Health is the complete state of well-being in which the individual longs to achieve. The nations are increasingly striving for continuous improvement of their populations. This scenario is complex due to several factors, ranging from the basic research of new drugs and medicines until new pharmaceuticals products for health system, new life style, epidemiology, technological advances, etc. Only the pharmaceutic...
Project management and use of research results is a topic of interest to academy and policymakers. Fiocruz's Office of Projects (FOP) was created to support the technical cooperation projects in line with the guidelines of Brazil's Health System. The objective is to present the theoretical and methodological bases and first findings of performance evaluation of the FOP and use of the knowledge produced. As meth...
This article aims to debate the convergence between the use of evaluation and knowledge translation and, finally, a brief report on evaluation use by managers of the Brazilian health system to illustrate the convergence. Evaluation is defined by its ability to change and improve programs. Both final result and process can be used by those interested in the evaluation. Thinking evaluation as a source of evidence...
The strengthening of the health research system requires monitoring of funding policies. This study analyses the funding policy structures, the interinstitutional governmental collaboration and the repercussion of research capacity in social determinants of health, under a perspective of equity, in Brazil. This is an evaluative research based on the principle of authentic partnership within Health Global Resear...
The objective of this study is to present the steps of building prospective scenarios of the Office of Projects of the Presidency (EPP) of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which is the support unit for negotiation, contracting and execution of projects aligned to the cooperative strategy of the institution and SUS principles. As an experience report, we sought to systematize the processes of construction ...
Demographic and epidemiological changes have led to the need of applying scientific advances in clinical practice. Despite all the evidence, good practice is not yet a reality in health systems. The difficulty in applying these practices regarding the health professionals, resides in the many cultural barriers, in the available information management, and in the lack of interinstitutional collaboration.Healthca...
In this article we aim to discuss the institutionalization of Project Management in Brazilian public administration context, more specifically, in Fiocruz, a complex Brazilian federal public organization. The relevance of the topic in the panel is focuses on contributing to the accomplishment of the organization's missions, to the success of it's projects and to the achievement of the organizational objectives....
Disseminating knowledge about health in the media has been a challenge for communication actors. This article sought to analyze news articles about the More Doctors (Mais Médicos) Program published in the mainstream media in two windows of opportunity with great media exposure. The first period was from the launch of the program, in July 2013 to December 2014, in which 536 articles published in two major newspa...
One of the most consistent findings of science is the inability to translate research into policy and practice. As a result, patients fail to benefit from scientific advancements as well as health systems are exposed to unnecessary expenses. It is observed that the process of Knowledge Translation is pressing, however research indicates that many challenges are put in place to implement it. This study aims to e...
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