomio Pacheco e dos escritos de médicos que trabalharam com pacientes mentais, quem era considerado mentalmente doente e como eram tratados na Bolívia da década de 1940. Indaga se as novas políticas democráticas e populistas do período influenciaram a prática psiquiátrica, e que impacto classe social e gênero tinham no diagnóstico e no tratamento. Examina como os médicos entendiam a capacidade intelectual e a estabilidade emocional de índios e mulheres, dois grupos que, na sociedade boliviana, näo tinham direitos integrais de cidadania. (AU)

Culturas médicas en Perú / Medical cultures in Peru

Este trabajo analiza las diversas prácticas médicas que se desarrollan en el Perú, se discuten las líneas comunes entre las medicinas occidentales, española y la andina en sus primeros siglos de la conquista y las causales de sus diferencias a partir del siglo XIX. El autor sostiene que coexisten varias medicinas, en permanente tensión y con prácticas compartidas y consumidas por pobladores de todas las capas sociales del Perú de hoy, expresión de la multi culturalidad e inter culturalidad de las medicinas. Un mundo globalizado favorece la multi culturalidad, lo cual implicara acompañarse con una política de descentralización y valoración de los modelos médicos existentes.

The impact of South Africa's new constitution on the organization of health services in the post-apartheid era.

This essay evaluates the transformation of the health care system in South Africa in the five years following the end of apartheid. This period has witnessed dramatic and wide-ranging changes in the roles of the central and provincial governments as well as many of the same problems related to decentralization as have been seen elsewhere in the world. The importance of effective intergovernmental relations to the creation of a national health system is highlighted. Negotiation. contracting, and coordination skills and mechanisms need to be strengthened to ensure a more effective national health system within a decentralized political system.

Green politics in Germany: what is Green health care policy?

For the first time ever, a Green party has governed in Germany. From September 1998 to January 2001 the German Green party, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, held the Federal Ministry of Health. Little has been said so far about Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and its relation to health policy. This article is intended to fill that void. An analysis of the health policy program of the Greens reveals that it centers around moving the health sector toward more comprehensiveness and decentralization, strengthened patients' rights, increased use of preventive and alternative medicine, and a critique of the German cost-containment debate and policy. The current health policy program of the Greens is closest to that of the Party of Democratic Socialism, and to a lesser extent it has affinities to the program of the Social Democratic Party. The health policy program of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen is furthest from those of the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party. The health care reforms passed in 1998 and 1999 were not a shift toward a "Green paradigm" of health care policy, because they included no fundamental changes. In addition, cost-containment is still a major political goal in German health care policy.

Reengineering the Lithuanian healthcare system: a hospital quality improvement initiative.

A tertiary-level academic hospital in Kaunas, Lithuania, adopted a continuous quality improvement (CQI) management paradigm from June 1996 through July 1997 in response to new political, economic, and social environments. This article presents an overview of the hospital's strategy, initial steps, and main accomplishments, as well as mitigating factors that arose in its quest to manage its own resources. Because historical influences are key to understanding the Lithuanian healthcare system, this discussion includes pre- and post-independence dynamics that caused a multidisciplinary hospital management team to choose a CQI approach that targets organizational and professional structures for change. In addition, it identifies environmental factors, internal and external to the hospital organization, that influence the continued development and sustainability of these healthcare management reform efforts.