Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

The World Health Organization has just released the Global status report on road safety —the first broad assessment that describes the road safety situation in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardised survey. The results provide a benchmark that countries can use to assess their road safety position relative to other countries, while at the international level these findings can be considered as a “baseline”, against which regional and global level progress can be measured.

The questionnaire used for this survey was developed in consultation with an expert committee of road safety researchers and practitioners. Data collection was carried out using a self-administered questionnaire, the content of which was based on the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention , developed by WHO, the World Bank and many other partners in 2004. The methodology used involved the identification of a National Data Coordinator in each country who identified up to seven other national road safety experts from multiple sectors who could complete the questionnaire. A consensus meeting was then held involving all …

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Global status report on road safety.

Part 1 The argumentative turn: policy institutions and practices: Policy discourse and the politics of Washington think tanks, Frank Fischer Discourse coalitions and the institutionalization of practice - the case of acid rain in Great Britain, Maarten Hajer Political judgement and the policy cycle - the case of ethnicity arguments in the Netherlands, Robert Hoppe Counsel and consensus - norms of argumentation in health policy, Bruce Jennings. Part 2 Analytical concepts - frames, tropes, and narratives: Survey research as rhetorical trope - electric power planning arguments in Chicago, J.A. Throgmorton Frame reflective policy discourse, Martin Rein and Donald Schon Reading policy narratives - beginning, middle, and end, Thomas J. Kaplan Learning from practice stories - the priority of practical judgement, John Forester. Part 3 Theoretical perspectives: Policy anlysis and planning - from science to argumentation, John Dryzek Planning through debate - the communicative turn in planning theory, Patsy Healey Policy reforms as arguments, William Dunn Two worlds of policy discourse - consensual versus adversarial proposal selection, Duncan MacRae.

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The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planning

Assessing risk of bias in prevalence studies: modification of an existing tool and evidence of interrater agreement

eMedicine创建于1996年，由近万名临床医师作为作者或编辑参与此临床医学知识库的建设，其中编辑均是来自美国哈佛、耶鲁、斯坦福、芝加哥、德克萨斯、加州大学等各分校医学院的教授或副教授。

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are due to chance by techniques such as chi-square or t-test; this will be a relief to some readers, but a shortcoming to others. He discusses problems of small and large sample sizes, pointing out: “Statistical tests are designed to attach great weight to the size of the samples, so that very large samples make trivial differences statistically significant” (p. 366). Surprisingly, he seldom considers magnitude of risk in terms of odds ratios. Instead, he emphasizes correlations between mortality rates and putative risk factors, a much cruder measure. Moreover, society’s interest has shifted from the relation of risk factors to mortality to their relation to disease onset. The emphasis throughout the book is on mortality. Despite its weaknesses, this is a highly readable and informative book.

Daniel M. Fox

Papers

The Political Life of Medicare: American Politics and Political Economy (review)

Trust and Integrity in Biomedical Research: The Case of Financial Conflicts of Interest

I. Health Policy and the Perception of Medical Progress: 1910-1918

Commentary - Patients' Rights Matter in Regulating Accountable Care Organizations.

A Note on Method